Drivian Taluus Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 I won a copy of Jedi Academy from tydy112 on eBay, and I received a pirated copy. The item description said NOTHING about it being a "backup copy", yet a message sent with the discs claims that they were described as copies online. This is both mail-fraud and breaking a federal law. How do I get in touch with LucasArts? I want my money back, and I want this guy in jail (or at least heavily fined)!
Jello123 Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 1. Lucasarts has nothing to do with it so don't bother unless you want to make yourself look like an idiot. 2. The guy ain't gonna give your money back and you can't do anything about it.
Kurgan Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Talk to Andy867 about reporting pirated LA games. While you may not be able to get a refund from this guy, I'm sure they'd be interested to know somebody is selling bootleg copies of their games online. You can give the person a bad rating (buyer beware) on ebay as you can with anything else, and possibly complain to ebay themselves. But yeah, if you got ripped off, there isn't much you can do about it except to bitch the guy out in an email and warn others not to deal with him.
StormHammer Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 I don't know if there is a similar organisation in other parts of the world, but in the UK at least you can contact the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). They deal with piracy of all different types of media.
Emon Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 I thought eBay offered some service against this.
razorace Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 I think so too. Go talk to EBay immediately.
Andy867 Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Contact the Ebay Fraud Department, they will be able to deal with it, although there is no guarantee that you will get your money back, but it could help prevent future fraud events.
Crow_Nest Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Tell Ebay his E-mail? This is the first time i seen ebay having warez. I guess you cant trust people these days.....
El Sitherino Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by |GG|Crow_Nest Tell Ebay his E-mail? This is the first time i seen ebay having warez. I guess you cant trust people these days..... so naive thinking this is the first time warez have been found on ebay. honestly most of the dvd's they sell on there that are "special deals" are actually pirated versions usually made in third rate "dvd" factories. not to mention those vcd's sold on eBay are all pirated copies.... well most of them. the invader zim ones i know are taken from the vhs tapes.
Crow_Nest Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 I didn't noe that. And: VCDs = Very Cheap Discs. Cuz it sux.
Pedro The Hutt Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Not to mention the famed "Hong Kong rips" that sell applenty on ebay.
Chewy289 Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by |GG|Crow_Nest I didn't noe that. And: VCDs = Very Cheap Discs. Cuz it sux. VCDs suck, SVCDs don't suck tho.
Crow_Nest Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by Chewy289 VCDs suck, SVCDs don't suck tho. What are SVCD's?
HertogJan Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Super Very Cheap Discs Well... All you gotta know is that the S stands for super, and it means higher quality (it uses MPEG format)...
Andy867 Posted October 15, 2003 Posted October 15, 2003 Yea VCD's and SVCD's were the standard in international terms, kind of like CDi's, and then the idea to have movies put onto CDR came the idea to use VCD's. it was cheap and could usually get decent quality on 2 VCDs. But now with DVD burners, you can burn music videos and such at DVD-quality standards.
Drivian Taluus Posted October 15, 2003 Author Posted October 15, 2003 I contacted eBay about the product sold on the grounds that the seller never told me it was bootleg. I found out only when I opened it up. Hopefully, I can get my money back at least, but I still wanna see this guy off of eBay.
FK | unnamed Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 Originally posted by |GG|Crow_Nest I didn't noe that. And: VCDs = Very Cheap Discs. Cuz it sux. http://www.allvcd.com/viewproduct.asp/productid=2757 I got this a while back and while it may not be DVD quality, for 25 bucks it's a damn good buy. The audio quality is CD level and the video quality, while less than DVD, it's sure as hell better than the VHS that was released here in the states.
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