Showguard At Home Organizer

Does anyone have a Showguard At Home Organizer? Is it worth anything?

It retails for $13.95 at this link, so I doubt it has much of any value on the secondary market:

http://www.showgard.com/results.cfm?id=7

I should have said "Is it worth having?" Bad wording on my part...

Couldn't you get the same results using something like this from the office section at Walmart? I also see these all the time at garage sales and thrift stores usually for around a quarter.

There are all kinds of organizers out there and with school supplies being the hot item right now, many are discounted at most office supply and department stores. I would expect that you could find something you could adapt for the purpose and not have to spend too much to do so.

Actually, I like the desktop plastic units with two or three drawers in it (usually +/- $5). You can keep most of your mounts in it and keep them out of sight at the same time. I have a desk organizer that I had used to keep stamp mounts in, but when it came time to pull one out, or when I tried to reach for something else and it accidentally fell from the desk, I had a real mess to clean up as those mounts do get all over the place. If you have them stored in an enclosure such as a drawer in a plastic desktop unit, they will be less likely to scatter. (Just my opinion.)

I use a facial tissue box to hold mine.

Hi

Like wt1 I keep all my mounts in a plastic desk top drawer. They used to come in a package of three and I have about 20 of them. I have 3 reserved for mounts, small, medium and large, I for cutters and perf gauges and 1 for album pages.

I do not like the Showgard organizer as it is in the way and prone to falling and making a mess. The drawers are best. Showgard used to offer a 3 drawer system but I do not see it listed anymore.

Each drawer is a little larger than 8.5 x 11 and is about 1.5 to 2 inches high. They are opaque plastic. I think I got mine at an art supply store and they were made by Eldon office products..

I Googled around but cannot seem to find what I had purchased years ago.

Jerry B

I have all my mounts in a plastic tub with lid and it's just not working for me. I'll have to look into these other organizers.

I should invest in one of these I have o many different sizes from collecting so many different countries I doubt one would od. Once you open the packet they seem to start falling out and mixing together it is a huge mess when you have a large amount of various sizes.
Nick

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If you are using showgard mounts just open the top of the package. Pull the mounts out with the cardboard filler. With the cardboard the mounts are pretty easy to re-insert into the package without damaging the mounts. I like the Scott mount packaging as, at least the older ones, the package can'snap shut'.

Before someone asks, I prefer Showgard to Scott as I think the Showgard mounts are a little heavier, thicker and clearer.

Jerry B

Funny. I find the Scott mount background to be a darker black than Showguard when exposed to light. The Scott packaging is definitely better than the Showguard packaging.