Motherf*cking Security Stickers

[joshaube]

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]

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]

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

didn't think so

[stygianwitch]

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

[Elvis_Christ]

Just buy a pack of new cases?

[joshaube]

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]

Originally Posted by joshaube

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]

Originally Posted by joshaube

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..

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

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]

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