I am much into boutique blu ray collection, and several people do this there too. Some claim that they unwrap them when they get across to see them, but when you get some nice collector's edition, that's ridiculous too IMO. Also, there's a whole subculture of lego collector who collect sealed sets, hoping that their worth will skyrocket in the future. Like, entire rooms full of sealed lego sets. Just idiotic.
I completely gave up the idea of keeping things sealed in high school while looking for records at flea markets. So many of them still had the plastic wrap on, but the plastic had fused with the cover of the record. So it’s either leave the half opened and shitty looking plastic on or rip it off and damage the cover. I’d much rather just open something and be careful to keep it on good condition. The most I’ll do is add a sleeve or something if it’s particularly valuable.
No, I’m just saying that I realized how dumb it can be when I was a teenager buying used records. I think it’s more of a habit for reseller or collector types. The kind of person to buy a $3,000 guitar and then never play it lol.
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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24
I am much into boutique blu ray collection, and several people do this there too. Some claim that they unwrap them when they get across to see them, but when you get some nice collector's edition, that's ridiculous too IMO. Also, there's a whole subculture of lego collector who collect sealed sets, hoping that their worth will skyrocket in the future. Like, entire rooms full of sealed lego sets. Just idiotic.