I don't shop at Wal-Mart but I did a quick search "strike anywhere matches" Seen an ad for Wal-Mart for Greenlight.
Matches?
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I bought several boxes of greenlight (on eBay) a while back.
I’m just wondering if there is a known alternative.
The matches that I bought were Penley brand, made in Chile:
Wholesale Penley Matches Strike Anywhere - GLW - https://www.glwholesale.com/product/wholesale-penley-matches-strike-anywhere/41146p
I got them on eBay for around $40 a case, if I recall correctly.
This chart is a real eye-opener. What was $5 in 2014 is now $65...except they're no longer available.
And here's why:
"Penley strike anywhere matches will likely become increasingly more and more scarce as they have apparently been absorbed into the Jarden Corporation the parent company of the Diamond Match Company; apparently to minimize competition but don’t quote me on that. My recommendation is to buy Penley strike anywhere matches now, while they’re still available. The truth of the matter is that Penley matches are next to impossible to find, other than EBAY I guess I was right when I warned readers years ago to go out and buy while you can. In 2023, you can’t."
That’s nuts!
I had no idea this was a thing.
I’ll have to do some serious thinking re whether the convenience of online shopping and mild cool factor of strike anywhere matches out weigh the possibility of causing a USPS plane to crash. I mean… what are the chances?
I guess I’ll just check out the local mom and pop hardware stores in hopes of finding some NOS strike anywheres
I'm really surprised they even allow them to be shipped. The way they throw packages around it's just a disaster waiting to happen. Smack one with a hammer and see what happens . Did it all the time as kids.
Strike Anywhere matches (or at least the good ones) have been classified as HazMat and can't be shipped without approved boxes, by trained and approved shippers. For comparison, HazMat fees on smokeless powder and primers (not self-immolating like the matches) range from $20-50 per shipment up to 50 pounds. So, yeah. Shipping a $5 box of matches suddenly went up a bit.I'm really surprised they even allow them to be shipped. The way they throw packages around it's just a disaster waiting to happen. Smack one with a hammer and see what happens . Did it all the time as kids.
The decline in free wood advertising matches, strike anywhere matches and book matches is definitely one of the Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Yeah this and when the restaurant hostess asked "smoking or non smoking?"
I really don't miss smoking in restaurants or airplanes. The smell of cheap cigarettes makes me ill, and they never have adequate ventilation. Pipes and cigars were generally banned by the late 70's anyway.Yeah this and when the restaurant hostess asked "smoking or non smoking?"
Yeah, I didn't like the cigarette and cigar smoke either but it was just the first step in programming a anti smoking public. Ban on planes restaurants, then bars, then the streets, then, then, then,wooden matches
We still had one bar in Philadelphia where you can smoke. But that bar, McGlinchey's on 15th St. near Latimer, just closed and the future is uncertain. I've been drinking there since I was 18 (I'm 62) and it has gone pretty much unchanged since. If the bar is sold, they will not be able to keep their smoking waiver.
McGlinchey's Bar, Philadelphia
May 2017
You are correct. I briefly worked for one of the package delivery companies many years ago. My first day I was unloading the tractor trailers onto the conveyor belt that went to the delivery trucks. A package was labeled “fragile, handle like glass” so I picked it up and carried it to the belt and gently set it down. The guy I was helping unload the truck informed me we were being timed on how long it took to unload the truck. He told me that standard operating procedure was to just throw everything at the backstop on the far side of the belt. Glass, throw it. TV set, throw it. Stereo equipment, throw it. I didn’t stay long at that job. Two days I think.
