[partyweb]

THE *OFF TOPIC* THREAD
(aka Bargains Chatroom)

Although the latest announcement by Stuart about thread hijacking and taking topics way OT (off topic) was not aimed at our section of avforums in particular (but most likely at some splitpersonlity individual who has been banned a few times over anyway) I felt that sometimes it's fun to go slightly OT and just be slightly crazy or something (or maybe it's just me).

So I thought with this being my 2000th post I would provide somewhere on this sub-sub forum to do just that. Now I know there is a general chat area for just that but I felt that we have a nice little community right here and some of us don't venture outside (heck some of you don't even know there's an area to talk about suppliers & technology, music dvd, tv dvd, or even general movie dvd talk.) so thought it would be great to have our very own general chat area, even if it is just this one thread, so that we could stay at home here in the bargains section where it's nice and warm and cosy and that way we would not have to venture out into the cold outdoors that is cyberspace (or the rest of avforums for that matter, no offence guys. ).

So this space is for you to talk about anything you like, or even brag about what the postman brought today (but please remind us about where you found the bargain, some of us might have missed it and may appeciate a second chance. so don't forget any relevent links if you have them. )



17-03/2006: 2000 posts and counting.

[Conn]

Good idea.

Suppose we could have a "biggest bargain I ever bought but still have not got round to watching" therapy session....Band of Brothers Tin set for me, around a year now

Or an indepth disscusion on how we all justify our purchases to our partners

[smelem]

How about the fact that I received my 24 season 1 set on saturday after finally ordering it( even tho it was with my screenselect voucher so it cost nothing ), and found that there was 2 disc 2's and no disc 1 so I had to send it back, leaving me an even longer wait to put it in the cue of 'things I havent watched yet'!

[Conn]

Originally Posted by smelem

How about the fact that I received my 24 season 1 set on saturday after finally ordering it( even tho it was with my screenselect voucher so it cost nothing ), and found that there was 2 disc 2's and no disc 1 so I had to send it back, leaving me an even longer wait to put it in the cue of 'things I havent watched yet'!

S1 is the only one I have seen! 2, 3 and 4 are sitting there smirking at me

[Babscabs]

Originally Posted by smelem

leaving me an even longer wait to put it in the cue of 'things I havent watched yet'!

Would that be a Pool Cue or a Snooker Cue
or a Queue ?

[smelem]

Originally Posted by Babscabs

Would that be a Pool Cue or a Snooker Cue
or a Queue ?

I apologise profusely for any distress I may have caused in the awful mis-spelling in my previous post, I am ashamed

[Cloysterpeteuk]

Originally Posted by Conn

S1 is the only one I have seen! 2, 3 and 4 are sitting there smirking at me

Ha i'm doing better than that i've watched the first two and have three and four sitting around on disc that i've not watched yet. I've also been downloading season 5 for the ipod which is probably pointless as i'll have it on dvd by the time i've watched 3&4. Anyway, I made the stupid mistake of checking if episode 2 was working, I only watched the first like ten seconds and managed to spoil the whole thing!!!!. Damn, damn damn it!

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by Conn

Good idea.

Suppose we could have a "biggest bargain I ever bought but still have not got round to watching" therapy session....Band of Brothers Tin set for me, around a year now

You are not alone, good grief it must be as long if not longer for not actually watching BOB. 1st disc and part of the 2nd for me..... I think! It's been so long I may just have to pop the 1st disc in again as reminders. Not the biggest bargain BTW by a fair maaarrgin.
I wonder how many people do the same with CD's?

[partyweb]

Originally Posted by per-Sony-fied

...I wonder how many people do the same with CD's?

Or vinyl for that matter. Am I the only person who has a large record collection but finds it too inconvenient to get the records out and play them on a record player. Far easier to download the track & play it on my pc. But I still refuse to part with my record collection.

[partyweb]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Or vinyl for that matter. ...

Or comics. I've been collecting 2000ad for 25+ years and I can't remember having ever read a copy twice.

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Or vinyl for that matter. Am I the only person who has a large record collection but finds it too inconvenient to get the records out and play them on a record player.

Hmm thought my TT was rusty must be a year now since I last bought any Vinyl . Hell heck ..... CD's are taken over.... arrgghhh...

[Conn]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Or vinyl for that matter. Am I the only person who has a large record collection but finds it too inconvenient to get the records out and play them on a record player. Far easier to download the track & play it on my pc. But I still refuse to part with my record collection.

Originally Posted by partweb

Or comics. I've been collecting 2000ad for 25+ years and I can't remember having ever read a copy twice.

