I got sick of toting around 100 jewels, so I just discarded all the boxes
and thinpacked my CDs in those Case Logic sleeves; not the big booklets,
but the indivuidual slips. I find them most handy and better than jewel
boxes in most every way. I can now carry around 4 times as many CDs as
before.
-jon
On 15 May 1996, Renee Baker wrote:
quoted 55 lines I tend to agree with the support for cardboard. I'm still miffed at a coworker>
> I tend to agree with the support for cardboard. I'm still miffed at a coworker
> who broke my jewel box that contains my FSOL "Papua New Guinea" CD. And I have
> several other boxes that were shipped to me from far away places that arrived
> all broken up. At least the CDs were intact. Replacing these plastic cases
> every time they break (which is often for me) can get to be downright expensive.
>
> So, I really like my cardboard cases. They are a little dog-eared, but they
> haven't broken on me.
>
> Odd side track: Most unusual CD containers that I own:
>
> 1. Spacetime Continuum "Emit Ecaps" in that "pouch"
> 2. Deee-Lite (I know, you're all having a heart attack!) [I can't think of the
> title of the album] in a cardboard/plastic container.
> 3. Emergency Broadcast Network "Telecommunication Breakdown" also in a
> cardboard/plastic hybrid. It also has a Mac floppy in it. Oh yeah, the CD
> itself contains videos on it, which can be played on your PC's CD-ROM. Way
> cool.
>
> Record companies: Wise up!
>
> Artists: Take control of how your product is marketed. Be creative. Make a
> statement.
>
> 'Nuf said,
>
> Renee
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> Subject: Re: (idm) I WANT MY BLOODY JEWEL BOXES!!!!!!
> From: acowper@dvcorp.co.uk at Internet
> Date: 15-05-1996 03:36
>
> > >
> > > the only problem is . . .
> > >
> > > THE CASES ARE CARDBOARD!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > Is it blasphemy or is it sacrilege?
> > >
> > It is neither. The only thing that I can construe it as is someone
> > putting a little thought into things and doing it sensibly. Why the
> > obsession with plastic? I chunky recycled cardboard does the job.
> >
> > I wonder what the half-life of a jewel box is?
> > It's bad enough having all the components of the actual CD to contend with.
> > Support Cardboard...
> > Matt
>
> I'm with you, man. You can't use recycled plastic to make jewel boxes,
> it has to be brand new virgin oil fresh out of the ground. Yuk!
>
> Cheers
> Andrew C.
>