Disappointing Purchases

sailorspazz · Post by **sailorspazz** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:01 am

Back when the DVD for the second version of the end of Trunks' initial visit to the main timeline (the version that included the 2 awesome filler episodes that were left out of the original release), I went to Suncoast and purchased a (used) copy of the new version. I popped in the disc, only to discover that it was the three episode version instead of the five episode version (my guess is that someone who already had the first version switched it and sold it back to Suncoast in the DVD case for the second version....bastards). So then I was stuck with another copy of something I already had, but with a misleading case. I later resold the disc on eBay (being honest about the fact that the case was incorrect), and bought a NEW version of the disc I'd been trying to obtain all along. I ordered it from Funimation directly, and got some bonus Burger King toys in the process, so in the end it wasn't so bad....

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:11 am

Chibi Gohan wrote:
Kingdom Heartless wrote:
No everything was trashed....the disks were in pieces and you couldn't even recognize the scouters. My dad raised hell. He has been an EBay member since 2000 and just went crazy. He got his refund but the seller got all sorts of crap.

i still shed a tear from time to time
Wow.... how is that even possible?
Smash it with a hammer a couple times... It's not really that hard

Well yeah, if it was deliberate.... but why would the seller just flush $1000 down the toilet if that was the case?

Ashy-kun · Post by **Ashy-kun** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:47 am

Piccolo Daimao wrote:
Ashy-kun wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:You consider the Big Green purchases disappointing? I'd be thrilled to buy those!
Of course you would. You have an at least tolerable version of the series to watch. ^^;; It's like how Mr. VegettoEX says about how he doesn't care about how bad the Funimation dub may be, to him, he still has bilingual DVDs with the version he's okay to watch. It's not like that's the only one you have. @_@ You can have it as a luxury, for shits and giggles, whereas we have it as the only way to buy DragonBall legally in the UK.
Can't we order the Dragon Boxes?

Check out the episode of the podcast about fandom and legality in fandom. It's discussed there that importing from other countries is a pretty grey area. I meant that the Big Green movies were the only fully legal way we in the UK could buy DVDs, as they'd be the only DVDs you could buy in the UK itself.

And as far as I was aware, no, the Big Green movies WEREN'T bilingual. It was just that movie. (Mind you, it's been a while, and one of the movies I had was VHS, so of course it wouldn't be.)

Ringworm128 · Post by **Ringworm128** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:27 am

I bought the Coola Double Feature Blu Ray on Amazon I was so exited when it finnaly arived poped it in my PS3 and was greted to a message saying it will only play in region A Blu Ray players.

Piccolo Daimao · Post by **Piccolo Daimao** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:12 pm

Ashy-kun wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:Can't we order the Dragon Boxes?
Check out the episode of the podcast about fandom and legality in fandom. It's discussed there that importing from other countries is a pretty grey area. I meant that the Big Green movies were the only fully legal way we in the UK could buy DVDs, as they'd be the only DVDs you could buy in the UK itself.

Really? Because I've imported stuff from other countries before. I've imported Viz's Dragon Ball manga from the USA and I've heard of other people who've imported games from other countries. All completely legal.

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:21 pm

Ashy-kun wrote:Some people in the UK may agree with me on this, but I bought one of the Big Green movies, under the illusion that we were finally getting some DragonBall released in the UK on home video.

How could I forget!! I was shocked when I popped that thing into the VCR!! And my dad was watching too, what a nightmare!! One of the most embarrassing moments in my life.

Ashy-kun · Post by **Ashy-kun** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:39 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:
Ashy-kun wrote:
Piccolo Daimao wrote:Can't we order the Dragon Boxes?
Check out the episode of the podcast about fandom and legality in fandom. It's discussed there that importing from other countries is a pretty grey area. I meant that the Big Green movies were the only fully legal way we in the UK could buy DVDs, as they'd be the only DVDs you could buy in the UK itself.
Really? Because I've imported stuff from other countries before. I've imported Viz's Dragon Ball manga from the USA and I've heard of other people who've imported games from other countries. All completely legal.

As I said, check out Episode 190 of the podcast, and see what I mean. It's not undoable, and it's not like we're going to be arrested for theft for importing (Hell, I have lots of CDJapan CDs, and over half my anime is Region 1), but it's a grey area of ethics and legality.

