ivelostr2

shit this is gonna be bad. DVDprofiler will get me up to here, and then I will update everytime i buy one.

January
7
Carnival $44.99
15
Assualt on Precinct 13 $15.99
30
Blue Crush $2.99
Showgirls VIP $7.50
Alien VS Predator $15.00
Predator SE $10.00
Death of the Incredible Hulk $3.00
Smallville Season 1 $15.00

Total for the month $144.47

FEB
9
Bourne Supremacy $10.00
Chronicles of Riddick $6.00
Collateral $6.00
Dodgeball $6.00
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind $10.00
Skycaptian and th world of tomorrow $6.00
Troy $6.00
Village $10.00
15
Ray $0.00 (Valentine's day present)

Total for the month $60.00

March
9
Anchorman the uneditted version $6.00
Before sunset $6.00
Garden State $0.00 (bogo)
maria full of Grace $7.00
I bury the living $3.99
15
Grudge $5.00
saw $5.00
24
Animal Farm $1.00
Sing along songs $1.00
Mister 3000 $10.00
Ju-on $10.00
24
Girl Interrupted $5.50
27
Finding Neverland $0.00 (easter present)
29
Before Sunrise $9.99
30
Martin Scorsese Film Collection, The
- Boxcar Bertha (1972)
- New York, New York - Special Edition (1977)
- Last Waltz, The - Special Edition (1978)
- Raging Bull - Special Edition 2-Disc DVD Collector's Set (1980) 19.47

Total for the month $84.47

April
20
Hamlet - The Criterion Collection (1948) $8.95
25
Sword of Doom - Criterion Collection (1965) 0.00 ($25.00 mypoints.com certificate)

Total for the month $8.95

May
2
Closer $7.50
Sideways $7.50
Spanglish $7.50
Super Size Me $7.50
4
South Park S5 $14.99
Sylvia $5.99
Used Cars $5.99
Stir of Echoes SE $5.99
Midnite Movies Double feature Deranged / Motel Hell $5.99
The Name of the Rose $5.99
17
Harold & Kumar go to White Castle Extreme Unrated $7.50
A Home at the End of the Road $3.00
Hotel Rwanda $7.50
House of Flying Daggers $7.50
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead $3.00
Resident Evil $7.50
23
Suspect Zero $9.00
Total for the month $125.71

June
4
Transformers: Season 1 $22.49
21
Team America: World Police - Uncensored and Unrated $9.99
Aviator $9.99
Kinsey $9.99
Primer $0.00 (buy 3 get one free)
24
Firefly: the complete series $ 26.99
Total for the month $79.45

July
7
Princess Mononoke $9.99
Orloff and the Invisible Man - Euroshock Collection (1971) $6.00
18
Saturday Night Fever $5.50
21
Giant - $12.99
The Thing - $7.99
Quantum Leap Season 1 - 19.99
24
The boxer - $ 3.69
Darkness Uncut - $ 6.29
25
Waking Life $6.00
28
Ultimate Mtrix set $22.00
Total for the month $100.45

August
2
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (178 Minute Theatrical Version) $3.99
Day After Tomorrow, The - All-Access Collector's Edition (2004) 10.99
Alexander - 175 Minute Theatrical Cut - 2-Disc Special Edition (2004) 7.49
Ghostbusters 2 pack $12.99
10
Beyond the Sea $7.50
Hide and Seek $7.50
Million Dollar Baby $7.50
A Very Long Engagement $7.50
14
Whale Rider - Special Edition $4.00
Winged Migration - Special Edition $4.00
30
Six Feet Under S3 $34.99
SIn City $ 8.00

Total for the month $105.86

Sept
1
Summer School $5.50
23
HOuse of Sand And FOg $4.00
Lost Highway $4.00
Secret Window $4.00
Man On Fire $4.00
Batman:TAS S3 $19.99

Total for the month $41.49

Oct
4
THe Fly $10.00
The Fly 2 $10.00
Lois and Clark S1 $18.88
Smallville S2 $18.88
Crash $8.00
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy$8.00
Constantine$8.00
Mallrats X $14.99
6
Cursed $7.00
Assault on Precinct 13 $10.00
11
Be Cool $5.00 (guy on the street selling dvds for $5.00!!)
Hitch $5.00
The Pacifier $5.00
Superman: TAS Vol 1 $14.00
White Noise $5.00
12
Elektra $5.00
Hostage $5.00
13
The Fog (remastered) $2.13
19
Batman Begins $14.99
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind $12.99
The Cat Returns $14.99
Porrco Rosso $12.99
Spirited Away $12.99
Day of the Dead $9.99
25
The woodsman $7.00
Ringu 2 $7.00
The Notebook $7.00

