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Posted by Bratboy on 10/04/67 11:33
"Derek Janssen" <djanss@nospam.charter.net> wrote in message
news:LURjf.10086$DW6.3636@fe03.lga...
> lilydied@aintitcoolmail.com wrote:
>
>> My purchases of Spider-Man 2, Sin City, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith came with
>> cardboard slipcovers, which as far as I can tell, are completely
>> unnecessary. They have the exact same cover art on front and back,
>> except for Sin City. In the case of that film, different covers were
>> available to choose from. Aside from that lone novelty, I am genuinely
>> confused what the point of these are. Surely they add to the cost, so
>> why are they there?
>
> To
> A) look more dynamic on the store shelf, and
> B) fill the jacket copy with a lot more point-of-sale promotional material
> that probably wouldn't have been as useful on the real case cover once
> you'd actually *bought* it.
>
> And, like the fabled mattress tag, you're allowed to take it off once you
> get home.
>
> Derek Janssen (we now wait for the choruses of "...OHHHhhhh!")
> djanss@charter.net
Not to mention it helps keep grubby fingers off/out of the case till its
bought. I do save my sleeves in a box just in case but their really a waste
shelf spacewise. Take a couple sleeve and squeeze em flat and you can see
how much extra space they waste
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