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Warning: These are not
solid rules, so beware and proceed with caution.
1. Never buy a
bootleg of a movie that hasn’t been
released yet, it's a bad copy, an editor’s screener, or a screener
that hasn't been completed yet.
2. The picture on the cover. If it’s clear and crisp, then
it’s a good quality bootleg, if its bad quality or blurry cover,
then the DVD sucks and is a bad buy.
3. Always buy from a person who's close to where you live so you
won’t have to make a long trip bringing it back to the actual buyer.
4. Never buy from a person far from you, because you cant return
it if you're on vacation or live sixteen miles away.
5. Always say to the buyer "If this doesn't work, I'll return
it, alright?" If he doesn’t let you and puts a fuss about it, then
don’t buy it because the bootleg will
suck and he knows that. If he nods, then it’s possibly a good copy,
and or you have a good chance of getting your money back or trading
it in for another copy.
6. Buy it early, because the average seller leaves in the late
afternoon, and sometimes suddenly when the police have caught on to
his sight.
7. If you do return it, make sure he has another copy of the
film you want so you can pick it out or trade it.
8. Never pay more than ten bucks for a
bootleg, if you do you're a real sucker.
9. On rare occasions a person will have a television where
they'll show you what the bootleg
looks like, if, by some miracle, you find someone like that, have
them test it out before your eyes.
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Written 11/27/04 )
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