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>ubject: Is this being anal?
>From: (Eric)
>Date: 3/31/04 11:22 PM !!!First Boot!!!
>Message-id: <12155-406B52A9->
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>Some of my friends make fun of me because I examine every dvd case when
>I buy a movie. I don't mean just picking it up and heading straight to
>the checkout... I mean I:
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>-- Closely look at the way it was packaged and the way it was
>shrunkwrap. I prefer the way many Paramount and Fox movies come -- with
>the plastic folded at the top and not like a regular, heated sealing
>(the kind Blockbuster used to repackage previously viewed movies) that
>warps the box.
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>-- Examine the side of the box... more and more retailers are not
>opening boxes with care, using a knife of some sort to slice the the
>top, this cutting a small slash mark on the spines of the dvd boxes.
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>-- gently shake it to make sure the disk is on its spindle.
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>-- look for any surface marks on the front of back of the case.
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>-- even go so far as look as to how the insert is places in the cover.
>If its crooked or too high up in the case, there is a change the top
>"security" label that lists the title will rip some of the picture off
>the insert.
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>Is that too anal?
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yes it is, except for the part where you give a little shake to make sure its
actually secure on the holder, that is important to me too, wouldnt want a
cracked disc