Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
01-05-10, 08:12 PM
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Not 100% sure if this has been mentioned anyone on the site before but... I was talking to the manager of my local Blockbuster toady about some titles since it was their last day in business (or so I thought). In talking to him it turns out that as of tomorrow the store will become a "Blockbuster outlet store". They will not rent titles anymore just sell them (new and used). He said it will mostly (as of now) be factory sealed titles along with a wall or two of used $9.99 DVDs set at buy one get one. These used titles will come from other regular Blockbuster rental stores. There was no mention of buying used DVD. Though if they did it would certainly make the store more interesting. Something like a Movie stop? Anywho... Sounds interesting... Perhaps a last ditch effort of Blockbuster to say in business?
It's nothing to do with trying to stay in business, it's another way to BE in business.
01-05-10, 09:43 PM
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Just ran to the BB going out of business by my house and they were down to $1.99. Bought a handful of movies and were surprised that most of them were only 49 cents - $1.30. Got both seasons of Jericho for $10, too.
Funny thing is, it's STILL cheaper to just use Redbox if you don't want to own the movies. :P
Funny thing is, it's STILL cheaper to just use Redbox if you don't want to own the movies. :P
01-06-10, 07:59 AM
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No, I was talking about the KOP store. Is it the only store doing this? I cant imagine it is.
01-06-10, 09:00 AM
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there are more, we just had our message of the week from the ceo and it included a video from another location, forget were, of another of these outlet stores.
More will be popping up across the country.
I'm not surprised they made this a retail store.
they were ok as a rental location but that store did very well on selling product.
I worked there last year to help out the manager at the time.
Some nutty people come in there.
More will be popping up across the country.
I'm not surprised they made this a retail store.
they were ok as a rental location but that store did very well on selling product.
I worked there last year to help out the manager at the time.
Some nutty people come in there.
01-06-10, 09:04 AM
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http://www.videobusiness.com/article...nk&rid=6288421
About a half-dozen units will only sell DVDs and electronics, stop movie rentals
By Danny King -- Video Business, 1/5/2010
JAN. 5 | Blockbuster has started to convert some of its lesser-performing stores to outlet-type operations that offer only sell-through DVDs and consumer electronics for sale, but no movie rentals. The chain announced its intention to change these stores last fall.
The largest U.S. movie-rental chain has converted six stores to sell-through-only outlets, a Blockbuster spokeswoman confirmed today. The stores are in Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, California, Florida and Nebraska, she said.
The conversions, which were reported yesterday by CyberTheater.com, marks an early step in a cost-cutting process Blockbuster announced last September, when it said it would close as many as 960 stores by the end of 2010, while converting as many as another 300 stores to outlets with an emphasis on used DVDs. The retailer is trying to improve its financials while redeploying cash toward such initiatives as digital delivery and movie rental kiosks.
“All of these stores initially were part of the accelerated closure process of a handful of stores that began in October,” the spokeswoman said, adding that some of these stores’ leases were renegotiated to get better terms for Blockbuster. “Some of the stores performed strongly in the liquidation process and showed positive signs that they could be stand-alone retail businesses.”
The nearly 1,300 stores Blockbuster said might be either closed or converted to outlets accounted for as much as 18% of Blockbuster’s approximately 7,100 stores, or about the same percentage of stores that lose money, the company said in a September filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Blockbuster also has been broadening its digital-delivery service by reaching agreements with component makers including TiVo and Samsung. The chain also partnered with ATM-maker NCR to deploy as many as 10,000 Blockbuster Express movie rental kiosks by the end of this year.
About a half-dozen units will only sell DVDs and electronics, stop movie rentals
By Danny King -- Video Business, 1/5/2010
JAN. 5 | Blockbuster has started to convert some of its lesser-performing stores to outlet-type operations that offer only sell-through DVDs and consumer electronics for sale, but no movie rentals. The chain announced its intention to change these stores last fall.
The largest U.S. movie-rental chain has converted six stores to sell-through-only outlets, a Blockbuster spokeswoman confirmed today. The stores are in Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, California, Florida and Nebraska, she said.
The conversions, which were reported yesterday by CyberTheater.com, marks an early step in a cost-cutting process Blockbuster announced last September, when it said it would close as many as 960 stores by the end of 2010, while converting as many as another 300 stores to outlets with an emphasis on used DVDs. The retailer is trying to improve its financials while redeploying cash toward such initiatives as digital delivery and movie rental kiosks.
