# Does this website seem legit to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519 "2007-01-26T02:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/1 "2007-01-26T02:45:57Z")
I’m looking at buying some box set DVDs and came across [this](http://www.scifiboxsets.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=296) website. For some reason these guys are setting off my scam-o-meter. Any thoughts are appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/2 "2007-01-26T02:50:18Z")
Seems a little sketchy to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/3 "2007-01-26T03:18:16Z")
If it’s questionable, I would look elsewhere. It looks questionable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lush\_Puppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Lush\_Puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lush_Puppy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/4 "2007-01-26T03:55:06Z")
Those sets look pirated. I see those everywhere in Hong Kong, Malaysia and the Philippines. Boxes look the same. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/5 "2007-01-26T16:50:23Z")
[Here’s an interesting discussion on the topic.](http://forum.dvdtalk.com/printthread.php?t=462180) Seems that these are box sets with foreign language on the outside, likely bootleg. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/6 "2007-01-26T17:01:34Z")
My college roommate from Hong Kong used to come back with armfuls of these every time he went home. Definitely pirated. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/7 "2007-01-26T18:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac] My college roommate from Hong Kong used to come back with armfuls of these every time he went home. Definitely pirated. [/QUOTE] I ordered some eBay discs that had to be pirated. Anime sets (Ghost in the Shell seasons 1 & 2, Cowboy Bebop) that were way too cheap to be legit. You know what? They’re just fine quaility-wise. Yeah, I know. Copyright this, artists’ rights that, going-to-hell, heat-death of universe, blah-blah-blah. Still - only way I could afford them. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/8 "2007-01-26T18:32:34Z")
[QUOTE=Belrix] I ordered some eBay discs that had to be pirated. Anime sets (Ghost in the Shell seasons 1 & 2, Cowboy Bebop) that were way too cheap to be legit. You know what? They’re just fine quaility-wise. Yeah, I know. Copyright this, artists’ rights that, going-to-hell, heat-death of universe, blah-blah-blah. Still - only way I could afford them. [/QUOTE] We ended up with Cowboy Bebop the same way. Pretty much ditto to everything you said. I would add, however, that this website seems awfully shaky. I don’t know why, but I’m particularly troubled that they still have messages up about ordering before December 6th for delivery by Christmas. I generally tend to stay away from resellers who don’t update their websites. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-website-seem-legit-to-you/389519/9 "2007-01-26T20:27:09Z")
My vote is for “legitamate” in that you will get the product, it will be very high quality, but will be an unauthorized release.