Deep Discount selling me movies from Walmart?
06-05-07, 12:52 PM
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Deep Discount selling me movies from Walmart?
I got my order today, I was pumped. The dvd on the top was vanishing point, awesome. I took it out, and what is this?
A walmart sticker for $4.50.
What is this?
A walmart sticker for $4.50.
What is this?
06-06-07, 08:09 AM
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Having worked at video stores & bookstores in the past...excess product is always being returned for credit to the publishers & studios. Stickers are supposed to be removed, but that doesn't always happen so these things are not that uncommon.
06-06-07, 07:44 PM
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This all seems pretty clear: the mass merchandisers can return items that they are not interested in stocking any longer and the distributors are supposed to rewrap them in new shrinkwrap if necessary before re-marketing them. Sometimes, they must just get lazy.
06-07-07, 05:35 AM
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I routinely get Walmart DVDs from DeepDiscount. All it is is that they bought up stock that didn't sell or that Walmart had too much of. They bought it at a song & resell it to you at a price lower than you would get at Walmart. Happens all the time, it's nothing new.
06-08-07, 12:58 AM
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There have been numerous stories in the news (particularly Video Business Journal) that mention the fact that it is often cheaper for smaller retailers and video stores to purchase items at WalMart (or Best Buy) for resell in their own businesses.
By the way, courts ruled for the smaller stores and said that it is indeed legal for these stores to purchase and resell these DVDs. They also ruled that the bigger retailers can not completely block these competitors from purchasing these goods. That's why you'll often see a note printed on DVD ads and web pages stating there's a maximum number of copies that a person can purchase of each title. This stops another retailer from going in and purchasing every copy on the shelf (tales of which have been previously documented by readers on this very site).
In this case, perhaps there is a chance that this wasn't a store return at all. Perhaps DDD purchased the disc from WalMart for $4.50 because it was much cheaper than they could get from their distributor.
Of course, I'm not saying this is what actually happened. I'm just saying there's a possibility and it would be completely legal.
Either way, I would have at least removed the WalMart price sticker before sending it to a customer.
By the way, courts ruled for the smaller stores and said that it is indeed legal for these stores to purchase and resell these DVDs. They also ruled that the bigger retailers can not completely block these competitors from purchasing these goods. That's why you'll often see a note printed on DVD ads and web pages stating there's a maximum number of copies that a person can purchase of each title. This stops another retailer from going in and purchasing every copy on the shelf (tales of which have been previously documented by readers on this very site).
In this case, perhaps there is a chance that this wasn't a store return at all. Perhaps DDD purchased the disc from WalMart for $4.50 because it was much cheaper than they could get from their distributor.
Of course, I'm not saying this is what actually happened. I'm just saying there's a possibility and it would be completely legal.
Either way, I would have at least removed the WalMart price sticker before sending it to a customer.