Total for the month $247.72

Nov
7
The Kid $2.99
House of the Dead $2.99
7
Metropolis $4.99
Kingdom of Heaven $5.99
9
Cheers S6 $16.99
Wizard of OZ 3-disc $29.99
The High and the Mighty $12.00

Total for the month $75.95

Dec
1
Anything Else $2.99
Apollo 13 2 disc $4.99
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind $2.99
Elf:Infinifilm $4.99
Jurassic Park Adventure pack $14.99
SNL: the best of Jimmy Fallon $2.99
Seinfeld Season 1 & 2 $14.99
Sleepwalkers $2.99
That 70's show season 1 $4.99
14
The Interpreter $6.00
Stand By me $6.00
In the realms of the unreal $6.00
Dark Water $4.00
15
Walt Disney Treasure: the complete Pluto $16.00
Walt Disney Treasure: the Mickey Mouse Club $16.00
Walt Disney Treasure: Tomorrow land $16.00
Walt Disney Treasure: Disney rairities $19.99
Walt Disney Treasure: on the front lines $16.00
Walt Disney Treasure: Chronological donald $19.99
20
G.I.Joe s1 p1 $0.00 (happy birthday)
Angry Red Planet $4.00
Seinfeld S3 $16.00
Seinfeld S4 $16.00
25
G.I Joe s1 p2 $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Airplane Don't call me shirley $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Fantastic Four $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Nightmare alley $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Street with no name $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
House opf bamboo $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
panic in the streets $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
call northside 777 $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Laura $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Office space $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
serenity $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
star wait $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Star wars ep 3 ROTS $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
star wars clone wars v1 $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
star wars clone wars v2 $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
transformers s3 p1 $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
transformers s3 p2 & s4 $0.00 (Merry Christmas)
Dominion requel to the exorcist $7.00
26
Batman TAS s1 $28.00
29
Batman TAS s2 $28.00

Total for the month $281.89
Total for the year $1352.99

141 dvds and 21 box sets average of $8.35 a title

gutwrencher

I tried to track it....but really lost any interest shortly after. Since I spend nothing but tips(extra $) on feeding the library, it's really not crucial that I know to the exact dollar. Really, I don't give a shit.

I won't play the who spends the most game....because I don't care. But just looking at my recent reciepts...and add on the huge import order I'm about to make....then I'm looking at about $1,845 for the year so far. Big deal.

All that makes me aware of is.....I'm not buying enough.

One things for sure. laserdogg and myself rule this city.

slowcloud

Sheesh, people sure are concerned about who spends the most here. What pride is there in that? How about who spends the least? I buy lots of DVDs, but I also sell them. I often make profits, especially when I buy OOP DVDs, which I watch all the way though (including special features) but ultimately do not keep. I also use Columbia House a lot. I end up making profits at the end of the month. I'm averaging a cost of $1.71 per DVD right now, when all is said and done (I'm in the middle of page 1, if you want to check out my math and rationale).

illennium

slowcloud:

If you sold off some of those DVDs, you can't count them towards your total number purchased because that would be double-counting (since you've already counted the money earned from those sales towards your total spent). So since you actually kept 21 DVDs, your actual average is:

$55/21 DVDs = $2.62/DVD

As for me, I don't care about how much people spend--it might be interesting if everyone earned the same salaries but of course they don't--but I do care about accuracy. I just don't think the thread makes sense without it.

slowcloud

You are correct on all counts, illennium. The DVDs I sold are indeed gone from my collection, and I used the profits to buy others, so to say, so your math is much more accurate than mine was. Sloppy error on my part.

M Polo

Small update:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...906post5856906

fliggil

Is it just me, or did the month of March just absolutely rock everyone's wallet? Quickly glancing through the pages on this thread, it seems that many people spent double, even triple what they spent in January and February combined. I know I'm one of those who fell victim to March ($228) compared to Jan, Feb, and April thus far (about $185). Given my limited income as a college student, that's a pretty big ouch.

Shagrath

So far, I've spent the most in January, mainly due to picking up a couple of OOP Criterions for retail. If I hadn't done that, I would've came in about average for that month. I think June is gonna be the killer month for me this year (at least so far).

M Polo

Updated:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...&postcount=202


And yeah March was a wallet drainer for me. Like said though I believe June will be my biggest yet. Man I wince everytime I see my total BUT I wouldn't go back on it for anything.

Stryker36

Good idea for a thread.


