UK Charity Shop Finds

[stepeanut]

Hit up the charity shops in Wilmslow, Cheshire this afternoon. It's a well-to-do area, and I did find one decent DVD: Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados. Only saw two BDs, neither of which was to my taste (Inglorious Basterds and something else I don't remember).

[CelestialAgent]

I find it more likely to find a VHS tape than a Blu-Ray.

[stepeanut]

Best find of the year, so far: the OOP Masters of Cinema DVD of The Prisoner of Shark Island. Very clean condition, for £2.

[unicron73]

my best find recently was masters of cinema-GANDAHAR on dvd for 50p
it was in the kids section with the cartoons it even has its booklet and is in very nice condition..
i keep going back to this charity shop,last year i found eureka's blu ray of WIZARDS for £1
they dont have many films in there but sometimes i just get lucky

[stepeanut]

Originally Posted by unicron73

my best find recently was masters of cinema-GANDAHAR on dvd for 50p
it was in the kids section with the cartoons it even has its booklet and is in very nice condition..
i keep going back to this charity shop,last year i found eureka's blu ray of WIZARDS for £1
they dont have many films in there but sometimes i just get lucky

Sweet find. Gandahar is near the top of my MoC wish list. I'd be ecstatic to find that one in a charity shop. It's rare, in my experience, to find any MoC title in a chaz.

The booklet that comes with my copy of The Prisoner of Shark Island is in perfect condition, and the MoC catalogue is also included.

[SolidSnake35]

Charity shops disgust me. Those Blurays were meant for less fortunate kids around the world and there they are selling them off for profit.

[P-Rock]

I've found some nice stuff there myself. The Criterion dvd of Dead Ringers (OOP), Tarkovsky's Stalker and Nostalghia, Inception 3-disc BR with the lenticular cover (case was smashed to bits though), Meet the Feebles dvd and the 2-disc dvd edition of Mulholland Drive. Everything between 1-2 euros.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake35

Charity shops disgust me. Those Blurays were meant for less fortunate kids around the world and there they are selling them off for profit.

Err... not sure if serious

[fatboyslim142]

In the books & music BHF shop in Streatham I've found the following

An OOP Cine Asia film (Can't remember the title) on BD £2
Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain (Hong Kong R3 DVD)
Nearest & Dearest (TV series 7 disc boxset DVD) still in wrapping £2.25
A Bay of Blood (Arrow Video OOP slipcase edition) DVD £1

& more of which I can't remember.

[Spiderwalk]

My wife's a charity shopaholic, so I'm always being dragged into them on our travels, but I've never seen a single Blu-ray for sale.

[stepeanut]

Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

My wife's a charity shopaholic, so I'm always being dragged into them on our travels, but I've never seen a single Blu-ray for sale.

One of the shops I visited this afternoon had around half a dozen BDs in stock. They are not as prevalent as DVDs, so the choice isn't there, yet. About the best thing they had was the two-disc BD of Donnie Darko for £2; a good deal for someone, but I passed.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by stepeanut

Best find of the year, so far: the OOP Masters of Cinema DVD of The Prisoner of Shark Island. Very clean condition, for £2.

Originally Posted by unicron73

my best find recently was masters of cinema-GANDAHAR on dvd for 50p
it was in the kids section with the cartoons it even has its booklet and is in very nice condition..
i keep going back to this charity shop,last year i found eureka's blu ray of WIZARDS for £1
they dont have many films in there but sometimes i just get lucky

Both of you are very lucky, especially Gandahar. Maybe I should get back into hardcore charity shopping - I used to find loads of great clothes in them but don't any more, and most of the charity shops I do go to (in Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset) are generally sorry-looking in the DVD section (and if they do have Blu-ray's it's usually just crappy action films or comedies).

I think the nearest thing to a bargain I got this year was an Oxfam store selling on eBay, where I managed to get Pialat's À Nos Amours for just over £2 delivered...technically an OOP title but still easily available. Not complaining though, as I was going to pay £6-8 for it soon anyway!

[Aclea]

Paddington - £2.99

...but mostly they only have DVDs, nearly always early Warner Bros titles in the old cardboard cases. Though lately I've had more luck with Poundland:

Arrow season one BD
Anchorman 2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D

- all £1 each new. Well, it is Poundland.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Though lately I've had more luck with Poundland:

Arrow season one BD
Anchorman 2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D

- all £1 each new. Well, it is Poundland.

Wow. Maybe I'll actually have to return there for the first time in like 2 years.

[stepeanut]

Today's find: the BFI DVD of Jacques Tati's Mon Oncle, for £1.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by stepeanut

Today's find: the BFI DVD of Jacques Tati's Mon Oncle, for £1.

Not bad! I remember kicking myself for not buying the Dual Format edition for £7 when I had the chance. I finally have it on Blu-ray thanks to the StudioCanal set but it would've been nice to have the BFI release as well.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

Great find. Got Rocco and His Brothers MoC for £1.99 last Monday. Someone obviously hadn't heard the BFI Blu-ray had been cancelled.

Lucky! I'd like to get this, but I do think that Eureka have an upgrade lined up already as they have hinted so a couple of times since the BFI release was cancelled. It's a 4K restored edition, and other than the Preminger set probably got the biggest response out of those announcements, so they'd be silly not to shell out for the remaster and get this out to us!

[stepeanut]

I worked in Wilmslow for ten years, between 1988 and 1997, and it has always been populated by arrogant, charmless types. I rarely go there these days, other than to visit the charity shops. Alderley Edge, just down the road, is the same. I've made some nice finds in both places, and my girlfriend once found a brand-new designer handbag, still with the tags, so it's worth the occasional train ride out there.

[samdvd1]

Having just moved, I decided to check out the local car boot sale this morning (Silloth, Cumbria). Pretty dire to be honest with no Blu-rays to be seen and the usual million copies of The Matrix and Pulp Fiction on DVD. Did scope three DVD's for a £1 though:
- The Art of Getting By (Fox)
- Jeeves and Wooster: Series 2 (VCI)
- The Legend of Hell House (Fox)

Also picked up 3 x kids Ladybird books from 1986/87 which were like new for £0.10 for all 3. The inner kid made me do it:
- Transformers: Galvatron's Air Attack
- Transformers: Autobots Fight Back
- Bravestarr: The Phantom Herd

I'll have to have a scout round the charity shops of Carlisle through the week, when I go to check out the local CeX.

[huntauk]

Originally Posted by samdvd1

I'll have to have a scout round the charity shops of Carlisle through the week, when I go to check out the local CeX.

You can search a specific stores stock at Cex online and flick through the HD categories, which may save a wasted trip.