How to Spot a Bootleg

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:29 pm

Spike_ Spiegel wrote:I have the A: Just go to Amozon.com! your get what you want without the hassile of having to put up with bootleg copies.

As long as you only order straight from them and not from any of the Marketplace sellers ("new and used from $___"), that is.

Neko116 · Post by **Neko116** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:06 pm

I actually saw some onegai teacher dvd set which was something exactly like that in bestbuy and i just stared at it for awhile, not sure if its legit or not

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:08 pm

Neko116 wrote:I actually saw some onegai teacher dvd set which was something exactly like that in bestbuy and i just stared at it for awhile, not sure if its legit or not

I'm betting it's legit...

Evangelion Unit 01 · Post by **Evangelion Unit 01** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:29 pm

Hay, what cons should I watch out for. I remember hearing that AX is usually okay although I think one of my wallscrolls is not legit, which sucks. So, please tell me which anime cons are safe and which are EVIL!

Vegeta_ssj4 · Post by **Vegeta_ssj4** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:31 pm

duh it easy to spot boot leg video or dvd

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:34 pm

Vegeta_ssj4 wrote:duh it easy to spot boot leg video or dvd

How? do they say bootleg?

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:22 pm

got2maskit wrote: How? do they say bootleg?

Close enough. They generally instead say "Region free," or they have an absurd amount of episodes on one disc for some insane low price.

Vegeta_ssj4 · Post by **Vegeta_ssj4** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:38 pm

no you can look on how it was made sometime it poorly made sound and camera handling dvd same way

Evangelion Unit 01 · Post by **Evangelion Unit 01** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:19 am

I know how to spot a bootleg, I read the link this thread gives, and found two other sites with usful info. www.animetourist.com/article.php?sid=785 & http://www.jazzmess.com/merch/bootlegfaq.html#more What I meant in that question is what cons allow bootlegs. I know ani-magic had a lot, and when I talked to someone they said, "It looks like they let the bootleggers in." So, that mad me think that some cons try hard to disclude them while others don't care, so what I want to know is which cons have a lot of bootlegging boths, so I don't go to them, or if you are fearful of other people going then tell me which cons really try to get rid of bootleggers. That is what I wanted to know. Thanks!

Camman · Post by **Camman** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:18 pm

I dunno if ebay does anything about it, but, I just reported the bootleg I accidentally bought of "Please Teacher". I told them I took it as a loss and bought the real set on Amazon anyway, but , I figure maybe they can do something about it.

Worst part is the guy selling them has people leaving him feedback saying stuff like "Great H.K. DVDs! Better than paying for the U.S. Release!" So it's blatantly obvious he's selling bootlegs and people are even INTENTIONALLY buying them, whats up with that.