MovieStop Blu-rays... beware!!

[Col. Zombie]

Has anyone else who shps at MovieStop noticed this. I went buy MovieStop yesterday and traded in a couple of the free Blu-Rays I received from the Buena Vista promotion. After searching the store and seeing that there really wasn’t much that I needed to have, I finally settled on buying something anyway, Reign of Fire.

The clerk said they only had one left I noticed he went around to the back of the counter and pulled out a disc and grabbed the case from another location. I then watched in disbelief as the clerk pried open the case and tried to “force” the disc back into the case. The case was still only partially “sealed” as there was as the plastic was slit up along the opening. He then tried to ring it up for $29.99. Usually MovieStop has really good prices on their discs, but I could not justify $30 for RoF.

I looked at him and said “Wait just a minute. Did you just put that disc back in the case and now you are going to try to sell me that disc as NEW?” He said their corporate headquarters told them to “gut” all of their BDs. I had been wondering why every single BD that I picked up on their shelves had a slit right up the middle of the case opening, now it just made sense. I told him that if I was going to buy that I would ONLY pay used price and he said he couldn’t do that. I also gave him back my store credit and he returned the discs I had attempted to trade in. Before I left he practically begged me to call their headquarters and complain, because even all the employees think this new practice is ridiculous. Ya think so?!! He even went out of his way to get their corporate number (770)590-1765.

So if any of you buy BDs at MovieStop…Beware.