The above mentioned profile appears to be a place holder profiler based on an announcement.  I also googled the UPC (883904201441) and quite a few results were returned for Jeremiah: Season 2.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=883904201441&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=9118ce00d2daff08

Either, that's the UPC being used for the box set by Amazon or it was originally suppose to be the UPC.

I would guess the UPC is probably correct, now whether or not Season 2 ever made iot to the shelves is a different story. What is this "made to order", I know what it says to me, which makes me wonder what you concern is.  I gather it shipped with a UPC, so create a profile based on the UPC you received. No big deal and not all that unusual.

Skip

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I would guess the UPC is probably correct, now whether or not Season 2 ever made iot to the shelves is a different story. What is this "made to order", I know what it says to me, which makes me wonder what you concern is.  I gather it shipped with a UPC, so create a profile based on the UPC you received. No big deal and not all that unusual.

Season 2 will never make the shelves in the traditional sense.  It is not mass produced, etc.  MGM decided that there are those who want the show, and to complete the series.  But, because sales was not projected to be enough to make it worth mass producing it, they went they "made to order" route.  The release is available from Amazon (don't know if it is available elsewhere).  When ordered, the discs are burned and placed into the two DVD cases and shipped out.

But, each DVD package has its own UPC, not the UPC listed in the database.  If it were a single UPC, I wouldn't be asking this question.  Should two profiles be made, or use the UPC that is in the database as a parent and add the two DVD sets as children?

No it's a completely different product that has no relation to what is there already. you build new profiles basecon the UPCs that you own.

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Should two profiles be made, or use the UPC that is in the database as a parent and add the two DVD sets as children?

Make two profiles, one for each UPC.  I don't know why you would do anything else.

Whether you do Child Profiles is up to you per the Rules. I would.

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Profiles are needed for each DVD package, but the problem lies with parentage.  While the professor would do parent/child, what is used for the parent?  The UPC that is in the database as a place holder does notphysically exist.  Therefore, a scan cannot be made that contains the UPC code.  Are you allowed to make a parent that uses UPC that doesn't have anything physical?

To answer you question, no, you are not allowed to make a parent that uses a UPC that doesn't have anything physical.

That being said, I think you misunderstood the answer Skip gave.  Here is what you must do, per the rules:

Create a profile for UPC 885444158520

Create a profile for UPC 885444158568

You can also, if you want to, create child profiles for the individual discs and attach them to the proper UPC parent.  Those are the child profiles Skip was talking about.

Ignore the UPC that is already in the db as it doesn't exist and should be removed.

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Quoting MrVideo:

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Profiles are needed for each DVD package, but the problem lies with parentage.  While the professor would do parent/child, what is used for the parent?  The UPC that is in the database as a place holder does notphysically exist.  Therefore, a scan cannot be made that contains the UPC code.  Are you allowed to make a parent that uses UPC that doesn't have anything physical?

To answer you question, no, you are not allowed to make a parent that uses a UPC that doesn't have anything physical.

That being said, I think you misunderstood the answer Skip gave.  Here is what you must do, per the rules:

Create a profile for UPC 885444158520

Create a profile for UPC 885444158568

You can also, if you want to, create child profiles for the individual discs and attach them to the proper UPC parent.  Those are the child profiles Skip was talking about.

Ignore the UPC that is already in the db as it doesn't exist and should be removed.

I diwsagree< Martian.  As was noted if you search on the UPC you will find numerous references about it. Can you be absolutely certain that there are no copies in existence, I can't. It was a legitimate release announcement. It should ONLY be removed it is an illegal entry, which it is not. You couldn't be more wrong.

Martian it is not in any way an illegal entry and neither you nor I can prove that somehow someone did not manage to get a copy. It may have actually shipped and been recalled, and some store did not honor the recall, we don't know. K-Mart typically doe not honor recalls, if it gets into their store they will sell it. We simply can't know and the fact that we think it was never released does not make it illegal nor does it mean that no one has a copy.