How to handle packets that open with age by itself?

[grisuris]

Hello,
i just registered, because i had no luck asking the Panini support about a recommendation, what the proper collectors way of handling older packets is, where the glue isn't working anymore and they start to open themselves on one side.
Somehow they didn't understand what i meant or it got lost in translation ;-)
I just need to know what the common acknowledged process among collectors is about the packets this happened to?
Do i just leave them that way? Is there a acknowledged way of resealing them or are there special sleeves to put them into, when this happens?
Not sure what to do, especially in case i want to trade or sell them later.
I have 1-2 worn boxes of Euro 96 without shrink wrap and each packet in there starts to open easily once i touch it ;-)

 

[GStephens]

I used to collect packets and stopped for this precise reason.

 

[dantzig]

Hello,
i just registered, because i had no luck asking the Panini support about a recommendation, what the proper collectors way of handling older packets is, where the glue isn't working anymore and they start to open themselves on one side.
Somehow they didn't understand what i meant or it got lost in translation ;-)
I just need to know what the common acknowledged process among collectors is about the packets this happened to?
Do i just leave them that way? Is there a acknowledged way of resealing them or are there special sleeves to put them into, when this happens?
Not sure what to do, especially in case i want to trade or sell them later.
I have 1-2 worn boxes of Euro 96 without shrink wrap and each packet in there starts to open easily once i touch it ;-)

Have a few like that too and don't think there's no easy way to fix it, unless you apply some special glue inside the packet and even that has to be a very precise work, as stickers inside need to be tight around the packet (basically, apply glue in all the packet except the part where the stickers are placed).

At least you get yourself some mint Euro 96 stickers, so the loss is not that much.

 

[grisuris]

At least you get yourself some mint Euro 96 stickers, so the loss is not that much.

Yeah, i thought about just using the singles from the packs, but first wanted to make sure what the common procedure in this case is.
Trading open packs is not much difference to using the singles in it, i guess, lol