that's how they got a deal on them, these are dvds that were messed up during the manufacturing process, rather than trashing the discs and taking a total loss on them they offer them to retailers at a fraction of the normal cost. If you look through the dvds at Big Lots, usually you can find ones that aren't as messed up as others.
I tend to replace the covers on my 'snapper' cases anyway to keep things consistent on my shelf.
Back when ADV was offering a lot of their older stuff at a deal through their website, their dvds would have a hole drilled through the upc bar code, I guess to denote that these were seperate from the ones that were repackaged in the slimcases. This was when they were changing formats from the big fat alpha cases to the slimpacks and they were cleaning out old stock.
You can also find case art at some of the cover forums as well as cdcovers for replacement covers as well as custom covers from some of the High Res cover sites. Any way a deal is a deal and 3 bucks is not bad at all.
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