Destroying the value is one of the main reasons it's done, in addition to the retail and reseller reasons.Originally Posted by garagesaleking!!
It was given out free, so no one should profit off of it. It's also why places rip covers off books before they're thrown out.
RIP bargora, you will be greatly missed.That is how we do things on Giedion Prime.
I bought Jeanne D' Arc a couple years ago from an FYE when it couldn't be found, but the FYE copy had a hole drilled into the case. A week later Amazon had it back in stock so I ordered it. I returned it to Walmart because I lost the FYE receipt and Walmart was also much closer, who had it listed as $40. I basically made $20 off it but what I really wanted was just the game without the hole in it.
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It ain't stealing if it's Walmart?
I'd have bitched to FYE myself.
<Sothy> its the internet <Sothy> who cares
That's not the whole story when it comes to paperback covers. The covers are torn off and sent to the publisher so that the retailer can get a refund on the books. Sending just the covers saves on shipping (the publisher would just destroy the books anyway). The hardbound books are so expensive that the retailer sends the whole book back (even though they are heavier).
The stripped paperbacks are supposed to be destroyed - as per the retailers agreement with the publisher. However, employees have been known to take the stripped books home and dumpster diving has been known to happen. If you have a stripped paperback, you're basically in possession of stolen goods. If you try to trade in the stripped paperback at a used bookstore, they'll refuse the book (unless they're dishonest - I've actually found a stripped paperback or two at a used book store). If you look inside the first few pages of a paperback - usually where the copyright info is printed - you will (normally) see a little blurb saying that if the book you have in your hands has no cover, then it's stolen.
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That is called return fraud and is a crime. Why would you post something like that here?
They are likely what are called "remainder" marks that are used on various products. Remaindered items are left over lots (usually comprised of more than one title) that are sold at a (generally) large discount and when they eventually wend their way to the retailers the savings are passed on to the consumer. The idea is that the item can't be returned by the consumer (and on up the chain) and get a full refund/credit (let's say $40 original retail) on something that may have sold in the $5-$10 (or less) range. It was common with records (either holes, slots or corner cutoffs) and laserdiscs (marked the same as records). It is still used on books - generally a magic marker stripe on the end or side of the book across the pages - sometimes on the barcode. On the bright side the remainder marks generally don't detract much in the way of the value (assuming everything else is the same) if the item becomes relatively collectible down the road. (With records, such items were more generally called "cutouts" - literally reflecting the nature of the damage done to the cover (and sometimes the record itself - the holes would sometimes be punched through the label in addition to the cover)).
Last edited by Natty Bumppo; 07-19-2010 at 03:12 PM.
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I bought a couple of discs once from an Asian student that actually had pretty deep cuts into the disc itself. Apparently they are dead serious about destroying foreign music in China. These discs are still useable, except for the last track or two. I am hoping they do not one day explode in the drive.
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I remember several years ago when I would buy music CD's from eBay, they would almost always have a hole cut through the top left side.
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