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Posted by Ether Jones on September 26, 2006, 11:42 am
Husky wrote:
> Ether Jones wrote:
> > Charlie Morgan wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>>Charlie Morgan wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Is there a shelf life?
> >>>>>Thanks
> >>>>>Tom
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Yes! Although there is no expiration date printed on the container, Stabil
has a
> >>>>two year shelf life once you open the container and break the original
seal.
> >>>
> >>>Sez who?
> >>
> >>The manufacturer!
> >
> >
> > So, there's no date printed on the container, but once you open the
> > bottle it's no good in two years. Sounds to me like they want to have
> > their cake and eat it too. They don't want retailers returning
> > outdated unsold product, but they don't want consumers nursing a bottle
> > for 5 years. Pardon my skepticism.
> >
>
>
> What's the shelf life of gasoline? It doesn't come with an expiration
> date either.
The analogy is weak. Gasoline is not sold in sealed containers. No
claim is made by the manufacturer that a retailer could keep a sealed
can of gasoline on the shelf indefinitely and sell it as new.
> A factory sealed container isn't subject to its contents
> absorbing moisture, nor oxidizing from from the air.
> These are the same
> factors that cause the degradation of gasoline, only gasoline goes bad
> much faster...
Are you claiming that a sealed can of gasoline would remain "fresh"
indefinitely?
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