Is there any way to deactivate the security tags in unopened DVDs at home?
12-26-01, 06:26 AM
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Is there any way to deactivate the security tags in unopened DVDs at home?
It's the day after Xmas and 'tis the season for returns. I received a DVD as a gift that I don't want and then I later found out it was bought online via an Internet retailer. I don't want to go through the hassle of having my gift giver return the DVD to the e-tailer.
Therefore, I want to take it back myself to a B&M store for an even exchange. Is there any method to deactivating the security tags so I don't trip the alarm when I enter the store? Now, don't laugh...would a magnet work? Thanks!
(For those that think this is questionable, many B&M stores have very relaxed policies for returns without receipts after Xmas and DO allow this. I just got back from a store returning items without a receipt. I told the employee taking my return that the items were gifts and I didn't know if they were bought at that chain of stores or not...but they allowed the returns for a Gift Card without a hassle.)
Therefore, I want to take it back myself to a B&M store for an even exchange. Is there any method to deactivating the security tags so I don't trip the alarm when I enter the store? Now, don't laugh...would a magnet work? Thanks!
(For those that think this is questionable, many B&M stores have very relaxed policies for returns without receipts after Xmas and DO allow this. I just got back from a store returning items without a receipt. I told the employee taking my return that the items were gifts and I didn't know if they were bought at that chain of stores or not...but they allowed the returns for a Gift Card without a hassle.)
12-26-01, 12:21 PM
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I'll go out on a limb and guess you haven't opened the dvd. A magnet should work but don't count on it. If it were that easy then anyone with a magnet could deactivate the sensor tag and steal from the stores.
12-28-01, 01:45 PM
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Why bother ... half the time they don't deactivate them ... it should not be a problem, most stores have a greeter meet you and put a sticker on the return anyway .. so they know you didn't steal it anyway. 