January

1/10/05
- City Of God (Best Buy) - 19.95
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Best Buy) - 24.99
- Spiderman 2 (Best Buy) - 15.99

1/15/05

- Requiem For A Dream (Sam Goody) - 14.99

1/20/05

- Taxi Driver (DVD Empire) - 15.38

Total Spent for January: $91.72

Feburary

2/26/05

- Big Fish (Circuit City) - 14.99
- Garden State (Circuit City) - 19.99
- Leon: The Professional (Circuit City) - 14.99
- Saw (Circuit City) - 15.99
- Unbreakable (Circuit City) - 14.99

Total Spent for Feburary - $80.95

March

3/15/05

- The Incredibles (Target) - 15.99

[3/21/05

- Lost In Translation (Circuit City) - 9.99 - 6.00 Gift Card = 3.99

[3/27/05

- Nausicaa: Of The Valley Of The Wind (Target) - 19.99
- The Cat Returns (Target) - 19.99

Total Spent for March: $59.96

April

4/2/05
- Closer (K-Mart) - $15.99
- Bambi (Sam Goody) - $16.99

4/13/05
Tale Of Two Sisters Two Disc (Circuit City) - 12.99
Koma (Circuit City) - 12.99

Total Spent for April - $58.96

Total Spent Overall - $291.59

M Polo

Is anyone updating this anymore?

D Woods

I didn't really keep track of what I bought the first three months of the year, but going back through DVD Profiler, I can make an educated guess. From here on out, I will be tracking everything I buy. I've been meaning to do this on my own on a spreadsheet for a while now (not just DVDs, but CDs, concert tickets, beer, all kinds of stuff I would like to keep track of how much I spend on).

January (prices are a rough estimate)
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle - 20.00
Saving Private Ryan: Anniversary Edition - 10.00
Thirteen - 10.00
Total for January: $40.00

February (prices are a rough estimate)
The Shield: Complete First Season - 50.00
The Shield: Complete Third Season - 45.00
Arrested Development: Season One - 35.00
Total for February: $130.00

March (prices are a rough estimate)
Hoosiers: Collectors Edition - 18.00
Total for March: $18.00

April
Bought the following DVDs used from a friend for 200.00.
-The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection
-Carnival of Souls: Criterion Collection
-Royal Tenenbaums: Criterion Collection
-Mona Lisa: Criterion Collection
-M: Criterion Collection
-Tanner '88: Criterion Collection
-I Am Curious: Yellow: Criterion Collection
-I Am Curious: Blue: Criterion Collection
-M. Hulot's Holiday: Criterion Collection
-Sullivan's Travels: Criterion Collection
-...And God Created Woman: Criterion Collection
-The Last Tempatation of Christ: Criterion Collection
-Picnic at Hanging Rock: Criterion Collection
-Rushmore: Criterion Collection
-High and Low: Criterion Collection
-The Hidden Fortress: Criterion Collection
-The Ice Storm
-Sunset Boulevard: Parmount Collection
-Citizen Kane
-Barton Fink
Straw Dogs: Criterion Collection - 23.98
Traffic: Criterion Collection - 31.18
Total for April: $255.16

May
Hoop Dreams: Criterion Collection - 21.59
The Life Aquatic: Criterion Collection - 22.49
Scrubs: Complete First Season - 28.89
Seinfeld: Seasons 1 & 2 - 32.76
Seinfeld: Season 3 - 43.69
Seinfeld: Season 4 - 32.76
High Fidelity - 10.91
Total for May: 193.09

Running Total For 2005: $636.25

LorenzoL

Even for the Criterion DVDs alone, $200 is a good deal. Congrats.

Dabaomb

lots of ppl do but as has been posted several times, you don't need to make a new post each time you update your spending. Instead, you could simply edit your original post to reflect any updates.

Read through the posts, and you'll see that a lot of them are edited constantly for updates.

M Polo

I understand that, as I've edited my first post numerous times. I was referring more to whoever it was that was tallying up the top 10 spenders, thats all.

spartanstew

I don't count gift cards as a reduction in how much a DVD cost me, because I would have spent that on something else instead. In the case above, I would consider that as $35 spent on DVD's. I do count gift DVD's as zero and I count trades as the amount I spent on the DVD I traded.

I do the same thing, but I don't count that either. For example, I bought 5 AVP sets with busts from BlockBuster for $30 apiece. I've been selling them for about $50, but I don't deduct that $100 from the price of the DVD's I've purchased. I could have spent that money on toilet paper instead. If, however, I trade one of those sets for another OOP DVD, I'll consider the DVD I traded for to have cost $30.


