Quoting Grendell:

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What a whole lot of you seem to be ignoring (not sure why) is that this strongly affects the used markets.

I don't see why it would. Those who care about the contents of a DVD will make sure the one they are buying contains the features they want.

For the others, they might not care one way or the other.

I know some people who buy only DVDs that are Full Screen. Others can't imagine watching something this way if a Widescreen version is available.

I doesn't mean that either side is "wrong". Different strokes for different folks!

Quoting TheMadMartian:

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Quoting Grendell:

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1) You just don't get it.

Actually, it seems that it is you who doesn't get it.  We all understand that this practice bothers you.  We all understand that you want it to bother us as well.  Unfortunately, it doesn't and, for whatever reason, you just can't accept that.

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2) You just act like a rude person.

A bit of the pot and the kettle here, don't you think? 

You read my mind 
No need to reply myself because you're a mind reader

Quoting GSyren:

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I'm much more bothered when studios re-issue dumbed down retail versions without changing the UPC.

I'm completely with you on this one.
I can easily live with specially packed first releases, but the content on the disc should remain identical.
Sadly this is only wishful thinking, so you quite often find me hunting for first releases in mint condition.

Quoting TheMadMartian:

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Actually, it seems that it is you who does't get it.  We all understand that this practice bothers you.  We all understand that you want it to bother us as well.  Unfortunately, it doesn't and, for whatever reason, you just can't accept that.

You're right, I don't. It's not that I can't accept it (I actually expect it pretty much from this community), I just can't understand it.

I wonder what consumer rights could be taken from someone like you in order to actually "bother" you.

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Wow grendell. You have absolutely zero knowledge of the history of the rental industry, and even  less of business and consumer rights, if such s thing actually exists. Right now the rental industry wants to buy rentals for no more than $10 per copy. That price automatically excludes extra goodies. Sorry, bud.

Quoting Grendell:

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I wonder what consumer rights could be taken from someone like you in order to actually "bother" you.

What consumer rights have been taken away from me?  Maybe I missed it, but I don't believe getting all the bonus features for a discounted rental price, that other people are paying full price for, was ever a consumer right.  For a buck (Red Box) or $8 a month (Netflix), the consumer should expect to rent the basic feature film.  If they want the bonus features...something given in addition to what is usual or expected...they should pay the full retail price.

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Why is it I get the impression that if you were in a situation where an enemy occupied your country, you would be one of the ones to help the enemy by jostling for a position where you help them maintain control. Not saying you would, just that I get that impression... not just from you, but from a lot of others here as well.

Thanks, I needed a good laugh.  Beyond that, I will be polite and refrain from answering this insulting, and idiotic, question. 

Quoting Grendell:

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Quoting Kathy:

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I don't see why it would. Those who care about the contents of a DVD will make sure the one they are buying contains the features they want.

If you go to Amazon and click a link for a used copy of a title from the product page (which is a retail page), people often end up with a used rental version. There's no way to verify that's what you're getting if the seller doesn't specifically say so in the description, which they very often don't.

The same holds true for other outlets or sites that sell used DVD's and fail to say they are actually stripped rental versions.

I've never bought a used DVD from amazon - their prices are too high for a used DVD.

The only online site I've ever bought used DVD lots from is ebay. I've probably gotten a total of a few thousand movies from that site.

Out of that total I can recall getting 2 rental copies. Since I never put a bid in for more than $2 a movie, it wouldn't even matter if it did.

When I receive any items from ebay, I always open the case up to check the DVD. Several times upon opening it I've found the case was empty. Talk about stripped versions. 

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Why is it I get the impression that if you were in a situation where an enemy occupied your country, you would be one of the ones to help the enemy by jostling for a position where you help them maintain control. Not saying you would, just that I get that impression... not just from you, but from a lot of others here as well.

That is wholly uncalled for.