08-20-06, 11:23 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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When a good DVD goes bad.......
......... aaaarrrrrggghhh!
I am so disappointed I could cry! I haven't been very consistent to say the least this summer - just not motivated anyhow...... I decided I'd do the banish your belly fat rotation posted by Toaster (thanks Beth) with functional fitness at its foundation and was all set to start with my all time favourite functional fitness workout Core Cardio which I have in double set with Core Strength. I slide it into the DVD player and........... Nothing. Silence. There's a fractured looking screen and then blank and a little note in the corner says " BAD DISK" What the heck? or stronger words to that effect! Ah well - quick change of plans I'll do Core Strength instead until I figure out what's wrong with the disk. Same damn thing happens - excuse my language please ladies but I'm more than a little disappointed here! I turn over the disk and see that tell-tale purple color ....... DVD-r, right? I'm assuming that's the problem right there. I've read, here about DVD-r's going bad but never experienced it.......... until now! Curses! Two of my favourite workouts, albeit not done very often recently, obviously, but favourites nonetheless! What can I do? The company that produced these DVDs, Tracie Long Productions, is, I believe, out of business replaced now with Tracie Long Training so I can't e-mail them and politely ask for a replacement, even though I think the DVD -R's were only sold for a short period before pressed DVD's were introduced. I am so upset I could cry!! I either paid good money or traded good DVDs for these and the original three-set: Core Foundations, Functional Strength and Dynamic Strength and Power and Nitty Gritty / Whole Shebang / Exercise How Tos the compliations from that three set and they are all now absolutely bloody useless to me! I can't use them, can't trade them, can't sell them - I could spit! Anyone got any ideas on how to save these DVD's or am I just plain out of luck? (and $$$$) Is it worth trying to contact Tracie Long? and if so how? Is there anywhere to even buy these now? Thanks for listening! After my brief ray of enthusiasm I'm now back to my slump with a bump!
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Cheers - Janet B |
08-20-06, 11:33 AM | |
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I would log onto Tracie's site: www.tracielongtraining.com go to her customer care and send them off an e-mail. Even though they are under a different name, it's still the same company.
Good luck, Julia |
08-20-06, 12:06 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2004
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I think the TLPs are still actually for sale at http://www.tracielong.net/.
There is no shopping cart, but if you click on the link to e-mail Stepanie you may be able to get a replacement. I acquired all of the TLPs in trades this year, with the exception of Nitty Gritty/Whole Shebang, and I do still see them on the swaps. I've been meaning to make back-ups of mine because these have been known to deteriorate.
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08-20-06, 12:28 PM | ||
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08-20-06, 12:30 PM | |
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Yes, we are basically out of luck! Many of us bought these DVDs at a premium price only to have them go bad on us. Mine went bad really quickly. One of them I didn't even get to use. They did replace it, did the workout once, and it too went bad.
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08-20-06, 12:48 PM | ||
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"This feature is presently unavailable. Please contact merchant at tracielongproductions.com"So at least no one else is going to be ripped off.} Thanks for the link Helen, and notes about the disclaimer Icey. The disclaimer actually says they are not responsible for incompatibility between your DVD player and the DVD-R format " *Please note that all Tracie Long Productions disc workouts are on DVD-r.It doesn't speak to DVDs going bad! which is the real problem. I know that all of these disks worked originally because believe it or not I have actually used them all (well maybe not Nitty Gritty) but I sure intended to when I bought it!! So even if I was able to persuade them to give me replacements which seems extremely unlikely, they would be equally useless. It's still a real bummer which ever way you look at it and its really too bad that none of the TLP workouts can be reproduced in a pressed DVD format. Thanks for sharing your stories with me all you fellow "DVD gone bad" sufferers, I know it doesn't make it better for any of us but I guess knowing I'm not the only one makes it a little bit better - it's true I suppose - misery loves company I haven't tried them in my other player but it doesn't sound like it will do any good, and I can't really use that one to work out with anyhow.
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08-20-06, 01:09 PM | |
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On the forum, Stephanie says to contact her by email if you want to buy any TLP products. The first three were produced on regular dvds. Those were the ones with some sound problems, so Tracie sent out replacements that were dvd-r, but the originals are still circulating and you might be able to buy them on the second hand market. Also Tracie's company might be able to replace them with vhs copies because they were also produced in vhs. As for CC and CS, they were never produced in the vhs format, or on regular dvds.
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