Dollar Tree Movies

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Sandersobsessed

You and I both know that this isn't going to be your last DT haul.. You'll find yourself in a week or two going into one for a book or something and will find a movie or two.

*Sigh* You're probably right. But it won't be because of books, which have been especially disappointing this round.

I have a couple of trades going and I still need shipping supplies, which i usually get from DT, based on advice given to me during a DG "glitch" trade a year or two ago.

For anyone who has more experience with this, is there a better way to ship something than buying an envelope from DT and going to the slow and inefficient post office and sweating in line for 25 minutes?

Is there a way to get free shipping supplies, labels, etc.?

Any better alternatives to the post office that aren't more expensive? (I've used third-party shipping places or UPS Store in the past, but they're slower and/or pricier, but I usually eat the cost because it's less of a drive and I'm in and out in two minutes.)

Edit: I just remembered that there's a gas station (or something like that?) near my closest DT that acts as a USPS hub. Is this the same as going to an actual post office?

Originally Posted by bigjim25

Thanks again for the code. You rock!

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by TheBluRayBandito

If anyone actually watches Garlic and Gunpowder because they read my post, remember, I said I thought it would be a bootleg Cannonball Run. Don't be *****ing if you don't get a poor version of it, or nothing close to it.

Zhuge said it just focuses on two uninteresting gangsters.

Cannonball Run Meets Goodfellas!

[slowdive]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

For anyone who has more experience with this, is there a better way to ship something than buying an envelope from DT and going to the slow and inefficient post office and sweating in line for 25 minutes?

Is there a way to get free shipping supplies, labels, etc.?

Save your mailers from amazon, ebay, etc and reuse them. Take a straight edge and slide it under the corner of the old label and it should peel away by hand pretty easily (or just plop a new label over it).

You can trade in empty ink cartridges to a place like staples and get mailers with the rewards.

There used to be a way to print a label from paypal for anyone and still get a discount, but I am not sure if that still exists since they split from ebay.

[Zhuge1]

I always mail my stuff from a gas station that's a USPS auxiliary spot.

It actually works just fine for me. The lines aren't long at all, and I've sent trades to California via media mail that have gotten there 2-3 days after I dropped them off (although that probably has more to do with the location than the fact it's an auxiliary spot).

The last holdout Dollar Tree in my area finally put their new stock out. No new blurays for this area, unfortunately. I did grab a DVD copy of Prince: Up Close and Personal for a friend who is/was a big fan. I also hadn't seen this before. Unfortunately, no other DVDs of note either.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Zhuge1

I always mail my stuff from a gas station that's a USPS auxiliary spot.

Thanks. Think I'm going to try that this time. Is it essentially the same as going into a real USPS? Same prices, etc.?

Doesn't hurt that it's in the same shopping center as a DT.

[Zhuge1]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Thanks. Think I'm going to try that this time. Is it essentially the same as going into a real USPS? Same prices, etc.?

Doesn't hurt that it's in the same shopping center as a DT.

In my area, it's exactly the same.

[evercuriousgeek]

Only pickups today were Yoga Hosers (DVD+Digital HD) and The Tick: The Complete Series DVD (the Patrick Warburton version).

[MachoKing]

I went to one store today that still hadn't put anything out. They now have the poster up for the blurays and the item of the week table had the bluray sign up, but still those halloween things. So hopefully late tonight or tomorrow everything will be put out for me.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by MachoKing

I went to one store today that still hadn't put anything out. They now have the poster up for the blurays and the item of the week table had the bluray sign up, but still those halloween things. So hopefully late tonight or tomorrow everything will be put out for me.

Did you make sure to check the bottom shelf of Electronics/Automotive?

Also, did you go inside? Sometimes the Halloween crap surrounds the Blus, which would be impossible to tell if you're just driving by and window shopping. I have a feeling I missed a few days in my "good" store because of this.

[MachoKing]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Did you make sure to check the bottom shelf of Electronics/Automotive?

Also, did you go inside? Sometimes the Halloween crap surrounds the Blus, which would be impossible to tell if you're just driving by and window shopping. I have a feeling I missed a few days in my "good" store because of this.

Haha yea I went inside and looked around.

[Strapped4Cash]

Originally Posted by slowdive

Save your mailers from amazon, ebay, etc and reuse them. Take a straight edge and slide it under the corner of the old label and it should peel away by hand pretty easily (or just plop a new label over it).

