Why does Wal-Mart always remove inserts?
 

I have bought quite a few DVDs from them the last few weeks, and hardly none of them have inserts. Rocky Balboa, Blood Diamond, and tons of others. I can tell they open them, because the sticker on top is generic with the name only, not the versions studios use.

Does anyone have any idea why Wal-Mart keep taking stuff out of the dvd cases?

I seriously doubt they're actually opening the cases and taking them out. Most movies these days just don't come with inserts.

Many studios these days aren't putting inserts in anymore.

Certainly a logical assumption, though. Right?

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they are holding the inserts for ramson.

http://archive.bathfringe.co.uk/past...m%20ramson.JPG

What the hell does this crazy man have to do with inserts? He's up to something, I'm sure.

I agree. I'd be very surprised to learn that Wal-Mart is actually opening each and every dvd just to remove the insert.

Your thread title says "always", yet you say "hardly none" here. If you're gonna troll against Wal*Mart at least either come up with better evidence or makeup a better reason.

i dont think walmart has enough time to open up every dvd and take out every insert that you think is in there but it really isnt. dont know how many movies i have purchased recently that had an insert actually

It seems there are more slip cases than inserts these days.

This thread is too stupid to live.

R

Wouldn't such activity be illegal, at least without informing the buyer?

Hey! Best Buy must be removing all of my inserts too!

xnightfallx where do you think or what do you think they do with the inserts once they remove them? also why in the hell would they take the inserts out? what good does inserts for thousands of movies do wal mart?

Phase 1: Collect inserts
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit!

Duh, that's how they keep their prices so low. :|

Not only are they removing inserts, but often times they are also removing some of the picture on my DVDs and replacing them with black bars on the left and right sides!

Or black bars on the top and bottom since it does not fill my widescreen tv. :sarcasm:

If you go to walmart.com you can buy the inserts that they remove from the DVDs. They cost anywhere for $0.99 to $9.99 depending upon the content. The cheaper ones seem to be simple chapter list, the expensive ones are the booklet type. They have about 200 to chose from. I've bought a couple since I want my DVDs to be complete. Hope this helps.

rotfl

In the 2 years I worked in Electronics, at Walmart, I never removed anyone inserts. Sorry.

Maybe it is that little rollback smiley -biggrin-

Back a couple of years ago, when you bought a Disney DVD from most stores, there was an insert inside to send away for a free book (i.e. buy Cinderella DVD get Cinderella book free in the mail).

For whatever reason, Walmart never seemed to have the insert for the free book. I stopped buying from them since I wanted the free book.

My theory at the time was that they were able to get a better price from the manufacturer without the free book coupon. Not sure if that was true, but it made sense to me.

But I'm pretty sure they didn't actually open the DVD and remove the insert.... -rolleyes-

I'm sorry to confess that it's true. Wal-Mart does indeed remove inserts from DVDs. I work there and that's what I do every Monday night. We pull every DVD out of the box, pull off the shrinkwrap, slice open the security labels, pull out the insert, re-seal the DVD and then put them on the shelves.

The job title is "Insert Taker Outer" and it pays 10¢ less then minimum wage. For an extra nickel tho, I throw out all the Widescreen DVDs too.

:eek:


Time for me to brush up on my dumpster diving skills.

Sweet Baby James, shall we tag-team / attack the Shelton, CT. together ;) ?

I think there may be some truth to that. I have noticed that many of the Disney promo inserts in new releases at Circuit City will not have coupons that are included at other stores.

Jay

No store is going to open DVDs and remove anything.

If one store has something that another doesn't, that must be because it's a promotion by that store, or one that store is participating in.

Rather than accusing me of saying something crazy like that, check the text of the post that I was agreeing with (and had quoted):

"My theory at the time was that they were able to get a better price from the manufacturer without the free book coupon. Not sure if that was true, but it made sense to me."

I agree that there's absolutely no way that a store opens all of the DVDs to remove/modify inserts. It has to have something to do with a different deal with the manufacturers.

Jay

Well, I'm sorry I even asked this. I was under the assumption that most new dvd releases still came with inserts. And when I noticed all the generic labels on the dvds I bought from Wal-Mart, I just made a guess that for some unknown reason (which is why I asked in the first place), they decided to remove the inserts.

Thanks for awnsering my question though (to those that weren't jerks about it), now I know not to expect inserts with most of my new dvds.

What do you mean, "generic labels"? You talking about the sticker seals on the case? I always see them printed with the movie name at the top. And if there's stickers on the side and bottom, they may not have printing on them, or have a security device warning printed there.

I mean, just think about how ludicrous your thought was - that a national retailer like WalMart, dealing in the vast numbers they are, is going to have its employees take the time to open each and every individual DVD case and remove the inserts??? And then re-seal and re-shrinkwrap them? It's laughable on its face.

No.

Well, maybe they wouldn't open them, but have them manufactured their way.

CDs bought from record clubs like Columbia House are not produced in the same factory as the retail Cds. Ch gets the masters and the case's image files and manufactures everything themselves. That's why there's no UPC on the back of record club discs.

Yes, I mean the sticker on the top of the case. For example, I bought The Descent from Target. On the sticker on top, it had the name, but it also had the DVD logo, and some numbers. It also had an insert with it. DVDs I buy at Wal-Mart don't have anything but the name of the movie & the logo. I found that to be an ongoing thing. That's the reason I thought there might besome reason Wal-Mart would do that. I never said it would be a smart move if they did, that's the whole reason I was questioning it.

Wow, that explains a lot.

I don't think a retailer can legally open a "new" product, alter it, reseal it, and then pass it off as still being new.

Just doesn't seem like that would be permissible.

Now, is WalMart opening individual DVDs and removing inserts? Of course not.

Is WalMart buying production runs of DVDs without inserts? That could be a possibility.

How could that be checked? Compare a bunch of titles bought at WalMart to the same titles bought elsewhere. For instance, I bought Rocky Balboa at WalMart, and no insert. Has anyone bought it elsewhere and gotten an insert?

But are inserts less common in all DVDs, regardless of where they are bought? Yes.

That is seriously the most absurd things I have ever read.

Wait, what?

I know for a fact that Wal-Mart removes inserts from DVD cases.

They also break into my house while I'm sleeping and rearrange the pipes under my sinks.

And they have people hiding in the trees around my house watching me twenty-four hours a day.

Maybe this was the plea deal that xNightfallx worked out with Amazon(he has to start negative rumors about the competition).-wink-

One of the funniest threads ever.

...and the cover is blown :(. Now I owe Amazon a million billion dollars.

You guys are hardly no help at all.