On the past days, I wrote about having purchased an used spindle of 10 Verbatim BDXL discs. I mentioned that I had also ordered the same item again, but the used condition mentioned was “Like New”. Today, we’ll see my experience this time, which may or may not surprise you.

The first thing is I received this item on an “Amazon Renewed” bag. The sticker is different from the “Amazon Inspected” one from my previous order:

Visually looking, we can see that the spindle looks fine itself:

Taking the spindle out of the packaging also doesn’t bring any serious alarm, except that the Verbatim label is broken:

Now, after opening it, is where I noticed something weird. Looking at the data side, it looks more “purple”:

Indeed, inserting this on one of my Blu-Ray drives indicates these are regular 25GB discs. It also has another media code unrelated to Verbatim itself: UMEBDR-016-000

The real Verbatim BDXL discs have a Media ID of VERBAT-IMk-000:

This is how a Verbatim BDXL disc should look:

And here they are side by side. See the difference?

The fact that the label was broken is also sketchy. Here are both spindles closed side by side:

My theory is that the previous owner kept the 100GB discs and exchanged them with regular 25GB printable discs and returned them. I went ahead and started the return process, stating this fact, and returned this item to my nearest UPS Store. At this time, all I can say is be careful when purchasing used discs. My previous experience was positive, but not this one.