Ryan McAvoy said:

Long story short. After a lengthy and heated argument, the store gave me my money back. No is not an answer I'm prepared to except in these situations ;-)

I'll be buying the 3D/2D set tomorrow with hopefully better results. I have my doubts that it will really be any better. To clarify, I take it we've been so far discussing the US Blu-Ray sets. So the UK 3D/2D might be just as bad or worse? Any info on that around the interwebz??

I'd imagine this is going to be the biggest selling Blu-Ray of the year so returns are gonna be plentiful, even given the fact that 99% of people couldn't give a sh*t how a movie looks.

The fact that some stores now just refuse to give refunds for defective products says it all about when there isn't any quality control on anything any more. It seems like ever other disc I buy has some sort of defect but most stores have a policy of not accepting returns on open discs when you can't tell if the disc is defective without opening it. No wonder the companies don't do anything about this kind of stuff, it's free money for them. They could sell you an empty case and you would still have a fight on your hands to get a refund.

I am starting to think all disc related media is just one giant con game. If I had highspeed where I will I would go VOD and never look back, at least with that you get something in exchange for you $25!