few sites i've been browsing for ld players and discs.
some are pickup only, which is why i'm sharing them.
all of these are US-only too. possibly some canada shippers.

keywords to find things:
laser disc
laserdisc
lazer
video disc
cdv
cld and dvl (pioneer player models)

http://www.publicsurplus.com
http://www.govdeals.com
(are these the same? no idea. players only.)

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/search/Sear ... laser+disc
14 results!

dont find many estate sales listing them, only one or two nationally each week.
http://www.estatesales.net/search/?q=la ... &hp=0&pn=1
http://www.estatesales.net/search/?q=la ... &hp=0&pn=1
you can set an alert for free , so if a 'laserdisc' has a result within 50 miles of you, you get an email w/ details.

the search engines on most of these sites arent that smart, so you have to search for each keyword.

are there any other strange online auctions that may have treasures?

Dang, those are some sleazy friggn websites!

Seriously, http://detroit.craigslist.org/search/ss ... k=&maxAsk=

I'm in the same area as you (Ypsi) and I'm telling you the LD pickings are pretty good. Just keep checking. It helps to have an iPhone app or something.

I personally wouldn't buy any LDs from people who don't know what they have. Novices have no clue what condition is, how to ship things, no way to play test stuff, and they often act surprised when you explain that the disc is rotted, shattered, or just fell out of the box during shipping. Its nothing but heartbreak with noobs. And Goodwill...they can't even ship records properly, from my experience, and records are a WAY more durable than LDs.

speaking of craigslist and ypsi area, did you make it to this 2 day rummage sale?
http://annarbor.craigslist.org/gms/3692471718.html
i saw it a few days too late.

http://lansing.craigslist.org/emq/3694918521.html
well, lansing is kinda far.

Nah, I haven't been to a rummage sale in a long time. I suppose the season is starting up again though.

How about "Jeff's Used Movie Finder" for a real blast from the past: http://www.usedmoviefinder.com/ ? This thing has been around for ages, and still seems to turn up laserdiscs when you check the LD option. This search engine definitely picks up some oddball, obscure sites selling LDs if nothing else.

yeah, now theres a dvl-919 on goodwill site. right after i post about it. great.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.as ... D=12955785

GMC Truck Service on Laser Disc

anyone going to buy a disc thats not in the lddb? at least, i dont think it is?

well, you can try ebay.
and generally, you want to avoid the dvl series of players.
i have a d704 and it's a fine player.

why James , they are fine players and work great, i had one and sold it.
it was a great player but i just didn't need it at the time.

This is 3 lbs? Is this a huge series?

If you want to keep an eye on craigslist for your area, you can use ifttt.com (If This, Then That). Very simple to create a "recipe" that will search craigslist in a certain city for keywords. It searches every 15 minutes and if something comes up, you get either an email or text message (depending on preference.) I've been using it for job searching.

personally, 3 lbs isn't that heavy, about 6 discs for 3 lbs or 2 discs for 1 lb.

Ok, I didn't see anything else indicating that it was even more than one disc.

I kind of want this stupid thing...

I think this is a "strange online auction that may have treasures" They might only have auctions near the Northern Virginia area, but they have a VP-1000 this week:

https://bid.ezdownsizing.com/Event/LotD ... lsWrenches

They say they will ship worldwide...

the site seems weird and I do like it that its in Fairfax so its close but can't spend anything at the moment.

Wow, I haven't used that thing in probably a decade. It's still turning up LDs on pages like this http://www.laserlibrary.com/ that still think it's 1999. Anyone order from one of these time warp sites successfully in 2020?

It used to access a customized export of LDDb shop almost daily until May 2019 but hasn't updated this inventory since then.

Julien