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 Author: ardee13 View Messages Posted By ardee13
 Posted: Oct 15, 2022 08:03
 Subject: njogamepromo-1
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 Topic: Catalog Requests
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ardee13 (802)

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Hi I got another one of these sets and under magnification the alternate number
can be made out as 5000095398 and not the alternate number listed
 
 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Oct 15, 2022 08:14
 Subject: Re: njogamepromo-1
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Stellar (3485)

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In Catalog Requests, ardee13 writes:
  Hi I got another one of these sets and under magnification the alternate number
can be made out as 5000095398 and not the alternate number listed

the current ID is guesswork, shouldn't the correct ID in the packaging be
the main one?
 Author: Turez View Messages Posted By Turez
 Posted: Oct 15, 2022 08:58
 Subject: Re: njogamepromo-1
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Turez (43)

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In Catalog Requests, Stellar writes:
  In Catalog Requests, ardee13 writes:
  Hi I got another one of these sets and under magnification the alternate number
can be made out as 5000095398 and not the alternate number listed

the current ID is guesswork, shouldn't the correct ID in the packaging be
the main one?

As this thread shows, the alternate number was guesswork as well.
And regular item numbers are usually not printed at the bottom of the back side
of the packaging, and they are easier to read. Therefore I don't think 5000...
is an actual item number, but just a number of the packaging or any other random
number. It was just added as an alternate number in case people would use it
to find this item.