“All of these stores initially were part of the accelerated closure process of a handful of stores that began in October,” the spokeswoman said, adding that some of these stores’ leases were renegotiated to get better terms for Blockbuster. “Some of the stores performed strongly in the liquidation process and showed positive signs that they could be stand-alone retail businesses.”
The nearly 1,300 stores Blockbuster said might be either closed or converted to outlets accounted for as much as 18% of Blockbuster’s approximately 7,100 stores, or about the same percentage of stores that lose money, the company said in a September filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Blockbuster also has been broadening its digital-delivery service by reaching agreements with component makers including TiVo and Samsung. The chain also partnered with ATM-maker NCR to deploy as many as 10,000 Blockbuster Express movie rental kiosks by the end of this year.
01-06-10, 08:41 PM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
The Blockbuster at Route 73 in Berlin, NJ has four days left and still has some interesting stock, with used DVDs at $1.99 and new video games at 50% off. Picked up for $1.99 each:
The Wrestler (plenty in stock)
Frost/Nixon (ditto)
JCVD
5x2
Also had Resident Evil 5 CE brand new for both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, and Street Fighter IV CE for the Xbox 360.
The Wrestler (plenty in stock)
Frost/Nixon (ditto)
JCVD
5x2
Also had Resident Evil 5 CE brand new for both the Xbox 360 and the PS3, and Street Fighter IV CE for the Xbox 360.
01-07-10, 07:31 AM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
The Blockbuster in Easton, PA is closing in 4 days. I stopped there last night. They were pretty well picked through, but all their dvds were $1.99. I picked up:
Bottle Shock
Pride and Glory
Ghost Town
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Quantum of Solace
Lakeview Terrace
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Eagle Eye
Hitman: Unrated
Bottle Shock
Pride and Glory
Ghost Town
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Quantum of Solace
Lakeview Terrace
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Eagle Eye
Hitman: Unrated
01-07-10, 04:05 PM
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Picked up Kung Fu Mahjong for $3.
R0 w/ half-Chinese text on rear of case...at a Blockbuster? Are these generally meant for stores in Chinese neighborhoods?
R0 w/ half-Chinese text on rear of case...at a Blockbuster? Are these generally meant for stores in Chinese neighborhoods?
01-08-10, 01:29 PM
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01-08-10, 01:54 PM
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01-10-10, 10:47 AM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
$20 for:
The Kill Point (2007)
Dirty Sexy Money - The Complete 1st Season (2007)
Straun House (2005)
One False Move (1992)
Killing Grounds (2005)
Trivial (2007)
Dante 01 (2008)
Red Sands (2009)
X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Nobel Son (2008)
Delirious (2006)
Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
The Amateurs (2005)
The Poker Club (2008)
Little Athens (2005)
Bangkok Dangerous - Special Edition (2008)
Rogue (Unrated) (2007)
Deception (2008)
The Kill Point (2007)
Dirty Sexy Money - The Complete 1st Season (2007)
Straun House (2005)
One False Move (1992)
Killing Grounds (2005)
Trivial (2007)
Dante 01 (2008)
Red Sands (2009)
X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Nobel Son (2008)
Delirious (2006)
Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
The Amateurs (2005)
The Poker Club (2008)
Little Athens (2005)
Bangkok Dangerous - Special Edition (2008)
Rogue (Unrated) (2007)
Deception (2008)
01-10-10, 11:08 AM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
$20 for:
The Kill Point (2007)
Dirty Sexy Money - The Complete 1st Season (2007)
Straun House (2005)
One False Move (1992)
Killing Grounds (2005)
Trivial (2007)
Dante 01 (2008)
Red Sands (2009)
X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Nobel Son (2008)
Delirious (2006)
Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
The Amateurs (2005)
The Poker Club (2008)
Little Athens (2005)
Bangkok Dangerous - Special Edition (2008)
Rogue (Unrated) (2007)
Deception (2008)
The Kill Point (2007)
Dirty Sexy Money - The Complete 1st Season (2007)
Straun House (2005)
One False Move (1992)
Killing Grounds (2005)
Trivial (2007)
Dante 01 (2008)
Red Sands (2009)
X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Nobel Son (2008)
Delirious (2006)
Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
The Amateurs (2005)
The Poker Club (2008)
Little Athens (2005)
Bangkok Dangerous - Special Edition (2008)
Rogue (Unrated) (2007)
Deception (2008)
01-10-10, 02:12 PM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
Picked up:
The Betrayed
Killshot
Hunting In Connecticut
Elsewhere
Welcome to the Jungle
Storm Warning
The Tripper
Hit and Run
Broken
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Next Day Air
Outlander
Chrysalis
From Within
Spring Breakdown
Ju-On
Let the Right One In
All for a grand total of $16.56
The Betrayed
Killshot
Hunting In Connecticut
Elsewhere
Welcome to the Jungle
Storm Warning
The Tripper
Hit and Run
Broken
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Next Day Air
Outlander
Chrysalis
From Within
Spring Breakdown
Ju-On
Let the Right One In
All for a grand total of $16.56
01-10-10, 02:43 PM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
$1 at my store today, too much to list but walked out with 35 titles. Between this, and the 35 blus I got at Hastings on Friday, my backlog is stupid now.
