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I just purchased the Winstar/Fox Lorber version of Hard Boiled off of ebay. The cover looks identical to the original i see at Blockbuster. The disc looks very similar to my Winstar version of The Killer, which i know is legit. It seems to be the same kind of disc. The label looks like the same kind of print and paper The Killer has. So what bugs me?
Well it seems the case is different than other people's case of Hard Boiled. Its an Amaray case, but a different style. The other versions i see come with a Winstar insert card for The Count of Monte Cristo. This one has one too, but it uses a different kind of paper.
Do companies ever change the style of Amaray case they use?
This one is suppossed to be brand new. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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By the way, i double checked, the insert card is the same. So the only difference is the case....
Anybody know if companies change the case of their DVDs?
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Only the biggies (aka hundreds of thousands/millions of orders) can specify what kind of case they want. They can indicate a preference, but if they're out of Amaray or Alpha they switch to the other hubs.
Sounds legit
Jeff Kleist
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Everything was the same except for the case. It is "claimed" to be new, but there was no security sticker on the top of the case even though it was sealed. After i saw that, then i got paranoid. I contacted the seller and they said that they ordered it from a now out-of-business company called Valley Distribution. The seller claimed they were the largest music distribution firm on the West Coast.
So i checked the web for this so called company and found no results. Maybe someone here may have heard of this company and knows if they have a "shady" history....
The seller claims that some of the lesser known CDs and DVDs they buy from them didn't come with security stickers.
The optimistic side of me says that it would be too much trouble to make a bootleg with the exact same kind of disc, cover, region encoding, label, and insert. It looks absolutely identical, except for the fact it has a different case.
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Tony, distributors don't often have easy to find websites. Honestly, I'm 99% sure you're OK, and I'm Mr. Bootleg alarm
Jeff Kleist
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Thanks Jeff, i know you are. I've read many posts regarding similar matters, and you were always helpful. I just love this movie and i wouldn't mind buying another copy if i had too.
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Quote:
the info on Valley is correct.
I visited the warehouse in 2001, which was AMAZING. |
That's reassuring!
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Well Chris, what are you waiting for? Don't leave me in suspense....
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Thanks Chris! Very interesting. I didn't know they were that big and supplied retailers such as CDNOW. Shows how much i know about stuff.
Well, thanks to Valley for my LEGIT copy of Hard Boiled!
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