Warning Pinoy Movie Lovers – Do not subscribe to www.filipinomovierentals.com!
I am usually easy to please. I try to be fair in all my dealings, be it personal or professional. I normally shell out money if I believe I am in the wrong. This past summer, I was late for a party and I know that I was speeding way above the speed limit. When I got caught, I was fined $400.00 USD – no need to contest, I paid the fine. I knew I was in the wrong and I paid the price.
However, when you know that you are being ripped off – you just don’t sit back and say, ‘Go ahead, rip me off and I will gladly pay you!’. I hate it when people rip me off. Just like I said, I try to be fair in all my dealings and I expect other people to be fair with me.
I am Filipino as you may already know. I love Filipino movies, and most specially the classic ones in Black and White. The movies they show on Sine Siete on Channel 7 in the afternoons when I was a child growing up in the Philippines. I miss the Gloria Romero flicks and the Chichay comedies. I have been looking for the time when these movies will be released on DVD. I keep checking www.sampaguitapictures.com to make sure that I be the first one to own such classics. I constantly search the internet to find out if the films have been released on DVD.
Well, alas! I found a website similar to Netflix but it primarily marketed Filipino Movies. Their advertising listed the Black and White movies I had been wanting to have!! So, with no question, I signed up for $19.95 a month. I told myself, it will be worth it! I wanted to reminisce and remember my childhood by watching the films I used to adore.   They listed Hong Kong Holiday, Bilanggong Birhen, etc etc. I immediately placed them on my queue just like in Netflix but since they didn’t have enough at that time (Only four movies are classics), I put other Tagalog movies on my queue as well. The Piolo Pascual movies, and the Sharonian fan that I am, the classics of the megastar as well.
Week by week, I will receive the recent movies instead of the Black and White movies eventhough those classic films are first in the order of my queue and my queue will get re-ordered to put the black and white films at the bottom. I let it go for a couple of months and realized, I never really received any of the black and white films. I contacted them and I was advised that it is because the movies haven’t been released yet. They gave me a couple of dates that made me think that maybe I can still wait. After a couple of months, the same thing – no black and white movies.
First, it was false advertising.   Cancellation is not all that easy. There are no phone numbers on the website to speak to a human being.   Next, it takes them a week to mail you one DVD, which in two months, I was only able to rent 6 DVD’s. I figured out that they only have one hub in Texas where all the DVD’s come from. It takes 4-5 days for their DVD’s to reach me – another 4-5 days for the return of the DVD’s to reach them.
So, I decided to cancel. At the time I cancelled, I had movies in my queue that they shipped to me. Two of them in fact. Their website states, you must return outstanding DVD’s within seven (7) days otherwise you will be charged $29.95 per DVD. Okay, I agree with that policy in the hopes that they understand shipping from Texas to New Jersey takes 4-5 days (excluding weekends) so I thought, the most recently shipped DVD’s would be given the chance to be returned after seven days! As soon as I received the DVD’s I promptly returned them the next business day – which was a Monday. They only received one DVD and I was told that another DVD outstanding will cost me $29.95.
I sent them an email (again, no phone number to reach anyone) stating that both DVD’s were returned at the same time and that they should allow time for it to reach them.   The second DVD was received about three days later. What did they do? They charged my credit card. $29.95 is not all that much but unreasonable. They shipped the DVD back to me stating that I now own the DVD. I tried to fight it but it was considered my fault for not following their policy as stated on their website. How could they have expected me to return the DVD’s within seven days when they shipped two DVD’s to me the day that I cancelled? By the time it reached me, it was already 4-5 days in the policy - then, they expected it to be received back in 2 days and if not, charge me??
I only found a number for the company, MEGASTAR ENTERTAINMENT, after I reported them to the Better Business Bureau which didn’t help much either because BBB in Dallas, didn’t follow up as well and just closed my complaint with a note ‘RESOLVED’. How could they consider it resolved? Until now, no response from my follow up emails to BBB. Oh well! I guess lesson learned.
To make the long story short, STAY AWAY from www.filipinomovierentals.com!
If you want Filipino movies – classic or new ones – - rent it on Netflix! They have it – - they have excellent customer service and serves from multiple locations that can get their DVD’s delivered to you in 1 day!! If you value your money, go NETFLIX!
Ayan kasi *pagalit at pa-sising bigkas!*[ay sori atiH,nadala ako,nakalimutan ko tuloy na utusan lang ako he he he...],magtanda ka na sa susunod kasi..sa susunod kung may gaagwin ka check mo muna kung may mga feedbacks o nag eexist ba ang company sa BBB…[katulad ako ni check mo muna ang background ko--kamalasan hindi nasabi ng mga references ko na may nana pala ako sa kamay kaya laging nakakabagsak ng gamit lol]–aray ko!
ayun na nga *nakayuko at hiyang-hiya*, kasi sometimes when you treat others fairly, you think they will do the same. hindi pala. pero, sabi nga sa blog ni Ross – - “People are normally unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Forgive them anyway!” Kaya – - let go na after this. Natuto na ko no?!
aba,naku kelan pa nangyari yang at mangyayare yang
“kasi sometimes when you treat others fairly, you think they will do the same. hindi pala. Blah blah blah…HINDE!!!!hindi sya mangyayare kasi…life is just not pair!–he he he…
pero mahilig ka pala sa mga black n white na movies ha, now ko lang knowing! mala Carmen at Rogelio Dela Rosa movies bah..ahhh LVN… abangan mo na lang sa PBC pa minsan may mga palabas jan na luma.
op kors naman! Carmen Rosales, Rogelio dela Rosa, Rosa Mia, Dolphy, Gloria Romero, Barbara Perez, Nida Blanca, Nestor de Villa, Pancho Magalona, Luis Gonzales at kung sino sino pa!! Haaaaayyy.. type na type ko nun si Luis Gonzales no! By the way, I already have Amy, Susie and Tessie, Jack en Jill, Ang Tangi Kong Pagibig.. nangongolekta pa rin..
hay nako ang gwapo ni Luis noon noh kaya!,saan mo nakuha ang mga pelikulang yan?jak n jil dolphy o tita mega? aba aba,kung luma yan TARUSH!..tara bili na tayo ng probook bukas na bukas din para magawa na yang dreeeeeemmm onnn ngels lol!
