Help! I got scammed!
 

So, I went into my local Best Buy the other day to pick up Street Kings on DVD...I look at the back because I was curious as to what the special features where. Some commentaries, deleted scenes, etc...so I finally watched the movie last night (love it!) and I go looking for the special features when I only find a commentary and previews for other movies.

Someone said all the special features were only on disc 2 for the two disc set, but then I read from reviewing websites that disc 2 contains a digital copy and all the special features are on disc 1. (They reviewed the single disc editions)

Does that mean you had to get the 2 disc for the special features to be on disc 1 or do I have a bad disc or something?

Your thread title is misleading. You were not, in fact, scammed; you want to know if you were scammed. Two different things, mate. According to Best Buy's website, the only feature for the single disc release was the audio commentary. . If you're into features, and you have a choice among editions, go with the one with the most discs. That generally increases your chances of getting extra features.

9/10 times when a film has a single disc and 2-disc editions the majority of the extras are found on the first disc of the 2-disc set. Same thing with Rambo. The single disc had a commentary (I believe?), whereas the 2-disc set had that plus a lot more all on the first disc and the 2nd disc was the digital copy.

Can we just blame this on the whole digital copy thing? Because I don't like those anyway.

I'm having a hard time following this.
You said you went into Best Buy and looked at the back (of the 2-disc version, I guess?) and saw what the available Special Features were. Then based on your confusion at home, I have to assume that you put that item (the 2-disc version) down, picked something else (the 1-disc version) up, and bought that without looking at the back to see what the Special Features were on *it*? You just assumed that the Special Features were the same?
Then you came here and actually admitted to other people that you did that?

If I didn't follow correctly, please correct me, and sorry for the confusion.

9/10 times, really??? I have lots of 2-disk sets and as far as I know none of them came with a digital copy. This must be a new things with 2-disk sets because of late I've mainly stuck with the cheaper 1-disc version. Doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of maximizing the potential bit-rate for the movie on a single disk without extras.

Apparently


Street Kings [Special Edition] [2 Discs] [Digital Copy]
DVD Info
Released:August 19, 2008
MPAA Rating:R
Region:1
Screen:WSE/COLOR
Language:Eng/Fre/Spa
Sound:DD5.1/DDS
Subtitles:Eng/Spa
Distributed By (Studio):20th Century Fox
DVD Sides:1
DVD Features
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Disc One:
Audio commentary by director David Ayer
Street Rules: Rolling With David Ayer and Jaime FitzSimons featurette
L.A. Bête Noir: Writing Street Kings featurette
Street Cred featurette
Deleted scenes with optional commentary by David Ayer
Alternate takes
Vignettes
Behind-the-scenes clips
Disc Two:
Digital copy of Street Kings for protable media players, including the Apple video iPod & iPhone

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-on-dvd/street-kings/

You were not scammed. I believe someone mentioned this in another thread and it's a misprint on FOX's part.

The back of the single disc (I did not even know there was 2 disc...it wasn't listed) had all the special features listed.

If that's the case, then he kind of was scammed. It's false advertising.

If it is a misprint, then take the single-disc edition back to the store with your receipt, explain that, and pick up the two-disc edition.

Sorry, I should have specified that LATELY most new releases are structured this way. This is a new trend that hopefully will die a painful death.

I agree. If the back of the 1-Disc says special features, and there are none but commentary, he did get scammed. Not by Best Buy though, but by Fox. I don't think Best Buy can fix the issue, but I'd be making a phone call to Fox if it were me.

Is a commentary not a special feature anymore?

I would say this isn't so much a "scam" as an unfortunate event due to ignorance.

If the packaging specifically listed commentary, deleted scenes, outtakes and a trailer and you got home and all it had was a commentary, wouldn't you be pissed? A commentary is a special feature, but so are the other ones. If the package SPECIFICALLY lists those features but does not contain them, then it's a problem imo.

However, looking at the two covers, they are easily mistakable and the OP just may not have noticed or Best Buy had some mixed up.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...LL._SS500_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...cL._SS500_.jpg

I can't find any pics of the back of the case though.

dvdempire has the back covers and only the 2-disc version lists all the extras he thought he was gonna get. the one disc only lists audio commentary.

Issue resolved then. Pay attention OP.:) Looking at the covers though that I posted earlier, I'm sure it was easy to get them mixed up. But you didn't get scammed.

this thread sucks.

I was expecting a 'Borat' bootleg disc thread, and got this??????

This thread definitely did not deliver.

Look into the releases for Juno - you'll find the exact same scenario.

The 2-Disc set had all of the extras on the first disc, but the single disc release was missing a lot of the extras even though there was clearly room on the disc.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone in this forum provide a link like that. That's just...weird.

Same. Those threads are classic.

Speaking of scams, where's sillymonkey when you need her ? he he he...:rock:

I disagree.


Exactly! Stop believeing what stores tell you and do the research yourself. Why anyone goes to that store and then complains about products or services is beyond me.

I know what I am doing...I'm not some person who goes to a Best Buy once a month or something. I am always there buying things, spending tons of money a week. I know how to look for deals and find the best DVDs.

I looked at the back of the Street Kings DVD (like I always do when I buy a movie) to make sure it is Widescreen, see the special features, etc...I saw no 2 Discs at best buy and on the back of the 1 disc edition, it listed all the special features.

If I am on the boarder about buying a movie, sometimes special features can push me to the "buy it" range if they include something good. I felt that the special features included on disc 1 were good, so I decided to get the movie. I was scammed in the fact that if those special features were not included, I may have not gotten the movie at that time and waited for a better sale or something.

[obligatory] So then you only pay $4.50 - $5 for all new releases thru CH and never buy anything at BB? [/obligatory]