I can understand your rationale now that I know what you've been through. Obviously ordering one thing and recieving a different (however slight the difference) is an annoyance and probably illegal in most senses.
Our experiences are obviously different which is why we have different viewpoints, in terms of games I wouldn't have a huge problem as long as I was getting the same game that does the same thing. You want the region 4 game that you paid for, understandable.
Perhaps if you've you've had these problems in a number of circumstances you should have made a complaint to the ACCC or relevant body to ensure that this doesn't happen to you again.
Last time I was in EB Games (and probably the only time I had been there for a long time) I noticed some import games. They had a sticker saying they were imported and the rating sticker either stuck on the cover over the UK rating or on the plastic over the UK rating.I dont know what your argument is about really, I've bought a number of games from places where a barcode or other sticker has been placed on the booklet. There are often stickers on covers too, promotional items, price tags etc. Who cares it's a cover. Are you really going to get top dollar for a resale game anyway? Games are often opened as well, major department stores, KMart, BigW, Harvey Norman etc often open the games to put discs and books behind the counter, you could have the same argument over opening the seal on these games as well.The games are marked as imports, if you want something that isn't then pick up the more expensive copy next to it. Come to think of it I think that last time I was in JBHiFi I noticed an import sticker on a game as well.For your question"If they advertise Region 4 games, send them to us. If they cover up Region 2 games with Region 4 games, can they not do that on the actual cover itself, and can they make it clear to us that we're not buying a Region 4 game."Like I said from what I've seen they haven't made attempts to cover up where the game is from, they've simply done their duty to cover the UK rating with the AU rating, typically on the plastic but yes on some occassions on the cover.If you want to get an Australian Copy, with no stickers and go into the store or order online I almost guarantee you would get Australian stock. If for some reason you got an import I would understand your anger but from what Ive seen they are clearly marked.
@davedrastic They're just sticking AU classification stickers over the UK, they're not going through with whiteout eliminating all mentions of the region it was intended for
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