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| Registered: May 11, 2007 |  Posts: 249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Recently I bought a TV series box set which has a sticker with a new UPC over the original UPC the UPCs differ only in the last three numbers and it looks like it is a correction made by the distributor (the sticker is directly on the slip case under the cellophane).
A Belgian profile has already been submitted with the UPC from the sticker, but I'm unsure which UPC to contribute the profile with for the Dutch locality. |
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| Registered: September 29, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,550 |
| | Posted: | | | | Use the UPC on the cover insert itself (not the slip case sticker or slip cover sticker), because that's what will be used for the back cover scan (if a cover needs to be scanned). I have had a few of those (where the UPC is placed directly on top of another UPC). Hope this helps.
Eric | | | My one wish for the DVD Profiler online database: Ban or remove the disc-level profiles of TV season sets. It completely screws up/inflates the CLT.
FACT: Imdb is WRONG 70% of the time! Misspelled cast, incomplete cast, wrong cast/crew roles. So for those who want DVD Profiler to be "as perfect as Imdb", good luck with that.
Stop adding UNIT crew! They're invalid credits. Stop it! |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Agree with Eric. Just in very rare cases we've the possibility to use the stickered UPC.* See this.So as said: Use the UPC directly from the case. *If this happens: Of course do include the reasons in your contribution notes. |
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| Registered: May 11, 2007 | | Posts: 249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just to clarify: the contents of the slip case is a Digipak, so that does not have a UPC. |
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| Registered: September 29, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,550 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ok. If the new sticker can't be removed without damaging the old sticker, use the new one. If you can remove the new sticker and the old one is intact, use the old one. Scan the back cover and include the scan in your contribution to show which UPC you used (if scans are needed).
Eric | | | My one wish for the DVD Profiler online database: Ban or remove the disc-level profiles of TV season sets. It completely screws up/inflates the CLT.
FACT: Imdb is WRONG 70% of the time! Misspelled cast, incomplete cast, wrong cast/crew roles. So for those who want DVD Profiler to be "as perfect as Imdb", good luck with that.
Stop adding UNIT crew! They're invalid credits. Stop it! |
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| Registered: May 11, 2007 | | Posts: 249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Since I contributed the profile with the UPC under the sticker, someone has contributed the profile with the UPC on the sticker.
So there are now two profiles in the database for exactly the same box set for the Dutch locality.
Is there any way to correct this situation? | | | | Last edited: by apltm |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting apltm: Quote:
Since I contributed the profile with the UPC under the sticker, someone has contributed the profile with the UPC on the sticker.
So there are now two profiles in the database for exactly the same box set for the Dutch locality.
Is there any way to correct this situation? There is no need to correct this situation and, in my opinion, it shouldn't be. There are a lot of 'average' users who will not remove the sticker so there should be a profile in the DB for them. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd also say nothing to correct at this moment. It helps getting the profile for users that don't remove the sticker. But if the UPC is needed for another profile I'd say it should be overwritten. ( click) |
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
There are a lot of 'average' users who will not remove the sticker so there should be a profile in the DB for them. This. Personally, if I can remove the sticker without damaging the artwork, then that's what I'll do, and then I'd use the original UPC, but that's just me. That also enables me to use the original releasedate and the original SRP, whereas the re-stickered version possibly has a later releasedate and a reduced SRP (with the ensuing risk of contributors disagreeing over what it should be). But yeah, the re-stickered version is just as valid, and may get it's own profile. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Retailers here in the USA will often slap their own UPC label over the original UPC of a DVD/Blu-ray title when they include a Retailer Exclusive item such as a bonus disc with the original DVD/Blu-ray release. I've submitted a couple of Target Exclusives using their UPC in the past. This way we can have both the original and exclusives in the database.
Another case is when Amazon.com bundles single season sets into a "box set". They'll cover the original UPCs with blank labels and slap a new UPC on the outer wrapping. I'm not sure though if, in this case, the "Box Set" should be added to the database. Personally, I just remove the blank labels and add the single seasons to my collection. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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