"The quality of those things isn't reliable," the DVD salesperson said ruffling through his dufflebag, leaving Jacob wide-eyed in disbelief. He had purchased the movie just yesterday, and was astounded to hear the seller blame his player instead of the pitted disc. "Next time buy a quality machine," the merchant cautioned him. "If you're looking for one that actually works," he motioned vaguely behind him, "I think I've got one back home I could sell you."

Our lesson today is on the easy side of the Elementary level, but still a notch above the Absolute Beginner level. If this sounds right for you, join us as we cover some absolutely essential vocabulary for getting customer satisfaction in the Chinese film industry. In under ten minutes, we'll teach you how to return DVDs in China, get a refund when they don't work, or exchange your broken discs for ones that work.
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February 11, 2010
I've had my run-ins with the mobile DVD salesman here in Beijing. Been burned twice both with "Inglorious Basterds", and "Up!". Both movies had been Russian bootlegs, and both rendered horrible english subtitle translations. Up wasn't that much of a problem, but considering IB was only partially in English, needless to say I was lost. The saving grace is I only dropped 5 kuai on each. Digging through the bargain barrel.