Charity (thrift) shop DVD hunting

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Dave Gilmour's Cat, Dec 8, 2019.

  1. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI
    At the thrift store the other day, I found:

    "Anzio"
    "Tommy"
    "Doo-Wop 50" (volumes 1 and 2, combined onto one DVD)
    "South Park-Season 12"
    "South Park The Hits: Volume 1"
     
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  2. jlocke08

    jlocke08 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Washington
    The Walking Dead season 3 steelbook in perfect condition and really cheap. very happy
     
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  3. Fawltykog

    Fawltykog "Nothing Is Real"

    Location:
    Sunny England
    Not a DVD but a very early edition of A L I E N a nice find for 50p i,m sure you'll agree. :)

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  4. finslaw

    finslaw muzak to my ears

    Location:
    Indiana
    At a small thrift shop I found 6 copies of the 2 disc Candyman blu-ray, all shrink-wrapped, for $2 each. Kept one, sold the rest. Bernard Rose is a weirdly forgotten horror master. His Frankenstein was the best take on the legend in decades, and Paperhouse is in my top 50 movies of all time, got 4 stars from Roger Ebert, yet is unavailable in the US on DVD/blu-ray.
     
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  5. uncarvedbloke

    uncarvedbloke Forum Resident

    Location:
    UK - SOT
    Rise of Planet Of The Apes triple play

    20p
     
  6. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Good buy at 20p. BDs don’t get much cheaper than that.

    IIRC, my copy of this film also came from a chaz, but I think I paid the outrageous sum of 75p.
     
  7. uncarvedbloke

    uncarvedbloke Forum Resident

    Location:
    UK - SOT
    I would have pushed my 50p limit to 75 for this one too, it's my favourite one. :)
     
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  8. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Those most recent three are all really good. And I say that as a fan of the franchise dating back to the 1970s.

    You did well.
     
  9. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI
    Three of the "Gunsmoke" revival movies with James Arness.
     
  10. Fawltykog

    Fawltykog "Nothing Is Real"

    Location:
    Sunny England
    Not a Charity shop find, instead Poundland delivered the goods this time...

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    R.I.P Sean.
     
  11. FredHubbard

    FredHubbard Forum Resident

    Location:
    England
    Inbetweeners Boxset (all 3 series) £1.99
     
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  12. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI
    I like the reboot films well enough, but I wish I would have held out on buying them at full price as they were released. "Dawn" and "War" seem to be showing up at the thrifts with a fair amount of regularity nowadays.
     
  13. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI
    I found a DVD I have been looking for for quite awhile now:

    "Support Your Local Sheriff" with James Garner... I only wish it had been the double feature version of the film that also included "Support You Local Gunfighter", but at least I got one of them :)
     
  14. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    All three reboot films have been in Poundland, in the U.K., at £2 a pop. I bought two from there, and the other at a chaz, so less than £5 for all three. Can’t complain at those prices. Those kind of big budget blockbusters always turn up in chazzas eventually. It is the arthouse stuff that is hard to find.
     
  15. Fawltykog

    Fawltykog "Nothing Is Real"

    Location:
    Sunny England
    Heard good things about this so for 50p how could i refuse...

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  16. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

    Location:
    Concord, NC
    Got lucky today.

    The Critic - Complete series (animated US series w/Jon Lovitz voicing the title character) for $2.25.
    The Sopranos - Complete series (six seasons) for $7.00
     
  17. finslaw

    finslaw muzak to my ears

    Location:
    Indiana
    I bought 5 today. One booth at a flea market had insane prices, I got the entire Billy Jack collection for 13 cents.
     
  18. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI
    That's a great deal on "The Sopranos"- I was at a thrift store last night, and they wanted $3.99 per season (I think it was seasons one and three)... You got all six for less than what two seasons would have been at Goodwill...
     
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  19. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

    Location:
    WI


    Excellent deal on that... Thirteen cents is an odd price alright- Were they charging sales tax in there or was it just some crazy price they came up with?
     
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  20. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    I liked this one and wasn't expecting to. Good ending too.
     
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  21. finslaw

    finslaw muzak to my ears

    Location:
    Indiana
    When I was checking out the lady at the desk I pointed out the prices and she said "oh yeah, he let's his son do the pricing." I nearly asked if his son was 5.

    I also got a near mint double vinyl of Legend of Johnny Cash for $5 and a very good Songs in the Key of Life for $3.
     
  22. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

    These were 50p each. Never seen any of them before. Any thoughts?

    • The Sand Pebbles (1966, with Steve McQueen)
    • Hidden (2005 French thriller)
    • Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kurbrick, 1964)
    • What’s New Pussycat? (1965 comedy)
    • 127 Hours (2010)
    • The Big Blue (1988)
     
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  23. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Not a bad haul. Seen most of them, own a few. Dr. Strangelove is the pick of the bunch, followed by The Sand Pebbles. What’s New Pussycat? is weak, but worth a look if you are interested in early Woody Allen.
     
  24. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Thanks. I like McQueen, so will start there.
     
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  25. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

    Location:
    ontario canada
    You've never seen ' Dr Strangelove '?!?!
    This is a fantastic movie!
    Forget ' The Sand Pebbles ' for now. It's a weak McQueen film and somewhat dull.
    Put 'Dr Strangelove ' on now!
     

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