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aesthetik
Member


22 Posts
1/03
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 2:44AM
would you recommend 5STAR dvd? is the service good, and do they ship relatively quickly? are they reliable? Thanks for the help,

andy

DVD_Freak
Member

Germany
251 Posts
4/02
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 7:50AM
It's one of the best stores I can think of. They have a great service (thanks to Ethan ), good prices and ship all in stock tites on the same day you ordered them!
Kaneda
Member

37 Posts
11/01
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 9:31AM
They're good,

Only sometimes i wonder how they make a profit, once i paid one shipping fee but i did get 5 times a fedex package. They didn't collect them first before shipping, but shipped them when they got them. Still a bit expensive for them as i live in Europe. Still great service though:-)

Kaneda

DenverDon
Benevolent

Firmly Embedded in Depravity
5914 Posts
7/02
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 9:53AM
I've had excellent service from them.
aesthetik
Member

22 Posts
1/03
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 10:42AM
thanks guys. what are the best online shops to buy from in general? considering selection, and relability, which shops would you most recommend? I'm definitely ordering from FIVE STAR, but I am thinking of buying from another one because FIVE STAR doesn't have one of the titles im looking for. Thanks!
 
baronorca
Member

Montana
528 Posts
1/01
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 11:14AM
5Star is my first choice for dvd's.
If I order on Thursday, I usually have the order in my hands by Monday (and that's with the free shipping).

Max Booty
Member

New Orleans
484 Posts
6/03
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 11:55AM
I would have to agree as well. The only downside is once they go out of stock on a title, which often happens quickly, it can take them awhile to get it back in stock. Still, this situation has been improving and they are the first online service I turn to.

Max Booty
"I love Thanksgiving. It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts."- Arnold Schwarzenegger

DenverDon
Benevolent

Firmly Embedded in Depravity
5914 Posts
7/02
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 12:04PM
aesthetik,

I use three on-line stores in general rotation - and among them they usually have the titles I want.

XRentDVD
FiveStar
AdultDVDEmpire

With all three, I have had good results and service.

DenverDon

astroknight All-Star Supporter
Questionable Moderator

Tastes so good...
4187 Posts
11/99
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 12:36PM
aesthetic, I've had great luck out of every Adult DVD Talk Affiliate I've used (with 5 Star being one of the best). I almost exclusively use the Kickback stores because I like free money and the kickbacks often make the cheap DVDs even cheaper! I think Adult DVD Today has the record for quickest shipment for me, and the biggest problem I've had is that Laser's Edge's inventory listing is often incorrect. I've been waiting for roughly six weeks on a "ships in 1 to 3 days" title (namely Real Girlfriends 2). I'm not completely upset about this because I had about the same wait for Real Girlfriends 1. My only problem here is that the wait time on those titles has not been changed, which annoys me more than a little and lets me know that I shouldn't pay attention to them at Laser's Edge unless it says that it's absolutely positively in stock.
vincevega
Member

131 Posts
11/02
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 12:51PM
The Empire and Action DVD are great!
aesthetik
Member

22 Posts
1/03
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 2:57PM
aw man...XRENTDVD had all the titles i wanted in stock but i dont think they accept money order...does anyone know offhand which shops accept money order? Thanks,

andy

Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Sep 6 2003 : 5:01PM
I do the same. Except I would add Laser's Edge to the mix. I wish they were in the Kickback program, but many of their prices more than make up the Kickback amount.

I've also had success with Adult DVD Now and Bargain Adult DVD, but to a much more limited extent.

I used to buy from DVD Advantage very often with very good results. The only reason that I don't buy from them as often anymore is that they don't seem to keep up with new releases as well as the other stores that I've mentioned.

Although, I haven't had problems with any of the vendors that I've mentioned, I've had a couple of situations in which I've dealt with Five Star that were out of the ordinary.

The first one was shortly after I joined ADT (well before I became a moderator). Evil Angel's first DVD's had some problems due to being over+compressed onto a single layer. John Stagliano didn't like the quality of these discs and had them redone. He offered replacements to anyone who had bought the single layer versions. The replacements were being done by a retailer called "Blue Door" (I think). I had a problem where I returned 6 DVD's, but only received 5 replacements (and Blue Door wasn't going to do anything to fix the problem).

