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TheAlphaOmegaX3

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Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« on: May 26, 2016, 05:49:00 AM »
Hello community. I need your help. I ordered Cosmic Fantasy 2 for TG16 and as soon as I open the box today, a red flag went off. The disc was not in the case, but laying on top. After a wth moment and a quick glance something felt off. I turned the disc over and it plainly reads JVC. Please help. Thank you.

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2016, 05:52:53 AM »
You've been bamboozled. Sorry :(

TheAlphaOmegaX3

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2016, 06:15:19 AM »
You've been bamboozled. Sorry :(

 What should the bottom read? Manufacturers / numbers? That is what I was afraid of. Web site or pics that I can use for proof before attempting to vet my money back?

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2016, 06:25:32 AM »
What should the bottom read? Manufacturers / numbers? That is what I was afraid of. Web site or pics that I can use for proof before attempting to vet my money back?


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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2016, 06:34:13 AM »
You've been bamboozled. Sorry :(

 What should the bottom read? Manufacturers / numbers? That is what I was afraid of. Web site or pics that I can use for proof before attempting to vet my money back?

Doesn't matter. If it's a cdr it's fake.

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2016, 07:04:03 AM »
I vote that you give us pics, including pics of the disc and paper goods.

If you want to see what a real one looks like, there's no shortage of 'em on ebay.
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TheAlphaOmegaX3

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2016, 07:04:37 AM »
Ebay.  ](*,)  Yeah. USA seller.

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2016, 07:17:52 AM »
Is it actually a CD-R and you're asking if it's a fake?

You apparently aren't old enough to to remember 1991. There were no CD-Rs.

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2016, 07:29:19 AM »
Is it actually a CD-R and you're asking if it's a fake?

You apparently aren't old enough to to remember 1991. There were no CD-Rs.

 LOL! I was 11 years old then. I remember some stuff lol. I guess Im not on the up and up on cd manufacturing. Sorry about that. The disc "looks" legit but I do not know much beyond that. Hell JVC could have made all TG16 disc and I wouldn't know the difference. Hence why I'm asking. Sorry if its like a basic 101 question.

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2016, 07:43:03 AM »
Is it actually a CD-R and you're asking if it's a fake?

You apparently aren't old enough to to remember 1991. There were no CD-Rs.

 LOL! I was 11 years old then. I remember some stuff lol. I guess Im not on the up and up on cd manufacturing. Sorry about that. The disc "looks" legit but I do not know much beyond that. Hell JVC could have made all TG16 disc and I wouldn't know the difference. Hence why I'm asking. Sorry if its like a basic 101 question.


Is the underside of the disc blue? that's the first sign of it's a CDR, normal pressed discs are silver.
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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2016, 07:43:53 AM »
To be fair the original CF2 US disc does kind of look fake anyway, the disc art looks really weird

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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2016, 08:07:50 AM »
Ebay.  ](*,)  Yeah. USA seller.

are you saying you got it on ebay?  post link to the completed auction if so

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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2016, 08:11:42 AM »
All these follow ups when he could have just posted a picture and be done with it.
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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2016, 08:18:07 AM »
Where exactly does it say "JVC"?  I don't have mine in front of me to check, but if it's in the hub markings that just means that JVC pressed the discs.
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Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2016, 08:34:11 AM »
Just took a look at mine and it does indeed say JVC on the metal ring that is in the center of the disc. It is an original copy and yes the artwork on the CD does look a little grainy/blurry. They all look like that. case closed.
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