ANIME ON EBAY ! ! ! !

CrAzY_MoNk · newbie! Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 35 Location: victoria

OMG ive been buying anime for the last 2-3 months and its cosy me like around 2 grand........ the price various from $48 - $170 depending on how long the snime i buy is..........

but yesterday one of my friends was looking at ebay and i told him to look up GTO box set to see how much it cost...... and da price was under $50 =[ (and i spent $120 buying that box set, i could have bougt it from ebay) soo from now on imma gonna buy all my DVDs from ebay..

i was jst wondering if anyone else buys anime from ebay or do they go to some anime shop like i used toooo ! ! ! !

Ebay is sooooo CHEAP ! ! ! ! !
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haroT3k · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:01 pm Post subject:

ebay is also full of counterfiet sutff, and the prices on auctions dont really move until the last minute (duh).
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atikiN · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:24 pm Post subject:

If something is too good to be true then it probably is. If you find anime that's very cheap and "new" then it's either HK DVD (bootleg anime DVD company) or some one put fansubs on a DVD and is selling them for his/her own profit which is like 100x worse then HK DVD's.

Himitsu · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject:

You can't really trust ebay when it comes to anime box sets, majority of the items auctioned are Hong Kong bootlegs. The highest price is probably your best bet for the real stuff. If an item is unbelievably low, it's most likely HK crap.

The best thing to do is to check if there are chinese subtitles - if so, don't get it. And the most obvious thing to do is to check if the series is liscensed! Don't regret not buying from ebay, you could have a big pile of imitations.

MiddleMan · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject:

Theres also www.half.com and www.amazon.com

CrAzY_MoNk · newbie! Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 35 Location: victoria

wow i didnt noe that. thnx everyone!!

i neva new about the HK bootleg stuff =[

aww and i was soo happy to c that anime was sooo cheap..............
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Yebyosh · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject:

How to identify bootleg DVD.

http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~mwhitley/guide2.htm#dvd
http://www.jazzmess.com/merch/bootlegfaq.html

MiddleMan · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:08 pm Post subject:

Yeah I got a Fx one but its of relativly good quality which makes it nice but its still crap especially my Outlaw Star the bootlegers actually advertise on it. They advertise, comeon dont leave a calling card on something you bootlegged. Man they pisses me off.

Theres got to be a way to fight this, hey heres an idea. Could maybe A-S have a page of legit webpages that sell legit DVD's and a list of bogus sites selling bogus ones. Or is there one? Just a thought. We could even have people email pics of the bogus dvd so others know excatly what to look for. Again just a thought.

Himitsu · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject:

I've browsed around alot of sites that seel dvds, but so far I think this one is the cheapest. www.deepdiscountdvd.com. I assure you that it's not HK bootlegs.

Kaiser · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject:

There's a few websites people recommend in the Merchandise forum.

If you're not sure of the store, you can always ask there and people can usually tell if they are bootleg or not.
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shoangore · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:51 am Post subject:

ebay is a very dangerous place. I ordered pita-ten dvd's, cause the seller said they weren't some cheap bootleg dvd's cause they were all factory sealed and stuff.

apparently, he thinks that factory seals mean a plastic bag.

subbing quality was horrible.

get it off some site that's got a good reputation, not from sellers that could be jacking your money.
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toot · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject:

Most anime dvds on ebay are hk rips, and most are very poor quality subbing. i noticed that the sellers are calling them 'import' dvds alot now.

if ur not sure whether it is or not, u can use a site like animediscount.net to look at the covers and compare. they sell only hk dvds, so if the cover matches one there, it aint a legit release.

CrAzY_MoNk · newbie! Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 35 Location: victoria

soo where should i buy my anime....

can someone tell me a good and cheap site to buy anime from =/

BTW imma from AUstralia..
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gunkirby · newbie! Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 48

one word- bootleg

EMP666 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Dec 25, 2004 Posts: 59

i think its just plain sad that people do such things