Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/02/06 03:07

Quanta wrote:
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>>"Justin" <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote in message
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>>>Impmon wrote on [Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:41:09 GMT]:
>>>
>>>>Just saww the ad on TV that Little Mermaid was coming out this Tuesday
>>>>but I had the TV on mute so I didn't hear anything. At the end it
>>>>displayed "First time on disc"
>>>>
>>>>If that was true, I will sell my 7 year old Little Mermaid DVD on eBay
>>>>with a BIN of one cent plus free shipping. I know the one I have
>>>>isn't pirated as they were bought at a local store and Kmart isn't
>>>>known for selling counterfiet DVD.
>>>>
>>>>I know some ad have a tendacy to exagrate but I would think blatant
>>>>lies if exposed would hurt the ad's value.
>>>
>>>Obviously you didn't listen to the ad. First time on two disc dvd.
>>
>>Two Disc DISNEY DVD
>>
>>LOL
>
> In case my point is lost, the incredible, stupendous arrogance of the Disney
> to call their products "Now available on Disney DVD" is shameful. They
> appeal to the ignorance of the consumer!

It's not as shameful as when they loaded "Pooh's Grand Adventure" (the
cheap direct-video from six years ago) with deceptive "Back out of the
vaults, for a new generation!" copy, to make it sound like the 1973
"real" film, for the easily confused....

....As for this one, 2-disk isn't 1-disk. End of story, nothing to see here.

Derek Janssen (although have to admit, it IS the closest they've come to
pretending the Limited Editions never existed)
ejanss@comcast.net

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