Dont even go there....my first job was with Our Price. A healthy 25% discount for 5 years and surround by fellow addicts has left me with enough vinyl to open my own store And I dont even own a player any more, have not for years...

Managed to break my comic addiction a few years ago, but there has still got to be a couple thousand holding the rafters down. Gotta have something to leave the kids


Do you think we all may have addictive personalities?

[partyweb]

Originally Posted by Conn

...Do you think we all may have addictive personalities?

Well at least I'm not addicted to this forum.

[Conn]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Well at least I'm not addicted to this forum.

No, that would be a bad thing

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Well at least I'm not addicted to this forum.

I think we should create 1 or 2 Monsters Inc doors that allow us to leave once and a while but still feel comfortably at home

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Or comics. I've been collecting 2000ad for 25+ years and I can't remember having ever read a copy twice.

Hi-Fi mags for me.... you could call em comics slowly amassing abundance over 20 years or so.... most of which never get read again. Only in the last couple of years has the addiction been on decline.

[partyweb]

Originally Posted by per-Sony-fied

I think we should create 1 or 2 Monsters Inc doors that allow us to leave once and a while but still feel comfortably at home

No problem.

[nwgarratt]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Or vinyl for that matter. Am I the only person who has a large record collection but finds it too inconvenient to get the records out and play them on a record player. Far easier to download the track & play it on my pc. But I still refuse to part with my record collection.

They are not convenient for me. I rather play a record than a CD as they sound better. I will also not get rid of them. I have been collecting for nearly 20 years now since I was 14. I have some rare and sendamental records that will never go such as these.

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by partyweb

No problem.

Phew thats the first time I've been outside for a while. It did feel good

[per-Sony-fied]

Originally Posted by nwgarratt

I have some rare and sendamental records that will never go such as these.

Crumbs.. clearly a Pink Floyd fan. You must have scanned high and low for that lot?

Is that the standard 30th Anniversary edition? It looks cool... now I have seen it I want it

[nwgarratt]

Originally Posted by per-Sony-fied

Crumbs.. clearly a Pink Floyd fan. You must have scanned high and low for that lot?

Is that the standard 30th Anniversary edition? It looks cool... now I have seen it I want it

I have been playing PF since I was 14. I have played The Wall on vinyl once a month since then.

Just a lot of searching on Ebay. I got 8 of them in one auction for just £57. The 30th anniversary one was on its own and cost £13 BIN. The DSOTM in the yellow sleeve was just £6. I also got the standard black version of the 30th anniversary from Amazon to play. It sounds fantastic as it is on heavy vinyl.

The blue Division Bell is rare. It is only blue from Brazil or a special edition from the US. That cost me more at £23. The Echoes set is a special promo version of the set at £35.

I also like coloured vinyl.

Yello "Oh Yeah"

Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"

FLaming Lips see through

[Jim Morrison]

Over the weekend i decided it was high time i upgraded all my old Jim Carrey video titles and catch up with some of his more recent work on dvd. With a £100 budget i managed to pick-up most of his catalogue (Yes i know you'll all think i've lost my marbles)..

Fun With Dick & Jane R1 - £13.99 CD-Wow
Lemony Snicket 2-Disc Sp Ed R2 - £8.99 CD-Wow
Eternal Sunshine 2-Disc Sp Ed R2 - £7.49 TheHut
Bruce Almighty R1 - £6.49 Amazon Marketplace
The Majestic R2 - £3.99 TheHut
The Grinch R2 - £4.73 Amazon Marketplace
Me, Myself & Irene R2 - £3.97 Amazon
Man On The Moon R2 - £4.66 Amazon Marketplace
Truman Show Sp Ed R1 - £6.99 CD-Wow
Liar, Liar R2 - £5.99 Play
The Cable Guy R2 - £4.99 Play
Ace Ventura 2:When Nature Calls R2 - £5.97 Amazon
Batman Forever 2-Disc Sp Ed R2 - £6.99 CD-Wow
Dumb & Dumber Uncut New Line Platinum Ed R1 - £9.11 Amazon Marketplace
The Mask - 10th Anniversary New Line Platinum Edition R1 - £6.29 Amazon Marketplace
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective R2 - £5.97 Amazon

Admittedly I could have probably got some of these a tad cheaper had i shopped around a little more and gone for R2 versions only. Still £106.61 for 16 films = £6.66 per dvd...not bad...if you like Jim Carrey, of course.

