View Poll Results: Where do you stand in you DVD purchasing?
I have all I want



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I am about half-way there



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I will have all of them by the time I die



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What is a DVD?



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Are you caught up on your DVD spending?
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Are you caught up on your DVD spending?
I saw a board that checked what is the stat on viewing your DVDs that you own. I want to know how many people are caught up buying all the DVDs they want or are struggling to even try and get 1 or 2 buys a month?
For me -
It has been rough with me becuase the last 4 years I have been unemployed but I just got hired at Walmart so hopefully I can eventually be in the middle instead of the bottom of my collecting. Right now I have about 59 DVDs, however I am collecting only Shows for like a year. So I have 59 DVDs and about 900 in my Wishlist. Take a guess at where I think I stand lol.
For me -
It has been rough with me becuase the last 4 years I have been unemployed but I just got hired at Walmart so hopefully I can eventually be in the middle instead of the bottom of my collecting. Right now I have about 59 DVDs, however I am collecting only Shows for like a year. So I have 59 DVDs and about 900 in my Wishlist. Take a guess at where I think I stand lol.
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I am not even close yet.
Austin
I am not even close yet.

Austin
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im the type of person who has to convince himself over a course of months to buy a dvd (or anything i want). i rarely buy things i want. i dont konw why but im not a "spender"...im a "saver".
eventually after months of just saying "comeon...go get it" ill force myself to make a CH order. thatll often be my dvd buying for sometimes up to half a year, minus the one or two MUST HAVE ALL TIME GREAT DVDS THAT I LOVE, that i will also buy on release day.
on this board, i read about people buying more dvds in one day than i do in a year. i have the cash but i just cant make myself buy dvds like i want to. does it drive me nuts? nah. im used to it - its just how i am. do i wish i would buy more? yes.
right now i have like 100 or so dvds (3-4 years of collecting) and about 20 or so on my want list (which only includes dvds i really want...not "wouldnt mind having").
eventually after months of just saying "comeon...go get it" ill force myself to make a CH order. thatll often be my dvd buying for sometimes up to half a year, minus the one or two MUST HAVE ALL TIME GREAT DVDS THAT I LOVE, that i will also buy on release day.
on this board, i read about people buying more dvds in one day than i do in a year. i have the cash but i just cant make myself buy dvds like i want to. does it drive me nuts? nah. im used to it - its just how i am. do i wish i would buy more? yes.
right now i have like 100 or so dvds (3-4 years of collecting) and about 20 or so on my want list (which only includes dvds i really want...not "wouldnt mind having").
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Im at 162 dvds now (collecting 2 yrs)was at 70 last november, lets say i had liek 40 free ones or so in 2 months.... But ive been unemployed since january and got like 50 dvds since. I buy them all the time now, whenever i get $ i look for dvds, nothing else its like an addiction. I keep telling myself I want to finish off my collection and i make like a list of dvds (10-20 dvds) I'll buy like 7 then rewrite the list but add 10, to 15 or have a higher original number haha. Anyone else cant stop buying?(Also ebay kills me having ebay as homepage=dvd obsession)
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I'm building my perfect library of films, and at 1,587 titles...I've got a long way to go...even at 10 or so a week. based on my "needed" and "most wanted" lists...I'll top off around 2,000 titles...maybe a little more. I'm gettin' there.
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I'm glad to say I'm just about caught up. WOOHOO!!!!
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im at 140 dvds started collecting end of jan 2004, im nearing my target and have slowed my buying down dramatically
i have about 15 dvds on my want list, but june is going to break the bank with all the new releases!!
PwA.
i have about 15 dvds on my want list, but june is going to break the bank with all the new releases!!
PwA.
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¡°I am about half-way there¡±. I got 7 DVDs and waiting for 4 others. I got the loot but not the availability. Ah yes, such big world I live in but only need so few out of it.
4 MORE!! MUWHAHAHAHAHA!!
4 MORE!! MUWHAHAHAHAHA!!
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I'm up near 500 for my collection and I'm buying DVD's every week. There's always stuff added to my list, and whatever I can't afford that week, gets left behind on a wish list. Really makes me upset during the really busy DVD seasons (summer, late fall) because there's so much to want.... with more and more shows coming on DVD, it's tough to keep buying when you're constantly buying sets that are at least 35-40 dollars. Then there's the new movies that keep coming out on top of that.
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Every time I think I am getting close, I see some more stuff to add. I will never be caught up, but my catalog is getting nice at around 700 movies plus lots of TV.
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Originally posted by NEUMANN
I have a little over 600 dvd's and could easily think of over 1,000 more that i would like to have
I have a little over 600 dvd's and could easily think of over 1,000 more that i would like to have
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I am pretty much caught up, but seems there is always the occasional movie I forgot about. Of course, the future will always bring more. Gotta love this addiction.
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500dvds, 1587dvd? Wow you guys are like personal blockbusters. I could never break 300 for at least 5 yrs (thats all depending on future dvd releases) I just get movies id watch randomly, or more than once, not like a once a yr or so movie. 1587 is crazy but ill give you props , where do you guys keep all these things because I know one case cant hold em all. You need to get me a job where you work so I can afford that much hehe {BTW If anyone lives around here (Philadelphia/New Jersey) There a good spot to get new ORIGINAL dvds not dvdrs or imports. Its Tacony Palymyra Flea Market ive been going there starting in JAnuary theres brand new releases from previous week only $11-$13 sealed depending on seller}
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not even close
haha
haha
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Originally posted by Cedrock
500dvds, 1587dvd? Wow you guys are like personal blockbusters. I could never break 300 for at least 5 yrs (thats all depending on future dvd releases) I just get movies id watch randomly, or more than once, not like a once a yr or so movie. 1587 is crazy but ill give you props , where do you guys keep all these things because I know one case cant hold em all. You need to get me a job where you work so I can afford that much hehe {BTW If anyone lives around here (Philadelphia/New Jersey) There a good spot to get new ORIGINAL dvds not dvdrs or imports. Its Tacony Palymyra Flea Market ive been going there starting in JAnuary theres brand new releases from previous week only $11-$13 sealed depending on seller}
500dvds, 1587dvd? Wow you guys are like personal blockbusters. I could never break 300 for at least 5 yrs (thats all depending on future dvd releases) I just get movies id watch randomly, or more than once, not like a once a yr or so movie. 1587 is crazy but ill give you props , where do you guys keep all these things because I know one case cant hold em all. You need to get me a job where you work so I can afford that much hehe {BTW If anyone lives around here (Philadelphia/New Jersey) There a good spot to get new ORIGINAL dvds not dvdrs or imports. Its Tacony Palymyra Flea Market ive been going there starting in JAnuary theres brand new releases from previous week only $11-$13 sealed depending on seller}


