"Hate" and "Despise" are very strong words to me. I go nuts when posting but I don't truly hate or despise anyone. I suppose I stick around for the same reasons surfeur51 does.

My 2 contentions with stripped discs are:

1) "Movie only" is a *streaming* experience. That makes sense, because it's instant. In addition to whatever fee (membership or per disc), I have to either *wait* to get the disc, or make a trip to get it, then mail it back (easier) or make a trip to return it. For that, I expect the *experience* of a disc, which includes extras, unrated versions, deleted scenes, etc. I feel unfairly punished when I get a stripped disc.

2) The entrance of these stripped discs into the used marketplace. Video stores do not have some kind of "deal" where the studios will take back these discs. The video stores sell them used, either in bulk, or on an individual bases. These discs end up on places like eBay and Amazon Marketplace most of the time with no warnings that the disc is a stripped used rental. As DoubleDownAgain mentions, sometimes there is no indication even when physically buying the used disc at a store.

It seems *most* users here say they don't care or don't have a problem with it; I can't remember who it was but it was actually one person who used the word "happy" to describe their feelings about this. I don't hate or despise him or others for thinking like this, it just blows me away is all. To me, it's akin to paying $10 for a lunch every day, then, one day you're told you either have to pay $20 or get a half portion for $10, and you say, "I don't have a problem with that," or, "That makes me happy." My brain has a really hard time getting around the fact that there are consumers out there who think like this.

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My 2 contentions with stripped discs are:

1) "Movie only" is a *streaming* experience. That makes sense, because it's instant. In addition to whatever fee (membership or per disc), I have to either *wait* to get the disc, or make a trip to get it, then mail it back (easier) or make a trip to return it. For that, I expect the *experience* of a disc, which includes extras, unrated versions, deleted scenes, etc. I feel unfairly punished when I get a stripped disc.

This seems really odd to me, as many of the DVDs I've had for years have come with either no extras at all, or just a theatrical trailer as an extra, so sitting down and just watching a movie is, for me, the DVD "experience".

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If you don't like stipped discs - don't buy them.

...you did catch the part about not be able to tell if a disc is stripped or not before purchase, right? It doesn't sound like it.

It seems those who rent/purchase rental discs are well aware that they may/may not be stripped and are willing to accept that fact.

My point was that it seems that YOU care and care passionately that your DVDs have all the extras and therefore you shouldn't take a chance on ex-rentals.

What I don't understand is why you become contentious towards those who do.

yeah... they still rent the actual discs.