[Conn]

Originally Posted by Jim Morrison

Over the weekend i decided it was high time i upgraded all my old Jim Carrey video titles and catch up with some of his more recent work on dvd. With a £100 budget i managed to pick-up most of his catalogue (Yes i know you'll all think i've lost my marbles)..

Fun With Dick & Jane R1 - £13.99 CD-Wow
Lemony Snicket 2-Disc Sp Ed R2 - £8.99 CD-Wow
Eternal Sunshine 2-Disc Sp Ed R2 - £7.49 TheHut
Bruce Almighty R1 - £6.49 Amazon Marketplace
The Majestic R2 - £3.99 TheHut
The Grinch R2 - £4.73 Amazon Marketplace
Me, Myself & Irene R2 - £3.97 Amazon
Man On The Moon R2 - £4.66 Amazon Marketplace
Truman Show Sp Ed R1 - £6.99 CD-Wow
Liar, Liar R2 - £5.99 Play
The Cable Guy R2 - £4.99 Play
Ace Ventura 2:When Nature Calls R2 - £5.97 Amazon
Batman Forever 2-Disc Sp Ed R2 - £6.99 CD-Wow
Dumb & Dumber Uncut New Line Platinum Ed R1 - £9.11 Amazon Marketplace
The Mask - 10th Anniversary New Line Platinum Edition R1 - £6.29 Amazon Marketplace
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective R2 - £5.97 Amazon

Admittedly I could have probably got some of these a tad cheaper had i shopped around a little more and gone for R2 versions only. Still £106.61 for 16 films = £6.66 per dvd...not bad...if you like Jim Carrey, of course.

Now THAT is dedication

[Jim Morrison]

Originally Posted by Conn

Now THAT is dedication

Or just plain stupid!

[Tejstar]

Originally Posted by partyweb

Well at least I'm not addicted to this forum.

You really need to get out more!

*Looks at own post count*

[Gromit]

Originally Posted by Jim Morrison

Over the weekend i decided it was high time i upgraded all my old Jim Carrey video titles and catch up with some of his more recent work on dvd. With a £100 budget i managed to pick-up most of his catalogue (Yes i know you'll all think i've lost my marbles)..

I think Jim Carrey will be very happy as it will boost his residuals.

[SGR2005]

Originally Posted by Conn

Suppose we could have a "biggest bargain I ever bought but still have not got round to watching" therapy session....Band of Brothers Tin set for me, around a year now

Major bargain purchases:

The X-Files: Complete Season 1-9 Boxset (Bought last Christmas, watched 1 episode)
Friends: 'The One With All 10 Seasons' Boxset (Bought a couple of months ago, watched 1 episode)
Dawson's Creek: The Complete Collection (Bought two weeks ago, haven't touched it yet)

Though technically they probably don't count, as I've seen most episodes of all of them before (and own and have watched Seasons 1-3 of Dawson's Creek on DVD before).

Minor purchases:

That 70s Show: S1 - Bought for £9ish around Christmas, haven't touched it
The Twilight Zone: Complete Series (2002) - Bought months ago for £9.99, still haven't unwrapped it.
16 DVDs from the Filmnight sale - Still sealed.
About 10-12 DVDs just bought from CD-Wow for £1.99 each, along with a few I got for £2.99 last week. I can't see them getting watched for a while.

And this is coming from someone for whom it used to be rare not to watch a DVD the day I got it.

And am I the only one feeling entirely spoiled by these sub-£3 bargains/sales on DVDs lately? Suddenly new releases for £6-8 doesn't seem like such a great deal.

[partyweb]

Originally Posted by SGR2005

...And am I the only one feeling entirely spoiled by these sub-£3 bargains/sales on DVDs lately? Suddenly new releases for £6-8 doesn't seem like such a great deal.

Nope, you're not alone.

I saw the Almost Famous 1 disc edition in Tesco's sale foe £2.89 and thought nah, I'll wait until the 2 disc is that price.

[KirkSi]

My Farscape complete seasons 1-4 just arrived this morning (£79.99 one not the £8 one unfortunately). Now how the hell am I going to sneak that monster boxset in past the missus??!!

I gave up with the boxes ages ago as they were taking up too much space. Now I stick the boxes in the attic and the discs in alphabetical order in several of these. Now the problem is that even though I leave expansion gaps periodically I certainly didn't leave enough space for 40 discs! It's gonna mean I'm going to have to go from 3 cases to 4 and the wife's going to want to know why the extra case was required!

[da walrus]

[QUOTE=partyweb]Or vinyl for that matter. Am I the only person who has a large record collection

Nope! I have multiple copies of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band....having worn 'several' out over the years...I now have to listen to it with my head up the chimney