Originally posted by jofice:This was a bit more blatant though![]()
Originally posted by pesto:@U2, November 19, 2010
By: m2 / @mattmcgee
UPDATE: A contact at Universal Music has answered this question for us. Here's why:
"During the manufacturing process, some jackets get damaged during the numbering process. These jackets are destroyed, but we do not go back and re-set the numbering machine for each damaged jacket. We simply run numbers past 5,000. If we didn’t do this, we would end up with much less than 5,000 total units."
Originally posted by Malahide:[..]
The correct answer of Universal should be: "How is it posible people already got a copy"
Guess these indie stores quite don't know the term "release date"
Don't understand me wrong, I'm happy for you that you got a copy, it's just the whole weird procedure
Originally posted by pesto:[..]
a lot of them don't. i have picked up several records prior to the "official" release date, however never a full week ahead. i'm not complaining though
Originally posted by haytrain:[..]
i tried several stores in my city, they're all sticking to the official release date.