You can trade in empty ink cartridges to a place like staples and get mailers with the rewards.

There used to be a way to print a label from paypal for anyone and still get a discount, but I am not sure if that still exists since they split from ebay.

I'd caution people to be careful of this (especially as peeling it away is usually pretty easy, as you say). In this situation (one label on top of another) if the label gets wet then it can make the label unreadable, or make the original label underneath clearer than the one on top.

I once received a book nearly 6 months after the date it was mailed, and think it was very likely because the info was so impossible to make out. In fact, I was rather impressed that USPS got it to me at all.

[MachoKing]

Yea putting the label ontop of another is not a good idea. If the label is hard to peel off try using a blow dryer if you have one available.

[Stalker101]

Originally Posted by Strapped4Cash

I'd caution people to be careful of this (especially as peeling it away is usually pretty easy, as you say). In this situation (one label on top of another) if the label gets wet then it can make the label unreadable, or make the original label underneath clearer than the one on top.

I once received a book nearly 6 months after the date it was mailed, and think it was very likely because the info was so impossible to make out. In fact, I was rather impressed that USPS got it to me at all.

Or just use a marker and black out the address on old label before placing a new one on top..and just place a piece of paper between them before taping it on.

[slowdive]

I only put that b/c I know people are lazy. Man tough room. You can always sharpie the label first

[Stalker101]

Originally Posted by slowdive

Save your mailers from amazon, ebay, etc and reuse them. Take a straight edge and slide it under the corner of the old label and it should peel away by hand pretty easily (or just plop a new label over it).

You can trade in empty ink cartridges to a place like staples and get mailers with the rewards.

There used to be a way to print a label from paypal for anyone and still get a discount, but I am not sure if that still exists since they split from ebay.

You still can from Paypal..it is REALLY hard to find on their site..they dont tell you they can ..but you still can buy and print postage from paypal itself.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by Stalker101

You still can from Paypal..it is REALLY hard to find on their site..they dont tell you they can ..but you still can buy and print postage from paypal itself.

https://www.paypal.com/signin?return...el%2Fcreate%2F

Very nice site. You can print labels directly at USPS, but not 1st Class or Media Mail.

The PP site also gives you some sort of commercial rate (First Class up to 16oz instead of 13 oz standard) and it's really nice for international -- a bit cheaper and being able to do 1 sheet customs form/shipping label/postage is a killer deal. Saves about 20 minutes at the post office with those quadruplicate forms that take forever to go through and then 5x longer to check out at the counter even if you do the forms at home.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Sandersobsessed

You and I both know that this isn't going to be your last DT haul.. You'll find yourself in a week or two going into one for a book or something and will find a movie or two.

Damn it, Sanders! Even though I looked at the books repeatedly, I didn't come across this one until now!

Anyone Who's Anyone: The Astonishing Celebrity Interviews, 1987-2017
by George Wayne



Next time you post about me, can you please say I'll find these DVD 4-Packs?



However, I did pick up these "cracking" British thrillers.

[dignin]

Some more new for this round...
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[rexxriot]

One of my two local stores finally put out their movies on the front table. They did put out one box last week, but I've been checking all week to see if they would have more. They had a total of 3 blu-rays. I already picked up The Man from Earth: Holocene from the box they put out last week. This is what I bought:

blu-ray:
Yoga Hosers
Red vs. Blue: Season 10

DVD:
10 Movies of Excellence (Blade/Maximum Force/Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy/This Revolution/Choke/The Swap/The Eliminator/The Life Before This/Hindsight/A Father's Revenge)
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
Canterbury's Law: The Complete Series
Con Man (2017)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
her
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Jeanne and the Perfect Guy
The Layover
Loose Cannons/Another You
Mercy Street
Moby Dick (1998)
Necessary Evil: Super-villains of DC Comics
Scooby Doo and KISS Rock and Roll Mystery

A couple of these DVDs I feel like I may have purchased before. I really need to start cataloging my DVDs.

[TheBluRayBandito]

My copy of Wonder Years came with a little booklet detailing each episode, some trivia, and an intro from Fred Savage. Pleasant surprise to find inside.

[AllFrankedUp]

Wonder years continues to elude me.