SCTV deal ... Dollar General (Vol. 4 YMMV)

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Alright... I'm posting this fully aware that anything at Dollar General is a more than likely a HUGE YMMV because I can't imagine all locations get the same stuff. Anyway, it was a horrendously good deal, so I figured I'd throw it out there.

I just picked up volumes 1-4 of SCTV for $42 after tax. So, yeah, that's $10 a piece, quite a bit less than they still retail for.

Anyway, like I said, this is probably extremely YMMV... but just wanted to give people a heads up.



(In case any Johnstown CAG's are interested, it's the one near Eckerd on Scalp Ave. One copy each of 1-3 left, I picked up the last volume 4.)


EDIT- finally edited the title. Since it seems this is fairly widespread, I just made note of the fact that finding Volume 4 seems extremely YMMV.
 
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Never seen the show, but I heard good things about it. For $10, I'd be willing to check out at least one volume. Thanks for the heads up!
 
After reading Dollar General I thought it was going to be about $3 each. $10 per volume seems a bit high at a place where I get my sunglasses for $1.

Regardless, a good deal for a great show, much better than (and a bit more perverted than) Saturday Night Live. This was the show that started John Candy and Eugene Levy.

UPDATE/EDIT: Holy crap, why in the world do these retail from $60-$80 each?!? Volume 4 on Amazon is $80.99 w/retail at $89.99. They should be selling the whole series at that price...I might have to go by dollar general now.
 
[quote name='Kerig']After reading Dollar General I thought it was going to be about $3 each. $10 per volume seems a bit high at a place where I get my sunglasses for $1.

Regardless, a good deal for a great show, much better than (and a bit more perverted than) Saturday Night Live. This was the show that started John Candy and Eugene Levy.

UPDATE/EDIT: Holy crap, why in the world do these retail from $60-$80 each?!? Volume 4 on Amazon is $80.99 w/retail at $89.99. They should be selling the whole series at that price...I might have to go by dollar general now.[/quote]

haha... exactly. When I first saw them, I passed, only to come home at check prices online... then I went back. So, yeah, it doesn't sound like an amazing deal unless you know how much they still sell for, which is a fairly outrageous amount. :lol:
 
[quote name='carthitup']haha... exactly. When I first saw them, I passed, only to come home at check prices online... then I went back. So, yeah, it doesn't sound like an amazing deal unless you know how much they still sell for, which is a fairly outrageous amount. :lol:[/quote]

You should resell one set... or buy another and resell it... You are basically getting paid to get the DVDs

:p
 
I believe the reason these sets cost so much has something to do with music. Odd for a sketch comedy show with no musical guests.
 
[quote name='Thebobert5']Hmmmm........How much will Gamestop buy these for?[/quote]

Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe gamestop stopped buying DVDs
 
Mine will still give credit for DVD's but they're only giving 11 dollars a piece for these, wherehouse.com will give you $21.50 for volume 4 alone.

I bought volume 3 and 4 and I'm not sure if I want to trade these in at FYE or keep them, it's a really good show and a good deal. Thanks OP.


Edit: they also had some other shows including All American Girl, which I had totally forgotten about until I seen the box. I used to like that show.
 
Just to update this, during a trip through rural Tennessee last week I found SCTV box sets at ALL of the Dollar General Markets I went to, NOT the regular stores. The Markets are supermarket combos and are more modern and larger than most Dollar General.


marc
 
[quote name='mcmarc']Just to update this, during a trip through rural Tennessee last week I found SCTV box sets at ALL of the Family Dollar Markets I went to, NOT the regular stores. The Markets are supermarket combos and are more modern and larger than most Family Dollars.


marc[/quote]

Do you mean Dollar General Markets, or are these at Family Dollar Markets as well?
 
[quote name='guessed']Do you mean Dollar General Markets, or are these at Family Dollar Markets as well?[/QUOTE]

Oops! I always get the two confused. I fixed it... Dollar General Markets have the SCTV box sets.

marc
 
I found another Dollar General who had volumes 1-3, so I picked up one of each for anyone who wants. The lady behind me saw them and got all excited. I told her I left one of each volume on the shelves over there, so she picked up the other sets. =)


$15 shipped a piece, or if you want all three, how about $40 total?

If no one wants, I'll toss them on eBay.

Of course, if anyone has found Volume 4 and would like to trade for any of the sets, or sell, please let me know. That's the one set I've been unable to locate.
 
I actually finally managed to track down vol. 1-3 at a DG store location that I didn't even know existed. I'd still like to get my hands on vol. 4 though. If anyone has an extra copy of vol. 4 that they'd be willing to send my way for a reasonable price (such as cost + shipping), please PM me.
 
Has anyone even found Vol. 4 at any stores? I will visit more stores if there is a chance of finding it. (I got Vol. 1-3 with the Blockbuster price mistake when they first came out.)
 
Found another location with some of these $10 DVD sets, but still no SCTV Vol. 4. If anyone can get ahold of an extra copy of SCTV Vol. 4, I'd also be willing to pick up a copy of SCTV Vol. 1, 2, or 3, Ellen Season One, or the DVD set of Miracles to trade them for it. If anyone's interested, please PM me.
 
Volume 4 is definitely out there, but I'd imagine it's the toughest to get a hold of. FWIW, when I first found them, my DG had two copies of each of first three volumes, but only one of volume 4. So, I'd imagine either smart people snatched up volume 4 knowing it went for higher amounts or, the more likely scenario, there were much smaller amounts of volume 4 sent out compared to the other three.

I mean, I'll admit I wavered on picking them up and it was the fact that I could get all four that cheap swayed me.

So, yeah, it's out there, but I'd imagine more people won't find it than will.
 
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