Fake Media

[DereX888]

@ozymango
WTF is wrong with you?
Product labeled "ABC" must contain the product made by (or authorized by) the ABC company. If it doesn't - it is a FAKE.
There is no ******* relativism in here at all! Anything sold by one manufacturer with a brand name of another manufacturer's is a piracy, its that simple.

This is so freaking basic knowledge that it shouldnt have been even discussed here!

[lordsmurf]

Ha, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see these counterfeit Verbatims turn up in the States at some of the cut-throat mail-order discounters. Also, I bet they were made in China, not eastern Europe.

This is why I will NOT be buying Verbatim branded media from online stores, I'll pay a slight premium ($5 per 100? if that much) at a local store like Best Buy because I know I can trust those channels a bit more.

Because of all the fake shit and underhanded-ness in past months, most of my media is now bought for 35-50 cents per disc locally, under branded media like Fuji, Sony, Verbatim, Maxell. That price is fine, it's not worth a puny savings of a couple bucks per spindle to potentially get slow mail, the wrong item, or a fake pile of crap.

If I buy online, it's just to get PRODISC or RITEK media, which is not often. I'm staying clear of online MCC and TY deals, to hell with that mess. I have better things to do than conduct research every time I want to buy (is it fake or not?) something as simple as a couple hundred blank discs.

You know, what is sad is that many of these people could advertised "CHEAP FAKES" and probably still get a buttload of sales on them because some people are just stupid, spending less means more than quality.

[DereX888]

You know, what is sad is that many of these people could advertised "CHEAP FAKES" and probably still get a buttload of sales on them because some people are just stupid, spending less means more than quality.

Unfortunately it is so true. These people are the ones who are directly responsible for such situation with blank media we have now.
Quite few times I've told people at work or my friends that i.e. what they have there is a fake TY spindle. You think they care? NO ONE have ever took it back to the store for refund, at least not to my knowledge.
Usual response is: "so what? they cost me only ... bucks, and theyre good".
:/

[MrMoody]

some people are just stupid, spending less means more than quality.

If you don't need quality, why is spending less stupid?

Unfortunately it is so true. These people are the ones who are directly responsible for such situation with blank media we have now. Quite few times I've told people at work or my friends that i.e. what they have there is a fake TY spindle. You think they care? NO ONE have ever took it back to the store for refund, at least not to my knowledge.
Usual response is: "so what? they cost me only ... bucks, and theyre good". :/

As long as they weren't TOLD they were getting TYs, what's the problem really? I only have a problem when I'm sold something that isn't what they said it was. If I bought TYs and they were fakes when I got them, darn right they would go back.

[lordsmurf]

some people are just stupid, spending less means more than quality.

If you don't need quality, why is spending less stupid?

You're missing the point, in terms of blank DVDs.

When you buy a lower quality brand of cereal, it may not taste as good, but it still gets the job done, right?

When you buy a lower quality DVD, it's likely a coaster. It does NOT get the job done. Not the same thing.

Buying something that is liable to break right away is stupid.

[Paul_G]

I have been buying fake media from the local computer fair for quite a while now and only had a couple of coasters (always top and bottom discs). plays back fine and is very cheap (£14 per 100).

As long as people can buy it cheap, burn it, watch it, they do not care where the discs are from.

[DereX888]

Geez, you brainless people,
IT IS YOUR OWN CHOICE WHAT YOU WANT TO BUY! YOU WANT CHEAP NONAME STUFF - ITS OK, IT IS YOUR CHOICE, GO GET IT IF YOURE HAPPY WITH IT, WHO CARES
Yet imagine that one day for whatever the reason you may need some good quality brand-name media, and when you go buy it - you get some fake instead, basically same noname cheap media but for double/triple the price. You *will* be pissed, wouldn't you? Its that simple!

As long as people can buy it cheap, burn it, watch it, they do not care where the discs are from.

riiiight...
If you go buy Mercedes, but you get a Hyundai with a Benz logo instead, and you won't complaint, right? After all "as long as people can buy it cheap, drive it, they do not care where the car is from"

[Paul_G]

If you go buy Mercedes, but you get a Hyundai with a Benz logo instead, and you won't complaint, right? After all "as long as people can buy it cheap, drive it, they do not care where the car is from"

Comparing cheap blank dvds to a car what costs thousands of pounds is totally unrealistic.

[SCDVD]

Comparing cheap blank dvds to a car what costs thousands of pounds is totally unrealistic.

Let me get this straight. I gather from your recreational equivocation that you wouldn't like it if your were cheated for a large amount of money, but it is just fine if it's a smaller amount. If that is the case, I have some sweet deals for you and I promise you I won't cheat you more than 5 quid at a time.

[lordsmurf]

riiiight...
If you go buy Mercedes, but you get a Hyundai with a Benz logo instead, and you won't complaint, right? After all "as long as people can buy it cheap, drive it, they do not care where the car is from"

Excellent analogy.