Goodwill & Thrift Store Scores

[arob]

Originally Posted by DVD Josh

Winter's Bone is very good and JLaw is great in it.

Just watched it. It’s a slow burn, but awesome. Great acting by Lawrence.

[DVD Josh]

Found a cool Da Ali G Show boxset with a lenticular cover for $3. And a DVD of Apocalypto with a slipcover for $1.

[DaBargainHunta]

If libraries count as thrift scores (and they'll have to in my case, because my Goodwills stopped stocking non-VHS movies), I scored all of this for $1.25 in total.

[strumdogg]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

If libraries count as thrift scores (and they'll have to in my case, because my Goodwills stopped stocking non-VHS movies), I scored all of this for $1.25 in total.

Nice!

Word Wars is a fun doc. Great find on that Chaplin Criterion! (I have the BD, and love it!)

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by strumdogg

Nice!

Word Wars is a fun doc. Great find on that Chaplin Criterion! (I have the BD, and love it!)

Is Word Wars the disc-only movie you found at DG once? I picked it up just because I remembered you raving about a movie that sounded like it.

Wish I had gotten a whole lot more, but I think the nice old lady there just assigned an arbitrary price. Usually movies at this library are a buck apiece (which is still a good deal).

[strumdogg]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Is Word Wars the disc-only movie you found at DG once? I picked it up just because I remembered you raving about a movie that sounded like it.

Exactly! (How the heck do you remember that...and I didn't?!)

At the time, I remembered catching only about 30 minutes of it on cable once (IFC?) and I liked what I saw. So, for cheap at DG, I was very excited to grab it.

It was actually available to stream at one point (Prime, I think), but not anymore. Funny how that happens. ;p

[shinobipopcorn]

Got this from the website:



VHS, but who cares about that. Only missing the last five. Some of these episodes are aren't on DVD, like the STAR WARS one.

[strumdogg]

All Goodwill stores in SE Michigan are 50% off (everything) on Friday!

[thecalm_7]

Went to goodwill to donate stuff and decided to go for it after watching some youtube haul videos (retro gaming). My local goodwill must be on crack.
15$ seasons of Law & Order with water damaged boxes
20$ games (Fifa, NHL, NFL for PS3)
DVDs were mostly marked 6$
Blu-rays were 10-12$
CDs were reasonably marked as 1-3$
No retro gaming
5$ for AV cables. was hoping for Genesis & Saturn AV cable and controllers

Surprisingly no furniture aside for mattresses and rugs. Looking for a TV stand for a 27" CRT and old consoles

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by thecalm_7

Went to goodwill to donate stuff and decided to go for it after watching some youtube haul videos (retro gaming). My local goodwill must be on crack.
15$ seasons of Law & Order with water damaged boxes
20$ games (Fifa, NHL, NFL for PS3)
DVDs were mostly marked 6$
Blu-rays were 10-12$
CDs were reasonably marked as 1-3$
No retro gaming
5$ for AV cables. was hoping for Genesis & Saturn AV cable and controllers

Surprisingly no furniture aside for mattresses and rugs. Looking for a TV stand for a 27" CRT and old consoles

I have stopped going to my local "big city" Goodwills because they all sell CDs/DVDs for $2.99 each. That's ridiculous unless you strike gold on an OOP or valuable edition. One even sees if the movies are multi-disc and charges you $2.99 EACH. I realize its for charity but come on. When I go on my road trips I hit up the small town GWs and they are at .99 for both or $1.99 which is fine.

[DaBargainHunta]

Found this at a thrift store for $1.

It's streaming free on Prime, but if I like the movie, the DVD has extras, isn't on Blu-ray, and I'll never come across it in the wild again, so I figured what the heck...



If nothing else, nice cast.

[DaBargainHunta]

Found this new and sealed for $1 at a local-ish thrift:

The Ray Bradbury Theater (Volume 2)



I wish they had Volume 1, but I assume these are all standalone episodes, so that shouldn't matter too much.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Scored a big grab bag of stuff at a Goodwill (including the original blu-ray of Sleeping Beauty, Tropic Thunder on blu-ray, the DVD of Cecil B. Demented and a bunch of CDs) all for $1.99 each.

[trevanian]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

Scored a big grab bag of stuff at a Goodwill (including the original blu-ray of Sleeping Beauty, Tropic Thunder on blu-ray, the DVD of Cecil B. Demented and a bunch of CDs) all for $1.99 each.

That's amazing! I work at Goodwill and we have to scan the barcodes on everything and so pretty much anything worth five bucks (or is at x-level on Amazon's list of in-demand stuff) gets sent to be sold online. That's probably three-quarters of the blu-rays that come in. The stuff we do get to keep we price at 3.99 or 4.99 or higher -- even the DVDs are all at least 2.99. In fact, we're not allowed to price them lower.

[AFFanAttic]

Originally Posted by trevanian

That's amazing! I work at Goodwill and we have to scan the barcodes on everything and so pretty much anything worth five bucks (or is at x-level on Amazon's list of in-demand stuff) gets sent to be sold online. That's probably three-quarters of the blu-rays that come in. The stuff we do get to keep we price at 3.99 or 4.99 or higher -- even the DVDs are all at least 2.99. In fact, we're not allowed to price them lower.

Oh that is super clarifying as to why I've probably never had a good movie find at Goodwill. I stopped going in because it never proved worthwhile for me (as far as movies go).
It's a little bit disappointing to hear, but it really clears things up.

[Dr. Phibes]

Pretty good find at my thrift store today. All three items for a total of $2.68.

[Ari_Gold]

Quite a shocker yesterday at my tiny thrift store a block from where I work.

The Last Days of Disco - Criterion Blu Ray $2

Also, Metropolitan Criterion DVD for $2.

[filmo70]

At the Goodwill. Only a 'crummy' 16 disc DVD set but mint w/slip

[jupiterhill]

Found it still sealed with the Walmart Black Friday PROMO sticker on it (Pink). I figured it was well worth the two bucks.

[DaBargainHunta]

Found these at a library for 50 cents each, but I think that's close enough to the spirit of this thread.

DVDs



Was particularly happy to find Wonder Boys as it's a favorite of mine and there's no Blu-ray (because Paramount sucks).

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