I posted my account on ADT recommending that anyone who was going to get replacements should attempt to do this through the retailer that they bought them from rather than going through Blue Door.

After reading my account on ADT, the owner of Five Star, sent me an e-mail offering to replace the sixth title for me for free. I had ordered from Five Star before that, but certainly not often enough to warrant that type of service.

The second situation was very recent and was due to stupidity on my part. After placing an earlier order (from someone other than Five Star), I forgot to remove a title from my ADT Comparison Cart. When I placed my next order, which happened to be with Five Star, I ordered that title a second time.

Upon realizing my mistake when I received my order, I e-mailed Five Star explaining the situation and asking for a way to resolve my problem. The answer that they gave me was the type of answer that I would hope for from a company if they were the ones who made a mistake rather than it being my fault.

I can't possibly say enough about how incredible I think Five Star's customer service is and would never hesitate recommending them to anyone.

ShiWarrior
Senior Member

1170 Posts
8/01
Posted - Sep 7 2003 : 8:55AM
definatlly, yes
yes, yes and YES!
no problem

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ShiWarrior
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brunob333
Member

139 Posts
10/02
Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 8:09AM
speaking of fivestar... yes they're great and I order almost exclusively from them, but I've often received discs that were rattling inside the box, and scratched. This has never affected playback yet, but this time I received one disc so badly scratched the dvd skips and the last chapter is practically unaccessible, and the other dvd they sent was slightly cracked at the edge and it renders half the movie unplayable!

So my question is: how do fivestar handle returns? Will they send me new discs back? I still want these movies, just playable ones.

Thanks.

astroknight All-Star Supporter
Questionable Moderator

Tastes so good...
4187 Posts
11/99
Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 10:47AM
I've had a disc or two that wasn't playable and FiveStar handled it every bit as excellent as everything else.
 
brunob333
Member

139 Posts
10/02
Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 11:16AM
Thanks... I'll e-mail them about it, see what they have to say before I send the discs back for replacements.
fivestardvd
FiveStarDVD.com

Tempe, AZ
49 Posts
3/03
Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 1:00PM
Thanks for the great feedback everybody. We have always made customer service a top priority at Five Star DVD.

brunob333 - Ethan has emailed you regarding your issue.

Thanks again everybody, and we will keep up the good work.

Michael Crofut
FiveStarDVD.com Web Developer
http://www.fivestardvd.com/

ShiWarrior
Senior Member

1170 Posts
8/01
Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 1:51PM
nice to see u reply fivestardvd

its also nice to see u still reading these forms and reply to them like that

great work

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ShiWarrior
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brunob333
Member

139 Posts
10/02
Posted - Sep 8 2003 : 4:40PM
I worked everything out with fivestar during the course of a couple hours, amazingly quick and effective. Great service once more!
mr. october
Member

memphis
109 Posts
9/03
Posted - Sep 15 2003 : 1:35PM
as if they need another endorsement...

i've ordered from five star on several occations and have always received my order within a few days. sometimes as little as two days.


-their inventory is done in real time ... meaning if it's listed "in stock" , they have it.

-they ship immediately.

-they DO NOT charge your credit card until they ship your items.

-free priority mail shipping on 4 or more items.

-customer service is top notch , they will reply to emails and aid with any problems.

Chillin
Member

San Diego
208 Posts
9/01
Posted - Sep 15 2003 : 9:43PM
They've been good for me as well...ordered 3 times from them this month (they added more titles to the Private sale...damnit )

The one time I had a defective disc, then sent out a new one and I wasn't asked to return the replacement..

Chillin..

Mojo
Deactivated User

1223 Posts
9/03
Posted - Sep 23 2003 : 1:16PM
I'll give FiveStar DVD five stars out of five!!! Fantastic service guys!!!
bigdick
Member

777 Posts
12/01
Posted - Oct 2 2003 : 11:50PM
They are always out of stock. Everytime I want to make a buy from them it always "out of stock". They need to hire someone who can keep their inventory up to date. Apart from that they're not a bad online adult retailer



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