Amazon Removing Slipcovers

[Kschreck]

Has anyone else here noticed nearly all of their Amazon 4K/Blu-Ray/DVD orders very rarely ship with their slipcovers?

Is Amazon taking the slipcovers and just throwing them away in order to save a penny off the shipments? Like they're hurting really bad...

Nearly nothing I order (and I order a lot) comes with the cardboard slipcovers. I would order elsewhere but the shipping costs of other places kills most deals when you just want a single item thing. I will say when I do order from other stores I almost always get the slipcover if the item is suppose to have one.

Anyone else as bothered with this as I am? I've even had tv shows stripped of the slipcovers and I just find this to be incredibly gross/annoying. Especially as a Prime subscriber.

[Monterey Jack]

Seems like it's impossible to get ANYTHING, from any vendor, with a slipcover past the first two or three weeks of street date. I, Tonya came out about four months back, no slips anywhere.

[fatediesel]

I doubt Amazon would remove slipcovers to save a little in shipping costs because the time it would take for employees to remove the slips and the cost to dispose of them would be greater than any shipping savings. Usually only the first run of a movie has slipcovers and that run can sell out fast and then be replaced with a run that doesn't feature slips.

[zman73]

Shiping costs are not determined by fractions of an ounce, which is what a slip would run... would be more of a hassle to remove them and find out something to do with them...

it is not some anti slipcover conspiracy...

[Dollar Colonel]

Slipcovers, as much as many on here value them, are really just eye candy for store shelves to catch your attention. Amazon doesn't have shelves so maybe it's the publisher/distributor saving some money.

[MikeScott]

If it's new releases not having them I'd be concerned and it would piss me off. I love having the slips. Older ones don't generally come with them anymore though.

[JurassicBD]

If they're removing slips, it's highly unlikely to save on shipping. Some third party vendors might do that, but it wouldn't make sense for amazon to. A much more plausible scenario would be they're trying to avoid frivolous returns. Nothing against slipcover collecting, but some tend to be pretty unreasonable, labeling common creases and such as damage. I can see amazon telling their shipping department to remove slips if they show damage prior to shipping. Of course, we've also seen releases in the past where it appeared as if slipcovered editions were only sent to physical stores, afterall they're meant to make the product stand out on shelves and some studios likely still look at them that way, even though others clearly get their desirability in the collector market. And of course, you can't forget that fewer slipcovered copies are being made and amazon likely goes through their initial order faster than any other distributor, which slips are generally a first batch only product.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Go to the store and buy a copy if a slipcover matters that much to you, that's what I do.

[blackhawktraffic]

They don't just like most major retailers like Target (I worked there), once the initial shipment comes in with slipcovers, MOST Replenishment items of the movies do not contain slipcovers, and like 99% of the time any replacement shipments had No slips with them.

[Strapped4Cash]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Go to the store and buy a copy if a slipcover matters that much to you, that's what I do.

Where possible I agree, but there are definitely titles that aren't available at any of the stores in my area (WM, BB and Target).

[RustinCohle]

Coming from a slipcover fiend, the only time I've had slips missing from Amazon shipments is for catalog titles. Something that has been out for a couple weeks/months, and I feel that's normal. Any time I've gotten something release week, it has a slip. It always arrives damaged though, so I just stopped ordering new releases online. Can always go to Best Buy.

[tazz013]

Originally Posted by blackhawktraffic

They don't just like most major retailers like Target (I worked there), once the initial shipment comes in with slipcovers, MOST Replenishment items of the movies do not contain slipcovers, and like 99% of the time any replacement shipments had No slips with them.

You lie. My neighbor's, friend's, hairdresser's, boyfriend's, 3rd grade teacher's, plumber told me that he saw a bale of cardboard behind your store made entirely of slipcovers.

[WillieMLF]

Originally Posted by JurassicBD

If they're removing slips, it's highly unlikely to save on shipping. Some third party vendors might do that, but it wouldn't make sense for amazon to. A much more plausible scenario would be they're trying to avoid frivolous returns. Nothing against slipcover collecting, but some tend to be pretty unreasonable, labeling common creases and such as damage. I can see amazon telling their shipping department to remove slips if they show damage prior to shipping. Of course, we've also seen releases in the past where it appeared as if slipcovered editions were only sent to physical stores, afterall they're meant to make the product stand out on shelves and some studios likely still look at them that way, even though others clearly get their desirability in the collector market. And of course, you can't forget that fewer slipcovered copies are being made and amazon likely goes through their initial order faster than any other distributor, which slips are generally a first batch only product.

This really seems more plausible than Amazon removing all slips.

Does everything have to involve some conspiracy?

[pi2loc]

I agree with Rustin. All of my recent orders from Amazon included slips. Catalog titles are hit or miss but that's expected from any retailer.

[krazedsuperman]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Go to the store and buy a copy if a slipcover matters that much to you, that's what I do.

If they wanted to go to the store and buy it, they would’ve done that that’s not the point of their post the point of their post being that if you purchase something, you should get what you paid for plain and simple. And I self believe that Amazon is removing the slip covers. I’ll give you an example recently, I purchased Donnie Darko 4K Limited edition the disk were not connected in the box and of course, no slip cover and if you are a movie collector, you know you cannot get these arrow videos, but at very limited retail stores you have to order them online and they always look better with a slip cover. So i’ll be contacting Arrow video for a replacement, which will probably not do any good.

[JurassicBD]

Originally Posted by krazedsuperman

If they wanted to go to the store and buy it, they would’ve done that that’s not the point of their post the point of their post being that if you purchase something, you should get what you paid for plain and simple. And I self believe that Amazon is removing the slip covers. I’ll give you an example recently, I purchased Donnie Darko 4K Limited edition the disk were not connected in the box and of course, no slip cover and if you are a movie collector, you know you cannot get these arrow videos, but at very limited retail stores you have to order them online and they always look better with a slip cover. So i’ll be contacting Arrow video for a replacement, which will probably not do any good.

Sorry, but no. Donnie Darko LE has been sold out at most places for a while now. The only vendors still selling it on amazon are charging a premium. If you bought it recently either you bought the standard non-slip rerelease, or if you paid the LE premium, you got scammed or bought from a seller who didn't know the difference either. In which case you'd be better off pursuing a refund/return. Arrow shrinkwraps their slips to the case. No chance whatsoever amazon opens the wrap just to remove the slip. IF they ever toss a slip before shipping, it was probably to avoid a return because the slip was already damaged. Unfortunately, the getting what you paid for argument has never held for slips, digital copies, or even redundant discs.