Then why do you keep making new posts?


Stew

ivelostr2

What about if it is a gift card from mypoints? I just used one on Sword of Doom, that i didn't need to buy, I probably would have gotten it as a geft sooner or later, but since i had the GC, i figured i would buy it, does that still count as $25 spent?

M Polo

Updated:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...&postcount=202

slowcloud

Personally, I would treat that as a gift (i.e. free money), but, as someone wisely already pointed out in this discussion, what you consider money spent is all relative. You should keep track how you spend and budget your money and gift cards however you like (so long as it is legal) and makes sense in the real world of buying and selling.

rabbit77

I haven't been around the DVDTalk forum in quite a while in attempt to avoid buying new DVD's, and just discovered this thread. Cool idea, Al Padrino.

January

February

March

April

May
Dawson's Creek: Season 5 $32
Burden of Dreams $28

Total: $60

phatboy

January-$0.00
February-$0.00
March-$0.00
April-$0.00
May-$0.00

Total-$0.00

cisco1959

DVD PURCHASES FOR 2005

Jan
Harold & Kumar – 14.87
Troy – 14.84
Battleground – 14.99
Napoleon Dynamite – Gift Card
Deathwatch – 19.99
Ice Station Zebra – 14.99
The Fifth Element: UE – 15.99
Without a Paddle – 14.87
The Village – 14.84
Rear Window – 15.99
Ivanhoe – 14.99
The Forgotten – 14.84
AVP – 14.84
Sky Captain – 15.84
Warner Gangsters Collection – 64.99

Total for Jan – 266.87
______________________________________________________
Feb 01
Death Hunt – 9.99
Ray – 14.84
The Grudge – 14.84
Total – 39.67

Feb 09
Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie – 11.99
Predator 2: SE – 12.35
Shark Tale – 14.84
Total – 39.18

Feb 12
Predator: SE – 12.95
Welcome to Mooseport – free
Unspeakable – free
White Chicks – 14.99
The Clearing – 14.99
Total – 42.93

Feb 15
Taxi – 14.84
Saw – 14.84
Total – 29.68

Feb 26
Thunderbirds: Set 5 – 19.89

Total for Feb – 171.35
______________________________________________________
Mar 01
Flight of the Phoenix – 14.95
SpongeBob Squarepants Movie – 12.00
Bambi – 15.87
Total – 42.82

Mar 05
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – 10.99

Mar 15
The Incredibles – 17.93
Laura – 9.99
Total – 27.92

Mar 21
Call Northside 777 – 9.99
Don’t Look Now – 9.99
Total – 19.98

Mar 23
Electra Glide in Blue – 11.99

Mar 26
Flintstones: The Complete Third Season – 29.56

Mar 30
Thunderbirds: International Rescue Edition – 7.73

Mar 31
After the Sunset – 17.84

Total for Mar – 168.83
______________________________________________________
Apr 08
Elektra – 15.84
Spanglish – 15.84
Total – 31.68

Apr 13
Ocean’s Twelve – 14.84
Suspect Zero – 15.84
Total – 30.68

Apr 22
House of Flying Daggers – 15.84
Meet the Fockers – 11.84
Total – 27.68

Apr 28
My Name is Nobody – 15.99
Darknes – 14.84
Blade Trinity – 14.84
Lemony Snickets (2 Disc) – 25.06
Total – 70.73

Total for Apr – 160.77
______________________________________________________

May 8
Pocahontas : 10th Anniversary – 16.84
National Treasure – 19.95
Total – 36.79

May 9
Thunderbirds : Set 6 – 9.99

May 12
Assault on Precinct 13 – 16.87
Appleseed – 11.99
Total – 28.86

May 16
The Train Robbers – 9.99

May 23
White Noise – 17.89
Team America (Unrated) – 19.99
Total – 37.88

May 26
Andy Griffith: Season 2 – 26.96
Are We There Yet? – 14.84
Total – 41.80

May 31
Boogeyman - 14.84
Cincinnati Kid - 14.99
Total - 29.83

Total for May – 195.14
______________________________________________________

Total year-to-date – 962.96

Rockmjd23

EEK This week puts me over the $1,000 mark for the year

M Polo

Updated:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showpos...&postcount=201

Shagrath

I gave up on my tab in mid-May. I still put in the price in DVDProfiler, but I never look at my running total. Getting into the $1000+ range, and not even being halfway through the year scared the bejeesus out of me. I haven't curtailed my spending habits at all, and I know I buy a lot of stuff, but I'm gonna just be blissfully ignorant of how much I really spend from now on.