On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 12:55:32 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> When I got a Food Saver I had a rude surprise when I got a new roll of
> material. Holy crap it was expensive. That machine died after
> considerable use and was replaced by a new model that I got on sale for
> a good price and it included a lot of extra bags and rolls. IIRC there
> were 6 boxes of material.
>

That's a most wonderful marketing tradition. King Camp Gillette must have been besides himself when he realized the the money was in selling his blades rather than razor blade handles. You can try using a straw to suck out of Ziploc bags. What's needed is a device that does just that. OTOH, I suppose that doesn't make much sense from a marketing POV.