i saw something weird in Pacific Mall today...

[tinlunlau]

i was shoppin' around pacific mall today, gladly bought a used copy of the chinese edition of "Batman: Child of Dreams" at the bookstore today for $2. (2 volumes....it was a buck for a book). so i went over for a copy of Batman Begins at a bootleg store (hey ...hey...i supported the movie legit too...saw it in the theatre and paid full price for it). anyway, it got weird...i saw a group of cops going in, looking like they're going to raid the place and people are crowding around the store, probably wondering if the store will get raided again. but nothing happened....those cops weren't making arrests, they weren't raiding the place. they were shopping for bootleg dvd's. wish i had a camera along with me at the time but man...it was odd.


btw, star wars episode 3 (legit region 1 dvd) is on sale at cd-dog. bit too expensive. $27.95 plus tax. i'll wait for walmart to sell it for cheap.

[jaigandhi5]

If you can't beat them, join them

[MizTEcK]

lol cops are ppl too... and people like saying money

[Yukikaze]

who know's maybe they were doing some undercover work. Take back some evidence and then come back with a full force of raids. So what were the reactions to the store owners when they saw cops?

[Anessa]

either the cops are crooked (most likely) and they wanted a cops discount lol

[emz]

just a quick question on the Pacific mall security guards: how come i've never seen an asian security guard working? or is there one but i just never see him/her? is the reasoning behind it some sort of bias or fear that they'll let "their people" slide?

i've just always found that weird...and amusing, i guess.

[RSD]

why buy bootlegs???? jsut get em yourself

[MizTEcK]

ressistance is futile

[FearSonic]

Quick question: If you're a cop, are you not allowed to have anything bootleg like that?

[Jump]

Yeah I'm guessing they just go and buy them now too or get bribed with free DVDs

Last time I was there my friends and I spotted a few Police cruisers parked near the entrance but when we were inside, no cops were raiding the place.

[Anessa]

Comes need bootlegs for downtime at the station. How else they going to enjoy those donuts and other tasty pastries?

[christine_sakura]

actually the cops did raid them..every store got shut down for weeks! bagged cartfull of pirated dvds, videotaped the store, took pics and had the security guards surrounding the place. at that time my reaction was..NOOO the CHEAP dvds r gone!!! couple weeks later, i go back to the mall the stores r open again with pirated dvds of western movies hehee they never stop. its not the first time they were raided.

[MizTEcK]

actually the cops did raid them..every store got shut down for weeks! bagged cartfull of pirated dvds, videotaped the store, took pics and had the security guards surrounding the place. at that time my reaction was..NOOO the CHEAP dvds r gone!!! couple weeks later, i go back to the mall the stores r open again with pirated dvds of western movies hehee they never stop. its not the first time they were raided.

its too profitable to quit, the actual cost for all those dvds cops confiscated is really really tiny. so the shop owners simply go "o *****... ah well"

[emz]

its too profitable to quit, the actual cost for all those dvds cops confiscated is really really tiny. so the shop owners simply go "o *****... ah well"

yeah but aren't they fined or something? shouldn't they be taken to court and what not? (i'm not familiar with laws in canada about piracy but I know in the states its a huge thing - ie. those disclaimers at the beginning of each movie)

[x86asm]

its too profitable to quit, the actual cost for all those dvds cops confiscated is really really tiny. so the shop owners simply go "o *****... ah well"

lol..cost of doing business