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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Mar 21, 2019 7:48:06 GMT -5
At one point I was determined to have every available sci-fi movie from the '50s in my DVD collection. To this end, I paid $80 for a copy of Beginning of the End. That’s quite an ambitious task to collect so many movies. I can respect it though. If you don’t mind me asking, what was the total amount of movies? I’m guessing somewhere around 200. |
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Post by realist on Mar 21, 2019 7:54:56 GMT -5
Does Vince McMahon paying Brock Lesnar to have 4 matches a year and occasionally hop around on Raw while Paul Heyman delivers the same promo over and over again count? Because if so, that.
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Post by ERON on Mar 21, 2019 8:00:34 GMT -5
At one point I was determined to have every available sci-fi movie from the '50s in my DVD collection. To this end, I paid $80 for a copy of Beginning of the End. That’s quite an ambitious task to collect so many movies. I can respect it though. If you don’t mind me asking, what was the total amount of movies? I’m guessing somewhere around 200. That's not too far off. I haven't looked at my checklist in a while, but I believe it was somewhere around 180 or 190 movies. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 21, 2019 8:26:32 GMT -5
That’s quite an ambitious task to collect so many movies. I can respect it though. If you don’t mind me asking, what was the total amount of movies? I’m guessing somewhere around 200. That's not too far off. I haven't looked at my checklist in a while, but I believe it was somewhere around 180 or 190 movies. As an avid movie collector I'd be curious to see the list. Also, I'd really love to do something similar with 1980's zombie movies. I found this list, but I don't think it's complete: www.80shorror.net/index/2015/8/19/zombie-movies-from-the-80s-a-complete-list |
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Post by Sephiroth on Mar 21, 2019 8:32:10 GMT -5
Those thousand dollar burgers with the gold leaf on them. Talk about douchebag spending.
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Post by ERON on Mar 21, 2019 8:37:15 GMT -5
That's not too far off. I haven't looked at my checklist in a while, but I believe it was somewhere around 180 or 190 movies. As an avid movie collector I'd be curious to see the list. Also, I'd really love to do something similar with 1980's zombie movies. I found this list, but I don't think it's complete: www.80shorror.net/index/2015/8/19/zombie-movies-from-the-80s-a-complete-listAlong with IMDB and Wikipedia, I used this site as a primary source. Most of these have been released on DVD or Bluray at some point or another, except for a handful of American International Pictures releases that James Nicholson's widow is sitting on. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 21, 2019 8:43:01 GMT -5
A friend gave me $100 for my copy of WWF No Mercy back when it was new. Unprompted. He was just like "I'll give you a hundred dollars for it!"
I was like "Ok!" and bought a new copy of WWF No Mercy and something else with the change.
He was a weird dude.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 13:09:58 GMT -5
I blew about $1000 on a computer that died just outside the 14-day refund window. I didn't understand warranties back then, so I just chucked it.
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Post by Paul on Mar 21, 2019 13:26:35 GMT -5
I blew about $1000 on a computer that died just outside the 14-day refund window. I didn't understand warranties back then, so I just chucked it. You didn't think to even ask friends or family for advice? If I spent $1000 on something and it broke two weeks later I wouldn't be so nonchalant about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 15:18:42 GMT -5
I blew about $1000 on a computer that died just outside the 14-day refund window. I didn't understand warranties back then, so I just chucked it. You didn't think to even ask friends or family for advice? If I spent $1000 on something and it broke two weeks later I wouldn't be so nonchalant about it. It was a German company, and I thought I'd have to mail the entire approx. 7-lb. PC to Germany. I was a loner then too.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Mar 21, 2019 16:07:32 GMT -5
Due to an Amazon balls up, my friend got delivered two copies of Crackdown 2 instead of one, being charged just for one unit.
He gave me the second copy to keep, for free.
I thought I still paid too much for it when I played it.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Mar 21, 2019 16:18:52 GMT -5
my brother went to get a new iPhone a few years ago and ended up signing a plan for it where he'd eventually pay 3x what the phone cost
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 21, 2019 19:20:41 GMT -5
My favourite band crowdfunds the budget for their albums, and I've paid $75 apiece for their last two releases, albeit with a ton of bonuses.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Mar 22, 2019 10:04:14 GMT -5
Paying £2.50 for a bottle of water at a concert
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Post by Paul on Mar 22, 2019 10:53:56 GMT -5
I used to buy cassette dubs (I.E: onto blank cassettes) of bootleg Nirvana CDs from a local Mom and Pop record store / head shop for something like $12 each back around 1994 instead of buying the CD versions for $20.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Mar 22, 2019 12:32:10 GMT -5
My nephew really wanted to see the movie Garden State about two years ago and saw a copy on DVD at FYE new for $25. I told him I'm certain I could find a copy for $2-3 at a used media store, or at least he could get a lot cheaper on Amazon, but he wanted to watch it that night, so he bought it. That really annoyed me as a thrift store-type shopper.
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