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This is not a review of the BBC show Absolutely Fabulous. I like the show or I wouldn't have purchased this set. This is a review of the packaging. And when it comes to DVD's the packaging and transfer are as important as the show itself at least to those of us who care about quality. I am amazed (though I shouldn't be by now) at how much time, effort, and money corporations put into the external packages of DVD sets and how little thought they put into the containers for the DVDs themselves (see Stargate SG1 Box Set...see Milestone I Am Cuba set...see The Wire box set...see the early Buffy and Angel season sets). I guess they assume (probably rightly I am sad to say if comments on Amazon are a guide) that for most consumers a sexy cover is more important than DVD substance. The recent Absolutely Fabulous DVD Complete set proves this point (if further proof is needed) once again. This Absolutely Fabulous box may be "cool" and "sexy" to some. But for someone like me who cares more about the DVD's than the sexy container it leaves much to be desired. All the DVD's in the set are (unfortunately) packaged in cardboard (very tightly in cardboard I might add) and inevitably get scratched when you try to remove them (quite a task given the tightness of the cardboard holder). Now you may want to spend new money on used looking "new" discs but I don't. That is why I will be returning my set to Amazon for a refund and urging consumers out there not to buy this set until WB changes the packaging to something that is more DVD friendly.