01-10-10, 07:18 PM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
$1 at my store today. Got 12 titles.
Beowulf
We Own the Night
Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War
Meet Bill
Hellboy: Sword of Storms
The Great Buck Howard
Righteous Kill
Bet to Basic
China Strike Force
Trans-Siberian
Mongol
Redbelt
Beowulf
We Own the Night
Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War
Meet Bill
Hellboy: Sword of Storms
The Great Buck Howard
Righteous Kill
Bet to Basic
China Strike Force
Trans-Siberian
Mongol
Redbelt
01-10-10, 07:43 PM
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Got the following for $9 this morning - most of the other people in the store were more interested in haggling over prices for the display shelves:
The Unit Season 3
Redbelt
Synecdoche, NY
King of Comedy
Bad Lieutenant
Grease
Life is Hot in Cracktown
Scanners
The Unit Season 3
Redbelt
Synecdoche, NY
King of Comedy
Bad Lieutenant
Grease
Life is Hot in Cracktown
Scanners
01-11-10, 05:36 AM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
Film Movement Titles
Journey From the Fall
Robot Stories
2009 Titles.
All could be bought for 2 dollars with cases. Quality! Let's hear for good deals. Let's hear it for the end of the time of the Blockbuster a-rentin' so many movies out. I bought End of the Line and Vinyan for 4 dollars and sold them for 9 dollars credit at the other place I shop for used movies (I already own them). Ha ha. Good times. I knew they were undervalued.
Journey From the Fall
Robot Stories
2009 Titles.
All could be bought for 2 dollars with cases. Quality! Let's hear for good deals. Let's hear it for the end of the time of the Blockbuster a-rentin' so many movies out. I bought End of the Line and Vinyan for 4 dollars and sold them for 9 dollars credit at the other place I shop for used movies (I already own them). Ha ha. Good times. I knew they were undervalued.
01-11-10, 06:21 AM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
Over the weekend, I picked up The Company and the first seasons of Dirty, Sexy Money and Dresden Files at a Blockbuster on the south side of Indy. They were $0.94 each and my total was like $3.01. Can't beat that.
01-11-10, 11:08 AM
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Through about 10 visits (4 different stores) I managed to grab a good number of titles, but also noticed just how different some stores handled it. Some did a straight-up discount price (90% off) while others did a $ discount. The % discount almost always ended as the better deal - the $1.99/3.99 movies cost well below $1.00 (one of my last trips scored me 18 movies for $12 after taxes).
Probably the most disappointing thing were misleading signs - one read "90% no-cover-art DVDs" (the ones with "blockbuster" printer DVD inserts) - I spent about an hour digging through these and found a good amount of $1.99 / $3.99 movies (20-40 cents a piece!) only to find out the clerk would only ring them up as $1.00 ("All movies are $1.00") even after explaining the sign.
I ended up picking up:
54
17 Again
18-Year-Old Virgin: Unrated Edition
36 Pasos
5ive Girls
A State Of Mind
Abominable
Against the Dark
All I Wanna Do
American Psycho 2
An Evening with Kevin Smith
Anatomy: Special Edition
Are you Scared
Are You Scared 2
Art of the Devil 2
Bad Reputation
Balls Out: Gary The Tennis Coach: Extra, Big & Bouncy Edition
Bangkok Dangerous
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Beneath
Birthday Girl
Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance: Unrated Director's Cut
Bloody Reunion: Tartan Asia Extreme
Boogeyman 3: Unrated
Broken
Brotherhood of Blood
Camille
Center Stage: Turn It Up
College: Unrated Edition
Dance Flick
Dante 01
Dark Floors: The Lordi Motion Picture
Darkest Hour
Dead in Three Days
Deadgirl
Decoys: The Second Seduction
Disaster Movie: Cataclysmic Edition : Unrated
Drop Dead Gorgeous
El Cantante
Elegy
Ellie Parker
Elsewhere
Epic Movie: Unrated
Evil Aliens
Extreme Dating
Extreme Movie: Dimension Extreme
Fake I.D.
