So I busted open a DVD Blockbuster forgot to unlock

[abcdefz]

I wonder if I'll get charged for this.

Thing is, I'd rented it in the city where I worked, and I'd gotten home and retired for the evening, ready to pop the DVD in when I saw the lock was still on. I could've gotten dressed and gone to my local store, maybe 10 blocks away, but I was kind of miffed and just decided to break it open.

Minimal damage to the case -- the lock, obviously, is toast -- but in a couple of spots it looks chewed up enough that I think you can tell what I did. Just wondering what they'll wind up charging me to replace the case.

Anybody else ever do this? What happened? I'm sure it's on a, er, case-to-case basis, but.

[Yeti]

You could go to jail for destruction of property.
Watch out for the toss the salad guy and use soap on a rope. Your manhood will be in jeopardy because when a murderer asks you what you are in for? and you answer--"for breaking the security lock on a Little Miss Sunshine DVD"--he will make you his bitch.

[Helvete]

Don't you just put the DVD back in the bin and leave? Or just substitute the case with one of your DVDs off your shelf. If the locks are like I think they are, then many of my own DVDs share the same case.

[Loppfessor]

You could go to jail for destruction of property.
Watch out for the toss the salad guy and use soap on a rope. Your manhood will be in jeopardy because when a murderer asks you what you are in for? and you answer--"for breaking the security lock on a Little Miss Sunshine DVD"--he will make you his bitch.

Yeah that sounds bout right to me....nice knowing ya

[Yeti]

I almost cut my finger off when I tried to remove a shoplifting device attached to a shirt I bought. A $20 dollar shirt cost me a visit to the emergency room. I returned it with blood on the shirt and they gave me grief. I about whacked the manager until he decided to give me a new shirt with no security tag and blood stains.

[abcdefz]

Don't you just put the DVD back in the bin and leave? Or just substitute the case with one of your DVDs off your shelf. If the locks are like I think they are, then many of my own DVDs share the same case.



Nah -- the lock cases aren't the regular DVD cases.

Yeah -- I might just throw it in the bin and see if that's the end of it, though that's not really the cleanest way to live. But I kind of feel like it's their fault, so I dunno. I'll think about it.

[Big Gus]

Just substitute the case for one of the probably hundreds you got in your home.

Easy.

[abcdefz]

Just substitute the case for one of the probably hundreds you got in your home.

Easy.



You guys honestly think I wouldn't do that if they were the same? This whole thread would have been entirely unnecessary. :D

[Yeti]

You guys honestly think I wouldn't do that if they were the same? This whole thread would have been entirely unnecessary. :D


A to the Z, please get a girlfriend so I can hear about how she never changes the toilet paper roll.

[Loppfessor]

A to the Z, please get a girlfriend so I can hear about how she never changes the toilet paper roll.

Dude you are on a roll!

[abcdefz]

The cases have this sort of hole in the bottom and then spots where this plastic rod lock thing can clamp the case shut until the rod is removed. It's not a regular old DVD case that you get at the store.

Not exactly the same as this, but you'll get the idea. (http://www.instructables.com/id/ECRQ9ED7GIEV2ZJ48Q/?ALLSTEPS)

[Yeti]

I think the eggnog I am drinking is past the expiration date.

[abcdefz]

A to the Z, please get a girlfriend so I can hear about how she never changes the toilet paper roll.


My friend's wife does that. Doesn't do that, rather.

Nah -- I'm out of the gene pool for the good of all mankind. (y)

[kleptomaniac]

Thing is, I'd rented it in the city where I worked, and I'd gotten home and retired for the evening, ready to pop the DVD in when I saw the lock was still on. I could've gotten dressed and gone to my local store, maybe 10 blocks away, but I was kind of miffed and just decided to break it open.

wow that happened to me once but we just returned it and they opened it for us... :/

[Yeti]

I have news for you--it is not just your friend's wife. All women go thru toilet paper like Dick Clark goes thru Depends. I replace the brown tube left on the toilet paper holder with a nice big fat new roll of Charmin double ply and the next day it looks one of the Olsen twins--all skinny and sad.

[abcdefz]

I have news for you--it is not just your friend's wife. All women go thru toilet paper like Dick Clark goes thru Depends.




Dude, I've had girlfriends, I've lived with girlfriends, I've had female roommates. I know a little.

What I'm talking about with the friend's wife is she doesn't replace the roll, not that she uses a lot. She's got this mental block, apparently, and just never replaces it.

[abcdefz]

wow that happened to me once but we just returned it and they opened it for us... :/



Yeah, I know. But my point is: I'm on foot or on bike. I was already undressed and was too lazy to haul it back to the store. And a little pissed, too. Thus the social irresponsibility.

I'm not saying I was right. :D

[Yeti]

Dude, I've had girlfriends, I've lived with girlfriends, I've had female roommates. I know a little.

What I'm talking about with the friend's wife is she doesn't replace the roll, not that she uses a lot. She's got this mental block, apparently, and just never replaces it.


Hey, now, I did not mean to insult your Don Juan ways.
Back to the DVD lock. What movie?

[Loppfessor]

Dude just return it and be like "Oops I broke this, sorry man" and walk away problem solved

[kleptomaniac]

Yeah, I know. But my point is: I'm on foot or on bike. I was already undressed and was too lazy to haul it back to the store. And a little pissed, too. Thus the social irresponsibility.

I'm not saying I was right. :D

don't make it a habit! (y)

[Yeti]

I bet the Blockbuster jail is like the Turkish prison in Midnight Express.

[Documad]

I happened to be in a Blockbuster a week ago for my once a year visit, when a guy I know from work came up to the front desk to return a DVD and he told the clerk that he and his wife got it home, noticed it was locked, called the store, and the store manager told them to break the lock. The clerk said "okay" and took the case and DVD back from him. Then another clerk couldn't get one of the cases I was renting unlocked and she broke my case.

So a-z, I'm sure it's no big deal.

And the guy returning the DVD looked at me three times and even though I smiled at him in recognition, he had no idea who I was because I was wearing crappy old clothes instead of a suit. :rolleyes: He probably thought I was just overly interested in his DVD issue.

[drizl]

yeah, probably no big deal. i used to buy cds back in the day and if they sucked, id break all the little tabs that are in a circle that hold the cd in place. then i would scratch the shit out of the cd and tell them:

"i opened it, and a bunch of little plastic peices fell out and i noticed that the cd is all scratched."


theyd usually let me return it for a different cd if i wanted to.

doesnt really have anything to do with your story, but dvd's are kind of like cd's right?