Blind Buying-How often do you do it now?

[RedSoxFanEB]

Blu-rays are so reasonably priced now-I was wondering how often people blind buy a movie and what the criteria is for them. I will respond with how I decide if I blind buy a movie and why? I was just curious what everyone else did.

[RedSoxFanEB]

For me, I feel that with blu-rays being so much cheaper than they were 2 years ago. You can often get deals for between $5-$10 that its cheaper than if you saw it in the theater and only a few dollars more than renting the movie. I myself would rather watch the movie on a blu-ray player with uncompressed video and audio as opposed to streaming it from Netflix.

Usually if I see a movie that is a good price that I have never seen, I look it up on IMDB and look at the user reviews right from my phone.

Usually my criteria is I will blind buy a movie if its less than $10 and it gets pretty decent reviews and it sounds like something I like. Unless its a Disney movie then I will pay a little more because they are usually good and also a bit more expensive. I would say at least 30% of my collection is filled with blind buys--possibly more when Blockbusters were going out of business and had some 99 cent blu-rays.

[Captain Kirk]

I usually pick something up that I didn't see in theaters or was direct to video because I find the subject matter interesting or I like someone in the cast. I blind buy films weekly and so far I've rarely been disappointed with my choices.

[COLD_COBRA_]

80% of the time. Judging by my collection I think i'm pretty good at it. It's more rewarding and fun to blind buy to me. Dexter season 1? That was heaven as a blind buy!

[RedSoxFanEB]

It makes me happy to see that a lot of other people blind buy very often. Since I rarely go to movie theaters--I do it to save money.

[cvargo]

Ever since I became a member of this site my blind buys have increased dramatically.

[bsweetness]

It's something I've always done fairly often. I'm a pretty darn good judge of what I'll like and what I won't like, so I go with my instincts on blind buys. I can really only think of two blind buys that I regretted, and those were back in my early DVD days around 1999. I know myself quite well when it comes to movies and TV shows, so blind buying isn't something that I'm ever afraid of. It's also never something that I feel I have to ask others about, such as gathering opinions on whether a specific title is a good blind buy or not. Only I can truly know if there's a chance any given title will be a good blind buy for me personally or not.

[HD Goofnut]

Not very often. Maybe 1 out of every 6-8 or so is a blind buy.

[critterdvd]

I probably average seeing a movie in theaters once a month (down from twice a week when I was in college a couple of years ago), so if there is a movie that I reasonably expect to enjoy that's under $20 I'll probably end up picking it up.

For example today I went into Target and purchased "Chasing Mavericks," having not even realized it came out yesterday for $18. It was filmed in Santa Cruz, CA (where I went to college) so I couldn't help myself.

[MrHT]

After my bad exerience with blind buying the Ocean's Trilogy, I now made a vow to stop. Even though the trilogy only cost me $12, I still feel like I was robbed. I really didn't like the movies at all.

[Beast]

I do my research and enjoy taking the occasional chance. Last one was Sinister...

Really enjoyed that. It's very rare that I don't enjoy a movie that I choose to Blind Buy.

[Kilger]

I blind buy often, but only movies that I want to watch, I won't blind buy a movie just because it's $5. Also I usually end up blind buying a lot of newly released movies but only if I wanted to catch it in theaters but missed it. Considering most movies can be had for roughly what it costs to go watch a movie nowadays.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by MrHT

After my bad exerience with blind buying the Ocean's Trilogy, I now made a vow to stop. Even though the trilogy only cost me $12, I still feel like I was robbed. I really didn't like the movies at all.

Hyperbole is strong in this one.

[UncleBuckWild]

Every now and then...

...nearly 10 movies are blind buys.

[Xtempo]

I do it some for random movies but I usually blind buy practically all Criterions and end up liking them some more than others so I pretty much get what I know and would rewatch and love unless its exceptionally cheap like when I picked up Brothers Grimm which I still haven't fully watched.

[Steve]

Not at all. I've only ever blind bought a few movies and was disappointed with all of them and ended up selling them. I won't buy a movie any more that I haven't seen.

[iamlilc]

I've been burned a few times, so I don't blind buy anymore.

[The Great Owl]

Only five movies in my Blu-ray collection so far have been blind buys.

Lawrence of Arabia - because I wanted to wait and see it for the first time on a decent setup on Blu-ray.

The Man Who Knew Too Much - because I love the Alfred Hitchcock Criterion movies so far, and knew that I would also like this one.

Les Miserables (1958) - because I'm currently reading the Victor Hugo novel, I like Jean Gabin's other movies, and I wanted a straight-up dramatic retelling of the story without musical interludes.

Purple Noon - because it just looked like a crazy cool French flick with Alain Delon, a beautiful actress, and an amazing Mediterranian setting. Also, since it is based on The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Le Silence De La Mer - Because I love all of the other Jean-Pierre Melville films.

I know that I will be blind-buying more movies in the future, since I have already gathered most of my favorite familiar films. I always do my homework first, though.

I made a lot of spur-of-the-moment blind buys with my DVD collection, and learned a lot of lessons. My days of blind-buying something just because it looks cool on the New Release rack on Tuesdays are in the past.

[Jompa]

Many of my films are blind buys. So, i do it very often.

[dregs78]

I do it every week when my Criterion shipment from Amazon comes in. =)