I guess stores that buy and sell used discs need to scrutinize what people bring in more carefully. The lack of a UPC price code on the back cover ought to have been a red flag, even if they are unfamiliar with fan edits.

Carrying bootleg product used to be a big deal with the feds. A local video store here back in the 80’s got in a bit of hot water because they had a bootleg tape of Rocky Horror for rent. Whether they knew it was a bootleg I have no idea. I read about another one somewhere that got shut down because they bootlegged their own legit product to have more copies to rent of popular titles.