Let's hear it for... Wal Mart ?!?!? - DVDfile.com forum for DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD

Shoter349 · 09-26-2000, 10:48 PM

Where does everyone buy their DVDs, not including the internet? I usually go to Best Buy... anyways, I walked into Wal Mart today just for the hell of it. They had the 4-disc Scream box set for only $49.99 (retail $89.99, Best Buy $74.99), the Final Destination DVD for $17.99 (retail $24.99, Best Buy $19.99), and The Craft SE for $18.99 (retail $24.99, Best Buy $19.99). I saved around $30 by stopping into Wal Mart. I know this belongs in the bargain area but we all know its not gonna get read there!

Taxi · 09-26-2000, 11:18 PM

Wanna bet?

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Joe Michaels · 09-27-2000, 12:21 AM

The bargain area is the most read area here. Just least posted.

(Let them believe it)

clortho · 09-27-2000, 01:23 AM

I would honestly have to say I'm shopping at my Walmart here in town more too, if and when they get the titles.

Clortho

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P7A77 · 09-27-2000, 02:55 PM

I hate MalWart. ...but I got Fight Club and ID4 there for about $20 each...

And I feel real bad about it, too.

walk · 09-27-2000, 11:43 PM

Walmart is great, I often browse the DVD section while I'm there picking up some guns!

"the uzi 9mm, the magnum 44, and this copy of Taxi Driver please"

Ambushbug · 09-28-2000, 06:49 AM

I can't go in to my local Wal-Mart. The environment starts to remove my soul. I can actually feel it being pulled from my body.

This hasn't happened to me at other Wal-Marts. Just my bad luck I live closest to one they probably built over a cemetary...

AB

***1138*** · 09-28-2000, 07:05 AM

Yes, I'm not big on Walmart either but they're the only ones around here that have the same wooden rack that we first got to house our DVD's. So we got another one from them..

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Enzian · 09-28-2000, 09:07 AM

The Wal-Mart near my little town is awesome! Scuffed, dirty floors; broken merchandise littering the aisles; fat, slow, cow/women grazing the Pringles aisle; open bags of chips in the racks; shaving cream canisters squirted in strategically-placed piles; condoms jammed inside vaseline jars so only their open ends are visible; and a jam-packed, bargain-priced DVD section under glass and key! Good luck finding an employee to open it... Ray Walston must be spinning in his grave.

I used to go with my now-wife and pretend we were Leakey and Fossey... "notice the tribal bandanas..."

Course, I could go (instead of 2 towns east) 1 town west and visit a "normal" Wal-Mart - but I rather not be associated with "those" people!

BTW - the "Taxi Driver & guns to-go" post was the funniest thing!

clortho · 09-28-2000, 07:36 PM

Enzian...that sounds like all the Kmarts I've ever had the misfortune to go into.

Clortho

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Damian · 09-29-2000, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Enzian:
The Wal-Mart near my little town is awesome! Scuffed, dirty floors; broken merchandise littering the aisles; fat, slow, cow/women grazing the Pringles aisle; open bags of chips in the racks; shaving cream canisters squirted in strategically-placed piles; condoms jammed inside vaseline jars so only their open ends are visible; and a jam-packed, bargain-priced DVD section under glass and key! Good luck finding an employee to open it... Ray Walston must be spinning in his grave.

I used to go with my now-wife and pretend we were Leakey and Fossey... "notice the tribal bandanas..."

Course, I could go (instead of 2 towns east) 1 town west and visit a "normal" Wal-Mart - but I rather not be associated with "those" people!

BTW - the "Taxi Driver & guns to-go" post was the funniest thing!

This descriptions fits the WalMart my wife and I frequent. It wouldn't happen to be the one in Union City, California now would it? Of course for ours you need to add a bunch of rude employess who don't speak any English that give you that "your on my time" attitude when you try to pay for your merchandise, thus adding to their minimum wage pay check.

But of course, the BEST part about WalMart is their complete disregard for the street date theory.
I LOVE going in on Saturday's and catching the Tuesday releases sitting on the shelf without any prices on them.
THAT alone makes the visit well worth it.
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TampaFlyer · 09-29-2000, 04:40 PM

> Ray Walston must be spinning in his grave.

I didn't know Mr. Hand was dead. What does he have to do with the store anyway?

Enzian · 10-02-2000, 09:23 AM

D'OH!! Mr. Hand...

Whoa, wrong dude. You know who I mean; the guy who invented the Wal-Mart uber-store. Ray? Walston? Which one of those names is it?

So. Cali? Nope. So. East MA...

Enzian · 10-05-2000, 09:17 AM

Sam Walton!

... Ray Walston... (scoff)

pharmelink · 10-13-2000, 12:18 PM

Well I ventured out last night and was impressed with the prices on the items I could see.

