NYC alert: Kim's (Christopher St) closing -$5.95 used DVDs

[marty888]

The Christopher St location (80 Christopher St between Sheridan Square & Bleeker) is closing down. It's a smallish location, and apparently they have been selling off stock (but at prices we skoff at) - but now all the rental stock has been reduced to $5.95 each. The signs say all new DVDs are 70% off, but there were only about a dozen titles on the shelf, and it's easy to see why nobody wanted 'em!

There still are a lot of titles on the shelves, but it looks as if most of the better-known titles are long gone. I imagine anyone going in there with a wish list in hand will most likely be disappointed, but browsing around most will probably find some things they'd like to have.

I ended up buying 15 things:

NANOOK OF THE NORTH (Criterion)
THE TWO OF US (Criterion)
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Criterion)
HOPSCOTCH (Criterion)
THE BROWNING VERSION (Criterion)
COUNSELOR AT LAW (Kino)
EXPRESSO BONGO (Kino)
THE GOOD FAIRY (Kino)
EAST SIDE STORY (Kino)
PINKY
PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES
GIGI (2-disc edition)
SHORT FILMS OF THE QUAY BROTHERS (2 discs)
SLEEPING DOGS/SMASH PALACE (2 discs)
AMAZING STORIES Season One (4 discs)

[Peep]

Very sad news about Kim's. That was my favorite video store when I used to visit the city.

[Mosskeeto]

Picked up these:
Colt 38 Special Squad (NoShame 2 disc Italian)
The Railroad Man (NoShame 2 disc Italian)
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII (Velvet Underground)

Did see some others that I already have that were great deals...such as:
Black And White In Color (with bonus The Sky Above, The Mud Below)
Devil In The Flesh (must be OP because sellers at Amzon want $50)
etc.
I commented to the clerk that the discs didn't look used and he said "That's why we're going out of business".