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Old 03-05-05 | 06:30 AM
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Everything on this site is paid by Paypal. No weird charges for me.
Not sure if that's a plus for you. If exits stage right paypal is not your friend!


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He sent a link (no you can't have it) to a page where he set up a personalized page that drops prices an additional two dollars.
Uh, thanks for sharing?


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He sounded as if he was a big guy, possibly African American. Deep voice, and I had to really concentrate to understand everything.
Nigerian perhap?


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However, he was really, really nice, and did not try to rush me into anything.
If I was ripping you off I would be really really nice to you.


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I called him like 2:30 pm pacific, he said he still had 30 minutes to mail it so it would get out by the weekend.
Then he would have a tracking number available by now.
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Old 03-05-05 | 07:44 PM
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at least he shipped em..hopefully you get more than a empty box
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Old 03-06-05 | 10:57 AM
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Good luck - I'm not sure why he would not have time to send them Express Mail, it takes the same time just a lot more expensive.

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Old 03-06-05 | 10:07 PM
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I wouldn't mind finishing up my 24 Series at 33 a pop... but of course, I'll wait and hear what comes of your oders. Hope everything arrives for you guys and is totally legit.
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Old 03-07-05 | 10:33 PM
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so those are legit, new, shrink-wrapped copies???? i'm impressed. congrats!
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Old 03-09-05 | 12:29 AM
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Recieved my package today.

Legit Region 1 copies.

Mailed on 3-4-05 and recieved 3-8-05, Priority Mail.

Return address listed as Brooklyn, but postmarked Newark, DE? (that's also what the tracking link told me)

He told me he was in his 'office' when he was telling me what titles he was offering for the free disc. And that he would have it in the mail before the Post Office closed Friday. So his office is in Delaware, his business is based in Maryland, and packages go to New York????

Whatever works, but I do say these are the real thing.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that stuck to the back of the envelope was a sticker. "TV-D $79.99 DEADWOOD COMP SE 1 WS WHV 9DV 92430".

Odd that he sells that set for $50, and the sticker would say $79.99. Even DDD sells for more than $50, $69.89.

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Old 03-10-05 | 07:00 PM
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This Is Marlon From The Discount Garage. Im Just Responding To A Couple Of You Critics. I Cant Believe You Guys Sit Around All Day And Talk About Our Little Site,but Im Thankful For The Buzz. Anybody Who Has Ordered From Our Site Should Know We Are Legit. Im A Dvd Collector My Self And I Know How Hard It Is To Get A Bargain,so Thats Why I Started This Site.what Alot Of People In This Buisness Do Not Realize Is That When Selling Dvd's Or Video Game's You Have To Make The Customers Happy. I Believe In Trying To Bridge The Gap Between Seller And Buyer,so That's Why You Might Hear Someone Say He Was To Nice Or Wanted To Give A Free Dvd.whats Wrong With That? Some People Are Just Interested In Quick Money......(like Buy For A Dollar Sell For 4 Or 5}but Im Believe In Buy For A Dollar Try To Make A $1.50 And Get A Return Customer. On Alot Of Our Items We Only Make Fifty Cent Or A Dollar. But The Thing Is The Customer Comes Back. But Lets Get To The Other Wonders About The Site. We Use Paypal Because Of The Convenience Of The Transactions Thats All. Most Stores On Ebay Only Use Paypal. So Whats The Problem With That? AND TO THE THEORY THAT WE TRYING TO BUILD UP FEEDBACK ON EBAY LIKE SOME HUGE MASTER PLAN IS PREPOSTEROUS,WE HAVE NEVER ASK FOR FEEDBACK WE JUST RECEIVE IT.And With Us Not Listing Information On Our Domain Name... Its Called Privacy.and To The People That Say That The Ebay Name Has Brooklyn But The Site Says Maryland.....the Ebay Name Was Created In Brooklyn Newyork,but The Business Is Based In Elkton Maryland.very Few Of Our Shipments Take Weeks But Some Box Sets Are Heavily In Demand(especially At Those Prices) But We Do Apoligize For Some Late Shipments. In Closing You Guys Should Stop Worrying About If Im A Big Guy Or An African American,and Try To Add To Your Cd, Dvd Or Game Collections. Or Pay Top Price For The Items Some Where Else...........thanks. P.s ......I Did Not Know That Some Customers Were Reporters. And I Still Want You Guys As Customers But To Be Honest The Reports On This Site Make Up Less Than a quarter of 1% Of Our Orders.