There was a merchandizer there checking stock, and as I was a bout to leave she revealed that three to four shelves of movies (stacked like books in a book shelf were covered by about 10 titles stacked like display copies. She was asking employees for the manager (not around) and looks over at me and says "how are they expecting you to buy these when they have them covered."

The covered movies had no prices and the UPC code reader was not finding the server.....

I may go back....

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09-26-2000, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shoter349 Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Olmsted , Ohio, USA	Let's hear it for... Wal Mart ?!?!? Where does everyone buy their DVDs, not including the internet? I usually go to Best Buy... anyways, I walked into Wal Mart today just for the hell of it. They had the 4-disc Scream box set for only $49.99 (retail $89.99, Best Buy $74.99), the Final Destination DVD for $17.99 (retail $24.99, Best Buy $19.99), and The Craft SE for $18.99 (retail $24.99, Best Buy $19.99). I saved around $30 by stopping into Wal Mart. I know this belongs in the bargain area but we all know its not gonna get read there!

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09-26-2000, 11:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Taxi Admin Emeritus Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Orygun	Wanna bet? ------------------ Taxi DVDFile Administrator

09-27-2000, 12:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Joe Michaels Join Date: Jun 2000	The bargain area is the most read area here. Just least posted. (Let them believe it)

09-27-2000, 01:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
clortho Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hemet, Ca	I would honestly have to say I'm shopping at my Walmart here in town more too, if and when they get the titles. Clortho ------------------ I am the Keymaster clortho@hotmail.com

09-27-2000, 02:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
P7A77 Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	I hate MalWart. ...but I got Fight Club and ID4 there for about $20 each... And I feel real bad about it, too.

09-27-2000, 11:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
walk Actor Join Date: Jul 2000	Walmart is great, I often browse the DVD section while I'm there picking up some guns! "the uzi 9mm, the magnum 44, and this copy of Taxi Driver please"

09-28-2000, 06:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ambushbug Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: No Name City. Population: Nuts	I can't go in to my local Wal-Mart. The environment starts to remove my soul. I can actually feel it being pulled from my body. This hasn't happened to me at other Wal-Marts. Just my bad luck I live closest to one they probably built over a cemetary... AB

09-28-2000, 07:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
*1138* Producer/Admin Careful, or I'll ban myself... Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Yes, I'm not big on Walmart either but they're the only ones around here that have the same wooden rack that we first got to house our DVD's. So we got another one from them.. ------------------ Floyd is pink. Lando is a sex machine.

09-28-2000, 09:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
Enzian Producer/Admin Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Fort Phoenix	The Wal-Mart near my little town is awesome! Scuffed, dirty floors; broken merchandise littering the aisles; fat, slow, cow/women grazing the Pringles aisle; open bags of chips in the racks; shaving cream canisters squirted in strategically-placed piles; condoms jammed inside vaseline jars so only their open ends are visible; and a jam-packed, bargain-priced DVD section under glass and key! Good luck finding an employee to open it... Ray Walston must be spinning in his grave. I used to go with my now-wife and pretend we were Leakey and Fossey... "notice the tribal bandanas..." Course, I could go (instead of 2 towns east) 1 town west and visit a "normal" Wal-Mart - but I rather not be associated with "those" people! BTW - the "Taxi Driver & guns to-go" post was the funniest thing!

09-28-2000, 07:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
clortho Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Hemet, Ca	Enzian...that sounds like all the Kmarts I've ever had the misfortune to go into. Clortho ------------------ I am the Keymaster clortho@hotmail.com

09-29-2000, 04:40 PM	#12 (permalink)
TampaFlyer Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	> Ray Walston must be spinning in his grave. I didn't know Mr. Hand was dead. What does he have to do with the store anyway?

10-02-2000, 09:23 AM	#13 (permalink)
Enzian Producer/Admin Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Fort Phoenix	D'OH!! Mr. Hand... Whoa, wrong dude. You know who I mean; the guy who invented the Wal-Mart uber-store. Ray? Walston? Which one of those names is it? So. Cali? Nope. So. East MA...

10-05-2000, 09:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
Enzian Producer/Admin Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Fort Phoenix	Sam Walton! ... Ray Walston... (scoff)

10-13-2000, 12:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
pharmelink Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Michigan USA	Well I ventured out last night and was impressed with the prices on the items I could see. There was a merchandizer there checking stock, and as I was a bout to leave she revealed that three to four shelves of movies (stacked like books in a book shelf were covered by about 10 titles stacked like display copies. She was asking employees for the manager (not around) and looks over at me and says "how are they expecting you to buy these when they have them covered." The covered movies had no prices and the UPC code reader was not finding the server..... I may go back.... ------------------ Thanks. Paul H.