try again? ... If it is a bootleg, than I would be surprised. It has the white frosted ring and everything else on it matches the legitimate release now out of print. There is no benefit to me to make up such a story. There are many threads on this board going back over several years in which the poster has found a true collectors item for a great price. Furthermore, there are several threads on just The Killer Criterion dvd and how to differentiate a bootleg from a legitimate copy. Believe what you want...

Nothing too major. Just some good deals, from time to time.

At Hastings:
$17.99 - RoboCop (just last Friday!)
$17.99 - M 2-disc (2nd week out)
$5.99 - Royal Tenenbaums

At Gamestop/EB:
$11.99 - Armageddon
$22.99 - Fanny & Alexander 5 disc
$10.99 - Time Bandits
$10.99 - Beastie Boys Anthology
$10.99 - Port of Shadows
$4.99 - Diabolique

Bought some large lots off of this board, and Ebay both. Have about 60 Criterions, and my average spent on each, is $15.24 - I'm pretty happy.

I started collecting them about 2 months ago, picking up ones that seemed interesting or had heard about, first. I'm just buying them as I come across them cheap though. Even the ones I want more badly than others, I won't pick up until I can find a deal.

A fellow came into my store 2 weeks ago with 50 or 60 DVD's,and in the lot were Rushmore & Chasing Amy.
I paid $200.00 total for all of them,so for these 2 on the average I paid......Ummm,....Hmmmm.A few bucks.

The Rock $11.99 or so (Best Buy pricematch of Media Play ad)
Silence of the Lambs $12.99 (Used, after it went OOP)
Armageddon $11.99 (Used)

Purchased used. None had a case or insert:
High and Low $5
Insomnia $5
Hiroshima Mon Amour $3
Cleo From 5 to 7 $6

I have to say that my best deal was Seven Samurai from Reel.com. I can't remember the exact price, but I believe it was $12-$17. It is the first printing with the restoration demonstration.

That makes me want to cry. I guess I'll swing by all of the Game Stops in the Austin and Houston areas whenever I'm in town (might even make a drive to Austin tomorrow, as I'm a whore for searching down good deals). I was actually in Game Stop less than a week ago looking through their DVD's. I only picked up the 5-Star release of "The French Connection" (which set me back $12.99). It didn't even run across my mind to look into other stores for Criterions. I should've known by the fact that they had numerous TV sets that they'd have a decent selection at other locations..

-JP

It would have to be the Overstock deal. $9.99 each for:
Seven Samurai
The Red Shoes
The Third Man
Black Narcissus
I Know Where I'm Going
L'Avventura
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
All That Heaven Allows

Just keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

I found a used Robocop in perfect condition for $7.99 CAD (that's about $6 for you Americans!)
I also picked up Hamlet for $15 CAD at EB.
and Silence of the Lambs and Straw Dogs for $20 bucks each

A while back a friend ordered the single disc edition of Brazil and was mistakenly sent the 3-Disc Criterion set.

One of the earliest disks I bought online was This is Spinal Tap for about $12.

I also got Silence of the lambs as part of 800.com's 3 for $1 deal, so 33 cents for that one!

Also got a bunch of deals when Reel.com was still around and they constantly had mad coupons.

Seven Samurai
Life of Brian

(not counting freedvds.com)

A couple years ago, I traded a friend of a friend my The Killer (Fox-Lorber) and Deuce Bigalow:Male Gigolo for his The Killer: Criterion Collection.
I was totally honest with him, telling him that it was worth a hell of a lot more than mine, but he said he didn't care.

bought Dead Ringers (legitimate copy) off eBay late last year for about $15.

just a heads up.....according to Jon Mulvaney from Criterion

"The color of the center ring is not a reliable indicator of
authenticity."

but that's kind of beside the point.

Best. Deal. Ever. :

Royal Tenenbaums Criterion - $4.99CDN / $3.95US - Blockbuster


Decent price:

Fight Club Criterion - $19.99CDN / $16US - Futureshop

I wasn't aware there was a Fight Club Criterion (and I'm pretty sure there isn't.....unless were talkin' LDs.)

I don't think they were still making LDs when Fight Club came out, so that rules that out.

Oops, my bad.. I keep thinking that it is just because of the ridiculous packaging, the extras, and the video/audio quality.

I'm a tit.

used an Amazon coupon for a copy of Kagemusha and paid only 6 bucks.

I remember hitting the refresh page every minute at work when Overstock was selling criterions for $10. Didn't do as well as D-Ball, but I got Sullivan's Travels and All that Heaven Allows.

I got Hard Boiled at a garage sale last year for 75 cents.

I got Spartacus at Gamestop for 7.99 used
Also at Gamestop Diary of a Chambermaid for 7.99 used
At Tower Records Gimme Shelter for 9.99 used
Fanny & Alexander (box set) $29.99 new from Best Buy, the price at the register was 54.99, but the price tag which said Fanny & Alexander had a 29.99 price.

do the right thing 8.99
gamestop did the wrong thing

Got "The 400 Blows" at my local college resale shop for 15.00 about 2 years ago. I ebayed that thing for $350.00...which was good at the time.

$10 from a used book store for Hard Boiled, reminding me why I go to used book stores.