> Of course, this misses the fact that this has been a problem > with *all* jewel cases since time immemorial. I've got a > stack of a dozen music CDs in jewel cases on my desk right > now. Some of them are mine; some mine that I've lent out; > some that I'm borrowing. At least a third have broken jewel > cases. Maybe more. > > If you look in your music collection, you'll almost certainly > discover the same thing. > > But do you complain to the record companies about their jewel cases? > > If you *really* care about the state of your jewel case when > it arrives, there *is* an official option to ship the CDs > wrapped in lots of soft cloth padding. It costs an extra $20, > but the bonus is that the cloth comes pre-printed with > OpenBSD artwork and is in a shape suitable for covering your torso. >
I don't want to put myself on the "unhappy" list, but I got my CD a few days ago and the middle jewel case prongs were f'ed up too. Eh, it happens. Whatever. However, I also ordered two tshirts which did not seem to provide adequate padding. So... It's not the end-all solution to the problem. Beyond that, I'd have to say that I've probably only had a small handful of CD cases purchased from stores have any problems with them. Sure if you treat them badly they can break because they're not made of steel, but buying them new has given me almost no problems. And the few times I have had problems I just have returned them to the music store for an exchange for an unbroken case and all was good. Unfortunately, it's more a factor of shipping than the CD cases. I just took a double CD case I had laying around and pulled out the middle part and put it in place of the one that was broken on the 3.7 case. It's not a perfect fit, but it works. -M
