Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

Saw my local convenience store had SK3D for $14.99, passed it up until I
could come home and check the price. Saw it was lower than pretty much
anywhere so I went back and got one tonight.

Took the shrinkwrap off (no security tape on the edges), opened the case to
find only 1 of the 2 discs (plus the glasses). These bastards apparently
have opened all the cases, taken out the 2D version disc and repackaged
them for seperate sale. Now I took another closer look at the case and
found they slapped a sticker on it (under the shrinkwrap) that says
"contains only 1 3D movie and 4 pairs of 3D glasses".

No wonder it was cheaper...I'm gonna see if they'll take it back tomorrow,
but I doubt it. What a bunch of crap.

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

Shinner wrote on [Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:58:23 GMT]:
> Saw my local convenience store had SK3D for $14.99, passed it up until I
> could come home and check the price. Saw it was lower than pretty much
> anywhere so I went back and got one tonight.
>
> Took the shrinkwrap off (no security tape on the edges), opened the case to
> find only 1 of the 2 discs (plus the glasses). These bastards apparently
> have opened all the cases, taken out the 2D version disc and repackaged
> them for seperate sale. Now I took another closer look at the case and
> found they slapped a sticker on it (under the shrinkwrap) that says
> "contains only 1 3D movie and 4 pairs of 3D glasses".
>
> No wonder it was cheaper...I'm gonna see if they'll take it back tomorrow,
> but I doubt it. What a bunch of crap.
>

Now that's gotta be illegal or at least immoral.

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

"Shinner" <myemail@someserver.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9499CB27050Cmyemailsomeservercom@207.69.15 4.206...
> Saw my local convenience store had SK3D for $14.99, passed it up until I
> could come home and check the price. Saw it was lower than pretty much
> anywhere so I went back and got one tonight.
>
> Took the shrinkwrap off (no security tape on the edges), opened the case
to
> find only 1 of the 2 discs (plus the glasses). These bastards apparently
> have opened all the cases, taken out the 2D version disc and repackaged
> them for seperate sale. Now I took another closer look at the case and
> found they slapped a sticker on it (under the shrinkwrap) that says
> "contains only 1 3D movie and 4 pairs of 3D glasses".
>
> No wonder it was cheaper...I'm gonna see if they'll take it back tomorrow,
> but I doubt it. What a bunch of crap.

Surely that's not a legal practice. Report them to the local authorities.

Mike

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

Shinner wrote:
> Saw my local convenience store had SK3D for $14.99, passed it up until I
> could come home and check the price. Saw it was lower than pretty much
> anywhere so I went back and got one tonight.
>
> Took the shrinkwrap off (no security tape on the edges), opened the case to
> find only 1 of the 2 discs (plus the glasses). These bastards apparently
> have opened all the cases, taken out the 2D version disc and repackaged
> them for seperate sale. Now I took another closer look at the case and
> found they slapped a sticker on it (under the shrinkwrap) that says
> "contains only 1 3D movie and 4 pairs of 3D glasses".
>
> No wonder it was cheaper...I'm gonna see if they'll take it back tomorrow,
> but I doubt it. What a bunch of crap.
>

Pee in a squeeze bottle and then ask to see the manager. ;-)

--
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and tagging wildebeests."
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Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

That has to be illegal. You can't sell pieces seperately. However a
BlockBuster near me is doing just that with Grand Theft Auto III for Xbox.
When you buy it for Xbox, you get GTA III and GTA Vice City in a double
pack.
They've taken out the cardboard double pack packaging, and just stuck the
Games in their own plastic security thingies and are selling them
seperately. I don't think you can do that.

"Shinner" <myemail@someserver.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9499CB27050Cmyemailsomeservercom@207.69.15 4.206...
> Saw my local convenience store had SK3D for $14.99, passed it up until I
> could come home and check the price. Saw it was lower than pretty much
> anywhere so I went back and got one tonight.
>
> Took the shrinkwrap off (no security tape on the edges), opened the case
to
> find only 1 of the 2 discs (plus the glasses). These bastards apparently
> have opened all the cases, taken out the 2D version disc and repackaged
> them for seperate sale. Now I took another closer look at the case and
> found they slapped a sticker on it (under the shrinkwrap) that says
> "contains only 1 3D movie and 4 pairs of 3D glasses".
>
> No wonder it was cheaper...I'm gonna see if they'll take it back tomorrow,
> but I doubt it. What a bunch of crap.
>

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in
news:slrnc3nthr.3co.nospam@debian.dns2go.com:


> Now that's gotta be illegal or at least immoral.

I bet they'll point to the sticker and I say I was warned.

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

"Mike Kohary" <spam@be.gone> wrote in news:c1h06t$h0g$0@pita.alt.net:


> Surely that's not a legal practice. Report them to the local
> authorities.

Gonna see what they say tomorrow. Don't know the last time I took the
shrink wrap off a DVD and there wasn't at least 1 one of those PITA
security stickers on an edge.

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

Shinner wrote on [Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:26:54 GMT]:
> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in
> news:slrnc3nthr.3co.nospam@debian.dns2go.com:
>
>
>> Now that's gotta be illegal or at least immoral.
>
> I bet they'll point to the sticker and I say I was warned.
>

Yeah. Sure. Of course, rewrapping the disc to make it look new has gotta
be some sort of misrepresentation.

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in
news:slrnc3o61f.3om.nospam@debian.dns2go.com:

> Yeah. Sure. Of course, rewrapping the disc to make it look new has gotta
> be some sort of misrepresentation.

They also sell used DVDs, but this stack obviously weren't "used" on
release day. Before I stop at this particular location, I'll go to another
one in town and see if they have the same setup. See if it's company wide
or just and enterprising store manager.

Re: Spy Kids 3D....Sonofabitch!
 

"Peter" <pferg@NOSPAM.rogers.com> wrote in
news:%oU_b.16$Yf.10@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.r ogers.com:

> That has to be illegal. You can't sell pieces seperately. However a
> BlockBuster near me is doing just that with Grand Theft Auto III for
> Xbox. When you buy it for Xbox, you get GTA III and GTA Vice City in a
> double pack.
> They've taken out the cardboard double pack packaging, and just stuck
> the Games in their own plastic security thingies and are selling them
> seperately. I don't think you can do that.

What I can't figure out is where they're getting the extra DVD cases with
sleeve. If they're selling some with a sticker that says "1 3D Movie Only"
and others with a sticker that says "1 2D Movie Only" (which this location
didn't have any of), they have to be getting cases and the printed inserts
for the outer sleeve. They're not some cheap knockoffs printed on an
inkjet. I have a feeling this is being done frnachise-wide and not a local
(or single store) rip-off.