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Old 03-10-05 | 07:51 PM
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This Is Marlon From The Discount Garage. Im Just Responding To A Couple Of You Critics. I Cant Believe You Guys Sit Around All Day And Talk About Our Little Site,but Im Thankful For The Buzz. Anybody Who Has Ordered From Our Site Should Know We Are Legit. Im A Dvd Collector My Self And I Know How Hard It Is To Get A Bargain,so Thats Why I Started This Site.what Alot Of People In This Buisness Do Not Realize Is That When Selling Dvd's Or Video Game's You Have To Make The Customers Happy. I Believe In Trying To Bridge The Gap Between Seller And Buyer,so That's Why You Might Hear Someone Say He Was To Nice Or Wanted To Give A Free Dvd.whats Wrong With That? Some People Are Just Interested In Quick Money......(like Buy For A Dollar Sell For 4 Or 5}but Im Believe In Buy For A Dollar Try To Make A $1.50 And Get A Return Customer. On Alot Of Our Items We Only Make Fifty Cent Or A Dollar. But The Thing Is The Customer Comes Back. But Lets Get To The Other Wonders About The Site. We Use Paypal Because Of The Convenience Of The Transactions Thats All. Most Stores On Ebay Only Use Paypal. So Whats The Problem With That? And With Us Not Listing Information On Our Domain Name... Its Called Privacy.and To The People That Say That The Ebay Name Has Brooklyn But The Site Says Maryland.....the Ebay Name Was Created In Brooklyn Newyork,but The Business Is Based In Elkton Maryland.very Few Of Our Shipments Take Weeks But Some Box Sets Are Heavily In Demand(especially At Those Prices) But We Do Apoligize For Some Late Shipments. In Closing You Guys Should Stop Worrying About If Im A Big Guy Or An African American,and Try To Add To Your Cd, Dvd Or Game Collections. Or Pay Top Price For The Items Some Where Else...........thanks. P.s ......I Did Not Know That Some Customers Were Reporters. And I Still Want You Guys As Customers But To Be Honest The Reports On This Site Make Up Less Than a quarter of 1% Of Our Orders
That post is a true testament to professionalism. /sarcasmoff
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Old 03-12-05 | 12:34 AM
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This Is Marlon From The Discount Garage. Im Just Responding To A Couple Of You Critics. I Cant Believe You Guys Sit Around All Day And Talk About Our Little Site,but Im Thankful For The Buzz. Anybody Who Has Ordered From Our Site Should Know We Are Legit. Im A Dvd Collector My Self And I Know How Hard It Is To Get A Bargain,so Thats Why I Started This Site.what Alot Of People In This Buisness Do Not Realize Is That When Selling Dvd's Or Video Game's You Have To Make The Customers Happy. I Believe In Trying To Bridge The Gap Between Seller And Buyer,so That's Why You Might Hear Someone Say He Was To Nice Or Wanted To Give A Free Dvd.whats Wrong With That? Some People Are Just Interested In Quick Money......(like Buy For A Dollar Sell For 4 Or 5}but Im Believe In Buy For A Dollar Try To Make A $1.50 And Get A Return Customer. On Alot Of Our Items We Only Make Fifty Cent Or A Dollar. But The Thing Is The Customer Comes Back. But Lets Get To The Other Wonders About The Site. We Use Paypal Because Of The Convenience Of The Transactions Thats All. Most Stores On Ebay Only Use Paypal. So Whats The Problem With That? AND TO THE THEORY THAT WE TRYING TO BUILD UP FEEDBACK ON EBAY LIKE SOME HUGE MASTER PLAN IS PREPOSTEROUS,WE HAVE NEVER ASK FOR FEEDBACK WE JUST RECEIVE IT.And With Us Not Listing Information On Our Domain Name... Its Called Privacy.and To The People That Say That The Ebay Name Has Brooklyn But The Site Says Maryland.....the Ebay Name Was Created In Brooklyn Newyork,but The Business Is Based In Elkton Maryland.very Few Of Our Shipments Take Weeks But Some Box Sets Are Heavily In Demand(especially At Those Prices) But We Do Apoligize For Some Late Shipments. In Closing You Guys Should Stop Worrying About If Im A Big Guy Or An African American,and Try To Add To Your Cd, Dvd Or Game Collections. Or Pay Top Price For The Items Some Where Else...........thanks. P.s ......I Did Not Know That Some Customers Were Reporters. And I Still Want You Guys As Customers But To Be Honest The Reports On This Site Make Up Less Than a quarter of 1% Of Our Orders.
Wow. Um. You completely misunderstood EVERYONE in this thread. They were just estatic that someone would be selling dvds for a price under a sale price of a normal online dvd retailer. Also, your site is related to Ebay (and we all know how trustworthy a lot of Ebayers are) so you should have expected questions about that particular topic. Hardly anyone on Ebay at this time sells legit copies of dvds for cheap without their being a catch. You always have to field queries about that - you shouldn't feel demeaned or upset about them and lash out.

