We accidentally bought two copies of “Jerry Maguire” on blu-ray, and we’d like to use one as a gift for a Secret Santa exchange. The problem is that we un-wrapped both of them before realizing we had a duplicate. Can I somehow re-shrinkwrap one of them so it looks like what it is, a brand-new, unplayed blu-ray disk?
On a related note, would you do this? I see it as a good solution to a tiny problem, but is it just too cheap-ass?
Plastic wrap as tightly and neatly as you can using as few wrap-arounds as possible. Make sure the edges are on the narrow edge where the case opens. Snip top and bottom ends about 1/4" past the edge, fold in, and melt together with a butane lighter. It won’t be perfect, but it should be passable if you’re neat about it.
I would and have done this. I don’t see anything wrong with it.
Thanks, DCnDC - I don’t see anything wrong with it, either, as it is a perfectly good, new disk, not some used, scratched up disk, but I’m a very frugal person, and sometimes I err on the side of cheapness.
Ask at a retail store - if you find a sympathetic employee they can reshrink wrap it for you.
Alternatively you can buy shrink wrap plastic at the dollar store and use a blowdryer to shrink it.
Did you break the seal?
Of course I would do it. It’s not being cheap, it’s being greeeen, man!
Sorry, but it’s very difficult to do it undetectably. Factory shrink wrap is usually not the same as the kind they do in the back room of Gamestop - the former is kind of a more brittle material and it’s folded over on the edges like a present. There’s no way to duplicate that at home.
With that said, most people won’t notice, and if the security sticker is still intact, I guess that’s not too bad.
Hey, that’s right, I forgot that - my frugalness is very much in style these days. 
I’ve noticed lots of new blu-rays (and presumably DVD’s) these days no longer have those annoying security stickers inside the shrink-wrap (on the case itself), and not all actually have those folded-over edges like gift-wrap (some just have a seam on either side). So, if it’s possible to use a home method (with a hair dryer) or get it done in a store, there’s no reason it would necessarily be detectable as a previously-opened item. And no, I don’t see anything wrong with it.
You’re going to re-wrap an opened movie that came out 15 years ago? I strongly suggest against it. Frugal or not, just go get some candy or something and give that. That’s a terrible gift. Not green, just cheap and blech. Sorry!
I have to agree. If someone gave me a re-wrapped copy of Jerry McGuire (and I do love that movie), I’d make fun of that person not only behind their back but also to their face. I’d then also probably start a thread on here about it.
However, if it’s a White Elephant exchange - all bets are off and this is actually perfect. Nothing about that possibility in the OP though, so I don’t think it’s the case.
I heard about somebody in high school whose parents had a shrink wrap dispenser and a commercial hot-air blower, who used to return CDs in their jewel boxes sans disc. You’re right – that person did that many times and was never caught, that I know of, but even then the distinction was fairly obvious between the neatly folded commercial shrink-wrap over CDs, DVDs, etc., and the kind that might be used to wrap oddly-shaped objects.
Of course, Tower Records isn’t doing so hot, you know, because of shrinkage, probably.
Agree with above – I’d openly laugh at the person regifting in such a way, if he/she were a good friend, and a good chuckle would be had by all.
It’s an unused Blu-Ray - the copy itself CAN’T be 15 years old. And it’s for a Secret Santa; how much more sacrosanct is a Secret Santa vs. a White Elephant? And what in the OP says it’s not one of the yankee swap type anyway? You guys are a tough gift crowd.
True. It can’t be much more than 3 years old.
If you know the person loves that movie and has a BluRay player go for it. I would be tempted to try the kind of plastic used for weatherproofing windows.
If it’s shrunk really tight and the ends were neat I would never think someone did it themselves. I don’t usually analyze the packaging of gifts I recieve.
No kidding - we’ve done the Secret Santa gift exchange thing with this group a handful of times already in the past, and a Jerry Maguire blu-ray would be one of the better items that show up under the tree (we’ve come away with things like Shania Twain perfume and a really cheap little Christmas ornament). This type of gift exchange allows swapping, too - if someone wants the cd, they can take it from someone else.
The fact that the movie is 15 years old doesn’t bother me, either; we are replacing old vhs movies with dvds or blu-rays, which is why we so recently purchased a 15 year old movie, and we certainly can’t be the only people doing this.
I haven’t seen it.
Well, it’s a very good movie. Would you like a blu-ray copy? 
Oh dear, no thanks! I didn’t get you anything!
Why bother shrink wrapping it, Cat Whisperer? Not all DVDs come that way. A DYI job might give the whole game away.
The case won’t say to the plastic “You complete me.”
Sorry. Sometimes I like making my own eyes roll.