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03-02-05, 01:31 PM
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Just received everything today from my ADV order - only a barely noticeable slice through the bar codes of most of the discs - i guess E. Scissorhands had the day off.
03-06-05, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Gamelore
03-06-05, 10:57 PM
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I was going to post about the St patty's day sale they are having, i did a search first to make sure it hadnt been posted and found the horror stories.
They have a disclaimer now at the bottom of the sale.
"Products offered through this sale are clearance and close-out items. As such, the bar codes may be reconfigured, replaced or physically altered (including punching or drilling). Some products may be open box. Some products may be delivered without any packaging. ADV warrants title only, and offers no other warranty expressed or implied, as to condition, merchantability, or use of any product. Products sold AS-IS. All sales final.
Product and packaging depicted may differ from stock available at time of shipment. ADV reserves the right to substitute equivalent items"
Kinda shady. I wonder if this is something where they are destroy in field rejects or returns, something along those lines? Kinda like bookstores that rip off the covers of mags and books when they are supposed to be destroyed and not intended for resale.
Ugh, either way, ill pass now.
They have a disclaimer now at the bottom of the sale.
"Products offered through this sale are clearance and close-out items. As such, the bar codes may be reconfigured, replaced or physically altered (including punching or drilling). Some products may be open box. Some products may be delivered without any packaging. ADV warrants title only, and offers no other warranty expressed or implied, as to condition, merchantability, or use of any product. Products sold AS-IS. All sales final.
Product and packaging depicted may differ from stock available at time of shipment. ADV reserves the right to substitute equivalent items"
Kinda shady. I wonder if this is something where they are destroy in field rejects or returns, something along those lines? Kinda like bookstores that rip off the covers of mags and books when they are supposed to be destroyed and not intended for resale.
Ugh, either way, ill pass now.
03-07-05, 12:46 AM
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That page is so long, I doubt more than 50% of the people who will buy stuff there even make it to the bottom to see that disclaimer. Seems like ADV is going out of their way to screw with their own customers. Good thing you can still buy their product elsewhere for similar prices without fear of getting damaged product.
03-07-05, 01:13 PM
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An additional warning: because of the slashed barcodes, places like DigitalEyes and probably Blockbuster will not buy these DVDs back used.
On the plus side, they added some items, including more Super Duper Sumos or whatever that show is called...
With that kind of disclaimer, they could send you a disc in an envelope ("Some products may be delivered without any packaging") , or even an entirely different DVD ("ADV reserves the right to substitute equivalent items").
I can see it now: "Well, I know that this guy wanted all six volumes of Angelic Layer, but hey, we ran out, and Super Duper Sumos is also a cartoon on DVD, so what the heck. Slash 'em and send 'em out!"
Even better, they could list the platinum editions of Evangelion, get people to bite, and unload all their overstock of the older versions, because hey, they're "equivalent" right? I know (or hope, at least) that they're not out to totally screw people over, but man, those terms and conditions are pretty hairy.
On the plus side, they added some items, including more Super Duper Sumos or whatever that show is called...
With that kind of disclaimer, they could send you a disc in an envelope ("Some products may be delivered without any packaging") , or even an entirely different DVD ("ADV reserves the right to substitute equivalent items").
I can see it now: "Well, I know that this guy wanted all six volumes of Angelic Layer, but hey, we ran out, and Super Duper Sumos is also a cartoon on DVD, so what the heck. Slash 'em and send 'em out!"
Even better, they could list the platinum editions of Evangelion, get people to bite, and unload all their overstock of the older versions, because hey, they're "equivalent" right? I know (or hope, at least) that they're not out to totally screw people over, but man, those terms and conditions are pretty hairy.
03-07-05, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by videophile
It could be even worse fujishig, you could order DVDs and they send you VHS. 
Although I haven't bought an off-colored ADV VHS copy in a long, long time...
03-07-05, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by fujishig
An additional warning: because of the slashed barcodes, places like DigitalEyes and probably Blockbuster will not buy these DVDs back used.
03-07-05, 05:39 PM
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They didn't slash them to ruin resale value of used items. They did it so that you don't go return it to Bestbuy and then Bestbuy returns it to them at the (apparently) higher return price. Or so that Bestbuy or some smaller store doesn't buy up a lot of copies themselves just to return them to ADV.
I also think there's some kind of policy that the distributing companies aren't supposed to directly compete with the stores they distribute to, which is why most companies like ADV and Viz charge MSRP from their online stores, even though they could give themselves a huge discount to attract sales. Most of these are older titles that are probably out of retail stores (and consist mainly of returns anyway), but that may be a way to skirt around the issue.
I know, I know, this is a deals thread... but I figure we're starting a new one for this month anyway, right? In which this sale will be mentioned but strongly warned against, I hope.
I also think there's some kind of policy that the distributing companies aren't supposed to directly compete with the stores they distribute to, which is why most companies like ADV and Viz charge MSRP from their online stores, even though they could give themselves a huge discount to attract sales. Most of these are older titles that are probably out of retail stores (and consist mainly of returns anyway), but that may be a way to skirt around the issue.
I know, I know, this is a deals thread... but I figure we're starting a new one for this month anyway, right? In which this sale will be mentioned but strongly warned against, I hope.
03-07-05, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fujishig
I know, I know, this is a deals thread... but I figure we're starting a new one for this month anyway, right? In which this sale will be mentioned but strongly warned against, I hope.
