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zeeast (27-01-2001 03:12):
The bar code is most likely placed outside of the dc, swap the insides. Take the guts of the rental and swap it with your dc.

Ah, the ingenuity never ceases to amaze me... 8)

I'm not too sure on that cos the Mod Chip is on the board that is molded onto the base of the DC (I think - according to the pics on Mod-Chip sites showing you instructions), so I cant just replace its innards (Although i'm not too sure on this).... anyway you can't take out the mod chip either and simply replace the old one (can you?).

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I can simply swap stickers on the machines.... ?
This method seems simple.... but it'll have to be a professional job, cos the stickers may not be the re-stick type and the "stresses" and "bends" that occur on most stickers when are taken off their original source are easy to see; when they (Blockbuster) check the bar code on return of the DC.

- Painstaking carefullness on the Extraction of the stickers must be met.

- Having said that, i'm sure some heavy duty glue or even super glue will suffice when re-sticking the stickers...

Hmmm... also another way is to take off the stickers (from the rented DC), photocopy them and then (if necessary) laminate them from your local photocopy-shop. Although the main metal shiny one may be a problem, since you cant photocopy that and you cant just leave it cos the model number is on that. So its best to stick to the previous "Sticker Removal" method.

I've looked over DC and cannot find a model number and/or barcode on the machine itself apart from the stickers - although most definitely one inside the machine I guess.

On a safety note - you dont soppose Blockbuster puts security stickers INSIDE the machines? Those magnetic ones so they can pass a scanner on the side and it reads the sticker? They might do... sure it invalidates the warranty of the machine but its their machine so it doesn't matter right? They obviously log who rented out what machine when and stuff.

On a down note, if this option does work, the sadness of replacing my shiny new DC with a banged-up-used-and-abused-and molested DC (with lots of angst and no respect for authority to add!) may be hard to take.

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Hmmm... interesting... I'll do that as a last resort sort of thing... I'll check out the Blockbuster in my area and see if they rent out DC's.