Album Art Barcodes Being Mistakenly Scanned, Punters Getting Discounts
Reuters: Barcode-cover '80s album selling for a song
A big barcode splashed on the cover of an '80s compilation CD is being mistakenly scanned by retailers instead of the real barcode, giving Tears for Fears and Duran Duran fans a fat discount.
Consumers buying Sony BMG's 46-song, three-disk "Electric 80s" compilation at Tesco supermarkets, for example, were only being charged £9.77 instead of the listed price of £14.97, a spokeswoman for the retailer said on Friday.
Some stores pulled the CD, and a new version with a different cover was rushed out.
FUCKING DUMBSHIT ASSHOLE FUCKS!
Posted by: Brandon | Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 05:43 AM