Anyone bought something supposedly-genuine on ebay that turned out to be a knock-off? A knock-off so bad that you wondered "Did they honestly think I wouldn't notice?!" 
I have a dirty little secret. It's an incredibly embarassing, heinous, dastardly secret... I enjoy... I enjoy watching 1970s sitcoms. Yup, I can't get enough of them. Man About the House, The Good Life, Bless This House, Are You Being Served, all that good stuff. I love the innocence combined with sexual overtones, it's great!
Now, this habit can be quite expensive. I tend to buy the DVDs. I could watch them on Sky, but unfortunately they are on during the day when I'm at work.
So this evening, idly browsing ebay. Surely someone has bought some such DVDs and has no further need? Well, a few have, yes. But then I noticed something a bit odd. There are pirates on ebay. I don't mean the type who buy the DVD and do a perfect copy. I don't even mean the joly fellows wooden legs who go "Aaaaargh!" and drink rum. No. These pirates do it from old VHS that they taped off the TV. According to feedback on "Man About the House" you even get adverts!
So, just wondering why Trading Standards don't go knocking on their doors demanding to know why they are making profit from stuff they taped off the TV. There's only a few of them, it's hardly a difficult task! I am of course, assuming they don't have permission to sell these DVDs.
I won't be buying any of the DVDs. In fact, I hope the shiny DVDs accidentally catch the attention of a magpie as they glint in the sunlight, who then flies down and pecks the pirate in the nuts really hard.
So come on, what's the worst knock-off you've bought in such a situation?
I have a dirty little secret. It's an incredibly embarassing, heinous, dastardly secret... I enjoy... I enjoy watching 1970s sitcoms. Yup, I can't get enough of them. Man About the House, The Good Life, Bless This House, Are You Being Served, all that good stuff. I love the innocence combined with sexual overtones, it's great!
Now, this habit can be quite expensive. I tend to buy the DVDs. I could watch them on Sky, but unfortunately they are on during the day when I'm at work.
So this evening, idly browsing ebay. Surely someone has bought some such DVDs and has no further need? Well, a few have, yes. But then I noticed something a bit odd. There are pirates on ebay. I don't mean the type who buy the DVD and do a perfect copy. I don't even mean the joly fellows wooden legs who go "Aaaaargh!" and drink rum. No. These pirates do it from old VHS that they taped off the TV. According to feedback on "Man About the House" you even get adverts!
So, just wondering why Trading Standards don't go knocking on their doors demanding to know why they are making profit from stuff they taped off the TV. There's only a few of them, it's hardly a difficult task! I am of course, assuming they don't have permission to sell these DVDs.
I won't be buying any of the DVDs. In fact, I hope the shiny DVDs accidentally catch the attention of a magpie as they glint in the sunlight, who then flies down and pecks the pirate in the nuts really hard.
So come on, what's the worst knock-off you've bought in such a situation?
