Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Great - a well reviewed, region free blu ray and DVD player to watch a lot of great foreign movies and TV series. Well, that was the functionality advertized... What we received was a BD-H5100 (retail $62.99) with a sticker on the back with the words "Region Free" on it. Did it play UK DVDs? yes. Did it play UK Blu Rays? No - just a message saying "This Blu Ray can only be played on Region B players." So, we asked Samsung - they said that they don't make region free players for sale in the US. When we peeled back the "Region Free" label, which was pretty shoddy when peeled back - very "home-made", there was the official Samsung "Region A" Blu Ray code. Disclaimer: reviews are just personal opinions, and not accusations, but here's our opinion for what it's worth: we did some research on the internet, and players can be "hacked" to make them region free, so perhaps what we received was a $62.99 unit that had been hacked (unsuccessfully) by someone, then they placed a "Region-Free" sticker on it, then sold it through Amazon with a $90 mark up (we paid $153). We have no idea whether this is the case, it's just our opinion, but if it's correct, then perhaps Amazon is being duped as well as we bought this direct from Amazon, and not through a third party. Did we say that this just an opinion? In any case, as always, buyer beware...