ValueMailers 10x13 Poly Mailersƒ

I am editing this review in hopes of organizing it for the buyers as it is terribly long. I am not a regular sleuth, but the mixed reviews caused me to look around quite a bit. 1. My experience and opinion of what I received. 2. What Happened Next 3. Where did I get my other bags? (The nice ones) 4. The facts on my purchase and what I did about it. 5. What I did about it and who I wrote. 6. What I cannot tell you but may help. 7. What I think happened and may be causing the mixed reviews. 8. What next? 9. The pictures. 1. I bought the bags in April. I opened them in June tp ship and item and was shocked at the quality of the bags. Some are referring to them as garbage bags and yes that is the appearance of the material but not the durability. They are thinner than the Glad liners in my bathroom wastebasket. Having nothing else to use I was embarrassed to have to ship the item in this bag. A Wal-Mart bag would have been sturdier and even more embarrassing. I have never seen bags of this poor quality. 2. The next day I was cleaning the garage and found some old poly mailers stuffed in a bag. So I figured I could use these inside a box. No. I went to pull out another and it was stuck to something. I picked it up to look and the bags are sealed together to the package they came in. 3. A lot of people are asking where others are getting their “good bags”. I can answer but it won’t help. I bought mine from ezmailers on e**y but they are not selling anymore. I can bring you this information because I was so happy with the quality I saved the seller with a note “poly mailers” so I would know where to find it again. 4. I bought the 100 count bags. It is a Prime item and listed at $8.40, I paid $7.43. It says: Sold by RightPriceUSA and fulfilled by Amazon. After I opened them and went to look at my completed orders and wrote this review I am now editing. After that I dug around and on my completed order it says they were “Sold by: ELMENOS” Who the heck is that? I browed the Q&A on the product page and noted people had posted pictures of two totally different looking bags. 5. I wrote Amazon told them what I refer to in #4 of this review and I also wrote Value Mailers and asked if they could identify the pictures I posted as a product of theirs as it did not visually compare to anything on their website. Amazon quickly replied that they contacted their catalog department and were very gracious. Value Mailers has not replied but it has only been 1 day. 6. I do not know if the bags from my garage are Value Mailers bags. They do look like them but contain no identifying marks that I can see. 7. On the product page there is the pull down menu and it has 5 options. Long story short you can compare the details 4 are being sold by Value Mailers and the one I bought is not. They used ValueMailers description and photo. I think the buyers are unknowingly buying 2 different products resulting in the mixed reviews. But let’s ice the cake. I clicked on other seller’s from the page I purchased from to help others find the right product being sold by ValueMailers and… It says I bought that product. I only bought 1 product. So I added both items to my cart to compare. So… and the difference is one says Shipped from ValueMailers and the other just says Prime. 8. Amazon acknowledged and is in the process of fixing the problem. Not having a verified Poly Mailer from ValueMailers I cannot tell you how the quality compares. I will purchase the $4.00 + 5.99 shipping from the ValueMailers listing. That is a fair price if it is of the same quality as the ones from my garage. This was a lot of work for a product I paid $7.83 for. Stay tuned while I order this other product. 9. Picture #1 Bag sealed to the packing bag they came in. #2 same thing, but from other side. #3 their bag (left) next to a poly mailer (right) from my garage that had been stuffed in a bag. #4 the seals. The light colored one is the one from my garage (You probably figured that out by now.), #5 The poly mailer from my garage. #6 These bags you are considering buying right now. Or maybe you are no longer considering them after viewing my pictures?