breinhold
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:19:30 PM new
Anyone ever notice the weird smell priority tape has? what does it smell like to you? It smells like cheap chocolate flavored licorice to me. One ebayer i know agrees. another says it smells like his basement. This is my ebay important thought for the day.
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marble
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:22:35 PM new
I think it smells kinda chocolatey.
I also notice a direct correllation to the translucent areas of the tape and its ability to pick up embarassing hairs and position them directly in front of the package, right by the recipient's address.
And I will answer NO questions about what I mean by "embarassing hairs" so don't even ask.
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zilvy
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:25:06 PM new
I thought it smelled sort of like imitation vanilla...yeuchhhh.
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breinhold
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:37:50 PM new
the hair thing!!!!! yes!!!! i have a dog that is half golden retriever ,half chow and some of my packages look like a a 1971 hippy vans interior shag carpet from his hair. i vacume twice a day and it dosnt help. but i never charge extra for the additional padding. and it only happens with priority chocolate flavored tape.
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touchofeurope
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:41:03 PM new
yummmm. chocolatey, vanillay dog hair sticky stuff.... buyers are sooo lucky to get that for free!
Seriously, I think it smells like anise..
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wbfan
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:41:15 PM new
I thought I was the only one! I hope my buyers don't think I am packing and eating at the same time! LOL.
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marble
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:42:42 PM new
I've received packages sealed with priority tape that look like the seller used the tape for a bikini wax first. Bleah.
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redskinfan
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:42:55 PM new
duct tape
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sadie999
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:44:34 PM new
I think marble has come up with an alternative to expensive depilatory methods!
And with that rich pseudo chocolatey smell also.
The next scream you hear will be someone removing hair from her legs via priority tape.....
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jlb444
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:48:14 PM new
I've had a customer ask me not to use it on her package. It must be priority tape from different areas made though as some of mine has no odor at all. Some of mine is really old though since I ordered so much a few years ago.
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computerboy
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posted on April 26, 2001 12:50:25 PM new
The Post office will soon be annoucing the addition of new flavors for a nominal fee.
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breinhold
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posted on April 26, 2001 01:09:46 PM new
i think maybe the next smell they use should be a hair jel smell to keep things consistant.
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squinkle99
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posted on April 26, 2001 01:48:37 PM new
I think the post office decided to make Priority tape into a hair magnet so that people would slow their consumption of it.
For instance, my post office has a strict "no words on the package except addresses + USPO labels" policy on reused boxes. I generally just put Priority tape over the words of my medical supply boxes (I work in a doctor's office when I am not here). It would be better for the USPO's bottom line if I would use my own markers for this activity, but I would rather save the three minutes of scribbling in favor of the twenty second Priority tape solution.
[ edited by squinkle99 on Apr 26, 2001 02:57 PM ]
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ashlandtrader
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posted on April 26, 2001 02:05:49 PM new
Wow deep thoughts... just what I need today.
What is that funky smell? Wish I smelled chocolate but to me if gives off a chemically (is that a real word) smell. Maybe it is chemicals and the post office is slowly destroying my memory with each use. THAT would explain a lot!
Because I am not getting old and there is just no other reasonable explaination for my memory loss....
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kjtrades
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posted on April 26, 2001 02:51:41 PM new
imitation vanilla hahaha I thought that too. I told my girlfriend that and tried to make her smell it. She thought I was crazy.
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pappashop
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posted on April 26, 2001 02:54:03 PM new
Hmm I've never actually held the tape to the ol' sniffer and had a whiff! Maybe I'm so far out of the times that I didn't know tape sniffing was a fast growing trend? Well heck.....NEVER TOO LATE TO START!!!! ::::::running for the tape:::::::::
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srfnfshn
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posted on April 26, 2001 03:24:24 PM new
The smell is stronger when it's warm. I use it in a tape dispenser and after the 5th or 6th package you can really smell the stuff.
My daughter and I always giggle about how it smells like chocolate. I'm glad we aren't alone.
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zoomin
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posted on April 26, 2001 03:32:02 PM new
QUICK
You are all suffering from Chocolate withdrawl!
Go Get A Fix
before it's too late....
and stop sniffing glue or the neighbors will talk....
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spottydoggy
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posted on April 26, 2001 03:33:12 PM new
I so agree about the smell - to me it smells like chocolate twizzlers  . I do have some of the old, old priority tape and it smells like burning tires to me - bluk!
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tabbs
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posted on April 26, 2001 05:10:50 PM new
I thought it smelled like a french girl I use to know in paris.
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pyth00n
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posted on April 26, 2001 05:37:20 PM new
After I read the first couple posts, I got my tape roll and snorted some. I thought "vanilla extract." After reading the thread to this point, I took the roll to my spouse (who was talking on the phone), got her to sniff, and asked if it called anything to mind. She thought not. So I asked 'vanilla extract??" and she agreed it wasn't crazy to think that.
She knows everything so there you have it. Dunno what the person on the line thought, but they're still talkin' now without missing a beat.
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Malady
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posted on April 26, 2001 06:03:48 PM new
I work for the post office (mail carrier) and yes, the older priority tape did have a more chemical smell. Kinda like nail polish remover.
I have one customer that has me pick up 20-30 priority packages once a week and boy does the smell get to ya, especially after sitting in a warm vehicle.
I'll have to have a sniff of the new stuff...never thought of it smelling like chocolate.
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breinhold
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posted on April 26, 2001 06:12:19 PM new
I JUST ATE SOME AND I ASSURE YOU ALL...IT TASTE NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE TWIZZLERS. OR VANILLA
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Microbes
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posted on April 26, 2001 06:16:44 PM new
Malady:
Since you work for the post office, can you tell us IS eating priority mail tape against the rules?
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lattefor2
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posted on April 26, 2001 06:30:05 PM new
All this time I have been yelling at my husband for sneaking chocolate which he is not suppose to have. He's been swearing he hasn't been. chocolate twizzlers get my vote. Hubby gets my apology.
Latte
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Malady
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posted on April 26, 2001 06:32:40 PM new
Microbes~
I wouldn't if I were you. Probably not bio-degradeable. Pretty messy...if you know what I mean.
Now, what really smells is the odor from a newly opened bag of rubber-bands. Smells like someone got sick, after an enchilada dinner.
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ashlandtrader
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posted on April 26, 2001 06:43:32 PM new
Malady--
Ewwwww....
that is pretty gross!
:0)
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breinhold
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posted on April 26, 2001 07:03:26 PM new
WELL WHEN I WAS A KID MIMEOGRAPH PAPER SMELLED LIKE BANANAS AND I HATED BEING IN THE BACK ROW BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS HAD IT SNIFFED OUT BY THE TIME I GOT IT....NOW I HAVE ALL THE PRIORITY TAPE I ASK FOR....PAYBACK FOR THE MIMEOGRAPH PAPER!!! I DONT EVEN USE IT, I JUST ORDER PRIORITY TAPE AND SNIFF IT. (BUT REALLY IT TASTE TERRIBLE WITHOUT PEANUT BUTTER)
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gs4
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posted on April 26, 2001 07:20:31 PM new
Smells just fine, its free
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difs
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posted on April 26, 2001 09:44:08 PM new
I think it's smells like something's burning. (Either that, or my 13 year old's just made microwave popcorn...)
Di
On a scale of 1 to 10...we'd all weigh a lot less!
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