Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009

[toddly6666]

NYC stores down to $3.99 or 5 DVDs for 20 bucks!

[MrSmearkase]

/\ 5 x $3.99 = $19.95

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by MrSmearkase

/\ 5 x $3.99 = $19.95

It's a better deal if you get 5 for 20!! You don't get it? It's even a better deal if you get 10 DVDs for $40!!!!

[waterwizard2005]

Originally Posted by waterwizard2005

I'll say that I just found these for $3.99. Some of them I haven't seen though so who knows if they are good. Watchmen (seen), Two Lovers (seen), Religulous (seen), The Agronomist, Good Dick (seen), Eldorado, The Window, Ben X, Everlasting Moments. Can't beat 3.99.

I'll go later in the week and see if they are down to 2.99. There isn't much there I still want but I'll probably keep an eye on it anyway.

I checked all of the discs and they are in like new condition. Shipping from an Amazon storefront is 2.98.

My store says 80% but I think they were changing it to a higher % when I was there because they changed it from 5$ to 4$ when I was there.

What I really want is to be there when they have dvd's in cases for something like 1.99. I would just buy indiscriminately and try to resell them to somewhere I know.

I went back here and they were still 3.99. I bought Julia, Days and Clouds, The Killing Room, and Rain in the Mountains. I am happy with my haul. I watched Good Dick this week and absolutely loved it. The more of these dvd's I don't want to sell to the used dvd shop the better I did cost wise. I'll know in a month or two how good I did.

[Trevor]

The Sterling store still is at $3.99, and lousy blu-ray pricing new and used. They were extended to January 10th they say, so I'll check back again after the 1st.

[Goat3001]

Originally Posted by Cactusbix David

At the Long Beach, NY store, new DVDs now top off at $4.99 each (if it's stickered as less, then it's the sticker price). The no artwork discs in slimline jewelcases are $2.99. TV seasons are $9.99, which is a good deal, but some are shrinkwrapped sets from other stores and as such, you can't check them for scratches. Used games are 30% off and there are some good deals, especially since their regular used prices can be really good at times (for example, they had Street Fighter IV for PS3 for $10.49 after the discount). Electronics are 60% off since there's almost nothing left. They had a few floor models, some cables, and 2 Archos Gen 5 DVR Stations for $20 each. I got the last Archos 605 WiFi before Thanksgiving for $70. If you come across an Archos at a closing store, it'll be $40 and I recommend you get it (though for whatever reason, the capacity isn't listed on the box and Blockbusters have been known to stock both 4GB SSD units w/ SD card slots and 30GB HDD units; mine was 30GB).

Thanks for the heads up on this one. I drive by it 5 times a week and had no idea it was closing. I must have missed the giant "store closing" signs.

There's only a few new DVD's and a few TV shows left but there are boat loads of previously viewed DVD's.

There's a small sampling of PV Blu-Rays (2 for 25 or $16 each) and there are a fair amount of new Blu Rays but at the $26 price tag it's still too much. I was close to picking up their last copy of Interview with the Vampire but realized that I could easily find it online for cheaper.

PVDs were $4 each and TV shows are $8 each. I picked up Firefly, a new copy of Southland Tales and about 7 PVDs and it was just about $50. Not too bad. Now I just need real DVD cases and I'll be all set.

[SPIDERone]

For anyone still waiting on price-drops, my suggestion is to wait!

I made the mistake of starting early last year when titles were still $10. I went back when they were $8, $5, $4, $2, $1 and even lower.

Surprisingly, most of the 'big titles' will stay until the end - a lot of the single-copy titles will remain until the $2 day (some further, but it's pushing it). Nothing worse than paying $10 for titles then seeing it for $1! On the final day of the BB closing here last week, they had dozens of copies of new movies (some were stored in boxes in the back, and they "re-stocked" as ones on the shelf sold). The Wrestler, Notorious, Observe & Report, Milk, Last house of the left, etc.. had a ton of copies left when they hit $1.00.

If you don't mind spending more (If you see a hard-to-find-cheap movie (one copy) for $5-10, it might be worth picking it up) - for the rest i'd suggest waiting. I spent probably $400 on titles last year when they were still $5.. I spent about 75 this year and got close to 100 movies.

[Cactusbix David]

Just grabbed "Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" for $4 for my sister. She got a bootleg years ago at Dragoncon and neither of us knew that it got a legit release last year.

Goat3001, why did you have to buy Firefly? I was waiting for the price to come down before I jumped on any of the sealed/can't be inspected TV seasons.

[JoeySeven]

Two California stores closing

Redwood City,Ca--Woodside Rd.
and the San Carlos stores have:

Most DVD's are $2.99 or less and TV sets for $6 a set.
Jericho The first season for $6 was the best deal I found.

[blueseraphtears]

^I was at one in Columbus Ohio. They had Jericho the first season. All the individual discs were rubber banded together. Price was $14.99 and then 50% off. Went to check out and was told that I had to purchase each disc at $14.99 and 50% off. It was like a 6-disc set, which came out to be $45 after coupons. No thank you.

[kk101]

Man, I guess I lucked out when my local Blockbuster closed back in October. I didn't pay over $2 for any disc, and paid $1 for the majority of them. I think I ended up buying over 200 movies/tv shows, which I somewhat regret considering I'm transitioning to Blu Ray. But, still, I couldn't beat the price.

[Jigen75]

So do the DVDs go to 1.00 on the final day only?

