If anyone is curious as to how something like this happens, it’s called “a gut.” Instead of printing out a copy of the cover art for display, or having one shipped as a part of the monthly marketing material (which they typically would have a crap ton of cover art for marketing crap), they would need a display copy for the floor. The copy of the disc has “technically” never been played, only taken from the case, inserted into a paper sleeve, and then stored in a drawer, thus the “new” lable.
Guessin in this case (I’ve not worked there in a decade plus) they lost the case (stolen/broken? who knows.) Now, when I was managing, that disc would be moved out of new and you’d move it to used (you’d count it as a loss, DM might get miffed, but W/E you don’t have a f’n case.) Seeing as this was an online buy, it prolly came from distro. They DO NOT CARE lol, or at least they didn’t when I was there.
Don’t get it twisted, not a fan of that practice, just an FYI.
If anyone is curious as to how something like this happens, it’s called “a gut.” Instead of printing out a copy of the cover art for display, or having one shipped as a part of the monthly marketing material (which they typically would have a crap ton of cover art for marketing crap), they would need a display copy for the floor. The copy of the disc has “technically” never been played, only taken from the case, inserted into a paper sleeve, and then stored in a drawer, thus the “new” lable.
Guessin in this case (I’ve not worked there in a decade plus) they lost the case (stolen/broken? who knows.) Now, when I was managing, that disc would be moved out of new and you’d move it to used (you’d count it as a loss, DM might get miffed, but W/E you don’t have a f’n case.) Seeing as this was an online buy, it prolly came from distro. They DO NOT CARE lol, or at least they didn’t when I was there.
Don’t get it twisted, not a fan of that practice, just an FYI.