Questions about the mail in rebate of BD movies from Amazon.com

[Aztec]

I got a couple of questions regarding the mail in rebate offer of the 5 free Blu Ray movies.

First, what EXACTLY is this UPC code Im supposed to find in the outside of the box of my PS3 when it arrives and mail with alongside my "mail in rebate" form?
And second, on the bottom of the form in the fine print it reads: "Store receipts must emanate from the same state as consumer address". Well this wouldn't be a problem if I had purchased my PS3 on a regular corner store but what about Amazon? Will I be rejected because I live in Texas and the receipt will be from whatever state Amazon's warehouse is supposed to be? What's that about? It would be stupid for Amazon to offer this and then reject all of the buyers from different states dont u think?
Please help me.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Joe Cain]

I'm not going to take responsibility for directing anyone to the wrong code...

But there have been multiple threads about the rebate and on ongoing sticky thread which you can find here:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=10716
You can probably find what you're looking for there.

I'm pretty sure the UPC code they want is printed ON THE BOX, not some other stock-related barcode on a sticker attached to the box.

But I'm still waiting on mine...

[phloyd]

I have the same question.

My coworker sent his in and apparently they complained about the UPC he sent. That said they did not seem to have issue with the Amazon aspect of things.

I am putting my submission together now and will probably just send all of the bar codes on that corner of the box to be sure. The UPC though is the one that is printed rather than stuck to the box from what I can see...

If anyone has any firm answers, please post.

Cheers!

[richard lichtenfelt]

It is the barcode that gets scanned when you purchase a product at the store and you use the self-checkout, or that the cashier runs over the laser when ringing your purchase up. If you're still confused next time you purchase something just have the person ringing up your purchases show it to you. They all look alike except for different #'s at the bottom. The previous post was correct it is a part of the box that you need to cut out w/ scissors or a box cutter.
It is located on the right, lower edge of the box lid between the handle (on the left) and the uc2 sticker (on the right edge).

[Aztec]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

It is the barcode that gets scanned when you purchase a product at the store and you use the self-checkout, or that the cashier runs over the laser when ringing your purchase up. If you're still confused next time you purchase something just have the person ringing up your purchases show it to you. They all look alike except for different #'s at the bottom. The previous post was correct it is a part of the box that you need to cut out w/ scissors or a box cutter.
It is located on the right, lower edge of the box lid between the handle (on the left) and the uc2 sticker (on the right edge).

Im so confused by your post, I re read it many times but I cant fully understand. So you are saying that the white and black barcode printed on the box that the laser goes over to register the sale IS the UPC?

[richard lichtenfelt]

Originally Posted by Aztec

Im so confused by your post, I re read it many times but I cant fully understand. So you are saying that the white and black barcode printed on the box that the laser goes over to register the sale IS the UPC?

Precisely. UPC stands for universal product code. It is essentially an electronic price tag, but unlike the old fashioned sticker price tags when a product is rung up the computer also subtracts it from the stores inventory.

[Aztec]

Why the fancy "UPC" name then? I always called that simply the "barcode".... they just confuse people with this abreviations and fancy names with little to no explanation. Would it have killed them to write "UPC barcode"? I would've gotten it had I read that.

[whippersnapper]

Originally Posted by Aztec

Why the fancy "UPC" name then? I always called that simply the "barcode".... they just confuse people with this abreviations and fancy names with little to no explanation. Would it have killed them to write "UPC barcode"? I would've gotten it had I read that.

The UPC barcode may not be the only barcode on the package. For inventory control purposes various distributors and retailers put their own barcodes on packages to track them through the supply chain.