Big Lots......

[trekgeezer]

I was there today and picked up a VHS copy of  "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai" for $2.00 .  They had  quite a few other old movies there too (plus a lot of Spanish dubbed American films). Just wanted to pass the word if you have one of these stores near you, it might be worth checking out. It's VHS, but what the hell it's also only 2 bucks.  

If you haven't heard of it , Big Lots is a close-out store.  You never know  what they are going to have from one week to the next , but you run across a nugget once in while.  I like checking these kind of places out  for that very reason.

[Ash]

We have one here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa but I've never been inside one.
They took the old Econofoods grocery store and transformed it into a Big Lots.

Along with the Dollar Tree, which I also have never been in, I'll have to visit it sometime.

[raj]

Big Lots is pretty good.  They've got some good stuff for low prices.

[peter johnson]

I got me a Hammer "Scars of Dracula" -- with the Warner Bros./WB imprint -- for $1.99 on VHS at the Longmont, Colorado Big Lots.  Never been opened!!  Lots of extras!!
Immediately lent it out & may never see it again . . .
But what the hell -- What do you do if you don't share the wealth?  Put it on a shelf & let it be a dust magnet?
I guess you gotta take some risks . . .
peter johnson/denny crane

[Brother Ragnarok]

I got a DVD of Carnosaur 2 there once for 2 or 3 bucks.  Also a great place to buy ludicrously, almost cartoonishly gigantic boxes of tasty generic frozen corn dogs and other assorted treats.

[Pus]

We have a Big Lots in our area too. I've found all kinds of DVDs and VHS movies there. But I've also found some really cool computer games for like $1.99. These are great "junk" stores!!

[BeyondTheGrave]

well i guess iam the only one that never heard of it. ill check it if i have any of these "biglots" in the new york tri-state area.

"I know I know ive been exposed permeant psychoses..
at least the colors are nice"- Aeon Flux

[Yaddo42]

I haven't been into the local BIg Lots much, but when I have been I got some decent CDs there cheap, mostly some live concerts from the BBC that used to sell for a lot higher before they hit the cut out bins, and an odd live Screamin' Jay Hawkins performance from the 80s apparently. Only of interest to me pretty much, but I was glad to find it.

Moviewise, I've found less good stuff, but they did have a couple of VHS anime tapes. A couple of episodes of "Tenchi Muiyo" and "Akira" of all things for a $1 each. I bought the "Tenchi" and never watched it. I bought that same version of "Akira" years ago for much more, and had recently purchased the deluxe DVD version. BUt was still surprised to see it there.

[Flangepart]

You can get luckey.
If the timeing is right, you can get some good Kung-Fu, too.
I got a friend "A fistfull of dollars" VHS for $2:00. Neat.

[Ellie]

Here in Phoenix , Big Lots  is now "MacFrugals". I try not to go there because I will spend,spend, spend.

[Ash]

Ellie wrote:

> Here in Phoenix , Big Lots  is now "MacFrugals"

MacFrugal's!?
That has to be one of the most horrid names for a store that I've ever heard.

It sounds like the name of a nerdy science teacher.
"What did you learn in school today son?"
"Mr. MacFrugal showed us the Periodic Table today and golly it sure was neat!."



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[raj]

But Ellie, the more you spend, the more you save.

[jimmyd]

are there any big lots in the new england area?

[Dunners]

If only we could get rid of the creepy commercials with the creepy old man..ugh...

[jimmyd]

damn six flags... that little troll gives me nightmares