Weirdest experience buying a laserdisc.

nobody · Posted: 01 Jun 2015, 09:39

mckee74 wrote:

nobody wrote:

I Was in a store in manchester last year that sold old books, records, p0rn mags, collectables etc... Asked the guy at the desk if they had any laserdiscs. From behind where he was sitting he found a small stack of LDs and some CEDs which must of been there for years. He said they didn't put them out because of course no one would be interested in them. I looked through; one or two karaokediscs, a kids film and a copy of Bram Stokers Dracula without a Cover.

He seemed to think the CEDs were the laserdiscs and the LDs were nothing of no interest to me so the conversation kept going back to the CEDs. There was a copy of Taxi Driver and a copy of Forbidden Planet. Another guy who worked there kept telling the the first guy that FD was worth £60! He was't listening and tried to sell it for something like 5-10. When he did hear the other guy he suddenly tried to offer me 20 or 25 for it! I declined as i thought it was too much either way and wasn't really interested in CEDs. (Looked it up on ebay later and it sells for only afew pounds)

I asked about Taxi Driver and was offered £5. I actually considered it but in the end declined and decided I didn't want anything. They seemed quite pissed off that I didn't buy anything.

Just from that description, I know what store you mean I think - Empire Exchange by chance?

Very, very weird place. If you speak to the bloke with long hair and glasses, he certainly has some very "interesting" stories.

Place does hold firm in my heart though. The fella there fixed my first laserdisc player - a cranky Pioneer CLD-1750 -about 14 years ago. The tray wouldn't open. Charged me a tenner, and he fixed it. Bless him.

I remember at the time he fixed it he showed me a few discs he had for sale. PAL releases of Basic Instinct, Terminator 2, and Taxi Driver.

About eight years ago, I asked if they had any discs and they brought out the same three discs. From your account, looks like they still have one of them!

Yeah that's the place. Haven't been in a while, should give it another look when I go back to Manchester. That's a bargain price for getting your player fixed anywhere, cost me 50 at the place I went for mine. I think the only that stood out the last I went was a Mario Bros Movie toy car that they were trying to sell for something like £80.

Guest · Posted: 03 Aug 2015, 03:52

I bought a lot of 5 discs from a guy on Ebay six days ago. He never responded to any of my messages or my best offer. I took a chance and went ahead and bought them anyway because he has positive feedback from another buyer who bought a lot of 5 from the same listing. He apparently hasn't even shipped them yet. He has 5 days left to get them to my door.

little-endian · Posted: 25 Aug 2015, 05:47

How about that for being weird:

Several months ago I bought a bunch of sealed (!) LaserDiscs, one of them being Mission Impossible [LV31899-2WS]. While watching and side 2 coming to an end, even with players switching the optical pickup, it's time to get up and fiddle for the second disc in the "home cinematric darkness".

Once switched, I was highly surprised to see the movie starting all over again.

Due to some weird mixup during production, I ended up with having about 70% of the movie twice and the end missing. :roll:

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Now went for the Japanese release, probably featuring the same great audio and less risk for rot.

thewhitefalcon · Posted: 25 Aug 2015, 06:12

I just got a sealed copy of that today, you made me crack it open to make sure I didn't have the wrong discs as well! All looks good though.

little-endian · Posted: 25 Aug 2015, 17:20

Oh sorry that I made you doing this. However, luckily you forced Schrödinger's Cat into the "all good and healthy" - state by opening it.

I'm glad for you, probably it's pretty rare. At least both my Japanese versions contain the 3rd side as well.

However, there seems to be another oddity with Mission Impossible, which I posted about here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/FORUM/topic. ... Post770845

Since I don't remember the scene, maybe you could pay extra attention next time you watch your copy. I'll do the same if my Japanese version when I have the next chance. But probably, they used the same mix and master. Even with that slight glitch, the audio is top notch, disproving the claim that dynamics would depend on bitrates.

mikematijevic · Posted: 26 Aug 2015, 10:16

My experience is quite funny

A guy is making statements wishing me bad luck on this and that and the opposite has always happened :lol:

"You will never find this, never ever"...found it!
"You are not going to sell this"...sold out!
I just hope he is wishing me to lose the lottery so I can become a millionaire soon :thumbup:

Weirdest experience buying a laserdisc.

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