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Alfred Hitchock's "The Birds" 4k Blu-ray Steelbook

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Alfred Hitchock's "The Birds" 4k Blu-ray Steelbook - Best Buy exclusive

Hey members!

I'm hosting a group buy for any of you people out there that are interested in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" from Best Buy.

I AM UNABLE TO RETURN ITEMS IN BULK TO BEST BUY anymore. If you order from this GB you will be expected to honor the purchase!!

Pre-order cost is currently $22.99 EACH

Sales tax of 6% per copy
HDN fee of 7.5%

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hi everyone, just a quick update - a lot of damages to this edition - some came in from obvious shipping damage where others appear to have a similar defect on the bottom left of the case.

it's almost like it was crimped in the wrong place or something was done to it that it created a compression at the very bottom corner.

it seems plausible that a batch of these were damaged during either the manufacturing or disc process...

I'm looking into if other people are reporting this problem or not, and then determining if I can get replacements for these.

I only have a couple of good ones in hand so it's definitely a problem.

@dfoles have you seen anything on /r about this?
 
hi everyone, just a quick update - a lot of damages to this edition - some came in from obvious shipping damage where others appear to have a similar defect on the bottom left of the case.

it's almost like it was crimped in the wrong place or something was done to it that it created a compression at the very bottom corner.

it seems plausible that a batch of these were damaged during either the manufacturing or disc process...

I'm looking into if other people are reporting this problem or not, and then determining if I can get replacements for these.

I only have a couple of good ones in hand so it's definitely a problem.

@dfoles have you seen anything on /r about this?
For once I have to say I haven't seen anyone comment about damage on this release. Yet...

But I'll keep an eye out, might make a post to see if anyone else has it. Can you snap a pic of the defect?
 
For once I have to say I haven't seen anyone comment about damage on this release. Yet...

But I'll keep an eye out, might make a post to see if anyone else has it. Can you snap a pic of the defect?

It's not a complete indentation but a slight indent on the left bottom (front) corner - in a couple of examples I have missing paint (under the shrink and the shrink is fine). hard to capture on this white steelbook but hopefully something comes through.

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Oh that's unfortunate. Does it have like a double edge in that last pic?
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Yes, that's pretty much it. Some are worse than others. I have some pretty severe ones that are a little higher up, and others that it's there but not as noticeable on first glance. If I run my thumb over it, I can feel a depression on that corner of the steelbook.