Barbara bought me two inexpensive packs of simple black socks the other day at the local department chain. Name brand. You’d recognize them.

Both came in zip-lock bags. Six pairs of socks sold in a bag with a sliding reclosure mechanism.

In both cases the package labels called out the fact of the “RESEALABLE BAG”. So clearly it’s important.

However, in both cases the bags were permanently sealed by fusing, above the line of the resealer. Without perforations, there was no way to open the bags the first time without damaging the resealer mechanism.

So: point?

I’m not the first person to have asked the question. But no clear answer is forthcoming.