gavinislame Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) Title pretty much. Cracked a case on accident, made me wonder. Edited May 30, 2017 by gavinislame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I'd say it's fine to replace the case especially if it was just a blank case to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Nah man, it's just a generic hunk of plastic. gavinislame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Discogs doesn't even count case cracks as part of the sleeve grading if I remember right. gavinislame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivions Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) Most people won't mind if the case has been replaced but, if you plan on selling it, you can avoid a lot of potential headaches by mentioning upfront that you've replaced the generic plastic case. That will be helpful to anyone who, for whatever reason, expects and wants the original generic case. Edited May 30, 2017 by richardsurf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinislame Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 15 minutes ago, jonrawks said: Discogs doesn't even count case cracks as part of the sleeve grading if I remember right. Really? Dang. Good to know. So I'd be fine replacing the plastic, as long as everything else is the same? No plans on reselling, it's actually going to complete a discog, just don't want a cracked case with shards that could fall off at any vibration, and I have a weird thing for things being original. Just now, richardsurf said: Most people won't mind if the case has been replaced but, if you plan on selling it, you can avoid a lot of potential headaches by mentioning upfront that you've replaced the generic plastic case. That will be helpful to anyone who, for whatever reason, expect and want the original generic case. That's what I was thinking. Personally I wouldn't really care, but I know some people are super serious and strange about things like that. No plans on reselling though, just was curious as to what other people thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Solo Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 It's a totally normal thing that happens. Don't worry about it. I have a bunch of spares for this exact reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I first came in here thinking OP was talking about replacing a side of the shell...then I read on haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinislame Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 4 hours ago, thefavoriteplay said: I first came in here thinking OP was talking about replacing a side of the shell...then I read on haha. lol yep, I just recently became "serious" in vinyl and cassettes. Before that I had just bought things I really loved, but the but bites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Look at tape cases like dust sleeves for records. People swap those out all the time. It's just a vehicle for protection. No need to mention it in a sale listening, it would never prevent me from buying a tape I've been hunting down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimchab Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Sometimes cases can be label-specific... I'm holding my original Slayer "Reign In Blood" cassette right now, and the Warner Bros. logo is imprinted in the plastic. You could replace it with another Warner Bros. case, but if you have a buyer who is truly looking for the original item, it would be important to them to have that original case. Not everyone breaks their cases...many people have taken great care through the decades to preserve the original retail item as it came out of the shrink wrap. Another example would be Living Colour's "Stain". The original case is transparent red plastic. Break this and replace it with a generic clear case, and you've greatly impacted the original nature of the item. I guess none of this is worth worrying about too much, but it's flippant to dismiss cassette cases as being as interchangeable as record sleeves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) Unless the original case is colored or has anything printed on it, then no one would know / care. I couldn't even tell you which ones I've swapped out cracked cases on. Example would be my copy of Flashlights' I'm Not Alone. It came in a fluorescent yellow case. The label only did 1 copy that came in that color case so replacing it would ruin the rarity of it. Edited June 2, 2017 by andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyckelJay Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Only if a case is label-specific. Some labels back in the day used to have their logo embossed on the back. Really though, it comes down to personal opinion. To me, if you replace an original case with a generic one, it really makes no difference. But everyone has their own preference. Just make sure that if you're gonna replace a case, that the pins that hold the case in when the case is shut will fit nicely with the insert to prevent and tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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