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Old 31-12-2012, 03:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Liquorice[_2_] Dave Liquorice[_2_] is offline
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:08:31 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:

I asked for a pair of those Golden RHS approved gardening gloves, got
them but with security lump of plastic still on palm. (Got receipt as
well so got to take them all the way back to the Bicester Wyevale to
get the tag taken off.)


Got a magnet? Fiddle about with that over the bump in the tag and the
metal pin will release. Easy witha powerful magnet, a fridge magnet might
not be enough but worth a try. Have the tag inverted ie bump down
perhaps, tap magnet against bump or hold magnet against bump point and
tap the whole lot down on to a hard surface.

Or you could go for brute force and ignorance and bash the bump with a
hammer and smash it open/off but some tags have dye in them...

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Cheers
Dave.