Customer Reviews

The Office: Seasons 1-5

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Let me start off by saying I'm not rating the show (the show is great), I am rating the quality of this boxed set. As you know, it doesn't come cheap. Based on the Amazon price for this, you could buy each individual season for the same price, if not cheaper, in which case you would be better off. When my DVDs arrived, they were sealed and appeared to be brand new. There is no way possible they are new. First of all, each and every disc has scratches or dings. All 17 discs are damaged in one way or another. Second, season 4 didn't have the plastic disc holder inside. It had a place for one, but somebody glued Styrofoam circles for the DVDs to hook onto instead. That means for all four discs to fit inside, they had to glue over and cover up the episode guide. Third, some of the discs are cracked. I didn't pay over $100 for damaged items. Normally, I would assume this was a mistake and send it back for an exchange but judging on the other reviews, this is just a low quality way to get The Office on DVD. Do yourself a favor and buy each season separately.

I purchased this boxed set so I could finally catch up with the show everyone talks about. I love the few episodes I've seen, but I haven't watched The Office much because I like to see shows from the beginning and watch them chronologically. Therefore, I believed this box set would be the buy for me.

Unfortunately, I'm not going to even bother trying to play these DVDs. As many other reviewers have said, the set is an obvious repackaging scam. Many of the discs I got were either scratched or showed obvious signs of use.

I was told that I was going to receive new DVDs. I obviously did not receive new, and am already working towards a return. I am very displeased. Don't let yourself be fooled. Don't buy this box set.

Just got this delivered today, and it appears that this is some sort of repackaging scam; where items returned to vendors are bundled up and sold as a "collection". All the seasons boxes were dirty and or smudged, including most of the DVDs. In one of them, the plastic DVD holder was completely detached from the cardboard, with the DVDs just floating about. I'm not even going to bother to play any of the DVDs. I payed for new, and that's what I expect. It seems I'm not the only one with this problem. Other reviewers have alluded the same. I've just sent an email to the vendor, so let's see how this is handled.

I was upset that the discs were all supposed to be NEW, but 2 of the 4 discs in Season 2 were so scratched, I could not watch a whole episode on those discs. The other seasons were fine, I checked them all and there were no scratches. Overall, I am pleased, but Amazon really needs to check their products before shipping them out.

I bought it & it said it was new. I'm very sure it wasn't. The box was crumpled, disks were scratched, and all the cases were damaged. The plastic disk holders inside the cardboard seasons have completely seperated from the each folder. They do however work & I love this show!

I ordered this with the impression that it was in good quality but when I received the discs a few of them were unplayable. The seller was quick to send me a replacement after I found the first disc that was unplayable especially when it you are watching one season after another, it takes awhile. It was just too much hassle to ask for replacements for every disc that wasn't working so I didn't contact the seller about it. So the condition the claimed was a little deceiving. Some times it is worth a little extra to get what you want. I will say that the seller was very pleasant and easy to work with.

I did read the reviews, so was taking a chance on great price for a used product that is advertised as "NEW". All were not damaged when I watched, but looked it in the re-packaging.

The only thing that pleased me about this item was that the discs were perfect. I buy a lot of items from amazon and am almost always satisfied with my purchases.......not the case with this one. I bought this item directly from amazon rather than a 3rd party seller hoping to avoid some of the same things that other purchasers had experienced but I didn't pass unscathed. Like I said, the discs were perfect but that was the ONLY redeemable quality. All other reviews I read were correct. This is a repackaging scam. I thought perhaps this was just the case with 3rd party sellers but no. The images posted for this item on amazon (there are 2) are misleading. There is one that shows the blue box the item actually comes in, but the second image that looks like an office supply portfolio of some sort is pretty much false advertising.......if not an outright lie. The first image is what the item really looks like. The blue box is nothing but a near-paper thin box that contains each individual season exactly how you would buy them off the shelf, except that they aren't even individually sealed. The only one that was sealed was the first season which is in the single dvd-style case as it is only one disc. I can understand a business throwing all of the individual seasons into some new packaging to try and make some sales, but to throw some items into a box that may as well be near-mint used items and call them brand-new is not right. Also, the item was shipped as to provide no protection at all. It was so banged up that it damaged all of the individual seasons.

Like I said, the discs were perfect and I love this show so that's the important thing. Not too mention if I were to buy each of these items individually it would have been more expensive than the price I paid, but I still have issues with this purchase. While I understand the risks of internet shopping and 3rd party purchasing, I bought this item from amazon and this was the first time they have let me down. HEY AMAZON! DO ME A FAVOR AND HAVE THE 2ND PRODUCT IMAGE REMOVED, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY THE ITEM LOOKS AND IS ACTUALLY PACKAGED. I really enjoy buying stuff from you guys and coming home to see a package on my doorstep, it makes it fun, but it is ruined when I start opening a package not even worried about quality issues because I bought it directly from you, just to find out that its all banged-up and not what I thought I was paying for. It also was unfortunate that I just got an amazon.com/chase credit card and was excited to use my $40 credit towards an item that wasn't really worth getting.

Anyway, if you don't care about false packaging images, unsealed items and horrible shipping protection then get this item. If you're going to get it, I would still suggest buying from amazon versus 3rd party sellers. My discs were perfect and I've read horrible things about scratched/unplayable discs from the 3rd party sellers. BUT BE AWARE THAT THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE A REPACKAGING SCAM FOR POSSIBLY USED ITEMS..........i'm sorry, I have to say it again, IF YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME WHAT I COULD BUY OF THE SHELF IN SOME DIFFERENT BOX, AT LEAST MAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY SEALED SO I KNOW THEY ARE NEW AND TAKE THE LIE-OF-AN-IMAGE OFF OF THE SITE PLEASE!

I was really disappointed, amazon has always been a reliable and trusted shop and they should be clear and fair on that aspect,the blue box was in really bad shape. I'm pretty sure this is not a brand new DVD set. really low price but at the end the cost was really high

Three discs had very deep scratches. This made the discs skip or time out. Very frustrating! Will never buy from this seller again!