Sweet Baby James

Are you calling my brother a dipshit?

Sweet Baby James

Are you off your meds?

Jedi Master 33

Noghing wrong with people who actually want the these sets not being able to find them because of people like you who are just looking to make a quick buck? Right!



You want money, get a real job.

doctaheath78

BTW.................wanted to clarify my comments. I do not mean people buying 4 or more of each copy is right.

I do see nothing wrong with buying 2 or 3 of a DVD selling 1 or 2 of them and making the profit to cover the 1st one plus a little extra. I do agree that buying MULTIPLES (in excess of 4 or more) of the same title in the hopes to sell them is goign over board, but being able to make a profit on an extra one or 2 to cover the cost of the one you are going to keep.....there is nothing wrong with that in my opinion.

People are allowed to agree or disagree..........thats what makes this counrty great.

Personally speaking I like the thrill of the hunt and helping people out which I have done numerous times on this site and I will be sure to do that with BIG LOTS stuff.

I will be sure to check the The Unofficial "Big Lots" Exchange Thread to help my fellow DVD collectors out.

Sweet Baby James

It's actually surprising that it took this long for the ethical debate of flipping to rear it's ugly head. My personal take on the issue is that I don't engage in the practice myself. I also understand the disappointment of not being able to score on a deal where others, including flippers, have. I don't have sympathy for flippers if they don't make a profit(including my brother). However, I also don't hate their guts if they do. Last I checked, we're still operating in a capitalist market and at the end of the day, it's just DVDs.

doctaheath78

Amen

Manzana

I hate to break it to you... Big Lots allows unopened returns for a FULL REFUND with receipt up to 30 days after purchase. Many things may happen in this world, but I'm not going to be stuck with any of these extra sets nor will I lose a single penny because I have my receipts and haven't opened anything. You seem to think that I bought wheelbarrows of extra sets... nope... just a few extras of ones I thought were valuable like WW Complete, Smallville BD, and a few others. I will return all of the ones I don't want to keep myself for a FULL REFUND within 30 days. I would've gone to Big Lots anyway to look for the sets for myself. Just one extra trip to return and maybe 15 minutes wasted. Absolutely zero loss to me.

Since there are so many anti-capitalists here (who probably think it's cool that the people they elected are trying to end capitalism in this country) who get bent out of shape and want to send people to the gulag because they bought a few extra sets to flip at FYE for a little money, I've also lost my inclination to trade my extra sets here.

Yeah, I shouldn't have whined about my job or been quite so cynical. I just had a really bad day at work today. Sometimes my cynical side slips out when I'm frustrated, but I forgot how viciously I get attacked every time. Of course there are some reasonable people like Sweet Baby James who remains correctly neutral. I'm not in favor of filppers either, and I ALMOST NEVER do it myself, but I don't feel bad about doing it. It's not illegal or a crime, though I think many here would like to make anyone who makes a profit a criminal and put them in jail. In fact, it's been years since I've flipped anything because I rarely find deals. This was one of the first times I was planning to, and now I won't be able to because of FYE. People can rightly say "good for FYE" and ha-ha all day long, but it's not necessary to call me names and wish harm on me. That's going too far. I just have to laugh how I HAVEN'T EVEN FLIPPED ANY DVDS YET, and the lynch mob is already out for blood. Now I'm not only not going to trade anything to FYE, I'm not going to trade these extra sets here when I'm sure some people would've liked to get them. I honestly forgot how many anti-capitalists are here and I'm afraid some of them would feel morally justified not completing their end of the trade because they read in this thread that some evil person named Manzana had once DARED consider flipping a handful of DVD sets for maybe $10-$20 profit each.

Thanks for reminding me why I lurk more often than post. I think that flippers who buy lots of DVDs are nasty hoarders, but I don't wish harm on them. I do hope they don't make much money either, but I would be the last one who would try to stop them from buying or flipping or try to harm them because I believe in freedom and the Constitution. Capitalism is and always will be better than socialism. That's my opinion. I'll shut up now, as I was instructed.

doctaheath78

Hey Manzana, I was on your side to there. LOL. :0 I too had a bad day at work and actually QUIT and walked out only to work things out later in the day with my boss.
I can completely understand and don't let a few bad apples ruin it. This site is great and I AM GLAD I FOUND IT. Anyone that wishes harm on someone else WHEN THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL NEEDS TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR FOR A REALITY CHECK.

Perkinsun Dzees

Oh man, oh god. Oh man, oh god. Oh man, oh god. Oh man, oh god. Oh man, oh god!

