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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: spanky on November 07, 2001, 08:55:37 AM
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Is this right?, I rented resident evil code veronica x last night. To cut a long story short I broke the DMC demo disk that came with it. I took it back to blockbusters and they want me to pay for a full copy of resi evil!!!!! thats like 40 squids isnt it??. Is this right? can they make me do this??, I mean they cant make me do anything, but is this the norm???. Just they have my credit card details.
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Originally posted by spanky
Is this right?, I rented resident evil code veronica x last night. To cut a long story short I broke the DMC demo disk that came with it. I took it back to blockbusters and they want me to pay for a full copy of resi evil!!!!! thats like 40 squids isnt it??. Is this right? can they make me do this??, I mean they cant make me do anything, but is this the norm???. Just they have my credit card details.
if you dont\' pay, they won\'t touch your Credit card, but they might get some collection agency after you, you can keep the game, and pay them, or just... forget about it.
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or go buy the game, or find some with the demo disc and go drop it off to them and tell em to F#uck off...
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Yea I was thinking bout trying to get the DMC demo disk from ebay or yahoo auctions but cant find anyone selling one. If anyone on these forums knows where I can get one in the UK pls let me know ASAP.
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Have you tried going around to electronics stores that had the DMC demo on display? They might still have the Demo and if you tell them your story they might be nice. :)
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Im sorry, I dont mean to be dim, but how do you mean IronFist?
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Go to a store where you saw a PS2 kiosk with DMC demo playing in it. Since they probably don\'t use it anymore, the demo might just be sitting in the back room collecting dust (unless one of the employees took it home). Go ask the manager if they still have the DMC demo. If they have it, tell them your story and ask if you could have it (or buy it for like $5 or something). Chances are if they still have the demo, they will give it to you because they probably don\'t want it anymore.
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You might have to check with British law, but here without your consent they can\'t charge your credit card, make it clear that you don\'t want to pay for the game (that is, you gave consent when you gave them the card against future late/penalty charges, but you can tell them not to charge the card, if they do, VISA will reverse it at great annoyance/cost to blockbuster). They can only ask you to pay what the demo is worth, so they might argue that to replace it would cost the cost of veronica X, but since DMC is now out, and I\'m sure they\'re renting copies, I don\'t think that they would win such a fight. Talk to the manager, as for some reasonability, offer 5 bucks, and give/show him the broken disk so he knows you aren\'t stealing it.
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Ahhhhhh I see. There are no shops that have a PS2 demo unit playing. But I\'ll ask around the few electrical shops that we do have and see how it goes. I think if I dont replace the DMC demo they will send a credit company after me, as this did this once when they said Id lost a vhs tape, but I hadnt, just a screw up on their behalf. Is it worth me putting a new thread up asking if anyone would sell me their demo?.
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You can buy the demo seperate at Software ECT.
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Dont think that chain exists in the UK, but thanks for the heads up.
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Spend 7 dollars and by the demo isc nad just say that you had it replaced.
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Hey mate how did u break the disc in the 1st place?
Why dont u f*ck BlockBusters up and superglue the disc together and then take it back to them and hope they dont recognize :D anyways hope u find a good way to get it back to them in 1 peice :P cya
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LMAO @superglue. Maybe I should use sellotape instead. On how did I break it, I ejected the disk, left it ejected in the tray and went to the bog. Heard a crash , came running out and found my little neice had pulled the power cord out and the PS2 had crashed onto the hard floor!!!!. Demo is now in about I would say
4 pieces.
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you broke property that doesnt belong to you
be an adult and pay for it
buy a used copy of RECVx, keep the game and give them the DMC demo
blockbuster did you a favor by renting a 40$ game to you that you could beat in 5 days, return it and save 35$
problem solved
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Excuse me but I dont mean to be rude. Be an adult???, wtf are you talking about??????. I\'m trying to replace the item that I broke, so explain what you mean please. And as to Blockbusters doing ME a favour??, erm they are providing a service. And yes Ive tried to find a used copy of Resi evil but cant find one.
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mm - he didn\'t break the game, he returned that, but he broke the FREE demo-disk that came with it. He needs to make reparations on what that demo disk is worth. You could argue it\'s worth the whole game, but you\'d be wrong. It\'s worth 3-7 bucks.
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property is property
the game is incomplete without the demo disk
50% of customers rent that item for the demo alone
i dont mean to sound harsh, but i deal with customers like this all the time
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I agree with the rest of you ppl. Spanky should just find a replacement dmc demo disc, nothing more.
And Spanky, how\'s your PS2 ? Is it still okay ? Is your little niece
still okay ?:rolleyes: I myself always make sure nobody, and that means NOBODY comes close to my PS2. You never know what stupid accidents can happen to such expensive hardware.
