I don't think they were designed to be disassembled
Do you throw out the CD cases? Doesn't that ruin the resale value (assuming you occasionally sell off CDs?)
I really haven't experienced these problems. Perhaps it's a problem in certain climate or storage conditions, e.g, dampish basements, humid or very hot climates, etc.
i am certain you are correct. they weren't designed to be disassembled.
i throw away the cases. the sleeves are madeby caselogic and fit nicely in a storage drawer. each drawerholds about 75 cd's. i have a lot of drawers! B)
i don't resell my cd's and "decant" all of them (except for my mosaics which i keep pristine, intact and unplayed except to make cdrs which i play instead)