Secondspin sent me a pirated DVD - Please advise
01-07-08, 11:46 AM
#1
DVD Talk Special Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: New Delhi, India
Posts: 1,070
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Secondspin sent me a pirated DVD - Please advise
I ordered Borat's Widescreen DVD from secondspin.com around a month back. I received the shipment just now and quite shockingly it turned out to be a bootleg/pirated version. Right from the outer cover which is totally in Russian and a poorly photo-copied colorized version, to the actualy case which looks absolutely fake. Inside there was a cheap looking DVD-R with BORAT written manually using a black ink permanent marker.
I'm thinking of bringing this to the notice of concerning authorities. I have purchased from secondspin several times before but never had any complaints but this time they've totally crossed the limits by sending me a pirated title !
Please advise me whom should i contact regarding this.
Thanks
Punit.
I'm thinking of bringing this to the notice of concerning authorities. I have purchased from secondspin several times before but never had any complaints but this time they've totally crossed the limits by sending me a pirated title !
Please advise me whom should i contact regarding this.
Thanks
Punit.
01-07-08, 12:01 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 335
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Before you contact second spin, you should take a look at some of the photos users have placed on Amazon to make sure. The Borat DVD was made to look like a bootleg on purpose.
01-07-08, 12:02 PM
#4
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 4,531
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yep. Try looking at this thread:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ighlight=borat
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....ighlight=borat
01-07-08, 03:59 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 395
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by dx23
This is how the DVD and case is supposed to look:
01-07-08, 04:11 PM
#12
Banned
Originally Posted by JustinCleveland
Actually, not necessarily. I got mine from Best Buy on release day, and while the disc looks like that, the packaging is all in English.
The slipcover is in English, the dvd artwork inside is in Russian or whatever language it is.
01-07-08, 05:46 PM
#13
DVD Talk God
I would definitely contact customer service. They are trying to rip you off!
01-07-08, 10:51 PM
#15
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Mar 1999
Posts: 6,196
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by JustinCleveland
Actually, not necessarily. I got mine from Best Buy on release day, and while the disc looks like that, the packaging is all in English.
01-19-08, 12:27 PM
#16
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Around and about...
Posts: 1,400
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oh, man. People are still unaware of the deal with Borat's DVD package? The conceit continues all the way thru the disc's extras, all of which are totally in character. No commentary; no "Meet Sasha Baron Cohen" featurette; nothing but Borat doing stuff. If someone doesn't get the whole joke of the "bootleg" presentation, then they are highly unlikely to understand the movie.
01-19-08, 12:39 PM
#17
DVD Talk Godfather
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Gateway Cities/Harbor Region
Posts: 63,282
Received 1,802 Likes
on
1,125 Posts
Originally Posted by DirkBelig
Oh, man. People are still unaware of the deal with Borat's DVD package? The conceit continues all the way thru the disc's extras, all of which are totally in character. No commentary; no "Meet Sasha Baron Cohen" featurette; nothing but Borat doing stuff. If someone doesn't get the whole joke of the "bootleg" presentation, then they are highly unlikely to understand the movie.
Want an apple for your High Horse?
Joke thread or not it's very funny.
01-19-08, 12:43 PM
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 440
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
LOL... don't feel bad. I rented this one from a brick/mortar store, got in my car, opened the case, and went back into the store to let them know it was a bootleg. They grinned and told me it was for real.
Once I saw the movie, I had to totally laugh at myself hysterically.
Once I saw the movie, I had to totally laugh at myself hysterically.
01-21-08, 01:57 PM
#24
Screw contacting SecondSpin! CONTACT THE FBI!!! REPORT THE BASTARD THAT PIRATED THAT!!!! BOOTLEGGINS IZ BAD!!!11!!!!1!
Somewhere Sasha Baron Cohen is laughing at all the people who got pwned by this marketing scheme.
Somewhere Sasha Baron Cohen is laughing at all the people who got pwned by this marketing scheme.
Last edited by calhoun07; 01-21-08 at 03:14 PM.
01-21-08, 05:09 PM
#25
Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 62
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by JustinCleveland
Actually, not necessarily. I got mine from Best Buy on release day, and while the disc looks like that, the packaging is all in English.
If I remember correctly, the fullscreen version was all in russian, and the widescreen had english, or, maybe it was the other way around? I can't remember...or, it was if it came with a slipclover, the slipcover was in english, the DVD's case in the other language. It was something like that, I used to work for best buy, so, I remember seeing that and laughing, but, now I can't remember what it was. Anyways, the DVD's legit lol.