Ok well maybe to say I was 'VERY ANGRY' was a little over the top but I am quite pee'd off if Im honest and I'm afraid Dark Jimbo you can't take that away from me. Ive read hundreds of 2000AD progs and hundreds of Megazines and when I saw 'The Complete Judge Dredd Case Files Vol 1' I thought wow thats great idea and to quote from the pack cover:
"Now you can re-discover the roots of this legendary character in this vast and Thrill-packed series of graphic novels collecting together all of Dredd's adventures in chronological order, complete and uncut!"
As I'm sure many can agree when something is described as "Complete and Uncut" you wouldn't expect after spending £181.87 (13x£13.99) for the cases to be 'incomplete and cut' which is clearly what is being considered here. Again I must draw attension to the fact that Rebellion has never made it clear that the material will only be from the pages of 2000AD.
A definition of false advertising is:
"(i)the use of false or misleading statements in advertising. As advertising has the potential to persuade people into commercial transactions that they might otherwise avoid" Another important element of this would be truth labelling which dictates: "(ii)Truth in labeling refers to essentially the same concept, that customers have the right to know what they are buying, and that all necessary information should be on the label of said product".
Im my opinion neither of these rules have been followed (i) the book states complete adventures/cases of Dredd and (ii) it does not provide the appropriate truth labelling explaining it might only contain the material from the progs.
Technically I think this is false advertising, is it serious enough to take further? hell no! but Its still really annoying and I for one will be sticking my books for sale on ebay/amazon the moment a wrong decision is made. I want the complete cases thats why I started buying it.
I wouldnt buy a can of coke and be happy if I got Pepsi inside I want whats on this tin.
Maybe they didn't think they would be this popular. Maybe rebellion didnt have anyone that actually looked 2-3 years ahead and thought 'how are we going to fit all those colour pages in and still make a profit with such massive volumes'.
These books aren't really for kids they are for die hard DREDD fans with cash to spend who want to re-live they're youth reading DREDD. I want it complete and I want it in one volume and I have a feeling most people do and thats why they started buying it in the first place.
"Now you can re-discover the roots of this legendary character in this vast and Thrill-packed series of graphic novels collecting together all of Dredd's adventures in chronological order, complete and uncut!"
As I'm sure many can agree when something is described as "Complete and Uncut" you wouldn't expect after spending £181.87 (13x£13.99) for the cases to be 'incomplete and cut' which is clearly what is being considered here. Again I must draw attension to the fact that Rebellion has never made it clear that the material will only be from the pages of 2000AD.
A definition of false advertising is:
"(i)the use of false or misleading statements in advertising. As advertising has the potential to persuade people into commercial transactions that they might otherwise avoid" Another important element of this would be truth labelling which dictates: "(ii)Truth in labeling refers to essentially the same concept, that customers have the right to know what they are buying, and that all necessary information should be on the label of said product".
Im my opinion neither of these rules have been followed (i) the book states complete adventures/cases of Dredd and (ii) it does not provide the appropriate truth labelling explaining it might only contain the material from the progs.
Technically I think this is false advertising, is it serious enough to take further? hell no! but Its still really annoying and I for one will be sticking my books for sale on ebay/amazon the moment a wrong decision is made. I want the complete cases thats why I started buying it.
I wouldnt buy a can of coke and be happy if I got Pepsi inside I want whats on this tin.
Maybe they didn't think they would be this popular. Maybe rebellion didnt have anyone that actually looked 2-3 years ahead and thought 'how are we going to fit all those colour pages in and still make a profit with such massive volumes'.
These books aren't really for kids they are for die hard DREDD fans with cash to spend who want to re-live they're youth reading DREDD. I want it complete and I want it in one volume and I have a feeling most people do and thats why they started buying it in the first place.