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joshaube 11-14-2006 12:10 PM

Motherf*cking Security Stickers
 
I am incredibly enraged right now, due entirely to the fact DVD companies insist on sticking several "security device enclosed" stickers all over the plastic layering on the DVD case. You are required to remove them, in order to even obtain the disc inside the case. Yet they are nearly impossible to remove. And often when taking them off, they stretch the plastic layering, tear it, or leave massive amounts of sticky residue everywhere. Motherf*ck!

I just purchused several DVDs, one of them being Jeepers Creepers, and while taking off the sticker (carefully), I found it melded into the actual plastic layering. So here I am with a mutated case, which is now ruined. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my DVD collection - and this is incredibly annoying.

Anyone else feel this way? Any way to remove this residue / stickers safely? What are your methods.

I feel like going out and rebuying the fucking DVD.

crabapple 11-14-2006 01:12 PM

The "Creature from the Black Lagoon" purchased from BestBuy was the one that made me snarling enraged. The goons, not finding a convenient place to put their little inventory control sticker, inserted the damn thing onto the printed cardboard artwork on the inside, underneath the clear styrene window. I had to pry the window up with a slim tool, hoping not to crack it, and carefully rip the sticker off the artwork. Well, it tore the artwork. The way they did it, there was no way to win--removing the sticker meant damaging the product.

Roderick Usher 11-14-2006 01:17 PM

Is it such an annoyance that you'll stop buying DVDs?

didn't think so

stygianwitch 11-14-2006 01:21 PM

Thankfully at Music Zone they remove the security devices in the shop when you purchase :)

Elvis_Christ 11-14-2006 03:03 PM

Just buy a pack of new cases?

joshaube 11-14-2006 03:27 PM

Intense rubbing of a paper towel, then soaking a section of the towel in cooking oil, repeating the intense rubbing, and then rubbing once more with a dry section removes the gunk. I test it out, worked fine. Makes the plastic covering a little hazy where the spot was, but removes most of it and nullifies the stickiness of it.

The Mothman 11-14-2006 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshaube (Post 508568)
I am incredibly enraged right now, due entirely to the fact DVD companies insist on sticking several "security device enclosed" stickers all over the plastic layering on the DVD case. You are required to remove them, in order to even obtain the disc inside the case. Yet they are nearly impossible to remove. And often when taking them off, they stretch the plastic layering, tear it, or leave massive amounts of sticky residue everywhere. Motherf*ck!

I just purchused several DVDs, one of them being Jeepers Creepers, and while taking off the sticker (carefully), I found it melded into the actual plastic layering. So here I am with a mutated case, which is now ruined. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my DVD collection - and this is incredibly annoying.

Anyone else feel this way? Any way to remove this residue / stickers safely? What are your methods.

I feel like going out and rebuying the fucking DVD.

i always fortunatley enough have spare empty dvd cases laying around.

kpropain 11-15-2006 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshaube (Post 508688)
Intense rubbing of a paper towel, then soaking a section of the towel in cooking oil, repeating the intense rubbing, and then rubbing once more with a dry section removes the gunk. I test it out, worked fine. Makes the plastic covering a little hazy where the spot was, but removes most of it and nullifies the stickiness of it.

Goo Gone is the best thing for getting stickers or price tags off of stuff..You should be able to get it at your local hardware store..I've been using it for years now to get stickers off of dvd's and action figures..

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/295/googonels3.jpg

Vodstok 11-15-2006 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 508614)
Is it such an annoyance that you'll stop buying DVDs?

didn't think so

Hah! I was going to suggest downloading the dvd screeners and laugh.

slayer666 11-16-2006 02:41 AM

Man, I wish I had thought of using Goo Gone. That is a great idea!


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