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I haven't rented at Redbox in a while. One of the discs is a basic DVD-R with the movie title written in magic marker.

Posted by David (aka David) Apr 3 '12, 11:59

Have they been ripped off by somebody or have they cut costs by printing batches of less official looking discs?

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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? It's legit. -- nm - lileve Apr 3, 12:37
*shakes head* Don't stupid people know you can just keep the DVD-R version? Why return that instead of the original once you've made a copy? -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 12:05 1
- probably easier to sell a legit copy on the street than a DVD-R -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 12:09
how does the machine not recognize the disk once it gets returned? or does someone physically pick up returns and stocks the machine like a regular - zeitgeist Apr 3, 12:02 6
- the bar code is on the disc sleeve. not on the disc itself. -- nm - decline Apr 3, 12:03
- The bar code has been steamed off and attached to the new disc. -- nm - David Apr 3, 12:03 4
  - (It's The Thing) -- nm - David Apr 3, 12:03 3
    - but why burn a copy and return the burned one and not the original ? -- nm - decline Apr 3, 12:04 2
      - eBay was my first thought -- nm - David Apr 3, 12:11
      - resale. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 12:10
Ripped off, unless it's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, that's the disc design -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 12:01 1
- although theretically it should be real, because the machine needs to read the bar code to check it in. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 12:02
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