Why Do Pearl Jam CDs Only Come in Cardboard Cases?

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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
    Doesn't that just piss you off? Or, how about when a few tabs that hold the CD in place break and your cd is always falling out and getting caught between the lid and the base. Or when the hinge tab for the lid breaks completely so it never stays closed, and then your cd's fall out because those tabs broke.
  • PJFAN_seattle
    PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    aNiMaL wrote:
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
    Doesn't that just piss you off? Or, how about when a few tabs that hold the CD in place break and your cd is always falling out and getting caught between the lid and the base. Or when the hinge tab for the lid breaks completely so it never stays closed, and then your cd's fall out because those tabs broke.
    Definitly
    Pj definitely should stick with cardboard cases :)
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    aNiMaL wrote:
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
    Doesn't that just piss you off? Or, how about when a few tabs that hold the CD in place break and your cd is always falling out and getting caught between the lid and the base. Or when the hinge tab for the lid breaks completely so it never stays closed, and then your cd's fall out because those tabs broke.

    Oh man - I HATE when the little tabs break off in the center of the tray! I'm O.K. with cardboard, but maybe we can go to a styrofoam clamshell type case like Big Macs used to come in!
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  • mudhoney_253
    mudhoney_253 Posts: 135
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    yep . . . plastic sucks!



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  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    IDK, plastic cases are a pain in the butt too, but I THINK that plastic cases keep CDs in better condition than the cardboard sleeves. Well, at least my cds.
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  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,412
    demetrios wrote:
    I kinda wished they went back to CD/Jewel Cases, then cardboard. Cause cardboard does tend to scratch up your cds. Yes, cardboard is cheaper, enviromently friendly etc.. but the safest way to store you cd's is jewel casing.

    its actually more expensive to have digipack cds made in most cases. Unless it is simply a non folding sleeve with no book or tray. I found this out earlier this year when my band had our first EP duplicated.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,656
    the cardboard ones are more easier to open.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    marinebionerd wrote:
    I've always figured it was just so it had more of a vinyl album look to it. But does it even matter? As long as they keep putting them out, I'll buy them. They could be wrapped in leaves for all I care.
    :)

    it doesn't matter when it's a sleeve live yield or binaural, but the vitalogy, no code, and backspacer artwork, nice as it all is, is awful for getting the cd in and out of the case without having it be scratched to hell in no time. i hate these flimsy cardboard cases that is like a glorified container for the startup disc you get with your computer.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    satansbed wrote:
    i heard somewere stone has shares in a cardboard company

    haha..;)
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.
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  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    soulsinging wrote:
    marinebionerd wrote:
    I've always figured it was just so it had more of a vinyl album look to it. But does it even matter? As long as they keep putting them out, I'll buy them. They could be wrapped in leaves for all I care.
    :)

    it doesn't matter when it's a sleeve live yield or binaural, but the vitalogy, no code, and backspacer artwork, nice as it all is, is awful for getting the cd in and out of the case without having it be scratched to hell in no time. i hate these flimsy cardboard cases that is like a glorified container for the startup disc you get with your computer.

    Exactly...i don't hate the cardboard sleeves, but you do have a good point, it's a pain in the butt too put the CD back into the sleeve esp. when your driving
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  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Either way doesn't bother me...BUT who's with me...when you open the AVOCADO album...go to grab the CD the Booklet goes 'FLYING' out!...happens all the time lol :roll:
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,591
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.

    What about Pearl Jam's Ten? :shock:
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    demetrios wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.

    What about Pearl Jam's Ten? :shock:



    duh

    oh yeah

    make that 2

    :)
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  • redeye
    redeye Posts: 620
    yea, must be cheaper to produce to, (cardboard) should reflect in the price i guess?
  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.

    What about Pearl Jam's Ten? :shock:



    duh

    oh yeah

    make that 2

    :)

    Their 1st DVD "Single Video Theory" didn't come in a cardboard case, unless you got the VHS
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Cardboard cases are much more stylistic. They give you more artistic freedom. The jewel cases are just cheap and generic.

    Besides, who plays the actual CD anymore anyways? All of my cases past Yield are in mint condition. CD's get downloaded to my PC and burned for my car, or just played through iTunes.
  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Cardboard cases are much more stylistic. They give you more artistic freedom. The jewel cases are just cheap and generic.

    Besides, who plays the actual CD anymore anyways? All of my cases past Yield are in mint condition. CD's get downloaded to my PC and burned for my car, or just played through iTunes.

    Cardboard Cd cases in Mint condition? Yeah right.
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  • HollisBrown
    HollisBrown Posts: 4,325
    My Ten cassette came in a plastic case. :mrgreen:
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  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    HollisBrown wrote:
    My Ten cassette came in a plastic case. :mrgreen:

    i have that too
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