Where do you buy your DVD's?

cid · Post by **cid** » December 11, 2003, 5:39 pm

I usually just go to Bestbuy. I am wondering if any of you movie buffs know of a good place to buy online.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » December 11, 2003, 5:59 pm

When I do purchase them retail, I usually buy them at either Futureshop or HMV(up here in Canuckistan)

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » December 11, 2003, 6:05 pm

i tend to buy them at amazon, throw a CD or a book on the order to get it over $25 for the free shipping.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 11, 2003, 6:06 pm

Animalor wrote:When I do purchase them retail, I usually buy them at either Futureshop or HMV(up here in Canuckistan)

He meant american stores not some whacky canadian chain with unshaven jewel boxes. : )

Post by **Sylvus** » December 11, 2003, 6:22 pm

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com

Amazon sometimes, another I can't think of offhand. I usually check them all real quick to see the best price.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » December 11, 2003, 8:21 pm

I'm a bit of an amazon whore myself.

I used to spend all my money at best buy...Now I hardly go in there.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » December 11, 2003, 10:49 pm

Best Buy whenever they've got them on sale.. I'm anal about buying no name DVD's since I do a lot of PS2 'backups'. More often than not the no name discs either won't work on the PS2 or give problems. Last purchase was 100 (2x50) Fuji dvd's for about $80 I think.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » December 11, 2003, 11:02 pm

Best Buy, usually.. Sometimes Costco can beat their prices, but not often.

valryte · Post by **valryte** » December 11, 2003, 11:30 pm

NetFlix
Pioneer A06 DVD Burner
DVD Shrink
Nero
Princo DVDs

Oh wait, wrong answer....um yeah at Costco you can get some good deals. Best Buy, probably only new releases and even then Costco usually is cheaper. Walmart has some good deals sometimes as well. Other than that, Amazon I guess...

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » December 12, 2003, 4:18 am

Usually hit bestbuy for newer dvds as sometimes the newly released ones tend to hit close to the same as online retailers in price. For anything else I just use Dvd Price Search. Sometimes you gotta be careful with that site though as some of the companies it'll list aren't he best.

cid · Post by **cid** » December 12, 2003, 12:14 pm

I miss the early days of the shopping cart sploit..

the .1 quanity

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » December 12, 2003, 1:57 pm

If I buy online I get them from Amazon.

If I buy from a store its Costco, Fred Meyer (cause they give free gifts with new release dvd purchases sometimes - like I got a free matrix t-shirt with Matrix, free bobble head doll with Two Towers and free 12-pack of pepsi with another movie).

Occassionally I'll buy the really cheap previously viewed movies from rental places - if its not a movie I absolutely have to have first run.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 12, 2003, 3:49 pm

Typically I don't buy books online or any other media as I like going to bookstores but I've found Amazon.com great for rare or out of print books.

I was researching Negative Ionization awhile back and there's not a ton of books about the subject. I found one recommended on the net but it was out of print. I requested the book via Amazon and when they located the used book they sent me a quote. I then had the option to buy it which I did and it arrived soon after. The nice part was not being committed until they had already located the book giving me the opportunity to find it elsewhere if I could. Great service IMO.

For that reason, I'll probably always buy books via Amazon when I buy online and also try them out for other media. Newegg.com is still teh win for computer hardware though.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » December 15, 2003, 12:15 pm

Locally, I get them from Best Buy.

Online, I usually use http://www.bestprices.com and occasionally amazon (I use amazon quite a bit though for books and cds). For single dvd's, amazon probably actually is the better deal if you can buy enough to get free shipping. If you are looking at getting boxed sets though (especially complete seasons of various tv shows), bestprices has signficant discounts on some of those. It varies, on some they don't have that much of a discount, but on some I have saved $20-30.

Another option, and how I found bestprices in the first place, is to use dvdprofiler. Go out to http://www.dvdprofiler.com, download their free software, enter the dvd's you are interested in into your wish list, and hit their option to check prices on them on the net. It will return the prices for each cd at the most popular purchase sites (it has about 10 it checks I think).

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » December 15, 2003, 12:39 pm

Usually Best Buy, Walmart/Sam's Club or Target, rarely Amazon.com for non-main stream stuff (like Cirque de Soleil DVD's)

I've never bought a used DVD simply because I see how they look when I rent them from Blockbuster or Netflix after a couple (hundred?) viewings. Nothing makes me as angry as watching a movie that gets stuck at some point and having to haul ass back to BB to exchange it for a different disc. And then argue with a clerk that I didn't do it, "the customer before me didn't report any problems with the disc"

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » December 15, 2003, 12:44 pm

Animalor wrote:When I do purchase them retail, I usually buy them at either Futureshop or HMV(up here in Canuckistan)

Futureshop = Best Buy

leet insider infoz

Kguku · Post by **Kguku** » December 15, 2003, 7:52 pm

Futureshop = owned by best buy, however there is some differences in the lineups they carry. though not much, and I'm still trying to figure out why they would open up a best buy next to a futureshop here in Winnipeg at both of their locations.

Best Buy | Old Navy | Some Craft geek Store| Futureshop

You can walk to fshop from best buy in about 2 minutes, I'm still confused by it all

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » December 16, 2003, 1:54 am

Usually Wal-Mart or Hastings... If I'm in Little Rock I'll go to Best Buy but since we still don't have one here it's a waste of gas to drive 35 miles to purchase a DVD that may only be $1 cheaper there...

Marb

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » December 17, 2003, 11:33 am

Sam's Club usually, sometimes WalMart, Costco or Barnes and Noble.

I absolutely refuse to ever give Amazon another cent.

IeailandDokktur · Post by **IeailandDokktur** » December 17, 2003, 12:31 pm

Wal-mart and Bestbuy

Dups. · Post by **Dups.** » December 30, 2003, 5:59 pm

That guy in a black van.

m4yh3m · Post by **m4yh3m** » January 4, 2004, 8:14 am

Sorry for the late bump...

I buy most of my stuff from Best Buy (online because their stores are teh suck) the first week of release, but another place to try if you have one locally is Circuit City. Several of the big name DVDs (Xmen2 and one of the Disney's) were cheaper at Circuit City.

Bizarro stuff I get at Tower Records/Video (soon to be out of business) and/or Virgin Superstore locally, Amazon via i-net.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » January 7, 2004, 6:06 pm

Almost all of my DVD's are purchased at Best Buy. In fact, I can't remember the last one I bought somewhere else.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 8, 2004, 6:33 am

http://www.play.com
http://www.playUSA.com

Great prices. Great selection. Fast and free delivery.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 8, 2004, 1:41 pm

WalMart or FYE