Do bootleg DVDs/VCDs affect the business?
Unfortunately yes, but perhaps not in the way you’d expect. Our concern about bootlegs is not that other people selling them is taking away our business. But rather, the biggest trouble we have with bootlegs is trying to make sure we do not every carry them. It can be tricky to determine which products are legit and which aren’t sometimes; and the amount of work and worry that goes into it can be very frustrating. When it all boils down to it, all you usually have is someone’s word that a product is legit or not legit. Needless to say, we’d just as soon pass on any questionable products and let someone else make a buck off of them if they want. We have a reputation to uphold and tens of thousands of customers to answer to, so it’s really not in our best interests to allow illegal goods to enter our virtual shelves. Do bootleg DVDs/VCDs affect the consumer? If a customer is sold a product with the understanding that it is legit, and it turns out to be a bootleg, that’s a major betrayal
