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 Post subject: Re: Where do you buy most of your Laserdisc from?
PostPosted: 16 Nov 2011, 18:09 
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This is a question I have asked a few times (on some other less specific sites than lddb.com) but never got a response....

Does anyone have an active site-link to Ro-Disc (Rotterdam)? Google seems to get lost in useless blind alleys.

According to other threads on this site, it's been closed for several years.


Sorry, I missed them :crazy: ! Thanks for that, I thought I was going mad!
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 Post subject: Re: Where do you buy most of your Laserdisc from?
PostPosted: 16 Nov 2011, 19:27 
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Besides ebay and discount laserdisc, I've bought most of my laserdiscs since I started collecting in 2002 from a store in Royal Oak Michigan called Thomas Video. They have a TON of laserdiscs and I always seem to find something cool everytime I go, though I might only make it out there once or twice a year. In their original location the laserdiscs were prominently displayed, but now they've only got a few behind the shelf, maybe a couple hundred in a backroom and then the rest of the thousands of discs are kept in an unlit attic space. They send you up with a flashlight and it's always an adventure going through all of them. It's probably my favorite store in the world. They have a few listed on the website but it doesn't really begin to cover their inventory.
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PostPosted: 16 Nov 2011, 19:47 
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Besides ebay and discount laserdisc, I've bought most of my laserdiscs since I started collecting in 2002 from a store in Royal Oak Michigan called Thomas Video. They have a TON of laserdiscs and I always seem to find something cool everytime I go, though I might only make it out there once or twice a year. In their original location the laserdiscs were prominently displayed, but now they've only got a few behind the shelf, maybe a couple hundred in a backroom and then the rest of the thousands of discs are kept in an unlit attic space. They send you up with a flashlight and it's always an adventure going through all of them. It's probably my favorite store in the world. They have a few listed on the website but it doesn't really begin to cover their inventory.

I was wondering about that. They used to list soooooooo many more titles on their website (and I had ordered from them several times), but now there's only a few after they revamped their site. I was wondering if they had sold them all off or what!
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 Post subject: Re: Where do you buy most of your Laserdisc from?
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Thought I would take a pic of my favorite used laserdisc store, Amoeba in Hollywood. As you can see, it's usually a good day when I get a chance to get over there and look around.



:wtf: apparently theyve thinned out the LD selection, and they keep moving it around the rear of the mezzanine. here's how it looks today (2012.04.11)

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PostPosted: 12 Apr 2012, 09:23 
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Amoeba has Little Darlings!? Do you know how much they were asking for it?

A short while ago I asked if they were still accepting LaserDiscs for trade, and I was told they had a moratorium on purchasing any more LDs. I guess they're having a tough time getting rid of the ones they already have.
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PostPosted: 12 Apr 2012, 12:10 
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Amoeba is such a great place to shop. Although it has been a few years, I have been to the L.A. location and both S.F. locations. The one on Haight Street is awesome. I use to walk out with not only Laserdiscs but DVD's as well.
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PostPosted: 12 Apr 2012, 12:53 
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For the few of us in Minnesota, there are actually a decent number of places to find them.

-Every Half-Price Books location (7 of them) has at least a few discs, and inventory changes fairly regularly. Good prices.

-The Antique Mall on Selby in St. Paul has a bunch right when you walk in, but their prices are too high in my opinion.

-Discland in Bloomington used to have a lot including foreign titles and Box sets but they put most of their inventory that was worth anything on ebay a little while back. They're still worth checking out from time to time.

-The uptown Cheapo location has a large number of discs including quite a few criterion. Some prices are good, others are too much, but they'll negotiate.
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 Post subject: Re: Where do you buy most of your Laserdisc from?
PostPosted: 12 Apr 2012, 13:54 
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I am currently bidding on my first Laserdisc in over 4yrs and so far I am winning the bid.

This is from a seller in the UK, so it wouldn't take long to be delivered.

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Amoeba has Little Darlings!? Do you know how much they were asking for it?

