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James_Younger_Gang · 07-15-2016, 02:10 AM

I love it when that happens. I go to the store to search for a movie. I find it plus I end up finding another movie that I wasn't expecting to find. Does that happen to anyone else?

crazyBLUE · 07-15-2016, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by James_Younger_Gang

I love it when that happens. I go to the store to search for a movie. I find it plus I end up finding another movie that I wasn't expecting to find. Does that happen to anyone else?

All the time

dcowboy7 · 07-15-2016, 02:27 AM

Nope.

formula_nebula · 07-15-2016, 02:58 AM

Happens very often. My wallet hates me for it.

crazyBLUE · 07-15-2016, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by formula_nebula

Happens very often. My wallet hates me for it.

I have gone for a new release & come home with 6 films before & this is not just one time

formula_nebula · 07-15-2016, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

I have gone for a new release & come home with 6 films before & this is not just one time

I think the most i've gotten in one day is 10-15.

crazyBLUE · 07-15-2016, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by formula_nebula

I think the most i've gotten in one day is 10-15.

Nothing wrong with that at all

formula_nebula · 07-15-2016, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Nothing wrong with that at all

There are far worse things to be addicted to, that's for sure.

baheidstu · 07-15-2016, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by James_Younger_Gang

I love it when that happens. I go to the store to search for a movie. I find it plus I end up finding another movie that I wasn't expecting to find. Does that happen to anyone else?

Or alternately, you don't find that movie but do manage to find a bunch of others you've been wanting to get a for a while.

That's what I love about shopping in B&M stores. Sure I can buy all I want online, but nothing beats the feeling of browsing through a store and finding some gems you've been wanting for a while but never pulled the trigger on. I'm much more likely to buy something if I see it in a store and it's right there in my hands and I can take it home RIGHT NOW.

James_Younger_Gang · 07-15-2016, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by baheidstu

Or alternately, you don't find that movie but do manage to find a bunch of others you've been wanting to get a for a while.

That's what I love about shopping in B&M stores. Sure I can buy all I want online, but nothing beats the feeling of browsing through a store and finding some gems you've been wanting for a while but never pulled the trigger on. I'm much more likely to buy something if I see it in a store and it's right there in my hands and I can take it home RIGHT NOW.

I agree. As great as finding what you need online is, there's no better experience than going to the store and browsing around and finding the unexpected. Like yesterday I drove to bb to get green room and I found the first season of slasher. I picked it right away after reading the plot of th e show.

octagon · 07-15-2016, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by baheidstu

That's what I love about shopping in B&M stores. Sure I can buy all I want online, but nothing beats the feeling of browsing through a store and finding some gems you've been wanting for a while but never pulled the trigger on. I'm much more likely to buy something if I see it in a store and it's right there in my hands and I can take it home RIGHT NOW.

I love shopping online but yeah, there was definitely something cool about just browsing a bookstore or a video rental place and letting your mood take you where it will.

ThatOneGuy · 07-15-2016, 05:09 PM

How do you mean? Like finding a film you wanted randomly or just finding something random and it interests you so you buy it?

I'm the latter, I tend to blind buy blu-rays when I go to the store to pick up a certain one.

ParamountChris · 07-15-2016, 05:57 PM

Often

Bumblefeet · 07-15-2016, 06:00 PM

I much prefer online shopping these days. I get to compare international releases to see which has better quality, extras (or any at all as some countries are barebones), ...

In-store purchases are so freaking expensive and never have the genre titles I'm looking for anyway.

D00mM4r1n3 · 07-15-2016, 06:46 PM

More often that not I'll go to buy one movie and see a sale I didn't know about and clean up on older titles I had held off buying.

KeithVK · 07-15-2016, 08:11 PM

I really only go to one actual store that sells movies (Target) and I find myself trying to buy something but there isn't anything there that I don't have already or even remotely interests me. The Target I go to also has a pretty pathetic inventory on Blu's. Probably 75% DVD and nothing out of the ordinary. Probably good for my wallet though.

cakefactory · 07-15-2016, 08:25 PM

I think I've bought movies from a store twice in the last year. And in both of those cases, their media sections were so small and so mainstream I didn't see anything else I didn't have that I'd be interested in

I do have a local record store that stocks all Scream and Synapse releases religiously. I unfortunately just haven't wanted to buy any Scream releases in the last year or so besides the couple of recent ones I ordered through their store to get early. I guess I should be more careful about not ordering them through Amazon in the future, though.

baheidstu · 07-15-2016, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithVK

I really only go to one actual store that sells movies (Target) and I find myself trying to buy something but there isn't anything there that I don't have already or even remotely interests me. The Target I go to also has a pretty pathetic inventory on Blu's. Probably 75% DVD and nothing out of the ordinary. Probably good for my wallet though.

