These tags can NOT be removed with a magnet or a Gator tag remover. The reason for the hole is that a piece of metal slides into the hole and pushes on the pin to detach the tag. Gator tags and magnet-remove tags do NOT have a hole on the side of them. To remove these types of tags you need a special tag remover that looks like this:. If you look at the upper left of the image above, you can see that you slide the security sensor into the tool, then you pull the trigger on the tool.
It shoots a piece of thick metal into the tag and the tag comes right off. It broke in 2 days. You can literally feel the difference in quality just by holding it. They all suck. These are super cheap metal, do NOT work and usually break before they even take off a single tag. If you insist on not buying anything to remove a slide-tag Garvey tag AND if you are willing to risk damaging the apparel by making a large hole where the tag is, here's what you can do:.
Pry off the top part of the tag so you can see if there is ink on the inside. You can use anything you want to separate the top two pieces, at the seam:. You can crack it with pliers or whatever, just be as gentle as possible. Again, your only goal is to discover if there is an ink pack inside. So now, you can turn the remaining tag on its side and smash it with a hammer. Never do this on your kitchen table for Pete's sake!
You need to really smash hard. After a solid whack, one of two things will happen, either the tag will come off and all that will be left is the pin, in which case you can now easily cut it off with good wire cutters, or, the tag will break enough that you can now reach in and cut it off with wire cutters.
But if you discovered ink on the inside and you can not remove the ink capsules, your only option is to wrap that half of the tag as tightly as possible using a plastic bag like the kind you get for free when you go grocery shopping. Then you can proceed to Step 3. Starting an Online Biz. Biz Supplies Online Sellers. Item Name Cheat Sheets. These can come in a variety of colors, shapes and styles, but they look similar to this: If you are sure your tag is a magnet remove, whether it be a cool-looking alarm-type or a simple-looking style, click here to learn how to take it off or watch the video below: TYPE 2: CLAMP REMOVE These are commonly used by most stores.
You can identify a Clamp Remove because it has 2 indents, like this: See the two little circles on each tag that look like eyeballs staring at you? You could even pretend, if it has eyeballs, it is an alligator, this way you can always remember what type of tag remover you need: These may or may not contain ink.
It just doesn't happen enough to actually fool anybody with this bullshit disclaimer. The A. By Adam Dachis. Photo: mdbildes Shutterstock. Many security tags are deactivated in-store with an electromagnetic device. To remove them at home, use a high-powered magnet , such as a hard drive magnet.
Place the magnet on a flat surface and lay the tag on top of it with the ink dome or cartridge facing down. Security tag removal Either a mechanical device or a high-powered magnet , the detacher releases the security tag's locking mechanism and allows the tag to be removed. Tags can then be re-used on other products. There are numerous techniques, some of them include brute force and may cause injury or damage the item, but the easiest way is of course using a strong neodymium magnet.
Does aluminum foil Stop store alarms? If you try to apply constant upward pressure or yank it hard, it just locks it up. Pulling too hard can bend the mechanism inside and make it even harder to get off. Reply 2 years ago. I've waded through a zillion goofy "procedures" calling for freezers and Dremel tools and forks. Place strong magnet near back, easily remove pin. Refrigerator magnets and the like won't do it.
I had a crazy strong but small rare earth magnet left over from a science experiment. It made the mechanism click when within maybe half a centimeter. Mine looked exactly like the picture sunrise22 posted. Reply 4 years ago. Most of the security tags come off with magnets like you showed.
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