[Torchur317]

Yeah I was also curious about this since my store has 9 days left & DVDs are priced at $2.99. Does it keep getting lower every few days or just hits dirt cheap with like 2 or 3 days to go....

[kk101]

For me, the prices were $1 the entire week. All of mine came in just jewel cases, but the ones in original packaging were, I think, $5 and ended at $2.

[Steve]

btw - for those who are thinking of waiting until the last minute to get those $1 and $2 deals.. I just got back and got a bunch of $2.99 discs. I primarily got ones that I was interested in, but there weren't gobs of copies left (thinking those would be the most likely ones to go down to $1 and $2). HOWEVER, 4 were badly scratched and it was difficult finding additional good copies. In one case, there were only 2 copies so I settled with the one that look the best, in another case it was the only copy they had so I settled on it anyhow.

So you may want to see how many copies of the movies you are interested in are still in stock. If they only have a few copies, you may want to get them now while you still have a selection of the best condition discs.

Thanks.

[SPIDERone]

Originally Posted by Jigen75

So do the DVDs go to 1.00 on the final day only?

They were $2.00 on Friday, $1.00 on Saturday and Sunday down here (sunday was the last day).

As far as the condition goes, definitely check the discs (it's a pain, but I've seen some bad ones!) - I don't know if the 30-day guarantee applies to store closings (normally PVD movies can be exchanged if they don't play right)

[Steve]

they told me 'make sure you are happy with the condition. no returns. all sales final'

[newginafets]

Not in Redlands and Loma Linda, CA.

Hopefully soon. lol

[IamLegend]

Any Southern California Updates?

[adrenaline78]

In Southern wisconsin they had 5 for 20 movies on anything 9.99 and under.. However its for all blockbusters and not just closing stores.

[Torchur317]

$1.99 here....

I picked these up today:

King of the Hill (2007)
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
800 Bullets - International Film Festival Collection (2002)
Are You Scared 2 (2009)
The Reader (2008)
Blood and Bone (2009)
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Feast of Love (2007)
Great Buck Howard (2009)
Manderlay (2005)
Murphy's Law (1986)
Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
Night Train (2009)
Screamers: The Hunting (2009)
Take (2007)
Slingshot (2005)
Surveillance (2008)
Push (2009)
Live Animals (2008)
The Code (2009)
Pathology (2008)
Body Armour (2007)
One Way (2006)
The Lodger (2009)
Hunger (2008)
Furnace (2006)
The Visitor (2007)
Ghost Writer (2007)
Wasabi (2001)
Dog Eat Dog (2008)
Fighting (2009)
The Grudge 3 (2009)
Stuntmen (2009)
State of Play (2009)
Frozen River (2008)
Look (2007)
The Unborn (2009)
Fragments (2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Holy Smoke! (1999)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
Night Stalker
The Business

[komsik]

Anyone know if the new blus and dvds get marked down more than 10% and 30% off near the last few days?

My local store has less than a week now, going to head back this weekend and see what is left for hopefully around the $1 - $2 range in the used sections. All the new shit they still want way too much money for. Also I noticed the used blus are only 15% off, doesn't look like anyone has touched them since they started closing but the rest of the store is starting to look pretty empty.

[Jigen75]

My stores got a week to go and they just marked every used DVD to 2.00 starting today. I bought about 30 titles. There was still a good amount of stuff left but people were filling up shopping baskets quickly.

[SPIDERone]

Originally Posted by komsik

Anyone know if the new blus and dvds get marked down more than 10% and 30% off near the last few days?

My local store has less than a week now, going to head back this weekend and see what is left for hopefully around the $1 - $2 range in the used sections. All the new shit they still want way too much money for. Also I noticed the used blus are only 15% off, doesn't look like anyone has touched them since they started closing but the rest of the store is starting to look pretty empty.

The Blu's don't get any cheaper, unfortunately.

The La Jolla, CA store closes next Sunday (last day) - they just dropped the prices to $1.99 but the non-new-releases were already low in quantity (maybe 300 left it seemed?) - new releases they had plenty of. Picked up a couple titles that I've been wanting but don't seem to come down in price. Probably won't go back when they're only $1. I'm surprised they don't just take the loss, sell everything for $1 and get rid of it all - it'd save them on paying for employees for the next week and they'd probably come out about the same.

EDIT: One other thing - in addition to checking the movies for scratches - make sure they're the right one!

I found "An evening with kevin smith" tonight for $1.99 - I purchased one for $0.20 at another BB closing but the discs were scratched - I own aEwKS2 and wanted the first, so I decided to buy a 2nd copy. Inside the case were the discs for aEwKS2 (instead of the first).

[waterwizard2005]

The dvd's at my Blockbuster went down to 1.99. They have 4 days left. They are 87 or 90% off. It was madness and I enjoyed it. I bought 50 titles approximately but that was divided up between my wife and I. And my wife bought Jericho Season 1 and 2. The 1.99 deal absolutely destroyed the prices of the used dvd shop in town. I went there afterwards and gloated about how much less I paid for the exact same titles in better condition. My wife and I saved a ton of money. Whichever we don't like will get sold to that used dvd shop for in store credit. This is so much cheaper than Netflix!

I did buy 2 dvd's for 1.99 that I already owned and would never sell---that I thought were rare, foreign, and horror (good combo for selling to this place) and sold them to the used dvd shop for in store credit. I made slightly more than double what I paid...if you count instore credit, and I do because that used dvd shop has some amazing deals all year round and they aren't going out of business. They have some really awful deals as well though.