UAIOE

I'd just like to find a copy of "Animaniacs Vol. 3".

I wouldn't mind that Looney Toons collection box though (I have the sets already), then I could keep all my volumes together.

cracksky

I haven't seen anyone mention the 50 Movie Pack sets from Mill Creek which have 50 public domain films on 12 double-sided discs. $9 each. Saw an 80 Pack too. Even if you like only 2 or 3 films in each set, it's probably worth the price. Horrible transfers but some rare movies.

AmityBoatTours

Definately want to pick up a copy of the looney toons set.
as well as the tales from the crypt seasons.
I only own a total of 10 dvds now(as i really only watch High Def for the most part)
but at only 3 dollars a set, and the likelyhood that tales from the crypt will never be in hd definately got to pick those up.

hopeing that one day they will put the batman the animated series complete set at big lots.

Cardsfan111

Here's the Amazon Link to the set.

The distribution of the Lakers set is not limited to the west coast. That said, it does seem to be a a little bit rarer than some other sets from my experience. I've been to 9-10 stores in Indiana & Kentucky and found the Lakers set at 1 or 2 of 'em

theMadness

But isn't that exactly what FYE is doing?

Nivlac

For anyone interested, the Season 1 set of "Murphy Brown" contains another of the Warner Bros. 50 Years of TV commemorative discs.
This one is Volume 2 and contains 1 episode of "My Sister Sam" with Pam Dauber, David Naughton and Rebecca Shaeffer along with 1 episode of "Room For Two" with Linda Lavin, Patricia Heaton and Andrew Prine.

Cardsfan111

^ I picked up 2 copies of this - one to keep, one to trade. Noticed when I got home that one of them had a sticker on the front indicating a "bonus" disc was inside. Wonder if it's in copies or just the ones with the sticker on the front?

kenbenobi

Not me. I love being a porn star...

Drake

Don't give FYE too much credit a few years back they had a bin of $4.99 CDs and if you bought one cd the second cd was a penny.The cd I bought for a penny was a 2cd live set and after about 2 weeks I traded it back in to FYE and they gave me $10 Bucks for it !!!!!!

Randy Miller III

Happy to get a Popeye boxed set for $3...but wow, sure wish I could score those Looney Tunes collections. I'll try to check back in another few days to see if they put out some more title....

jgorow

halleluah smithee! all I was trying to say is that seeing those horders lose money and thier efforts winding up being totally in vein really is true justice, let them pay for thier greed. my local big lots had like 20 copies of history of rock n roll and when I went back the next day they were all gone, and one store employee told me one guy bought every one of them, I would laugh my butt off to see the look on his face when fye offers him half of what he just paid, or he post them up on ebay and see them going for less than what he paid.

statcat

wow my big lots selection (clifton NJ) is really terrible, guess it goes to show dvds really cost nothing to make as well considering the prices these are selling at.

Canis Firebrand

I'd love finding a Looney Tunes set as well.. Going to look at 2 Big Lots today for that set as well as Animaniacs Vol 1 and 3 as well as Pinky & The Brain vol 3.

Infusion07

Thank you so much for posting this. I made a trip to both of these stores last night and picked up the following:

$10
Stanley Kubrick collection (there was still 1 copy left at both locations)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection vol. 6 (I bought the only copy I saw)

$6
Dukes of Hazzard season 1 and 2 (picked up the only copies of each that I saw, for trading purposes. I didn't recall if anyone had found these)

$3
Tales from the Crypt seasons 3, 4, 5, and 6
Adventures of Superman season 2 (George Reeves)
Appleseed Ex Machina steelbook
Popeye 1933-1938

I also saw the $10 NFL set, the $10 Roots set, most of the $3 Hanna Barbera sets, Lois and Clark seasons 1-3, Tracy Takes On... season 1, Everwood season 1 (I think it was season 1), and the War at Home season 1.

I was thrilled to find the Kubrick set as I have been eyeing that for a while. I was going to pick up an NFL set for trade but it is HEAVY -- wasn't sure how much it would cost to ship that one.

I will be posting an updated trade list in the Exchange forum so keep checking there. Happy hunting everyone, and thanks to all who are posting their finds!

docdoowop

Loved you in "KIss My Whip."

Wolf359

Best post of the thread!


I thought that WW Complete was an awesome deal but that Looney Tunes Collection is UNREAL. Hitting several big lots today and if I find any extra I'll put them on here for trade.

Sadly I don't think I'll find even one...