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| Registered: April 2, 2007 | | Posts: 8 |
| | Posted: | | | | I bought a CD from Walmart that came packaged with a bonus DVD, exclusive only to Walmart. The DVD is in it's own separate, DVD-sized digipak. The DVD has no UPC and again, it's not available anywhere else, separately or packaged with the CD. Should I add the DVD to the database using the UPC from the CD or with the disc ID? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | the rules allow for it: Quote:
“DVD Video”: These discs, included as bonus discs with CDs or video games are accepted, but only contribute the DVD Video information. see if you can add it with the UPC otherwise it has to be with the disc-id. | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Using the disc ID of the DVD should be the correct way!
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If a valid UPC (related to the DVD) is recognized by the Profiler, you should follow Giga Wizard's proposal! | | | | Thorsten | | | | Last edited: by kahless |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | there is nothing in the rules not to contribute this article with the package (cd) UPC. This should be unique as it is a Wallmart item. | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Giga Wizard: Quote:
there is nothing in the rules not to contribute this article with the package (cd) UPC Well, maybe you are correct. But does a UPC/EAN of a CD has the same (valid) "numbering - pattern" as a DVD? I do not know...  | | | | Thorsten |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | each EAN/UPC should in theory be unique to that product. (with the emphasis on should) | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. | | | | Last edited: by ? |
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| Registered: April 2, 2007 | | Posts: 8 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Giga Wizard: Quote:
there is nothing in the rules not to contribute this article with the package (cd) UPC. This should be unique as it is a Wallmart item. That may not necessarily be true. In fact it probably isn't. It was special packaging, the DVD and CD are two separate items bundled together in plastic packaging. If there was a special UPC it was on the packaging which I've already thrown away. If you bought the CD at another store the DVD would not be included and the UPC on the CD would presumably be the same. So this is a little different than what is normally the case when a CD is released that happens to have a DVD included as part of the normal release... |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | From that description then, I'd go for adding it by disc ID. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Definately Disc ID only.., The UPC/EAN should only be used for single DVD purchases,, not Freebies.. It's like.... I get a free DVD in my box of Cherrios.. do I use the UPC on the box of cereal or the disc ID?? There you go....  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | i would agree with northbloke, you could also go back to wallmart (website or store, and try to lookup the upc for that item) | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,804 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 3,830 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Definately Disc ID only.., The UPC/EAN should only be used for single DVD purchases,, not Freebies..
It's like.... I get a free DVD in my box of Cherrios..
do I use the UPC on the box of cereal or the disc ID?? There you go.... custom package and use the upc for your cherrios  | | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | I assume that the UPC is for the complete package (CD and DVD). Therefore I see no reason why we should not use this UPC for this profile.
On the other hand, if the CD is sold alone with the same UPC, I would use the disc id for the profile. | | | | Last edited: by RHo |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 951 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Varuker: Quote:
It was special packaging, the DVD and CD are two separate items bundled together in plastic packaging. If there was a special UPC it was on the packaging which I've already thrown away. If you bought the CD at another store the DVD would not be included and the UPC on the CD would presumably be the same. So this is a little different than what is normally the case when a CD is released that happens to have a DVD included as part of the normal release... Had you not already thrown away the bundle packaging that would have been the UPC to use. Since the UPC for the CD is only good for the CD itself your only option is to use the DiscID of the DVD. | | | Are you local?
This is a local shop the strangers you would bring would not understand us, our customs, our local ways. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kahless: Quote:
Quoting Giga Wizard:
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there is nothing in the rules not to contribute this article with the package (cd) UPC
Well, maybe you are correct. But does a UPC/EAN of a CD has the same (valid) "numbering - pattern" as a DVD? I do not know... I don't kow if this answers your question or not, or whether 13-digit EANs are handled the same way as 12-digit UPCs, but UPCs in the US for most (if not all) products seem to follow the pattern 0 00000 00000 0 (the last 0 being a checksum digit). For example, I have in my hand a package of adhesive bandages and the UPC is 0-51131-65289-7. I don't know if Profiler would know that this UPC is not for a DVD. I suspect not and I suppose I could submit a phantom DVD with that UPC and as long as the last digit was a correct checksum digit Profiler would probably accept it. So if you still have the package with the UPC on it, I think you COULD contribute the DVD profile using that. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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DVD Profiler user since June 15, 2001 | | | | Last edited: by kdh1949 |
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