Post #155718 by ikitnrev on Fri, Apr 29, 2005 8:58 AM

The internet does allow a person in a rural area to seek out items they truly desire, that might not be available in their home area. But there is a type of impulse buy that happens when one is just wandering through your local store, and discover a new title or CD cover and decide to purchase it on the spot. In those cases, your choices are limited to what is on display at the store, and often the consumer is unaware that the version that is being purchased may be the edited version.

One of my peeves is when you see the statement 'This film has been edited from its original content' and then they never tell you what scenes were removed. I think they should add a statement that say something like '3 minutes and 17 seconds of excess violence and 5 minutes of nudity have been removed in this version of the film.' That would alert the consumer that what they are watching is not the original, but an altered version of the film, and they can then choose to search for the unaltered version if they wish.

Vern