They do this on purpose (drill holes through barcodes or sawcut the side of the jewel case) in order to devalue the overstock so it can't be sold full price at retail.

> sometimes i get factory-sealed albums from fuckers like that and they do the
> same fucking thing. i got a hard as fuck to find, factory sealed out-of-print
> spoken word album for $2.99 including shipping and handling, which is a great
> fucking deal. too bad there was a fucking hole in the corner of the cd case,
> almost like a fucking drill was put through it. it didn't go through the disc,
> nor did it go more than halfway through the case anyway. i'm not too pissed,
> especially since i got a scandalously good deal on it.
>
> shipping paper boxes like that seller did, though, is just fucking retarded.