Absolute Power Question

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Permalink Reply by cashed13 on August 20, 2011 at 11:40am

idk... i got one from the S.O.S sale... and it has the drill hole in it too...

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Permalink Reply by Chris on August 20, 2011 at 1:14pm

anyone know?

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Permalink Reply by matt meyer on August 20, 2011 at 1:31pm

idk... mine doesnt have a hole in it

on a side note, there is a hole in tech n9ne's forehead on the back of my everready case, dont know how it got there lol

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Permalink Reply by Chris on August 20, 2011 at 2:25pm

lol hmm...

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Permalink Reply by Sean Schipper on August 20, 2011 at 2:53pm

They're promotional releases; not intended to be sold in retail. items are "cut out" (physically damaged in some way)to prevent record shops from returning them to the labels for credit. Items are marked as cutouts by slicing a notch or drilling a hole in a corner of the sleeve or jewel box. The term "cutouts" generically refers to discontinued or overstock items that were marked as cutouts by the record label, then sold in bulk to a cutout distributor. The cutout distributor then sells them (usually in "grab bag" form -- pay a flat price per unit, you don't get to choose what you get) to record stores, who sell them on the cheap. Artists don't get royalties on these sales, which is part of why they can be let go for so little. To confuse things slightly, some labels will mark promo releases in the same way they mark cutouts -- by notching or drilling the case -- instead of using a "For Promotional Release Only" stamp or sticker. If you run across a "cutout" of something that's been released in the last couple of months, it's really a promo. Some promo CDs have a hole punched (not drilled) in the UPC code on the tray insert, but leave the jewel case intact. In general, ragged drill holes or slices mark cutouts, and "clean" punch holes, clipped corners, etc. mark promos.

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