88. You want to keep every aspect of the DVD, so you paste the "Season 4 starts January 4" and "critical praise" stickers on the inside of the amaray case.

89. You store your receipt in the amaray case where the insert should be, because you like to remember when and where you bought your DVDs. If the amaray case contains discs on either side, you place the receipt inside the flap of the last case. In the event that the amaray has interior artwork, (you don't want to block any of this with the receipt) and discs on either side, such as with The Shield Season 5, you carefully place the receipt inside the box itself.

90.) Being the proud videophile you are, you post your DVD orders on DVD Talk.

91.) Being the proud videophile you are, you print the posts on DVD Talk of your DVD orders, and insert them into their respective DVDs.

92. You stand in the store, DVD in hand, and spend 15 minutes trying to recall if you already have it or not.

93. Convert one entire room of your house into a DVD storage room.

94. You create and/or download custom cover art and reorganize part of your collection in new DVD cases, either to improve upon the aesthetics of the factory packaging, or simply to better utilize shelf space for your DVDs.

It is really scary to see so many collectors who think like me.....could it be the Pods have arrived and like DVDS?

95) You don't remember birthday's, anniversaries, or holidays, but you know exactly what comes out every Tuesday from now through the end of the year. TGIF my ass, TGIT baby!!!!!!!

96) When replacing a DVD disc in its case, you always try to level it so its text - if any - is readable or its picture is centered. When the text and the picture are not on the same plane, you refer to the cover art for proper alignment. You think of ways of making the arrangement permanent so the DVD doesn't circle out of proper positioning accidentally. You expect people who borrow DVDs from you to do the same. You do not consider yourself obsessive-compulsive - even though you did the same thing with CDs, LPs and laserdiscs.

What's scary is that you guys are giving me ideas.

Keeping receipts in DVD cases....? Cool.

Not a good idea. If your collection goes up in flames, so do the receipts. I keep mine in a fireproof safe.

97. Have a batch of blank DVD cases for lending out movies. I don't lend movies in their original cases.

I'm hoping that my online database (dvdspot below), my credit card transaction history, and other replaceable paperwork will work for insurance purchases.

I've thought about getting a fireproof safe, but I just have too much stuff, and wouldn't know what to put in it. My coin collection? One one thousandth of my comic collection? My valuable DVDs?

I've just decided to have good insurance and online pictures and lists of my collections.

I love this thread! I have been guilty of somewhere near 95% of these. Lets see if I can add a few:

98. You have secretly re-gifted a flipper, snapper, or non-anamorphic release to someone who doesn't care about that.

99. You have purchased a newer DVD expecting something new, only to find out it was on the Laserdisc you threw out years ago.

100. You have nearly gotten into a fight in line for making fun of someone buying a fullscreen release.

And one of my personal favorites:

101. Your local Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, FYE, or Walmart knows you either by name or by your favorite movies each time you come in.

Thought of another one...and I swear to GOD this happened to me:

102. Your co-workers have staged an intervention for you after you came back from your Tuesday DVD trip.

I got a TV related one....

103. You own both the studio release and a bootleg copy you made yourself of a TV show because a song (no matter how insignificant) got changed.

103a. You own both the studio release and a bootleg copy you made yourself of a TV show because the aspect ratio has been changed.

103b. You own both the studio release and a bootleg copy you made yourself of a TV show because a your favorite scene has been cut or altered (see: Ren & Stimpy with the bloody head fairy).

104. You always cringe when someone borrows a movie from you and the only copy you own is a flipper.

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105. Your online etailer owners know you by first name and personally suggest recommendations based on your tastes.

106. You've checked the available credit on your credit card while shopping for DVDs in a store.

107. You own multiple DVD's from the Howard Hughe's Medical Institute.

Best. Thread. Ever.

108. You remove the shrinkwrap from a DVD, but you save the wrap if it has promotional stickers.

--THX

from the previous page.. I made a visual representation of it:

97b. Have a batch of blank DVDs to make backup copies specifically for your 4 year old son. You try to teach him the proper etiquette of how to handle DVDs, he tries, but ends up damaging the copies. Repeat 97b.

97c. When your wife asks if she can watch one of your movies.... go to 97b.

109. You've sold off a DVD only to find out sometime later that now you want it again. Instead of merely renting it, you actually hunt it down and pay to have it in your collection... again.

That should be #109

110. Small children, seniors, or any one who has a heart condition are not allowed near your collection.

111. Memories of great life events are replaced with memories of DVD sales.
(That happened to me, forgot a friends birthday, but remembered a Deep Discount sale)

111a. Life events remind you of a DVD sale you might have forgotten
(See above...my mother was angry that her birthday was coming up and the only reason I remembered was because Best Buy had the BOGO glitch)

112. You have either gotten into a fist fight or shouting match over the aspect ratio of a certain film on DVD.

113. You have specific pet names for DVD's you really enjoy
(I haven't done this, but a friend of mine, you know who you are, has called his R4 ultimate edition of Versus, Shiney Chiba...not to be confused with Sonny Chiba)