Do you mind it if guests handle your collection?

[A Tortured Duckling]

I recently had someone over for a movie, and whilst browsing...they deemed it necessary to pull some of them halfway out of the shelf, and pushing them back in, in a rather nonchalant fashion. When i made a comment about wanting the slipcovers to remain in good shape - this person chuckled at me, and told me i should be less anal about it, for they are "just movies". Needless to say, this person ended up not watching a movie, for she was asked to leave, and won't be coming around again.

If you can't respect a person's need to keep their things in good shape, at least respect the fact that some people care about things in a way you'll never understand.

[bludhound]

Short answer. Yes. I do not lend out my steelbooks, except maybe to my brother.

[A Tortured Duckling]

Originally Posted by bludhound

Short answer. Yes. I do not lend out my steelbooks, except maybe to my brother.

Get an empty Blu-ray case, and just give him the disc. I would never let anyone walk out of my house with an actual Steelbook

[Captain Kirk]

Originally Posted by chip75

I've noticed this too. I have a shelf of DVD's with slip cover and they seem to be in pretty good condition. The BD ones I have which I try to keep immaculate seem to gravitate towards knocking themselves about when ever they have a chance.

Yep. When you stop worrying it isn't as noticeable or frequent.

Some people here would weep at the way I have some of my stuff organized. I have movies in four different rooms, the bulk of which is in my living room. I also have some movies in a guest bedroom that are watched frequently by relatives. There's maybe 200-300 in my bedroom under my TV and there's at least the same amount in my office cabinet. I know where everything is, but its far from the nature of the way everyone has their stuff broken up into sections and stacked. I like my movies, I just don't mind them being...everywhere. In my bedroom alone I have around 40 steelbooks sitting on a nightstand.

I get that some people treat their collections very carefully, but meh. I have standees that hold films, I display them with figures...but it doesn't annoy me for people to touch things. Man, it used to though but I got a speech about it from my mother (not just touching movies, but other things) and after that I did realize how lame I was being. It's just...stuff.

I used to have pretty bad OCD so part of the process of getting over it was to stop worrying about minor things. I didn't realize how long I spent on useless things until I stopped. OMG there's a tiny scratch on my furniture, my mouse has a little wear marks, my slipcover has a tear, blah.

[Blu Titan]

I have my collection in my bedroom...saves me the trouble of turning down requests for "loans"...after losing hundreds of DVDs and CDs that were never returned, I vowed to not let it happen with my Blus.

[brian9229]

Originally Posted by SBC28

I recently had someone over for a movie, and whilst browsing...they deemed it necessary to pull some of them halfway out of the shelf, and pushing them back in, in a rather nonchalant fashion. When i made a comment about wanting the slipcovers to remain in good shape - this person chuckled at me, and told me i should be less anal about it, for they are "just movies". Needless to say, this person ended up not watching a movie, for she was asked to leave, and won't be coming around again.

If you can't respect a person's need to keep their things in good shape, at least respect the fact that some people care about things in a way you'll never understand.

Get out!! And stay out!!! Harsh, but hilarious.

[Frasr]

Originally Posted by SBC28

Get an empty Blu-ray case, and just give him the disc. I would never let anyone walk out of my house with an actual Steelbook

Yeah that's what I do. Even if i'm just lending it to my parents downstairs

[insomniac013]

Long as it's not little kids i dont really care who touches my collection...