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Beck
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I’m seeing a lot more open tape being passed off as new, especially Maxell UD 35-90 and XL 35-90B.
I’ve never seen a new reel of Maxell from any era that wasn’t sealed with plastic on the outside of the box. There is a lot of this stuff on eBay right now where the listing says, “Still wrapped in plastic inside box.” Maxell was never sealed with an inner plastic. It is in a plastic bag, but is not sealed… you can simply unfold it and remove it from the bag.
I suppose it’s possible that someone opened all these reels, and then never used them, but you have to take their word for it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120099076286
I’ve never seen a new reel of Maxell from any era that wasn’t sealed with plastic on the outside of the box. There is a lot of this stuff on eBay right now where the listing says, “Still wrapped in plastic inside box.” Maxell was never sealed with an inner plastic. It is in a plastic bag, but is not sealed… you can simply unfold it and remove it from the bag.
I suppose it’s possible that someone opened all these reels, and then never used them, but you have to take their word for it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120099076286