Bardo117 · Post by **Bardo117** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:25 am

Every single Dragonball Z game released after Budokai Tenkaichi 2.

MetaMoss · Post by **MetaMoss** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:39 am

Taiketsu used for $7. That thing was horrible. I tried to sell it at a yard sale, but then my mom moved it and it got stolen by some kid. I knew that it was this particular one because he was pressing his parents to buy it. Anyways, it was his friggin loss.

AnimeMaakuo · Post by **AnimeMaakuo** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:19 am

Turtle Marked Stone · Post by **Turtle Marked Stone** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:44 am

DragonBall Z: The True Martial Arts Legend for Saturn kind of bummed me out. I wanted to like that game so bad but I hated the AI. It was one of those things where the computer spams an attack over and over and over again and the health bar drains extremely fast. The presentation was magnificent and I couldn't tell how hard/cheap it was from screenshots. I stopped playing it out of rage and haven't picked it back up. I REALLY want to like this game but it just won't let me. It looks and sounds magnificent.

I remember buying a few singles from Funi when I was younger and being kind of disappointed about the overall quality. (Except the subs, those were great.)

DragonBoxZTheMovies · Post by **DragonBoxZTheMovies** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:21 am

Now that I think about it, when I bought Budokai 3 again I was a little disappointed. The box looked like it had been stepped on, and had three holes in it. A manual also wasn't included and it wasn't the platinum edition either, so no Piccolo Daimao and Trunks w/ Long Hair. I regret selling my original copy of Budokai 3.

theoriginalbilis · Post by **theoriginalbilis** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:37 am

- DBZ VizBigs. I noticed the edits right away. Color pages can't make up for that. I already had the SJ "graphic novels", and I thought these would be unedited.
- Budokai Tenkaichi 1. They were obviously selling us an incomplete game. 2 & 3 made up for this in so many ways.
- Harukanaru Densetsu. I actually liked the game, but HATED HATED HATED the save system.
- Once the Dragon Boxes were announced for R1, I immediately tried to get rid of my Z Season Sets.
- Dragon Ball "Best Song Collection". My first anime CD purchase, found out years later that it was a bootleg.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:28 am

Dragon Ball "Best Song Collection". My first anime CD purchase, found out years later that it was a bootleg.

Oh right, that reminds me, I regret buying several items that turned out to be bootlegs, including wall scrolls and a Cooler figure. Among other things that I've likely forgotten.

Piccolo Daimao · Post by **Piccolo Daimao** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:55 pm

theoriginalbilis wrote:- Budokai Tenkaichi 1. They were obviously selling us an incomplete game. 2 & 3 made up for this in so many ways.

I actually liked Sparking! when I first bought it. Not anything to write home about, but I had some fun. It was only when I played Sparking! NEO and METEOR that the original seemed bad in comparison.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:11 pm

Bura wrote:
Ashy-kun wrote:Some people in the UK may agree with me on this, but I bought one of the Big Green movies, under the illusion that we were finally getting some DragonBall released in the UK on home video.
How could I forget!! I was shocked when I popped that thing into the VCR!! And my dad was watching too, what a nightmare!! One of the most embarrassing moments in my life.

But would it have been any less embarrassing had it been the Funi dub?

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:34 pm

Adamant wrote:
Bura wrote:
Ashy-kun wrote:Some people in the UK may agree with me on this, but I bought one of the Big Green movies, under the illusion that we were finally getting some DragonBall released in the UK on home video.
How could I forget!! I was shocked when I popped that thing into the VCR!! And my dad was watching too, what a nightmare!! One of the most embarrassing moments in my life.
But would it have been any less embarrassing had it been the Funi dub?

Well, considering the English dub was all I knew at that point, it would definitely be better then XD

songohan619 · Post by **songohan619** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:39 am

I bought the Burst Limit pack with a Dead Zone BluRay on my visit to the US, and when i popped into my PS3 in Norway, i couldnt play

Sshadow5001 · Post by **Sshadow5001** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:07 pm

Castor Troy wrote:You consider the Big Green purchases disappointing? I'd be thrilled to buy those!

I have all the FUNimation versions of the movies now so if i were to come across them I'd probably buy them for a laugh but at the time I was mega dissapointed.

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