Am I the only one who experiences this? I am (was) a big fan of paper carrier bags. I have used the sturdy paper carrier bags several times, for example when moving house. We carried books (... and I have a lot of them), small items and other things back and forth in this way. The advantage: the bags can't be overloaded - especially with books - and can be used for a very long time later. After my moves, I really had a lot of these bags in stock - once upon a time ... If I buy a bag today, I'm lucky if it makes it home before it breaks. In short, today's bags may be more expensive, but they are absolutely useless.