I also believe that they were only describing how you sounded so that they could try and be on the same page. They wanted to find out if they were talking with the same person. Again, that was not trying to diminish your character.

This site is just a group of people that are trying to help each other out. We watch out for each other. We let others in on good deals, bad deals, and what to look out for.

And now that people on this site have found out that you sell legit copies, I am sure your business is just going to rise. If I were you, I wouldn't be mad at all if that happened.
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Old 03-12-05 | 04:33 AM
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Your Right (conscience) Thanks For Making Me Understand..............i Saw The Site And These Comments After One Of Those Days...............(that I Still Seem To Be Having). I Hope Everybody Keeps Leaving Comments, It Will Make Our Site Get Better At Dealing With The Customers. Thanks Again

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Old 03-18-05 | 01:47 AM
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Anybody else have a positive experience shopping at this site? I was going to place an order here soon and I was hoping for some more feedback.
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Old 03-18-05 | 01:51 PM
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Buy 2 get one free and free shipping over 50 bucks?...too bad payapl only..
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Old 03-18-05 | 04:03 PM
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Buy 2 get one free and free shipping over 50 bucks?...too bad payapl only..
I would be tempted to try to get Spanglish, Ocean's 12, and Meet the Fockers for $25 brand new and sealed.
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Old 03-18-05 | 04:41 PM
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The Ocean's 11 and Ocean's 12 2 pack for 17.00 is what really tempted me. I can't find 3 preorders that I would want in the next few weeks so the other deal didn't do much for me at this time.
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Old 03-19-05 | 02:42 AM
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To the site owner; when I am interested in a title you don't list on your site, do you order it from your supplier and then ship it to me, or do you have a huge inventory that you just don't list on the site?
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Old 03-19-05 | 06:10 AM
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Anybody else find it strange that:

-"Gameseeker" just joined
-His only two posts are promoting this site
-He capitalizes almost every word just the way discountgarage did on his first two posts?

I was considering a test order, but this has me concerned...reeks of underhanded sales tactics to me. If anyone else orders from them, I'd like to hear a review of the experience.
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Old 03-19-05 | 06:55 AM
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as jetflair has pointed out, gameseeker was indeed "marlon" from "discountgarage" .. I have to say if he hadn't created his second login to spam us, I would have left this thread alone, but instead, he's now banned. I would recommend everyone to not shop at discountgarage despite whatever "good" comments may come from people. Anyone who resorts to spamming dvdtalk doesn't deserve business from it's members.

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