Dented or damaged tinned bits

AndyCF

I thought about putting this into an existing topic but after typing the post itself, realised it was not that suitable hence a new topic.

I wonder what anyone's thoughts are on dented tins ? I want to mention here this only really covers things that are within their use-by date. Things beyond that are a different matter entirely I think.

I guess to some extent this will vary on the dent itself, a very small ding (2mm say) is nothing really.

I'm not massively keen but I don't go out of my way. I will say if the 'ding' is on the vertical join I'll not have it at all although a minor 2mm ding I will accept.

I don't think it is like it used to be a very long time ago (40's perhaps or longer?) where tin/lead was used to seal tins up ?

I may of mentioned I assist in looking after a feral colony in another thread, the tins we get some of these are dented but not badly, I've not had one that appears to be bad anyway, different kettle-o-fish slightly for animal feed I guess. I'd reject anything too bad mind you but as they are shrink wrapped up in 6/8/12 packs you can't always tell.

On the main subject itself, would the content type effect your possible purchase ? By this I mean if it was say meat based, thinking here of tins of mince or stewing steak or maybe meaty soup, or if the tin was simply pure pea's in water would you be slightly more inclined to get it ?

Second to last part, would a price reduction assist you think ? A lot of retailers just leave them 'as is' although to be fair some of the damage is caused by careless clientele (I've seen it here, its quite annoying to watch people do it) rather than bad staff/stock handling. Its a bit of a mixed bag as I've seen the latter too.

I'd rather see said items in a separate area personally with a reduction on the condition if its no good, no refund. A bit like the way some small shops have a "reduced 50% or 75% off" and the items in the bin are clearly marked as being beyond their usual dates. Just that 'idea' for dented and damaged tins.

One final thing, something I have not seen for a long long time and only seen in those 'warehouse clearance' places were the unlabelled tins, this is probably illegal now I guess maybe. By that I mean you could usually see a date if it was on the lid/base but the contents well, who knows.

Pollycat

AndyCF wrote: »

I thought about putting this into an existing topic but after typing the post itself, realised it was not that suitable hence a new topic.

I wonder what anyone's thoughts are on dented tins ? I want to mention here this only really covers things that are within their use-by date. Things beyond that are a different matter entirely I think.

I guess to some extent this will vary on the dent itself, a very small ding (2mm say) is nothing really.

I'm not massively keen but I don't go out of my way. I will say if the 'ding' is on the vertical join I'll not have it at all although a minor 2mm ding I will accept.

I don't think it is like it used to be a very long time ago (40's perhaps or longer?) where tin/lead was used to seal tins up ?

I may of mentioned I assist in looking after a feral colony in another thread, the tins we get some of these are dented but not badly, I've not had one that appears to be bad anyway, different kettle-o-fish slightly for animal feed I guess. I'd reject anything too bad mind you but as they are shrink wrapped up in 6/8/12 packs you can't always tell.

On the main subject itself, would the content type effect your possible purchase ? By this I mean if it was say meat based, thinking here of tins of mince or stewing steak or maybe meaty soup, or if the tin was simply pure pea's in water would you be slightly more inclined to get it ?

Second to last part, would a price reduction assist you think ? A lot of retailers just leave them 'as is' although to be fair some of the damage is caused by careless clientele (I've seen it here, its quite annoying to watch people do it) rather than bad staff/stock handling. Its a bit of a mixed bag as I've seen the latter too.

I'd rather see said items in a separate area personally with a reduction on the condition if its no good, no refund. A bit like the way some small shops have a "reduced 50% or 75% off" and the items in the bin are clearly marked as being beyond their usual dates. Just that 'idea' for dented and damaged tins.

One final thing, something I have not seen for a long long time and only seen in those 'warehouse clearance' places were the unlabelled tins, this is probably illegal now I guess maybe. By that I mean you could usually see a date if it was on the lid/base but the contents well, who knows.

Personally, I wouldn't buy dented tins.
I'm meticulous about checking tins, even in a 4 pack.
OH isn't so much so if he's been shopping and there's a damaged tin, it goes to the front of the cupboard to be used first.

quintwins

I wouldn't buy a dented tin but I dropped a tin of beans today putting them away so I'm going to make a point if using that tin in the next few days.

Carrot007

AndyCF wrote: »

thinking here of tins of mince

You can get tins of mince? WHo would by such a thing and why?


Anyhow.


I check tins, why would I not. Sometimes get it wrong though, but nothing massive!.


I would buy dented tins at a discount, the dicount would be (at least) 25% for a minor dent and 50%+ for something big. The supermarkets disagree with me so I don;t buy them. Much liike most of the "discounts" I see, eg it needs using today, heres 5% or less off. Er no. (Yes I know the time makes a differece, but to interest me it needs 50% off with one day to go). (Or course this depends on what it is and when I may uase it! (I tend to ignore dates for stuff I have bought (especially tins on which they means nothing (if undented), but buying is different)).

AndyCF

Regarding the tinned mince. Yes. Me. But it has to be a known brand, some of the cheaper ones are not good I've found. Still can be purchased at a sane price with care.
As to why, nowhere locally now to get it fresh! Butchers closed, shame. Mind you it was mighty convenient to be able to empty it into a pot in the microwave then while it was warming sort something else out. Having said that I cannot recall checking if BM have it in their cool shelf area. I must look at that next time I go, its there or a corner shop or three only around here now.

Not all bad I know. I do miss the occasional bit of lovely Turkey mince though!


Thanks all so far for the replies regarding dinged tins too.

VfM4meplse

Botulism. That's all I'm saying.

[Deleted User]

Botulism is always a possibility with dented tins, a very slight one but I'd rather not take the risk no matter how cheap they are.

AndyCF

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Botulism is always a possibility with dented tins, a very slight one but I'd rather not take the risk no matter how cheap they are.

Is that due to the 'coating' they have (I think? I've not researched this) on the inside of the tin being damaged by the 'ding' or something to do with the 'ding' being in the jointing area ?

That is something I'd not considered, I had heard about it long ago I think but that was as far as it went.

PasturesNew

I've bought dented tins before. Just 2 days ago I opened a tin of pears that were very dented. A tin of pears at 38p was a good price. They've been sitting in the cupboard two years as I bought two tins and never got round to them... ate one and the other lurked. I finally opened one the other night and ate half, the other half's decanted in the fridge but needs eating by tomorrow I guess.

Nothing wrong with a dent, so long as the tin's not lost its integrity.

This was a reduced tin from Mr T, so known provenance.

[Deleted User]

Usually a tiny pin hole in the metal or a tiny split in the seam and it's enough to let the organism in and get to work.

PasturesNew

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Usually a tiny pin hole in the metal or a tiny split in the seam and it's enough to let the organism in and get to work.

On the basis it's not in the newspapers every year .... I'd take a gamble that a dented top supermarket branded can stands a better chance of being uncontaminated than some furren-labelled tin from a dubious corner shop's random cellar pallet find