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
Feast III: The Happy Finish
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane: Unrated
Friday the 13th: Part V - A New Beginning: Widescreen Collection
Garden Party
Ghost of Mae Nak: Tartan Asia Extreme
Going Down Under
Hatchet
He Was a Quiet Man
High School High
Home Room
Hydra: Unrated
In the Cut
Into the Blue 2: The Reef: Unrated
JCVD
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead: Unrated
Jury Duty
Just Married
Kaw
Kill Buljo: Dimension Extreme
Killer Pad
King's Ransom: New Line Platinum Series
Kiss Me Again
Kiss the Girls
Labor Pains
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Life or Something Like It
Live Feed
Lucky You: Widescreen
Max Payne
Meet Bill
Milk: Four - Star Collection
Millennium Actress: Widescreen
Miranda
My Bloody Valentine: 3D
My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition
Naked Weapon
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze: Unrated
Nearing Grace
Night Junkies
Night Train
No Good Deed
P2
Passengers
Pigs
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
Postal
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
Pulse 2
Pumpkin
Rambo
Repo!: The Genetic Opera
Resident Evil: Extinction: Special Edition
Rest Stop: Dead Ahead: Unrated
Rise Of The Dead
Scorched
Screamers: The Hunting
Severance: Special Edition
Shutter: Unrated
Sinful
Slaughter
Slither: Widescreen
Species III: Unrated Edition
Spectacular!
SSI
Standing Still
Steel Trap
Stiletto
Stuck
Stuntmen
Supercross
Superhero Movie
The Art of War III: Retribution
The Betrayed
The Brothers Bloom
The Casino Job
The Chaos Experiment
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
The Devil's Chair: Unrated Edition
The Devil's Tomb
The Edge of Love
The Ex: Widescreen
The Grudge 3
The Hills Run Red
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Informers
The Insatiable
the killing room
The Last Sect
The Life Before Her Eyes
The Lodger
The Million Dollar Hotel: Millennium Series
The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh
The New Girl: A Model Agent
the poker house
The Quiet
The Rage
The Real Cancun
The Rebel
The Returner
The Rocker: "Born To Rock" Edition
The Ruins: Unrated
The Shadow Walkers
The Tripper: Unrated: The Impeachable Version
The Truth About Love
The Unborn
The Wizard of Gore
The Wrestler: Rental Exclusive
This Girl's Life
Tokyo!
Totally Awesome: Unrated
Undead or Alive
Walk All Over Me
ZA: Zombies Anonymous
I know there are some real stinkers in there!
...And a DVD Resurfacing Machine afterwards to 'fix' any badly damaged discs (the price of this was about equal to that of the movies ($120)
Probably the most disappointing thing were misleading signs - one read "90% no-cover-art DVDs" (the ones with "blockbuster" printer DVD inserts) - I spent about an hour digging through these and found a good amount of $1.99 / $3.99 movies (20-40 cents a piece!) only to find out the clerk would only ring them up as $1.00 ("All movies are $1.00") even after explaining the sign.
I ended up picking up:
54
17 Again
18-Year-Old Virgin: Unrated Edition
36 Pasos
5ive Girls
A State Of Mind
Abominable
Against the Dark
All I Wanna Do
American Psycho 2
An Evening with Kevin Smith
Anatomy: Special Edition
Are you Scared
Are You Scared 2
Art of the Devil 2
Bad Reputation
Balls Out: Gary The Tennis Coach: Extra, Big & Bouncy Edition
Bangkok Dangerous
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Beneath
Birthday Girl
Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance: Unrated Director's Cut
Bloody Reunion: Tartan Asia Extreme
Boogeyman 3: Unrated
Broken
Brotherhood of Blood
Camille
Center Stage: Turn It Up
College: Unrated Edition
Dance Flick
Dante 01
Dark Floors: The Lordi Motion Picture
Darkest Hour
Dead in Three Days
Deadgirl
Decoys: The Second Seduction
Disaster Movie: Cataclysmic Edition : Unrated
Drop Dead Gorgeous
El Cantante
Elegy
Ellie Parker
Elsewhere
Epic Movie: Unrated
Evil Aliens
Extreme Dating
Extreme Movie: Dimension Extreme
Fake I.D.