Hindi ko na yata naabutan yung moviestar na yan…..
ang kapal ng mukha mo flip!:D kilala mo yan no? kung hindi naman, tanungin mo nanay mo.. i’m sure crush din niya yan nung araw.
diwa – jack en jill ni dolphy at lolita rodriguez yan.. o diba . . ORIG na ORIG…
Aba.. aba…. mag mo kong masagot ng pabaling……. LOL
GAGA…
Chuvz,
salamat sa special mention ng blog ni ross (eto 20 euro, pang bili mo DVD)
Sa site na ito naka order ako, mukhang ok namn service nila
http://www.kabayancentral.com/vvideo.html
me pacifica falayfay ka rin ni Lolo PiDo (dolphY)??
Crush ko si Jose Mari Gonzales…father ni kring kring…gwapo kaayo! heheh
Pareho ulit tayo na gusto si Sharon…than maricel, snooky…cno pa ba ka batch nya b4?
Sila Sarsi Emmanuel,Pespi Paloma at Coca Nicolas *batchmate kamo,sabay kamut ng ulo*
gagah ka talaga diwa, hehehe…
ross- halos kasabayan nina sharon, maricel at snooky sina janice de belen at julie vega… saka ang malditang si cheri gil…
hmm si Julie Vega kasabayan ni Nancy Navalta sa pagtakbo diba? he he he…
medyo lost ako kasi naabutan ko sila John Prats eh….
hehehe mukhang ako yata ang baby sa mga diwata. kasi ang movies na inabutan ko ay yung kina aiza at matet na!
he he he isa ka pa jan,nagmamaganda lol
nyeta nakakaloka, naloloka na ako dito sa balay ng lola ko, wala man lang mapanood na maayos panay tagalog!*eh hindi naman ako makaintindi ng tagalog* tapos ang babaduy pa lintek wala man lang maayos ayos..tipong mga doc’s na tagalog *intelehente kunwari*…jusko saulo ko nga mga linya ni maricel at bong syet! 1 week akong bantay dito.. Chuva tara party tayo dito!!!!! Tutal ngayon sa lakas ng boom box ko parang nag paparty na din ako *kasi mahina tenga ng lola ko lol* erbi na lang ang kulang! Kaya lang banggagacious ka na balita ko–lol
I would just like to tell you na binenta ko tong blog article mo sa mga Overaged Fairy Widatenshundeafzitsyndrum sa Barrio Siete. Lahat nang kikitain donation sa foundation ko. Uhuh! Foundation at lipstick.
Ewan di ko maintindihan mga kwento nyo. I was born yesterday.
Anyway – don’t worry Chuvs. I don’t watch Pinoy Movies, especially if they are made in ISRAEL.
kutz,
di ba si julie vega, maaga na chugi??
pumasok na ba sa eksena nun si Sharon? eh nag papa lypo palang sya nun hhehe
yan kasi kwento ng “nanny” ko, pareho pala kami ni bea na si matet at aiza ang inabutan
trivia:
sinong child actor na action star ang ngayon ay isang ganap ng babae??
Diwatz,
jan sa balay ng lola mo, mag halukay ka pa baka me natatagong vintage films na porno hehhe
—>sinong child actor na action star ang ngayon ay isang ganap ng babae??
*hhmmm* Si… FLIP?!
—>jan sa balay ng lola mo, mag halukay ka pa baka me natatagong vintage films na porno hehhe
ALAM MO! Luka luka ka! he he he
wala namang bastushan ng lolah oh! pero dati syang burlesque queen sa recto*wink wink*
may nakapanood ba sa inyo ng ‘virgin people’? uncle ko ang producer non — Topaz Film Productions. Naghahanap nga ako ng copy eh, wala akong makita.
It’s a classic na sana ngayon.. gusto kong ilipat ng DVD. Si Ernie Garcia, Pepsi Paloma, Janet Bordon, at may isa pa nakalimutan ko na lang. O diva?
chuvz,
yun isa cgurong nakalimutan mo eh si Myrna Castillo
ask your uncle if me copy pa sya…
do you know na meron part II and III ang VIrgin people? Same director din si Celso Ad Castillo
YESESESESSSSSSSSS!! ang galing mo ross!!! Myrna Castillo nga!! Did you watch it? It was part of the Metro Film Fest before. Libre nga kaming pumasok dahil alam mo na… kamag-anak eh. He-he!!
Di ko alam na film buff ka rin pala ross! talagang soul mate nga kita nech?!
Ross,
Intriga tuloy ako – sino yung dating action star na ngayon ay babae na?! Aba – wiz ko knows yang chikang yan ha… sino nga?
Sabihin mo na..
Kuts – Sharon ka ba or Maricel?
Oo – si Julie Vega yung nachugi ng maaga – na-enkanto daw nung last shooting nung horror film na ginawa nila..
Reyna,
Leche mo…. hwag mo kong masali dyan… baka paglabas mo ng opisina flat and apat na gulong ng high-end toyota car mo…
diva……