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Old March 29th 14, 04:34 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D

I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.

It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL

The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jill
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Old March 29th 14, 06:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 3/29/2014 12:46 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article ,
jmcquown wrote:
Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D


I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.


It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL


The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.


Jill



Nice one!

I hope they look into the problem.

Judith

Too bad they didn't ask me to test the product packaging way back when.
I'd have told them. I guess I was irritated the last time I bought
her food and was again annoyed by the zip thing not sealing well.

I do testing for products from time to time. I get things in the mail
to use and provide feedback about. Persia's food, nope. I did get a
free bag of cat litter for Persia to test once.

Jill
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Old March 29th 14, 06:19 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D

I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.

It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL

The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jill

~~~~~~~
You really shouldn't need to do this, but my thought was that you could
protect the contents better if you fold the package over and staple it
*several* times. Possibly fold again and use the clamp. Don't open until
the bin is nearly empty. That way, you will only have to tear through the
staples once.

MaryL

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Old March 29th 14, 06:43 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 3/29/2014 1:19 PM, MaryL wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D

I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.

It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL

The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jill

~~~~~~~
You really shouldn't need to do this, but my thought was that you could
protect the contents better if you fold the package over and staple it
*several* times. Possibly fold again and use the clamp. Don't open
until the bin is nearly empty. That way, you will only have to tear
through the staples once.

MaryL


Good suggestion but I dislike staples. I do have a decleater.

Jill
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Old March 29th 14, 07:49 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 3/29/2014 1:19 PM, MaryL wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D

I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.

It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL

The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jill

~~~~~~~
You really shouldn't need to do this, but my thought was that you could
protect the contents better if you fold the package over and staple it
*several* times. Possibly fold again and use the clamp. Don't open
until the bin is nearly empty. That way, you will only have to tear
through the staples once.

MaryL


Good suggestion but I dislike staples. I do have a decleater.

Jill

~~~~~~~~~
I was thinking of just tearing the bag apart and then throwing it away. You
would only need to open the bag once if you pour half of the bag into your
bin, then wait until the bin is almost empty before tearing the bag open.
Of course, you would need to take some care not to let staples fall loose
because Persia will be in the area.

MaryL

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Old March 29th 14, 08:54 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 2014-03-29 4:19 PM, MaryL wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 3/29/2014 1:19 PM, MaryL wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D

I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.

It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL

The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Jill

~~~~~~~
You really shouldn't need to do this, but my thought was that you could
protect the contents better if you fold the package over and staple it
*several* times. Possibly fold again and use the clamp. Don't open
until the bin is nearly empty. That way, you will only have to tear
through the staples once.

MaryL


Good suggestion but I dislike staples. I do have a decleater.

Jill

~~~~~~~~~
I was thinking of just tearing the bag apart and then throwing it away.
You would only need to open the bag once if you pour half of the bag
into your bin, then wait until the bin is almost empty before tearing
the bag open. Of course, you would need to take some care not to let
staples fall loose because Persia will be in the area.

MaryL


I've been in the habit of years of just putting the food from a
newly-opened bag into a plastic container with a tightly-sealed lid.
This is a result of carelessly leaving food in a sturdy paper package
within the reach of a cat who decided that food obtained through a hole
chewed in the bag is tastier than the identical food in a bowl on the floor.

--
Cheryl
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Old March 30th 14, 09:00 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Saturday, March 29, 2014 11:34:35 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a

decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D



I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag

doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed

plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it

over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.



It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their

web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC

codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.

Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL



The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.

As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.



Jill


We always dump all kibble (whether dog or cat) into bins (we wash out and reuse the buckets that 30+/- pounds of clumping cat litter come in, like this one http://amzn.com/B0018CJVPY) and dispose of the bags as some certain kitties that will remain unnamed *cough*Ernie*cough* love to chew through the bags (either paper or the new, tough plastic ones) to get to the goodies inside. Then some other -erm, SEVERAL other kitties will scavenge some kibble. Then the hole gets enlarged by the dogs, who really, really, REALLY enjoy their new-found snack (especially if it's cat food!).
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Old April 1st 14, 05:07 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:09:47 -0400, jmcquown
wrote:

On 3/29/2014 12:46 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article ,
jmcquown wrote:
Persia has eaten one version or another of Hill's r/x kibble for a
decade. Thankfully she LOVE LOVE LOVES the food. :-D


I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the packaging. The zipper seal on the bag
doesn't seal well at all. I pour half of it into a tightly sealed
plastic bin. The food that I don't pour into the bin I have to fold it
over and put on clamp on the bag. It still goes stale.


It didn't occur to me until this month to complain about it via their
web site. They seemed surprised. They emailed back for details (UPC
codes, etc.) They even mentioned hmmm, no one else has complained.
Well hey, it took me TEN years to bring it up! LOL


The result? They apologised and sent me a $10 off coupon in the mail.
As the subject line says, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.


Jill



Nice one!

I hope they look into the problem.

Judith

Too bad they didn't ask me to test the product packaging way back when.
I'd have told them. I guess I was irritated the last time I bought
her food and was again annoyed by the zip thing not sealing well.

I do testing for products from time to time. I get things in the mail
to use and provide feedback about. Persia's food, nope. I did get a
free bag of cat litter for Persia to test once.

Jill


Temptation bags sometimes refuse to zip closed.
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Old April 2nd 14, 05:22 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 4/1/2014 12:07 PM, dgk wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:09:47 -0400, jmcquown
wrote:

Too bad they didn't ask me to test the product packaging way back when.
I'd have told them. I guess I was irritated the last time I bought
her food and was again annoyed by the zip thing not sealing well.

I do testing for products from time to time. I get things in the mail
to use and provide feedback about. Persia's food, nope. I did get a
free bag of cat litter for Persia to test once.

Jill


Temptation bags sometimes refuse to zip closed.

I very rarely Persia treats. But hey, if you don't like the packaging
see if they have a feedback form on the web site. Maybe you'll get a
coupon, too.

Jill
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Old April 3rd 14, 02:32 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:22:17 -0400, jmcquown
wrote:

On 4/1/2014 12:07 PM, dgk wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:09:47 -0400, jmcquown
wrote:

Too bad they didn't ask me to test the product packaging way back when.
I'd have told them. I guess I was irritated the last time I bought
her food and was again annoyed by the zip thing not sealing well.

I do testing for products from time to time. I get things in the mail
to use and provide feedback about. Persia's food, nope. I did get a
free bag of cat litter for Persia to test once.

Jill


Temptation bags sometimes refuse to zip closed.

I very rarely Persia treats. But hey, if you don't like the packaging
see if they have a feedback form on the web site. Maybe you'll get a
coupon, too.

Jill


Good idea. I'll wait until I get another bad one and let them know the
lot number.
 




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