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Post by Lexica on Apr 27, 2016 21:36:25 GMT
does no one think that the seller might've removed the tubes before using the roll? it's not hard to do. these rolls could very well have never even seen the inside of the bathroom, making them perfectly fine for crafting. tho if it was me selling, I would've made sure to say that up front. I've never tried to remove the tube from a full roll of paper, but doesn't the paper travel funny on the holder if you remove the cardboard first? And the last few squares of tp are stuck to the roll a bit. I'm just wondering how removing it would not mess up all the remaining paper. |
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Post by Lexica on Apr 27, 2016 21:37:52 GMT
So...how much were they going for??? The pricing is at the bottom of the photo. I made sure to grab that part. They are asking .20 cents per tp roll, and .30 for a paper towel roll. |
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Post by Lexica on Apr 27, 2016 22:00:12 GMT
That little album is really cute, and I can see how the flattened tube makes a nice spot to put an insert piece. I'm not saying that one should never use a cardboard roll for anything, I'm just bothered by them selling them on Craigslist, and for 20 cents each! I think you can buy a 4-pack of toilet paper at the dollar store. And this guy is selling a 4-pack of tubes for .80 cents. That is just too much money. If I needed them for a project, I would save my own as well as ask family and neighbors to save for me. And as for the ick factor, how long did they sit on the floor in the bathroom until he gathered them up to put in a box?
When my son was young, I had no furniture in my living room for about a year or more. (found out my ex had snuck his affair into my house when I was visiting my sister with my newborn, so I got rid of my mattress and the couches and anything else her skanky butt would have been on) We used the empty room as a giant play area. I had just purchased a washing machine, and we brought the cardboard box from it into the room and started adding on and adding on until we had built a giant castle fort.
We went behind the furniture stores and picked up all the huge cardboard boxes before they hit the dumpster. I used the long sturdy cardboard center from carpeting rolls as framework and we build a fort that had a couple of rooms, hidden pathways, gun ports, a secret stash spot in one of the walls for the jewels, and anything else we could think of to make it fun. I used zip ties to hold everything together. It was really very sturdy. In order to make it more of a castle-type building, we used toilet paper rolls all along the top of the exterior walls between the 4 main carpeting tubes that were in the corners. We used modified paper towel tubes as gun holders to hold the wrapping paper cardboard rifles, and there was a paper towel tube mail tube for messages. The neighborhood kids played with that thing for well over a year and it was constantly being remodeled and added on to.
So yes, I see the value of empty tp rolls, but I would never buy them from a stranger. It just bothers me. And he is asking way too much for them.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 27, 2016 22:15:15 GMT
fecal misted pieces of cardboard. perfectly described!!! it's why I never go the whole "Toilet Paper Album" thing. talk about fecal misted memories of the way we were...... You know, if they were ironed using steam wouldn't that kill any potential germs that might be on there? I mean, my Shark steam mop makes that claim that the steam is what sanitizes the floor when you use it... And I had microwave steam bags for cleaning breast pump parts. Hmm! I wouldn't make one just because it would be way too small to be practical for me. |
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Post by papersilly on Apr 27, 2016 22:28:25 GMT
perfectly described!!! it's why I never go the whole "Toilet Paper Album" thing. talk about fecal misted memories of the way we were...... You know, if they were ironed using steam wouldn't that kill any potential germs that might be on there? I mean, my Shark steam mop makes that claim that the steam is what sanitizes the floor when you use it... And I had microwave steam bags for cleaning breast pump parts. Hmm! I wouldn't make one just because it would be way too small to be practical for me. I would seriously have to reevaluate my life if I found myself individually steaming the germs out of toilet paper tubes. LOL. I make tons of albums and so I know there are far better alternatives than to rely on toilet paper tubes for my pages. that, the fecal issue, and your reason that they are too small (I totally agree with you) is why I've never used them and I never will. I also would never put anything fecal-adjacent in my microwave. I swear, the thought of people collecting those toilet paper tubes has me laughing to myself and shaking my head. AND YET, there are no less than 283 listing on Ebay for those tubes so there must be people who use them for stuff. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 27, 2016 23:09:52 GMT
