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Matt wrote:Unless it's damaged or you keep your discs sealed, what's the big deal?

"Damaged" is relative.

Well gee, that clears it up.

Glad I could help.

fdm, are you saying that if an item that you ordered brand new arrived to you in 100% pristine condition, but somehow came without the shrinkwrap, you would send it back on principle?

Or because he's not yet aware of Goo Gone or the number one alternate use for lighter fluid?

warren oates wrote:Or because he's not yet aware of Goo Gone or the number one alternate use for lighter fluid?

I just spread peanut butter over the residue and let my dog lick it clean.

Weird, the worst that's happened to me has been damaged booklets.

Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:Weird, the worst that's happened to me has been damaged booklets.

I actually had a set (Bottle Rocket) come with two disc one.

I recently received a Heaven's Gate blu ray with no disc 1. Biggest error I've encountered.

A few cases from B&N were damaged a little during shipping because they pack too loosely, but I kept them.

On Amazon, when you see the seller is Amazon Warehouse Deals, I think these are repackaged items. The blu rays from them never come with the blue stickers. Sometimes this happens even when the seller is Amazon Inc., which sort of ticks me off. But the condition is usually like new so I don't bother getting a replacement.

swo17 wrote:fdm, are you saying that if an item that you ordered brand new arrived to you in 100% pristine condition, but somehow came without the shrinkwrap, you would send it back on principle?

It would never happen in the first place.

warren oates wrote:Or because he's not yet aware of Goo Gone or the number one alternate use for lighter fluid?

If it needs Goo Gone it's used.

I have to admit I agree with fdm and would return a non-shrinkwrapped "new" item as well. Also, this is from Amazon's own guidelines for listing products:

Amazon wrote:◦CDs and DVDs should always be shrink-wrapped to protect them during shipping and differentiate them from used copies.

They can at least follow their own rules.

I just got a new shrink-wrapped Blu-ray of the latest season of Breaking Bad which nevertheless had an annoying little white sticker on the back of the keepcase under the outer layer of removable plastic. It looked like a factory "inspected by" number or something. But I've seen any number of barcode and other stickers like this under shrinkwrap on brand-new CDs, DVDs, etc. And then there are books. Don't get me started on safely removing hideous stickers from new books, which are almost never shrink-wrapped. Still, why would any of you want to go through the hassle of sending back an otherwise perfectly good item when removing the sticker is quicker and easier? You're not taking a stand on principle that's going to change anything, make it any less likely that you'll get one of those rare mistakes in the future, since Criterion's quality control is normally quite good and Glamazon's* customer service has been pretty great for years now.

*Birbigs

Criterion is now listing the cover artist and/or designer under the "Disc Features" section on each released film's page. Coming soon titles do not have this info.

That's a useful addition. I wish they'd also add to the website the "About the transfer" information from the booklets.

[3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman Stromboli Europe '51 Journey to Italy] = Yuck.

To the cover art, or to their relationship?

Any relationship that results in Isabella Rossellini is fine by me.

I like that cover, it reminds me of a vintage film trailer type-style.

eerik wrote:

I like that cover and I don't know why.

mfunk9786 wrote:I like that cover and I don't know why.

Because it looks great.

Holy cow! I remember guessing La Cage Aux Folles in the New Years drawing. After someone else suggested Le Samurai, I figured that I had to have been wrong.

That box will be amazing content-wise but that cover, damn... Those yellow letters are so wrong...