The path to enlightenment: Ep 1 - EBAY BAD!

[HaZMaTiK]

not sure if this was said but there are offical dvds episode 1-77 last time ic hecked

could be wrong it this was said sorry

[r3n]

you can buy the official boxsets (eps 1 - 70) with english subs here

[Darkflare]

please be careful with what you label "official" seeing as how those are shipped form hong kong, and by the look of the boxes, they are almost certainly HK rips.

[Shin_Naruto]

i guess that makes them 'official hong kong rips'

which is quite legal =/


WELL AINT THAT A CONUNDRUM

[Darkflare]

haha, i guess that works. then again HKs suck. if you have ever seen one you would know what i mean. timing is off, translations, dear god are THEY off...

[jing]

HK?
HK is fake land.

[dafashizzle]

I know, i hate it when those losers make tons of money off of others hard work.

[miaka]

yea... V_V.. but ppl who buy them (when they know about all this) are bad too

[Assertn]

Originally posted by: r3n
you can buy the official boxsets (eps 1 - 70) with english subs here

i will guarantee you that those are NOT official

in fact that 2nd one in the picture that shows sakura on the cover is the exact one that someone from the forums a while back bought and discovered translations like "chyslron eyes" and "leelock"

the way to tell if its official or not is to check the region coding.....if its NTSC ALL....then its definitely bootleg

[Darklocke]

wow I didn't think this post would stay on the top list this long... haven't been on in a while, too busy.

Anyway I've been keepin up w/ the ebay stuff... still stupid people doing it... I'm still msging them.. had one girl ask me if I could sell her it for cheaper! LOL i told her to come to the site and download them. she responded saying

"Isn't it illegal to download anime? Isn't that like Pirateing liscensed goods?"

which i then thought "BAKA"

and replyed with

"It's only illegal if a company in the country your from goes and purchases the rights to it, and even then it's not necessarily going to get you in trouble, but the fact is that this guy is selling you online EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAN FREAKING DOWNLOAD YOURSELF AND SAVE 30$! I am only trying to help."

thinking this was the end she then wrote back saying

"I think I will just purchase it, you sound like you don't know what your talking about."

I'm waiting for her to respond asking me for advice! she seemed young.

[ShinobiNeko]

Okay... i think that girl was a little dumb then v_v

[Assertn]

just explain to her that the only "official" naruto dvds are region encoded for japan and wouldnt work on your dvd player, and that even if they did, they most likely wouldnt have english subtitles

[?igma]

Originally posted by: Darklocke
wow I didn't think this post would stay on the top list this long... haven't been on in a while, too busy.

Anyway I've been keepin up w/ the ebay stuff... still stupid people doing it... I'm still msging them.. had one girl ask me if I could sell her it for cheaper! LOL i told her to come to the site and download them. she responded saying

"Isn't it illegal to download anime? Isn't that like Pirateing liscensed goods?"

which i then thought "BAKA"

and replyed with

"It's only illegal if a company in the country your from goes and purchases the rights to it, and even then it's not necessarily going to get you in trouble, but the fact is that this guy is selling you online EXACTLY WHAT YOU CAN FREAKING DOWNLOAD YOURSELF AND SAVE 30$! I am only trying to help."

thinking this was the end she then wrote back saying

"I think I will just purchase it, you sound like you don't know what your talking about."

I'm waiting for her to respond asking me for advice! she seemed young.

Maybe you should link her to this forum [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] and topic [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[r3n]

oh i thought those were official [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] guess im wrong then! saves me the hastle of buying them. although i know ppl that have bought anime DVDs off that website and they say the stuff they get is either a REALLY good rip (ie. you wouldnt notice had some1 not told u it was), or its real. might not be true for all the products tho

[Hikari Tennyo]

Actually, I'm glad you posted about this. Just report them to Ebay. After enough reports, you'll get their auctions shut down, and eventually, the person will be banned. to sell bootlegs is against Ebay policy.

I'm a member of at least 3 other forums where I brought up the topic of Inuyasha being sold this way.
Most of the buyers don;t realize it's a copy either. So, it's not always the buyer's fault.
If they Don't tell you it's a COPY, IT"S JUST PLAIN WRONG! But of course, they won't TELL you it's a COPY, cuz it would get them BANNED off Ebay! Go Figure.

I'm glad someone else is keeping up the fighting spirit. Just start reporting them as well.

[obake]

I think it's OK so long as the seller says that the episodes are available freely on the Internet, but what he is selling is a DVD version for those who wish to watch it on their TV or have a slow Internet connection and are otherwise unable to get the episodes.

[?igma]

Originally posted by: obake
I think it's OK so long as the seller says that the episodes are available freely on the Internet, but what he is selling is a DVD version for those who wish to watch it on their TV or have a slow Internet connection and are otherwise unable to get the episodes.

Although I somewhat agree with that, I thikn you should still look at the fact that alot of the things being sold online are NOT DVD-rips, so you are paying for them, but get tv-rips and second, you dont get the correct anime..which is even worse.
I prefer HD-exchanging [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] (yo wanna borrow my HD-01 with 60 gig of anime and 18 gig of music ?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img])

[DraGunZer0]

HK isn't all that bad... they have good action movies (their "original" action movies) mainly Jackie Chan stuff ^_^. But when it comes to bootlegging... they reign supreme.

[obake]

Hey, I'm all for HK. Nothing like region-free versions of movies that'll never see the light of day in the US. *cough* Battle Royale *cough*

[thebaze]

I can understand non-broadband users wanting to buy them. The subbers should provide a way to order them and make a little money off it - maybe that would cause some major problems w/ fansubbing though? I've still got my college account so bandwidth isnt a problem for me right now muahahaha. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]