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  • mathias broucek
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    • Nov 2010
    • 1303

    CDs from the US

    Does anyone know why the Americans have the irritating habit of running a sticker accross the top of the CD box? It always takes me about 2-3 mins to get into a new CD from the US and sometimes I break the box
  • Don Petter

    #2
    Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
    Does anyone know why the Americans have the irritating habit of running a sticker accross the top of the CD box? It always takes me about 2-3 mins to get into a new CD from the US and sometimes I break the box

    The trick is to open the case by 'dismantling' the lid, leaving the sticker in place. Then peeling off the sticker from the 'inside' is easier than using fingernails from the outside.

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    • Beef Oven!
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      • Sep 2013
      • 18147

      #3
      Originally posted by mathias broucek View Post
      Does anyone know why the Americans have the irritating habit of running a sticker accross the top of the CD box? It always takes me about 2-3 mins to get into a new CD from the US and sometimes I break the box
      2/3 minutes. Why are young people so impatient? I assume you are under 30.

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      • MickyD
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        • Nov 2010
        • 4774

        #4
        They also do it on DVDs and that is even more maddening...I have spent ages trying to get the stuff off the DVD case. And I am 55, Beefy!

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        • Beef Oven!
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          • Sep 2013
          • 18147

          #5
          Originally posted by MickyD View Post
          They also do it on DVDs and that is even more maddening...I have spent ages trying to get the stuff off the DVD case. And I am 55, Beefy!
          Well to be fair, I've certainly broken into Medieval German whilst getting these mildly irritating strips off. And sometimes when you think you've got it off, you haven't!

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          • Don Petter

            #6
            Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
            And sometimes when you think you've got it off, you haven't!
            I've met girls like that.

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            • Beef Oven!
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              • Sep 2013
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              #7
              Originally posted by Don Petter View Post
              I've met girls like that.
              HeHe! aint we all

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              • visualnickmos
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                • Nov 2010
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                #8
                Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                HeHe! aint we all
                I haven't

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                • Beef Oven!
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                  • Sep 2013
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
                  I haven't
                  Yes you have, but perhaps it never needed to get to point where you'd know, or remember it.

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                  • visualnickmos
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 3610

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                    Yes you have, but perhaps it never needed to get to point where you'd know, or remember it.

                    Er, I don't think so. I've never met any girls, in your implied meaning of 'met'

                    One or two guys, in the past, certainly....

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                    • Beef Oven!
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                      • Sep 2013
                      • 18147

                      #11
                      Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
                      Er, I don't think so. I've never met any girls, in your implied meaning of 'met'

                      One or two guys, in the past, certainly....
                      I think you've missed the point.

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                      • MickyD
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                        • Nov 2010
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                        #12
                        I don't think he or I have missed much at all, Beefy!

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                        • Don Petter

                          #13
                          To answer mathias' original question in #1, the idea is to prove that the customer is receiving an unopened, and therefore unplayed, item.

                          However, for CDs at least, since all the shop staff in America know the trick I mentioned in #2, it is not very effective. 'Listen to a track? Of course' they say, as they nonchalantly flip open the case cover, hinging it on the label in question. After the audition, all is restored.

                          Not a reliable proof of virginity!

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                          • visualnickmos
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 3610

                            #14
                            Originally posted by MickyD View Post
                            I don't think he or I have missed much at all, Beefy!
                            Quite so.

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                            • mathias broucek
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                              • Nov 2010
                              • 1303

                              #15
                              Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
                              Er, I don't think so. I've never met any girls, in your implied meaning of 'met'
                              An unwarranted perpetuation of the negative media stereotype of collectors

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