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
Feast III: The Happy Finish
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane: Unrated
Friday the 13th: Part V - A New Beginning: Widescreen Collection
Garden Party
Ghost of Mae Nak: Tartan Asia Extreme
Going Down Under
Hatchet
He Was a Quiet Man
High School High
Home Room
Hydra: Unrated
In the Cut
Into the Blue 2: The Reef: Unrated
JCVD
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead: Unrated
Jury Duty
Just Married
Kaw
Kill Buljo: Dimension Extreme
Killer Pad
King's Ransom: New Line Platinum Series
Kiss Me Again
Kiss the Girls
Labor Pains
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Life or Something Like It
Live Feed
Lucky You: Widescreen
Max Payne
Meet Bill
Milk: Four - Star Collection
Millennium Actress: Widescreen
Miranda
My Bloody Valentine: 3D
My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition
Naked Weapon
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze: Unrated
Nearing Grace
Night Junkies
Night Train
No Good Deed
P2
Passengers
Pigs
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
Postal
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
Pulse 2
Pumpkin
Rambo
Repo!: The Genetic Opera
Resident Evil: Extinction: Special Edition
Rest Stop: Dead Ahead: Unrated
Rise Of The Dead
Scorched
Screamers: The Hunting
Severance: Special Edition
Shutter: Unrated
Sinful
Slaughter
Slither: Widescreen
Species III: Unrated Edition
Spectacular!
SSI
Standing Still
Steel Trap
Stiletto
Stuck
Stuntmen
Supercross
Superhero Movie
The Art of War III: Retribution
The Betrayed
The Brothers Bloom
The Casino Job
The Chaos Experiment
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
The Devil's Chair: Unrated Edition
The Devil's Tomb
The Edge of Love
The Ex: Widescreen
The Grudge 3
The Hills Run Red
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Informers
The Insatiable
the killing room
The Last Sect
The Life Before Her Eyes
The Lodger
The Million Dollar Hotel: Millennium Series
The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh
The New Girl: A Model Agent
the poker house
The Quiet
The Rage
The Real Cancun
The Rebel
The Returner
The Rocker: "Born To Rock" Edition
The Ruins: Unrated
The Shadow Walkers
The Tripper: Unrated: The Impeachable Version
The Truth About Love
The Unborn
The Wizard of Gore
The Wrestler: Rental Exclusive
This Girl's Life
Tokyo!
Totally Awesome: Unrated
Undead or Alive
Walk All Over Me
ZA: Zombies Anonymous
I know there are some real stinkers in there!
...And a DVD Resurfacing Machine afterwards to 'fix' any badly damaged discs (the price of this was about equal to that of the movies ($120)
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01-11-10, 11:26 AM
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I see that people bought more crap than they needed. I love these closings because it's a real test of our consuming disorder. There were some movies that I stopped myself from buying even for 2 bucks, because I knew that I wasn't going to watch them again (The Wrestler, Beowolf, Transporter 3, Tropic Thunder). Out of greed, I would be carrying eight dvds in my hand, and by the time I got to the cash register after an hour of sorting and pondering if I really needed that dvd, I would probably end up just buying two. The foreign Blockbuster Exclusive DVDs were the most tempting to buy - such as Gomorrah, A Christmas Tale, Roman de Gare, Chrysalis - but I controlled myself and just put them back knowing that I could just rent them for 2 bucks at my video store.
I spent about 3-4 dollars each and my most satisfying finds were:
ROGUE
BEFORE THE RAINS
DISTRICT B13
STAR TREK 4
STARCHASER
JOURNEY FROM THE FALL
UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE LYCONS
I spent about 3-4 dollars each and my most satisfying finds were:
ROGUE
BEFORE THE RAINS
DISTRICT B13
STAR TREK 4
STARCHASER
JOURNEY FROM THE FALL
UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE LYCONS
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01-11-10, 03:20 PM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
Picked up the following for $5.84 with tax at the Hyde Park (or is it Oakley?) location in Cincinnati yesterday:
- Bottle Shock
- JCVD
- Redbelt
- Rescue Dawn
- Roman de Gare
- Transsiberian
I believe today is their last day, but there was nothing that warranted a return visit.
- Bottle Shock
- JCVD
- Redbelt
- Rescue Dawn
- Roman de Gare
- Transsiberian
I believe today is their last day, but there was nothing that warranted a return visit.
01-11-10, 03:28 PM
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Re: Blockbuster Store Closing Sale 2009
The store across the street from where I work put up a ton of store closing signs today. I might have to take a drive over there on my lunch hour tomorrow to see if I can find anything decent.