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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLord Of The Sith
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Has anyone else seen this.  I bought The Spirit at Sam's Club last night and it has a sticker over the actual barcode with a different UPC.  In the past I have seen different stickers for the UPC attached to the cellophane wrapper but never on the actual printed UPC that appears on the back cover.
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I get those all the time.  I typically remove the sticker and use the case UPC.  Though you can submit the profile with both UPCs if you wish.

Typically, the store wants to track a certain shipment differently so they put their own UPC on it.

A lot of times, it's the exact same UPC!
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pretty sure I've seen this before (I think I may have a dvd like this). More sure i've seen this on other products.

It's most likely a printing error and instead of reprinting all the labels they just put a sticker with the correct barcode. Is it on the actual paper or on the dvd cases clear plastic? Not that this is a contribution question but I'd use the sticker to enter it. The barcode likely either won't scan (invalid) or is in use by another dvd

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I get those all the time.  I typically remove the sticker and use the case UPC.  Though you can submit the profile with both UPCs if you wish.

Typically, the store wants to track a certain shipment differently so they put their own UPC on it.

A lot of times, it's the exact same UPC!


you posted while I was typing so didn't see your response. He said it's not on the cellophane wrapper though so unless the store unwrapped them, put a sticker on, then rewrapped them I doubt it's done by the store (would be a lot of work)

Like I said, I'd be interested to know if it's on the paper or the case though

-Agrare
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Over here I've seen this several times. Not to correct a misprint, but with a completely different EAN (God knows why). Like the good Doctor, I tend to remove it and use the original one.
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I've also seen it quite a few times where a sticker is over the actual back cover's UPC. Generally it's just on the plastic wrap though, which isn't a problem.
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iv also gotten a few of these... but only on region 1 releases never on region 2
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I'd like to grumble obscenities sotto voce about this abominable practice as well.
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I see this all the time at my big box membership store BJ's, when the price goes way down. Just bought the two seasons of Tru Calling, $13 each, and there was a gummed UPC on top of the UPC for the first season. Took some care, but it came off the box smoothly. I've had a harder time when this is on a regular keepcase DVD cover, i.e. on paper. I don't think this has anything to do with misprints, just the desire to track the repriced items separately. (Though it's curious they didn't do the same thing to the second season.)
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I get those all the time.  I typically remove the sticker and use the case UPC.  Though you can submit the profile with both UPCs if you wish.

Typically, the store wants to track a certain shipment differently so they put their own UPC on it.

A lot of times, it's the exact same UPC!


you posted while I was typing so didn't see your response. He said it's not on the cellophane wrapper though so unless the store unwrapped them, put a sticker on, then rewrapped them I doubt it's done by the store (would be a lot of work)

Like I said, I'd be interested to know if it's on the paper or the case though

-Agrare


It has been put directly on the paper cover over the printed UPC.
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I bought a lot of MGM titles which had a UPC sticker. But it was on the keep case and impossible to remove. They also had the exact same UPC number, which is probably a liquidation UPC from Fox.
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I've had several DVDs that either have a new UPC label on the cellophane wrapper, which obviously goes in the trash. I've also had a few with a new UPC stuck to the outside of the keep case over the original. I usually leave that one in place, but I pull out the insert to see the real UPC and go with that one. On Black Friday at Wal-Mart I bought The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008). Like Lord of the Sith's deal, this UPC is stuck on the paper insert in the keep case. I tried to carefully remove it, but it wasn't coming willingly. I gave up and just left it and used that UPC.
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I take out inserts for scanning, so that's the UPC I use (if there is a sticker on the keep case or cellophane wrapper).
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I am sorry.  I obviously by everyones comments did not make myself clear.  This is sticker is ON the Paper Insert over the original printed bar code.  I hope this helps.
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I am sorry.  I obviously by everyones comments did not make myself clear.  This is sticker is ON the Paper Insert over the original printed bar code.  I hope this helps.

In that case, tough decision. Especially if you can not remove it without damaging the cover. On the other hand, in that situation it is unlikely to be a store issue, and more likely a "repair" by the original distributor. By the way, DVDP allows two contributions with different UPCs, ti is the reverse that is the real problem.
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