Your All Pirates !!!!!!

Oh, and interestingly enough, if you don't agree to the EULA, you may return the software/game back to the vendor for a refund. In South Africa, it's strictly enforced NO REFUNDS NO RETURNS
 
and my favorite quote

"By opening this package you agree to the enclosed EULA. If you do not agree to the terms of the EULA return the package unopend for a refund."

:mad:
 
Arzy said:
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Now I still don't condone piracy, but I also don't like being blatantly ripped off. I understand all about exchange rates and import duties and profit margins, but in my mind these do not add up to a R400 price increase on a DVD or a R200 increase on a PS2 game. If I can't buy something over the web, I just don't buy it, I personally won't support an industry here in south-africa simply because its out of line with other countries in the world.

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Well said!
I like collecting tv comedy shows (Friends, The Office, etc..) on DVD. I buy all of my dvd's from either America or the UK and even with import duties it's still cheaper. I've saved thousands of rands (I kid you not) by not buying locally. On the complete Friends series alone I saved close to R2500.
 
Piracy is coming where there is a gap between the perceived price and the actual price.
If original DVD would be sold for 70 Rands there would not be piracy.
If the various industries want to end piracy they should charge reasonable prices.
Just remember that some years ago gangsters sold in America what we buy today in a bottle stores . As it said “pornography is a matter of geography “ What we are calling today piracy is also can be just a matter of timing
 
I can back Martin up on this. I have imported stuff from Amazon.com and it's worked out UNBELIEVABLY cheaper than bying it local.

Example:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The complete 7th season is available from Amazon.com at $38.99. That's R236.41. Add another $10 to that for delivery and that brings us to R297.04. You pay 15% customs for DVDs, so add another R41.58 which gives us R338.62.

I saw the same box set in Look and Listen for over a thousand bucks! R1099 to be exact.

Now... tell me... WHY the HELL would I pay THREE times as much for someting from Look and Listen when I can IMPORT it for cheaper from the States?! I bought the first six seasons for under 2 grand. They're about R1000 EACH in SA. Granted, Amazon had a special where I picked up the first four seasons for something like R600, but still - I would have paid a lot less even if I paid full price for each season!

The entertainment industries in SA are ripping people off! I've heard, from a reliable source, that places like L&L, Musica, CNA etc pay something like R15 for a CD from BMG and other suppliers - they make more than 100% profit on some CDs! I've seen DVDs... normal ones... movies... for over R250 at Compact Disc Warehouse! WTF?! :confused:

I'm a movie nut and own over 150 DVDs of which a fair amount are imported. Obviously for once off DVDs you have to bite the bullet and fork out if you want it, but I tend to wait a while and order in bulk.

So... one day when they decide to stop charging ridiculous prices for DVDs, I'll start buying my stuff from local shops... until then, my cart at Amazon will always have stuff in it.
 
theYak - so did you get BVS-S7? If so, would it be out of line if I asked you to burn me a copy? :D
 
bwahahahah!!! It could be frowned upon by some people, yes.

No, I haven't gotten it yet IC. It's on my wishlist though. I'll prolly get it the end of the month. Spent too much money on other crap lately :)

I have a list of something like 10 DVDs (excluding the Buffy stuff) on my wishlist that I wanna get, including some old favourites like the first two "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movies etc.

Yes... I'm weird :)
 
Call 0800DE-RAIL-A-THREAD NOW, U WON'T REGRET IT!!!

TheYak said:
...the first two "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movies...
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:eek: This alone is deserving of a list-
  • I had no idea that any such films were made - must be a mental block or something;
  • Perhaps I'm reading too much into "the first two" - surely you don't mean that more than 2 such films were made?
  • Please say that these films were animated & not some weirdos dressed up in large green suites...? Actually I don't think I want to know the answer to that.
No dude, seriously keep Buffy, drop the mutants ;)
 
LOL!!!

I regrettably have to inform you that there were indeed weirdos dressed up in large green suites... with amazingly well done anamatronic heads :)

Three movies were made, but the last one was really crap. The first two were extremely funny and enjoyable!

Hey, these movies were some of my favourites when I was a child - don't diss them! :)

btw, this is not the correct way to go about getting a copy of Buffy - you have to be NICE to me! :D
 
Hey theYak, I was being nice - by potentially saving you years of therapy :)

Oh well, alls I can say is cow-a-bungi-jump ;)

PS: tell master rat-face to throw out all them old pizza boxes!
 
Dude, teenage mutant ninja turtles kicks ass... and if anyone can find a dvd with thundercats or robotech on it... oe... and bionic 6, please forward me the url.

re: the topic, piracy is like porn, everyone denies having it/watching it, but everyone did it at one another time.

I like porn, and I pirate **** I feel is too expensive

BTB, "Buying pirated goods is wrong"

Those adverts in the movies never said about downloading and distributing it for free :)
 
Noone, a freshly pirated set of 90 DVDz with 2 episodes of Masterz of the Uni-verz is on its way to your post box...

Project derail a thread is still on time & within budget!
 
*drool* Thundercats... *drool* Please can I sign up for splendid offering :) And I still have my ninja turtle action figures somewhere...
 
Me too, I have Michael Angelo... and the baseball dude from bionic six (with his bike that if you press a button it's transforms!)

:P Lost somewhere... but still have it.

Oe, and 1 leaflet of a thundercats branded notepad
 
RE Thundercat's leaflet page?

*lol* Noone. Are you saving that to Ebay 1 day? I'm sure you'll be able to gain some valuable currency for SA from some mad american by offering it up... :D
 
Howzit!

Damn those Bionic Six figures were cool in their day! I think they might even kick most of the modern figures in the behind when it comes to quality. Mostly metal and they could pose every which way!

The Ninja Turtles are back in store, but I am not going to pay the current rates. Nearly R200 for one. Thundercats were awesome too and I believe most of these are now collectibles of note.

A new toy that I nearly bought the other day (the 2nd best seller this past Xmas) is the ROBOSAPIEN. Have you guys seen this thing? Little robot that can be programmed the worx!!! http://www.robosapien.com/

It was out of stock....

:(

Cheers
Ant
 
OT:
Soz guys for going OT.
How much would it cost me to buy WoW on Amazon?
Can i do it with my credit card?
 
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