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actually went back today, somebody hid little darlings, but it was there @ $47.99!
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 Post subject: Re: Where do you buy most of your Laserdisc from?
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For me, ebay is the normal place to shop either in Australia or in US.

I still remember that in 2007 and 2008 I could grab some good condition titles from a local record shop in central but last year it stopped selling laserdiscs:(

I am really jealous over you guys in US where a huge market is still active, whereas in Australia, only a thousandth of that can be seen.
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 Post subject: Re: Where do you buy most of your Laserdisc from?
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Whoa, nice rack of LDs! Jaws and A View to a Kill would instantly be in my hands. Curious, how much do they charge for LDs?

I still buy most of mine from ebay. A crapshoot most of the time, but I can't really afford much at once so I end up pouncing on a decent looking listing on the cheap. I think I'm going to try a few from Duff's site soon as the prices are quite affordable.

A longtime record/video/comic/toy store in my area recently started putting LD's in the back in a bin. They usually charge $4-10 for most discs regardless of condition/scarcity etc. That said, some really interesting titles have popped up over the past few months. I think some old collector's either pass on or people find some LDs in a back closet somewhere. This has gotten me a few Criterions and art films. I popped in yesterday and found several nice titles-but nearly flipped when I pulled out an absolutely mint copy of MGMs deluxe uncut A Fistful of Dynamite for $8.
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Amoeba has Little Darlings!? Do you know how much they were asking for it?

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actually went back today, somebody hid little darlings, but it was there @ $47.99!

Thanks for the reply. I went there earlier today before I saw your post, though. $48 was too rich for my blood, so I passed on it. (I got the region B Blu-ray of Repo Man, though!)
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Whoa, nice rack of LDs! Jaws and A View to a Kill would instantly be in my hands. Curious, how much do they charge for LDs?

I still buy most of mine from ebay. A crapshoot most of the time, but I can't really afford much at once so I end up pouncing on a decent looking listing on the cheap. I think I'm going to try a few from Duff's site soon as the prices are quite affordable.

A longtime record/video/comic/toy store in my area recently started putting LD's in the back in a bin. They usually charge $4-10 for most discs regardless of condition/scarcity etc. That said, some really interesting titles have popped up over the past few months. I think some old collector's either pass on or people find some LDs in a back closet somewhere. This has gotten me a few Criterions and art films. I popped in yesterday and found several nice titles-but nearly flipped when I pulled out an absolutely mint copy of MGMs deluxe uncut A Fistful of Dynamite for $8.
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Amoeba's prices vary. The LD box set of The Flintstones was priced at $50. Tom & Jerry vol. II was around $40, I think. The Forbidden Hollywood Collection II was listed at $120!! Another box set of Soviet Cinema was $100. Criterion's Three Cases of Murder was around $30, if I recall correctly. Jaws was pretty cheap, considering. I think it was around $14, but I can't remember exactly. The Chaplin Mutual box set was gone.

The bottom bins contain $1 LDs that they're trying to get rid of. Nothing special there.
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2012, 15:06 
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Mike Duff http://www.duffsflix.com has a great selection of $1.00 titles. I have found them all to be in great sometimes new shape. I also search here LDDB & ebay for titles. The sellers that think these are made of gold i stay away from such as ddons.
  
 
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Just bought 28 discs from duffsflix.com.
I am often able to find wholesale lots on craigslist, but as my collection has grown this has become less attractive as I have many of the very popular titles.
Unfortunately, I buy often from ebay as they seem to have the best selection of any source.
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That's who I'm considering ordering a bunch from. Those dollar titles just look too enticing...
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I need to save up some cash, I just found like 8 discs from Duff's Flicks that I was looking for!
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I once found some in a charity shop and I know a record shop that has a few music titles hidden away in the back but on the whole here in the UK it's ebay or nothing.
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Bay,craig and here so far. I heard about cheapos in boston,i will check them out one of these days
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Bought another 50 or so discs from duffsflix.... I love the dollar deals, absolutely awesome to hunt down those movies you wanted to see on LD.
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