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Old 11-07-04 | 08:40 PM
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What's The Best DVD Bargain You've Ever Gotten?

What are the best DVD bargains and/or deals you've ever gotten? Where and when did you get them?
Old 11-07-04 | 08:46 PM
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a friend of mine sold me his copy of Kiss MTV Unplugged for about $10 without realising that it was already OOP & was worth alot on ebay

also i managed to get SOTL CC version for about $25, 2nd hand without having to pay ebay prices.
Old 11-07-04 | 09:00 PM
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Nightmare on Elm Street Boxed set brand new for $20 due to employee error at Best Buy.
Old 11-07-04 | 09:03 PM
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800.com's three DVDs for one cent was my second best deal. $150 in Amazon gift certificates for checking out a new website for five minutes was the best. :-)
I also bought a widescreen HDTV from 800.com for 1/3 the price at Best Buy. The deal included free shipping plus a $100 gift certificate, which I used for DVDs. My first 120 DVDs had an average cost of less than $1.
Old 11-07-04 | 09:12 PM
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Other than the 3 for $1 at 800.com,

X-files season 1 - pre-order from CDNow for $7 and change shipped.

and I guess I will point out that there have been a dozen threads discussing this already.
Old 11-07-04 | 09:19 PM
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A free $25 GC to Amazon.com for signing up at Digital-Neighbors.com....oh wait...I'm still waiting fo that, from what I hear I should be recieving it soon

Thank you for your interest in Digital-Neighbors. Due to network overload in the past 48 hours, your request for the Amazon.com $25 Gift Certificate was delayed.

The information you supplied us has been forwarded to the proper place and you will be receiving a Gift Certificate in the US Postal Mail from Digital-Neighbors with a personal one-use code. Use this $25 gift certificate on any Amazon.com purchase for any amount.

There are a limited number of Amazon Gift Certificates available to us each month. Your gift certificate will arrive in less than six to eight weeks.

All requests are mailed in the order in which they were received.
In all reality:

$20 off $20 at buy.com
Jaboom, got about (10) $26GC for amazon.com [poor Jaboom ]
~$18 (Misprice) James Bond 3rd Boxset at Buy.com?(or was is bestbuy.com), then at 800.com!!

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Old 11-07-04 | 09:28 PM
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Planet of The Apes Boxset- $20 from Amazon
From the Earth to the Moon complete mini-series-Free from DDDVD.com
The Invisible Man $7.00 from Amazon
Old 11-07-04 | 09:31 PM
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five finger discount
Old 11-07-04 | 09:35 PM
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Simitar's Godzilla Collection for $33.85, including shipping, off eBay.
Old 11-07-04 | 09:38 PM
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I got a a bunch of copies of the Blues Brothers for 5 bucks a piece then hocked them on ebay for 40 a piece. Great deal I tell you!
Old 11-07-04 | 09:38 PM
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly SE for $7.50
Old 11-07-04 | 10:04 PM
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The 3 for $1 at 800.com and the free DVD from Reel.com were the two best deals I think I received.

There was a buy 2 get 2 free deal at Media Play back in '99 and picked up some good discs back then when they were alot more.
Old 11-07-04 | 10:23 PM
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Gotcha! from Overstock.com for $1.99 (Misprice)
Cast Away 2-Disc Original SE from Overstock.com for $8.99
Dr. Strangelove 2-Disc 40th Anniversary Edition from Ebay for $12
Old 11-07-04 | 10:31 PM
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At the time I started collecting DVD's, I was working at Columbia House (which also happened to be during the fledgling period of the DVD Club), and at their employee store, I purchased the first 40 DVD's of my current collection for $7.00 each.

This also happened to be during the period in which the Laserdisc Club was being phased out, and at the employee store, I purchased both Star Wars trilogy laserdisc box sets (original and SE) for $30 each. I re-sold them on eBay to a guy in London for $200. I also purchased the Fawlty Towers LD box set for $10 at the CH store, and re-sold it on eBay for $160.

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Old 11-07-04 | 10:31 PM
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I bought Sixteen Candles at Mister Money for $8. This was when it was out of print. I sold it for $50 on ebay.
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Sopranos season 4 for 19.99 at Target with a raincheck. Employee error made the deal better than it should have been.

Most of my 60+ Criterions came from Half Price Books or CD Warehouse.

During the days of Reel, 800.com, Bigstar etc got many cheap using coupons etc
Old 11-07-04 | 10:58 PM
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Bride Of Re-Animator (OOP Pioneer Version)--$12

thats the only one I can think of the moment
Old 11-07-04 | 11:02 PM
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Bond volume 3 from 800.com for like 20 shipped

R.I.P. 800.com
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I wasn't around for the 800.com and such, so mine are more limited. Amazon's recent TV season sets for $14.99 ranks up there, though.
Old 11-08-04 | 07:18 AM
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"Halloween" box set for 15€ in a supermarket (pricing error - should have been that price for just the first movie on its own).

Dazza.
Old 11-08-04 | 08:51 AM
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a copy of Criterions Salo- (signed by Pasolini!) for only $200.

that may seem like a lot, but regular copies of it (not signed) go for hundreds more usually, so i think i got a bargin.
Old 11-08-04 | 08:57 AM
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Bought "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" Extended Edition giftset at Best Buy for $28. Sold the bookends on eBay for $60, then bought TTT:EE for $20. So pocketed $12 after buying both incredible extended editions.

Bought "Star Wars" Trilogy at FYE for $35 (with rebate). Sold the 3 free SW posters that came with it for $35 on eBay, then went back to FYE and garnered another 3 free posters and sold those for $37.50, so pocketed $37.50 just for buying one of the most coveted DVD series in history.
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I was at my local Gamestop two weeks ago with my brother, usually we just go there to get cheap N64 games, he went to look at them and I decided on a whim that I'd look at the dvds. Sure enough, I found an amazing deal, I found Silence Of The Lambs Criterion Collection for $7.99. Has all the inserts and is in great condition. Couldn't believe it.
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a copy of Criterions Salo- (signed by Pasolini!) for only $200.
Wow, that's even more impressive considering he died 30 years ago! Good find!
Old 11-08-04 | 09:23 AM
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got alias season 3 for 11.99 at circuitcity.com


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