Charity (thrift) shop DVD hunting

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

  1. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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    Wow! Great find.
     
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  2. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

    DVDs and Blu Rays are so on the nose they'll be paying people to take them soon. Still, getting the Avengers made my day!
     
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  3. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

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    I'm not holding my breath by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd love to find his 'Country Music' film/documentary for that price...
     
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  4. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

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    In regard to Klinger, I liked him as a secondary character when he was wearing dresses and trying to buck the system.

    Once he became company clerk and wore the green Army garb all the time and basically gave in, he lost what made him funny.
     
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  5. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

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    I think I paid $5.00 for mine, but it was sealed.
     
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  6. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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    Well worth my while going to Leyland this morning.

    Clockwork Orange, at the Children's Society shop, part of a mix of 3 CDs/DVDs for £1
    Porridge, Series 3 & The Plank, at Mind, 2 for £1

    At AgeUK I found
    The Railway Children/Swallows And Amazons on one disc, 99p
    Dont Look Back, 49p
    Jimi Hendrix: Feedback - 2 disc, 49p


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  7. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

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    5 films and 7 films respectively. $1 each.
     
  8. Grand_Ennui

    Grand_Ennui Forum Resident

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    ^^^ You got your monies worth with those... ^^^
     
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  9. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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    And with The Avengers' box-set! I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky.
     
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  10. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    My latest batch:
    • Northern Soul
    • Gangster Squad
    • The Ides of March
    • Slow West

    Any good stuff here?
     
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  11. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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    A quick glance at the names of the lead actors in 'Slow West' had me having to look closely at the one on the left. The M in Smit looked quite like a H at first.
     
  12. Cokelike-

    Cokelike- Forum Resident

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    Decent scores at Play It Games and Movies today, about $4 a piece:

    The Lost Weekend
    Heller In Pink Tights
    Requiem For A Heavyweight
    Simon Of The Desert (Criterion)
    Five Easy Pieces
    The Passenger
    Full Metal Jacket
    Killing Zoe
    The Muse
     
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  13. longdist01

    longdist01 Senior Member

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    Great score Ultimate Avengers collection!
     
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  14. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    Great movie, one of my favourites.
    Have you seen it?
    The book is even better. It has a downbeat ending that the movie omits but it's still a fantastic film.
     
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  15. Mylene

    Mylene Senior Member

    Three seasons (out of four) of Westworld $1 each
     
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  16. Cokelike-

    Cokelike- Forum Resident

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    Yes, the movie is a favorite of mine too. This will replace a dvdr copy I had. Not read the book, but will search out a copy on thriftbooks today, thanks for the recommendation!
     
  17. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

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    kd lang - Live In London $1.00
    The Newsroom Complete Second Season $1,50
    Oppo OPDV911H $5.99

    I had never seen any type of Oppo player in a thrift before. I know it’s quite dated and not top of the line, but there was no way I was not taking it home at that price. The trick will be explaining to my wife why we need another DVD player (should she happen to notice it’s’ presence.

    The young lady at the till: “O-P-P-O. I’ve never heard of that before.”
    Me: “Yeah. You don’t see them at Goodwill very often.”
     
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  18. GunsOfBrixton

    GunsOfBrixton Forum Resident

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    After a long drought on the DVD front, finally had some luck this week for both the classic Hollywood and forgotten 80's sides of my collection (with a bit of crossover into the early 90's with 80's stars :D). All at $1-2

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    The Grace Kelly box is sealed. Damn Yankees has been on my watch list from the beginning. "Whatever Lola Wants" is one of the great scenes from any musical ever. The Garbage Pail Kids movie is so forgotten 80's that I didn't even remember it existing.
     
  19. GunsOfBrixton

    GunsOfBrixton Forum Resident

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    Heck yes you're going to pick up an Oppo player for $6! Nice find! We do however need to work on the operational secrecy part. The correct answer in that situation is "yeah, probably some cheap Chinese junk, if you don't price them low, they'll never sell. If you have any more Oppo stuff in the back, I suppose I'd consider buying those too, just to have a matching set. " :D
     
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  20. GunsOfBrixton

    GunsOfBrixton Forum Resident

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    Ironic to find Clockwork Orange at a Children's Society shop.
     
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  21. Mark B.

    Mark B. Forum Resident

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    Yes, you’re quite right. I let the surprise of finding it get the best of me. Should another chance come along, I’ll try to be much cooler about it.
     
  22. Wildest cat from montana

    Wildest cat from montana Humble Reader

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    When you watch 'Guys and Dolls' remind me if they sell more cheesecake or strudel.
     
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  23. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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    Black Adder Goes Forth and The Day The Earth Stood Still, both from Oxfam, Congleton, Cheshire, on Friday - 3 for £1, but I could only find two.

    Airplane II, Sherlock, and The World's Greatest Railway Journeys - Denmark and Sweden - except that there's not enough about the actual journeys, more about less interesting bits of places along the way. These three were part of a 6 for £1 deal at the League Of Friends shop, also Congleton; I got the three DVDs and one CD.

    The Hancock DVD came from AgeUK, Sandbach, part of a 3 for £1 deal.

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  24. GunsOfBrixton

    GunsOfBrixton Forum Resident

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    I watched that one the day I got it. I've never seen it before, so I couldn't wait to see a movie with both a young Brando and Sinatra in it.

    It was the Strudel.
     
  25. GunsOfBrixton

    GunsOfBrixton Forum Resident

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    North Carolina
    A while back up the thread, I mentioned that I was looking for the DVD version of discogs to catalog my DVDs. After a lot of searching, I ended up going with Library Thing. Not quite the equivalent of discogs, but good database and free. It's been around a long time and has good community support plus a sustainable business model.
     

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