Knotter8
PS. why don\'t let the person responsible for the accident pay for it all ; your little niece. Or you could also ask her parents to pay, maybe they will understand. The point is : you didn\'t do it.
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My lil niece is fine thanks for asking knotter8. Also the PS2 is fine aswell. It was my fault all this happened as I was babysitting her when this all went down. While I understand what your saying MM to pay full whack for a demo that only costs a few quid is out of order. Anyhows I havnt come back onto this forum for an argument. Ive replaced the demo and Blockbusters are happy as Larry. Just settling down now to playing MGS2, dont ask how Ive got it, but its ggggggooooooodddddd. Well u can ask me via pm or email as I dont want MM and the mods gettin their knickers in a twist.
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knickers?
im not pippi longstocking, ya know
anyhow, i just like to see people take responsibility for thier actions. im glad you did so
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Just settling down now to playing MGS2, dont ask how Ive got it, but its ggggggooooooodddddd. Well u can ask me via pm or email as I dont want MM and the mods gettin their knickers in a twist.
So you can get the full version of MGS2 a week before it releases here in the US, shipped to the UK no less, but you had a hard time finding a devil may cry demo, a demo that has been in the US, Japan, and all over europe for months? Sounds fishy to me.
Uh... Liar liar knickers on fire or something.
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lol, ryu
i assumed he meant the demo version
nice catch!
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No actually. Its the full version.
** we dont condone nor tolerate piracy
have fun on some other forum, yer gone from here
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wtf?!?!?!?!
How could you horrible mods ban somebody just for doing that?!
Do you guys want to run a ****ing fascist dictatorship in these forums?
That guy was justifiably defending himself from rude comments from mods of these forums who are supposed to be keeping these forums clean of stuff like that!
He was not looking for a fight but he found one solely because of you two mods. Ryu and mm, you two especially should know better than this.
This banning was unjustified and as Spanky\'s lawyer I demand that you let him back to these forums! Un-bann him now!
Who else is with me?!?!
My apologies for the poor English.
I’m young and from Australia! :D
I guess you’ll have to put up with it ay mate!
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If he got a copy of the game before it was released in any territory without being a member of the press, then he has a pirated copy. Kojima has been very strict about who gets a copy of the game and who doesn\'t since its secrets are so heavily guarded. Because they are so heavily guarded, so many people want it that much more and piracy is not the answer. Patience is a vritue and if people can\'t respect that, then they need to grow up and live in the real world for a change. If you have a problem with that, then go whine to mommy or the people who pirated the games for you because we won\'t allow it here.
Good riddance to that ass and to all who got the game before it was officially released to retail. Because you couldn\'t wait an extra week, you won\'t be able to enjoy the forum or the company of those who enjoy the PS2 and its games. Enjoy being banned, second chances will not be permitted.
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he admitted, and boasted about having and using a pirated copy, therefore hes lame AND hes banned. if you would like to join him, say the word
as his lawyer, you can respectfully kiss my arse
i should send soulgrind to yer house with his deadly flying nunchukas!
any further comments or questions can be directed to clyde, and you better believe hes not as nice as i am
:rolleyes: you said "mate"
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how the f*ck do you know if it is a pirated copy of mgs2?!?!
as spanky\'s lawyer i am just trying to point out that he deserves a fair go to explain how he got it!
he could be a member of the press with a legitemit coppy or he could have been given one from a friend in the press!
all i am saying is that you rushed this decision too bann him and he did not have a chance too say where he got it!
This was extreemly unfair to spanky.
The main reason I am so upset about this is that im afraid if this can happen, mods in these forums will bann any old wally that disagrees with them.
I believe this was unjustified. You mods have the power to do this and i just want you guys not to abuse it. It makes sence!
This was a case of you abusing your power.
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
BEFORE I EDITED HIS POST, HE SAID IT WAS A PIRATED COPY YOU #**&#^ !
*exec calm.cfg
ok, we mods have a job to do. psx2central condones a multi-console environment. anyone whos been here long enough knows this
now, keep bashing the mods, and you will join spanky
end of story
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Heh, spanky, we\'re surprised you didn\'t realize it was edited, after all most of us don\'t talk in the plural first person. Not many of us are of royal birth, like we of course. :D
mm - Going waaaay back to before he started in on MGS2, I doubt many people are renting a game for a demo of a game that\'s already out.
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now, no
but a little more than a month ago, yes
all i\'m saying is, that is comes to perceived property
it REALLY bothers me when people dont accept responsibility for themselves.
spanky borrowed property from a rental business
part of that property was damaged while in his possession.
lets say he rented a lawnmower
the bag broke while his sister was using it
the mower still works fine without the bag, so does he have to replace it?
bad analogy i know, but the premise is simple
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spanky u should b flogged to deter others from criminal activities!! get your pants down and bend over!!