You know, if they were ironed using steam wouldn't that kill any potential germs that might be on there? I mean, my Shark steam mop makes that claim that the steam is what sanitizes the floor when you use it... And I had microwave steam bags for cleaning breast pump parts. Hmm! I wouldn't make one just because it would be way too small to be practical for me. I would seriously have to reevaluate my life if I found myself individually steaming the germs out of toilet paper tubes. LOL. I make tons of albums and so I know there are far better alternatives than to rely on toilet paper tubes for my pages. that, the fecal issue, and your reason that they are too small (I totally agree with you) is why I've never used them and I never will. I also would never put anything fecal-adjacent in my microwave. I swear, the thought of people collecting those toilet paper tubes has me laughing to myself and shaking my head. AND YET, there are no less than 283 listing on Ebay for those tubes so there must be people who use them for stuff. Ha ha! I wouldn't do that either, I was just mentioning that because of the related "steam cleaning" factor. Besides, with my luck I would probably start the microwave on fire if I tried it! |
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Post by zztop11 on Apr 28, 2016 1:00:51 GMT
Not to hijack this thread butt (pun intended  I have sold USED vintage rectal thermometers. Back in the old days, things were recycled. Nurses would wipe off the rectal thermometers with alcohol and they would be reused. And we are here to talk about it today. IMO, if someone is going to worry about fecal mist on the toilet paper roll, they may as well stay home all the time. What happens if you need to use the bathroom while you are out shopping for let's say toilet paper? |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 28, 2016 1:07:35 GMT
I sell empty toilet paper rolls on eBay all the time. As above poster said, they are used by crafters. Holy cow, really?! And I've been throwing mine away. How much do you sell them for? |
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Post by freebird on Apr 28, 2016 1:11:20 GMT
I sell empty toilet paper rolls on eBay all the time. As above poster said, they are used by crafters.
I've totally confused ebay now by looking at used toilet paper rolls and rolex watches on the same day. LOL
I had no idea people bought this stuff!
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Post by Lexica on Apr 28, 2016 2:07:47 GMT
I sell empty toilet paper rolls on eBay all the time. As above poster said, they are used by crafters.
I've totally confused ebay now by looking at used toilet paper rolls and rolex watches on the same day. LOL
I had no idea people bought this stuff!
OMG. I just looked at your link. I honestly had no idea this was a thing. Maybe the Craigslist guy isn't as nuts as I thought. I STILL wouldn't buy anything from any of them, but I'm honestly shocked to see them being sold. And papersilly, 283 listings??? I have to be honest here, my first real thought was, "holy shit, that's a lot of toilet paper being used" but between the bad language and stupid pun, I should have kept that one to myself. And here the majority of us have been tossing them in the trash can. Just imagine if every pea saved them and we pooled them all together and sold them, we could actually have enough money to buy that GoFundMe family of 6 kids a bigger house. Or at least add on a room to the existing one for them. |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Apr 28, 2016 11:16:08 GMT
Last night, when I changed both the toilet paper roll and the paper towel roll, I wondered how much money I could have made selling just one years worth of rolls. Throw in the tubes from gift wrap, cellophane, cling wrap, wax paper and aluminum foil. I'd be rolling in the money.
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Post by scrapperal on Apr 28, 2016 14:54:51 GMT
I actually did save tp rolls for a friend once. She needed them for costumes she was creating for theater. I was flying into town so I packed them in my suitcase. I wonder what TSA thought, haha.
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Post by melanell on Apr 28, 2016 17:48:09 GMT
If anyone composts, you can toss your t.p. rolls in there. (That is if you're willing to handle them that long.  ) |
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Post by melanell on Apr 28, 2016 17:53:19 GMT
So I looked at the ebay auctions and had to laugh at a few things. One, I am not sure if I would choose "new" or "used" if selling these. I mean, they held the toilet paper, right? So they were used for that purpose. There seems to be auctions marked "used", but a small number are marked "new". Are they popping the tube out before using the t.p. like someone mentioned, I wonder. And then some say "Clean". I think there are peas who would disagree with this claim. (Again, unless they remove them first.) But a few specify that by "clean" they mean that they removed all of the toilet paper, even the last bit that can be stuck to the roll if the roll has adhesive on it. The things I wind up pondering due to coming here amaze me sometimes.  |
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I have sold USED vintage rectal thermometers. Back in the old days, things were recycled. Nurses would wipe off the rectal thermometers with alcohol and they would be reused. And we are here to talk about it today. IMO, if someone is going to worry about fecal mist on the toilet paper roll, they may as well stay home all the time. What happens if you need to use the bathroom while you are out shopping for let's say toilet paper? 
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