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islandclaws 10-18-12 09:53 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 

Originally Posted by trespoochies (Post 11431046)
I use the blu-ray.com app to check whenever I get that feeling.

This one has saved me a few times. It's rare, but every now and then I'll pick up one of those "get around to it eventually titles", unsure if I'd already gotten to it or not.

fumanstan 10-18-12 10:05 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Nope. Although recently I forgot what Bond movies have and have not been released when I was looking at the single releases at Target.

Dan 10-18-12 10:32 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Never, but I've come close a few times. Not even because I thought, "Hey, I might already have this..." but rather, "Well... I'll hold off. Maybe it'll get cheaper..." and then a week or two later, when browsing my collection, there it is... purchased many months ago. :)

So, now I've installed the blu-ray.com app. I'm going to try it out this weekend. Can you just scan the barcodes or do you have to enter each title manually?

E Unit 10-18-12 10:38 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 

Originally Posted by SomethingMore (Post 11431704)
Can you just scan the barcodes or do you have to enter each title manually?

You can scan the barcodes. If you had to enter each title manually, I don't think I would be using the app.

GoldenJCJ 10-18-12 11:36 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
I've never done it but I've come close a few times where I've had to stop in the store and think real hard about whether I own a Blu of that movie yet or not.

I was looking over my collection the other day and was surprised that I own The DaVinci Code. When the hell did I buy that?!

Disc-Flipper 10-18-12 11:53 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
yes, I thought I had loaned out a Kill Bill 1 & 2 Double Feature, so I bought another one for $15, but soon found it had simply slid to the back of the shelf behind other discs.

Quake1028 10-18-12 12:13 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Nope, although I have come close a few times, I think, and that's with only ~420 of them.

Randy Miller III 10-18-12 12:15 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 

Originally Posted by Dean Kousoulas (Post 11431195)
I never have done this in my 16 years of collecting DVDs and now Blu-Rays.

Pretty cool that you had DVDs in 1996. Must be an insider!

lewisb73 10-18-12 12:44 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
I just did it last week, could've sworn I had'nt upgraded my dvd of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly to blu, so I bought it, took it home and there it was on my shelf...

I havent had the free time to go through my list to update everything either

stingermck 10-18-12 12:56 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
No but sometimes I have a hard time remembering what I have, after DVD and HD-DVD purchases.

That'sAllFolks 10-18-12 06:29 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
. I bought a few hundred at Blockbuster for .99 during Memorial Day '11 and have accidentally rebought a couple of those, but nothing I else I can remember.

Howiefan 10-18-12 07:54 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
I just realized I had 2 copies of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Blu-ray. Oops.

E_v_i_l 10-18-12 09:15 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
I haven't bought any duplicate blus yet. I've bought a few duplicate DVDs (probably half a dozen or so over the past decade). And recently I bought a bluray of a title that I didn't realize I had on DVD.

Not bad given the fact that I'm still just relying on my memory.

Roybq 10-19-12 12:23 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
I bought a copy of "Spinal Tap" last year, brought it home and stuck it on the shelf...and then stopped when I realized I was putting it beside a copy of..."Spinal Tap." That was the only time though and fortunately I hadn't opened it yet.

Why So Blu? 10-19-12 12:27 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Nope.

Cardsfan111 10-19-12 02:43 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Not yet. Not quite the same, but I've recorded so many films on my DVR during free preview weekends and such that I've clicked on something only to see a message about "it already existing" in my recordings.

OldBoy 11-15-12 12:40 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
well...i did it again. bought Swingers for $5.00 @ Target and sure enough...already in my collection. i swear i am not this bad!

LosingMyMind 11-15-12 01:38 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Just spotted one last night. I bought The Last House on the Left when it was a Best Buy exclusive and again from Amazon. :lol: I only know where one copy is.

TimeandTide 11-15-12 02:23 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 

Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 11469366)
well...i did it again. bought Swingers for $5.00 @ Target and sure enough...already in my collection. i swear i am not this bad!

Really not surprising considering how frequently you post in the "The Last Blu-ray you bought..." thread. ;)

Trevor 11-15-12 02:43 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
I've done it dozens of times. But since I usually pay so little I just chalk them up as gifts or trade material.

islandclaws 11-15-12 05:20 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 

Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 11469366)
well...i did it again. bought Swingers for $5.00 @ Target and sure enough...already in my collection. i swear i am not this bad!

Do you have the blu-ray.com app for the iPhone?

OldBoy 11-15-12 08:41 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal (Post 11469850)
Do you have the blu-ray.com app for the iPhone?

no, but i have my collection on my phone. just didn't think to check it as i thought i was sure i never bought it before. oh well. only $5.00. i'll give it as a gift.

SterlingBen 04-25-13 02:36 AM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
It has happened 4ish times (3 DVDs 1 BR)

Most recently, today, I rebought the Shriek Show Jungle Girls 3 pack. It was in 3 individual cases in a slip cover the first time I bought it, now all three are in 1 case. But it was only $4 so I think I will make it a gift.

My one Blu-Ray blunder was I Love You Man. Bought it the last U&S sale and the U&S sale before that! Still in the 'to watch' pile is why it hadn't clicked in my brain. For $5 I will gift it as well.

Document Of The Dead individual release forgetting it was in the Dawn Of The Dead Ultimate Edition. Sort of justifiable as it includes a commentary not present in the Ultimate edition.

And the first time was a Stan Lee Marvel thing not remembering it was included in the Limited Edition Spiderman box set.

JimRochester 04-25-13 02:49 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Not in ages because I buy so few now but it has happened in the past when I would pick up tons of DVD's

Spottedfeather 04-25-13 05:06 PM

Re: Ever buy a Blu-ray again, by accident?
 
Doesn't really happen. I keep a very up to date DVDProfiler set up. I also keep a txt file of my collection, noting what occasion I got the dvd or blu-ray for (birthday, christmas, etc.) The only time i buy a second copy of a movie is if I have the movie and it's also included on a multi-movie pack. For instance, I had the Thunderbirds movie. I bought a 4 movie set that had Thunderbirds in it. No big deal. And I had the trilogy set of the Back To The Future movies, but I, knowingly, bought the special edition release of the first movie so I could get the rid footage and the Leslie Nielsen special.


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