Best find you ever got ?

[GrandMaster]

   Ever been browsing through DVD's somewhere and came upon something magnificent, with an even more magnificent price tag ?

My best find was probably the Lucio Fulci Collection Volume 1 for 4.99.

[Andrew]

Welcome aboard, GrandMaster!

This is a hard one to figure, but I'd say "The Blind Dead Collection" for, if memory serves right, about $45 or so.  Wonder if I could find that receipt?  No matter what, I know it was much less than the $89 I've seen online.

[CheezeFlixz]

About a month ago I got Brazil - The Criterion Collection (3-Disc Boxed Set) at a thrift store for 50 cents. It was like new and sells new on Amazon for $53.99, so I'd call that a $53.49 savings. Somehow I think that was a accidental donation.

[LilCerberus]

I once found a copy of Demon Seed on Amazon for a penny (+ S&H), brand new, factory sealed.

Still, there are times I get pretty excited over some of the classic baddies I find on the $1.00 rack, my all time favorite being my first $1.00 DVD, Santa Claus (1959)

[Chang Saam]

I was happy to find Duel to the Death for $10.00 at a Navy Exchange when I always saw it for $20+ on the internet.

[GrandMaster]

About a month ago I got Brazil - The Criterion Collection (3-Disc Boxed Set) at a thrift store for 50 cents. It was like new and sells new on Amazon for $53.99, so I'd call that a $53.49 savings. Somehow I think that was a accidental donation.

dayum, I think you win man

[CheezeFlixz]

About a month ago I got Brazil - The Criterion Collection (3-Disc Boxed Set) at a thrift store for 50 cents. It was like new and sells new on Amazon for $53.99, so I'd call that a $53.49 savings. Somehow I think that was a accidental donation.

dayum, I think you win man

The local thrift store sells all DVD's, VHS, CD's, Albums and Cassette for 50 cents each regardless of what it is. 99.9% is junk titles but I stop by to see what they've got, and I had to do a double take when I saw it, as I said somehow I think that was a accidental donation and someone out there is sill looking for it. I've stopped by there many times since and it's normally just junk title not worth 50 cents.

[Scottie]

"Blood Feast" on VHS with original big box art online from a warehouse in Tennessee for $1 + s&h. My favorite film of all time too!

[RCMerchant]

Here are some of my favorite finds...most found at the flea market for $2.00 apeice.
.EVIL SPAWN-In the original BIG Box.
.2000 MANIACS-Big Box
.BLOOD FREAK-In the original VHS Video Gems Box!
.AVENGING DISCO GODFATHER-In the Xeon box!
.SOUL VENGANCE-Original Xeon box
.COMBAT SHOCK-for a dollar!!!
.DON't LOOK in the BASEMENT-Big clamshell box
....and my prize-DEVIL MASTER (aka) DEMON LOVER-Donald Jackson's Michigan made looong out of print z-budget Satanist movie...in origianl clamshell box! 
I have a LOT of videos in the old type huge clamshell cases....cheezy art and all!!!
I have a HUMAN MONSTER tape (with Bela Lugosi) that has a intro before the movie,showing some lady welcoming 'you to the world of video cassete recordings! We have many titles of classic films to choose from...many for under $30.00! No need to spend hundreds for your favorite film anymore!" 

[AnubisVonMojo]

I picked up an abominable 1986 slasher flick called Night Ripper at a rental store sale 6 or 7 years ago for $2. Original clamshell case, in perfect condition, no stickers. Very rare, very badly made. There are a few copies of it being sold on Amazon with cut up box art slipped into basic VHS cases for $35+ with one original clamshell that fits the description of mine for $58. Makes me wish I'd bought more of the original clamshell videos back when stores were converting to DVD and getting rid of them for poor house prices. 

[Torgo]

I found the Criterion DVD of Robocop in a pawn shop used bin for only 8 bucks a few years back.  It was in mint condition too.

[TheDope]

I guess mine would have to be my VHS of Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.  Less than $2 at a going-out-of-business video shop.  Seriously, though, if you want to find some real good out of print videos, find a mom-and-pop video place selling its stock or any flea market where they may be trying to dump off some of their no-longer-in-demand tapes.

That's where I also got my copies of Mail Gun Massacre, Night of Horror and Slugs for less than 3 bucks, IIRC.

[RCMerchant]

I guess mine would have to be my VHS of Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.  Less than $2 at a going-out-of-business video shop.  Seriously, though, if you want to find some real good out of print videos, find a mom-and-pop video place selling its stock or any flea market where they may be trying to dump off some of their no-longer-in-demand tapes.

That's where I also got my copies of Mail Gun Massacre, Night of Horror and Slugs for less than 3 bucks, IIRC.

I agree! Most of my vhs collection has come from Flea Markets. 

[Yaddo 42]

The Criterion Collection release of The 39 Steps along with the restored DVD of Black Sabbath for $7 from a pawn shop.

All three seasons of Due South for about $17 each from Best Buy. It's a no frills edition, weak picture quality, and almost random chapters stops; but the prices were much less than the prices they were asking on Amazon a year or two earlier, maybe $45 a season. I'd like more features, better picture, etc but I doubt there's enough of a fan base for a bells and whistles anniversary edition.

[Mortal Envelope]

I love when rental places sell all of their VHS.  Got the following for a buck each:

Slaughter High
Deadly Friend
Shocker
Kentucky Fried Movie
Fire In the Sky
Aliens
Robocop 2
Ghoulies III
The Batman vs Dracula