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Price Stickers and Whatnot

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1eldritch00
Muokkaaja: joulukuu 2, 2006, 1:34 pm

Actually, Fully Booked's price stickers aren't so much a problem. It's really those used by Powerbooks that are terribly difficult to remove.

Does anyone else bother trying to peel them off, just like I do? Any tips and tricks?

(How do I do it? With great difficulty.)

Stale jokes aside, I try to remove them not partly because I generally don't like my books to display their prices on stickers on the covers.

(I do have the strange habit of inserting receipts in the back of the book, which doesn't make sense with the Fully Booked thermal paper receipts that fade in time.)

More alarmingly, the ink used in Powerbooks price stickers tend to smudge, looking more unattractive as time goes by.

Even worse are the RFID stickers attached to the inside back covers of Powerbooks stock:



There's a way of removing these with a cutter, but I haven't been 100% successful in doing so without a blemish on a brand-new book.

I've had really irritating instances when carrying a Powerbooks purchase in my bag resulted in alarms ringing in other stores like, say, Marks and Spencer.

Thank God for Goo Gone, but I only use that after the stickers have been removed. By then, some damage has already taken place...

2micketymoc
joulukuu 4, 2006, 12:13 am

Two words: Lighter Fluid.

Lighter fluid won't distort the paper, dries in seconds, doesn't irritate the skin (not mine, anyway), and vanquishes those pesky gobs of glue. Don't use while smoking.

Drip some fluid on the sticker, let dry. Fluid weakens the glue bond and makes it easier to peel the sticker off. If sticker persists, pour more fluid liberally even as you pull the sticker off. Sticker residue can be easily removed with the application of a little fluid; wipe off with finger or handkerchief.

Lighter fluid has limited success on RFID chips, though.

3jlane
joulukuu 4, 2006, 12:21 am

Or, if it's available, hairspray--the nonaerosol kind. After the glue is removed, the residue from the hairspray can be removed with a damp cloth.

4eldritch00
joulukuu 4, 2006, 7:30 am

Fantastic! Thank you very much, folks. I do have lighter fluid AND hairspray here (essentials, you know!). Again, thanks!

5micketymoc
kesäkuu 10, 2007, 4:49 am

Scratch what I said about lighter fluid and RFID chips - lighter fluid works excellently on those buggers, but be prepared to contend with very gummy fingers afterwards. Pour very liberally onto the sticker, wait for the lighter fluid to soak through and soak under. Start peeling, and pour more when you encounter resistance. Hope that helps.

6anikins
kesäkuu 12, 2007, 5:16 am

i've always used lighter fluid on those darn stickers. but those chips stuck on the inside covers, i don't bother with anymore.

hmmm, non-aerosol hairspray... masubukan nga. thanks for the tip!

7eldritch00
kesäkuu 14, 2007, 7:19 am

Thanks, everyone. Those RFID chips really just p**s me off big-time. *sighs*

8alenurd
elokuu 11, 2007, 9:45 pm

wow! great tips! hope they work on non-brand new books. :)

9dancerinthedark
elokuu 28, 2007, 1:36 pm

Use Goo Gone.

10eldritch00
elokuu 28, 2007, 7:21 pm

Yeah, Goo Gone is essential for price stickers. Technically, I think they can remove those RFIDs too, of course, but it's not easy...

11shewhowearsred
elokuu 28, 2007, 8:50 pm

Generally I just leave the price on the books because I don't like the sticky residue that I can never get off. Where do you get Goo Gone?

12inkdrinker
elokuu 28, 2007, 9:02 pm

These various liquids don't damage glossy paper covers of hardbacks?

13eldritch00
elokuu 31, 2007, 11:10 pm

I could have sworn I once saw Goo Gone being sold here somewhere, but my brother tells me that my relatives from the US send the bottles over. I'll ask again. (Baby oil works on the sticky residue, anyway.)

As for the more pressing question of whether they damage the books, they MIGHT in the long run, but you don't actually see it eating into the paper.

That's in contrast to price stickers, which can sometimes "lift" a piece of the surface of the book they were attached to. This has already happened a few times with me, usually with books with matte covers like Scott Westerfeld's books from Razorbill.

14dancerinthedark
syyskuu 2, 2007, 11:04 am

Goo Gone can probably do that to paper, if you apply generous amounts of it. I recommend spraying a modest amount and waiting a few seconds for it to settle before you rub the goo away.

I personally leave the price tags on my books because back in our home in Manila, my mom has a huge collection of classic English lit, and I'd get a bang whenever I'd picked up a book, and saw that it was purchased back in '60s for a under ten pesos. For my comicbooks, price tags also remind me of the value:cost ratio.

15eldritch00
syyskuu 2, 2007, 11:42 am

Now that you mention it, I keep my receipts, inserted in the back cover of my purchases. I remember buying a hardcover from Scribe and Brewer (anyone remember this specialty bookstore?) for only around PhP 715. I remember that as already being expensive at the time (around a decade ago).

The price stickers, however, I just find really irritating. But that's just me, I guess, and I should just learn to live with them.

16dizzydame
syyskuu 24, 2007, 12:35 am

Amen to the irritation with the price stickers and RFID tags on the books. I think the stickers used in the Philippines are of a lower quality because even when I just leave them alone, they smudge around and leave an ugly black gummy trail. I notice the price stickers on books I've purchased in the US tend not to slip around. Those are more acceptable to me.

I also try to keep the receipts in the book--just points of reference for future comparison. I also insert relevant newspaper clippings in the book. For instance, if there is a review in a newspaper or magazine that compares that book with another, I'll clip it and insert in the book. Or if I've gone to the book launch, I slip the program in, too.

Basically, I'm a packrat.