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Originally Posted by cakefactory

I think I've bought movies from a store twice in the last year. And in both of those cases, their media sections were so small and so mainstream I didn't see anything else I didn't have that I'd be interested in

I do have a local record store that stocks all Scream and Synapse releases religiously. I unfortunately just haven't wanted to buy any Scream releases in the last year or so besides the couple of recent ones I ordered through their store to get early. I guess I should be more careful about not ordering them through Amazon in the future, though.

That's why I'm glad that here in Canada HMV still exists stocking a wide variety of blu-ray releases including Criterions, Shout, Kino, Olive, etc. Not all of the releases mind you, at least in the smaller locations, but enough to make it worthwhile checking out on a regular basis.

traths · 04-07-2018, 09:17 PM

Yes, that's how I unexpectedly found the 45th Anniversary edition of Dr. Strangelove.

Zillamon51 · 04-07-2018, 09:38 PM

Used to happen all the time. Browsing the massive DVD section of Best Buy or Media Play (remember them?), and walking out with a bag full of movies. Today, the media sections at B&M stores are just too small, and too mainstream, for it to happen often.

07-15-2016, 02:10 AM	#1
James_Younger_Gang Special Member Member since:Jun 2014 Blu-ray reviews: 3	when you go buy a movie you like and you find other movies I love it when that happens. I go to the store to search for a movie. I find it plus I end up finding another movie that I wasn't expecting to find. Does that happen to anyone else?

07-15-2016, 02:27 AM	#3
dcowboy7 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Pequannock, NJ 4K collection:7 Blu-ray collection:112 Trading Score:11	Nope.

07-15-2016, 02:58 AM	#4
formula_nebula Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:San Antonio, TX 4K collection:515 Blu-ray collection:1688 DVD collection:72 Digital collection:626 Blu-ray reviews: 10 Trading Score:11	Happens very often. My wallet hates me for it.

07-15-2016, 05:09 PM	#12
ThatOneGuy Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jan 2015 Location:Florida 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:651 DVD collection:71 Digital collection:44 iTunes collection:12	How do you mean? Like finding a film you wanted randomly or just finding something random and it interests you so you buy it? I'm the latter, I tend to blind buy blu-rays when I go to the store to pick up a certain one.

07-15-2016, 05:57 PM	#13
ParamountChris Senior Member Member since:Jun 2016 Location:Kelowna, BC, Canada Blu-ray collection:24 DVD collection:1	Often

07-15-2016, 06:00 PM	#14
Bumblefeet Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2013 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:827	I much prefer online shopping these days. I get to compare international releases to see which has better quality, extras (or any at all as some countries are barebones), ... In-store purchases are so freaking expensive and never have the genre titles I'm looking for anyway.

07-15-2016, 06:46 PM	#15
D00mM4r1n3 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2012 4K collection:405 Blu-ray collection:2556 DVD collection:282 Trading Score:12	More often that not I'll go to buy one movie and see a sale I didn't know about and clean up on older titles I had held off buying.

07-15-2016, 08:11 PM	#16
KeithVK Power Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2014 Location:Chicago, IL 4K collection:119 Blu-ray collection:2046 DVD collection:6 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:3	I really only go to one actual store that sells movies (Target) and I find myself trying to buy something but there isn't anything there that I don't have already or even remotely interests me. The Target I go to also has a pretty pathetic inventory on Blu's. Probably 75% DVD and nothing out of the ordinary. Probably good for my wallet though.

07-15-2016, 08:25 PM	#17
cakefactory Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:WI, USA 4K collection:436 Blu-ray collection:3892 DVD collection:808 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:23	I think I've bought movies from a store twice in the last year. And in both of those cases, their media sections were so small and so mainstream I didn't see anything else I didn't have that I'd be interested in I do have a local record store that stocks all Scream and Synapse releases religiously. I unfortunately just haven't wanted to buy any Scream releases in the last year or so besides the couple of recent ones I ordered through their store to get early. I guess I should be more careful about not ordering them through Amazon in the future, though.

04-07-2018, 09:17 PM	#19
traths Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Minnesota 4K collection:252 Blu-ray collection:1040 DVD collection:53 Trading Score:2	Yes, that's how I unexpectedly found the 45th Anniversary edition of Dr. Strangelove.

04-07-2018, 09:38 PM	#20
Zillamon51 Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2013 Location:S.E. Michigan 4K collection:374 Blu-ray collection:2062 DVD collection:664 Digital collection:929 Trading Score:11	Used to happen all the time. Browsing the massive DVD section of Best Buy or Media Play (remember them?), and walking out with a bag full of movies. Today, the media sections at B&M stores are just too small, and too mainstream, for it to happen often.

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