Posted by Bob on 12/16/05 21:43

On 16 Dec 2005 12:40:09 -0800, tforms1@yahoo.com wrote:

>I was in Circuit City the other day, and I saw a display for 40 Year
>Old Virgin.
>I took a look at the dvds, and noticed half the dvds have "Made In
>Mexico" printed on the label.
>
>The UPC code had a UPC Code sticker over it.
>
>Is there a difference between the 'Made in Mexico' dvds and the
>'regular' ones?
>
>If not, then why even print on the package that its made in mexico?
>
>Why was there a sticker of the UPC over the UPC Symbol?
>
>I thought it was strange that the display had the regular ones and the
>made in mexico ones mixed in, I would have thought it would be one or
>the other.

Companies buy items in bulk and package them in Mexico. A lot of Radio
Shacks commodity items (batteries, tapes, discs, etc) are "assembled"
in Mexico. Cheap low-end labor.

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