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trinityvixen....because there's no doubt about it: I am.
Monday, I think it was, I was seized, in a fit of boredom, to alleviate it by purchasing DVDs. I made plans to see my friend Heddy Tuesday and put off buying because I assumed I would have time to browse Best Buy waiting for her (she manages, through almost no fault of her own, to be late for just about everything). This fit of DVD-buying yen was sparked off by my enrollment in the Best Buy Reward Zone program, where I get little $5-10 rebates every so often.
Quite handy, actually. Anyway, I was in Best Buy a few weeks ago, utterly stymied as to what to buy. This happens every time I get a gift certificate (I still haven't used my iTunes monies, though I plan to very soon); I go without knowing what to buy and end up not spending the money because I keep thinking something better will come along later. Forget that it never does, or that I end up buying crap or a present for someone else, I still think that way.
So I tooled around Best Buy with my friend Liz C (who still goes with me every time despite me being as indecisive as my older sister and twice as annoying), and eventually decided I wanted American Psycho (this was weeks before Batman Begins came out, so don't even start with me). I ran into my other problem: whenever I do decide on a film, it's never in stock. Liz wasn't willing to wait it out while I searched every rack (including comedy because, well, I think it's a funny movie), and got me to ask a salesperson (as some of you know, I stopped doing that after getting a full-on lecture from a guy at Barnes and Noble when I innocently inquired about The Romance of the Three Kingdoms--turned out that he was studying Chinese history or something).
The salesperson told me that there were no copies available because--of course--a new version was coming out in three weeks. That this coincidentally happened to be the Tuesday after Batman Begins should not be taken as studio capitilization on the anticipated popularity surgence for Christian Bale, nuh-uh. I decided to buy Cube (which miraculously took me only another five minutes to choose) and made a note to check out the new disc for American Psycho a few weeks down the road.
And then it was Tuesday. Using my handy-dandy internet access, I wanted to check and see if it was really worth buying the new version of the movie. Most of you are savvy DVD buyers, so you know that 'new version' doesn't always translate to better version (the newest release of Jaws I hear is enough to enfuriate any killer-shark-flic lover), just usually the more expensive version. If it wasn't good, I planned to used-copy an old disc through Amazon or Half.com. Turns out that not only did it get good reviews, I happened along a site that gave me a 20% discount to deepdiscountdvd.com (for those of you making purchases before 6/25, the promotional code is DVDTALK; a caveat: No,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darkling1, you still cannot buy any more DVDs for a while).
Instead of shopping Best Buy, I ordered the new version through them, which was already $10 cheaper, and, with the discount, came out to $8.50. Even if I hate this new version, I could own both for less than the store price. Not bad. What's better (or worse, depending on how you look at it), is I picked up a few wishlist items while I was there. You guys can't harp on me and my obsessive tendencies too much for this, but I bought 28 Days Later (yes it has Cillian Murphy in it, but it was on that wishlist a long time ago, back when I bought Wrong Turn). I also got The Nightmare Before Christmas because I've wanted it since I started playing Kingdom Hearts and saw Halloween Town was a land I was visiting. And, as I was checking out, the site kindly informed me I could use my discount on DVD storage, too. I picked up a 52-DVD rack like the one I've got (only this one holds more). I have no compunction against that purchase at all; as is, I could probably fill it and the small one with the DVDs I own. One day, I'll spring for a wall unit, but in our apartment, small is key.
If only I'd been a little more observant when purchasing...I accidentally okayed the order to come to my work. Does anyone remember the rants and headaches that caused last time? Three times they had to send Sliding Doors (which, out of spite, I think it took me a few weeks to watch). Maybe, maybe, maybe, because one of the objects is big, they'll have to be nice to me and let it get through. I tried to change the shipping address not ten minutes after making the purchase, but they told me it wasn't possible since they were all ready to send out. All ready? The website says I'm not getting any of these things even mailed before July. Eh?
More on this story as it develops, but yeah, I must confess thatsaikogrrl has it right: I am utterly out of control.
Monday, I think it was, I was seized, in a fit of boredom, to alleviate it by purchasing DVDs. I made plans to see my friend Heddy Tuesday and put off buying because I assumed I would have time to browse Best Buy waiting for her (she manages, through almost no fault of her own, to be late for just about everything). This fit of DVD-buying yen was sparked off by my enrollment in the Best Buy Reward Zone program, where I get little $5-10 rebates every so often.
Quite handy, actually. Anyway, I was in Best Buy a few weeks ago, utterly stymied as to what to buy. This happens every time I get a gift certificate (I still haven't used my iTunes monies, though I plan to very soon); I go without knowing what to buy and end up not spending the money because I keep thinking something better will come along later. Forget that it never does, or that I end up buying crap or a present for someone else, I still think that way.
So I tooled around Best Buy with my friend Liz C (who still goes with me every time despite me being as indecisive as my older sister and twice as annoying), and eventually decided I wanted American Psycho (this was weeks before Batman Begins came out, so don't even start with me). I ran into my other problem: whenever I do decide on a film, it's never in stock. Liz wasn't willing to wait it out while I searched every rack (including comedy because, well, I think it's a funny movie), and got me to ask a salesperson (as some of you know, I stopped doing that after getting a full-on lecture from a guy at Barnes and Noble when I innocently inquired about The Romance of the Three Kingdoms--turned out that he was studying Chinese history or something).
The salesperson told me that there were no copies available because--of course--a new version was coming out in three weeks. That this coincidentally happened to be the Tuesday after Batman Begins should not be taken as studio capitilization on the anticipated popularity surgence for Christian Bale, nuh-uh. I decided to buy Cube (which miraculously took me only another five minutes to choose) and made a note to check out the new disc for American Psycho a few weeks down the road.
And then it was Tuesday. Using my handy-dandy internet access, I wanted to check and see if it was really worth buying the new version of the movie. Most of you are savvy DVD buyers, so you know that 'new version' doesn't always translate to better version (the newest release of Jaws I hear is enough to enfuriate any killer-shark-flic lover), just usually the more expensive version. If it wasn't good, I planned to used-copy an old disc through Amazon or Half.com. Turns out that not only did it get good reviews, I happened along a site that gave me a 20% discount to deepdiscountdvd.com (for those of you making purchases before 6/25, the promotional code is DVDTALK; a caveat: No,
darkling1, you still cannot buy any more DVDs for a while).Instead of shopping Best Buy, I ordered the new version through them, which was already $10 cheaper, and, with the discount, came out to $8.50. Even if I hate this new version, I could own both for less than the store price. Not bad. What's better (or worse, depending on how you look at it), is I picked up a few wishlist items while I was there. You guys can't harp on me and my obsessive tendencies too much for this, but I bought 28 Days Later (yes it has Cillian Murphy in it, but it was on that wishlist a long time ago, back when I bought Wrong Turn). I also got The Nightmare Before Christmas because I've wanted it since I started playing Kingdom Hearts and saw Halloween Town was a land I was visiting. And, as I was checking out, the site kindly informed me I could use my discount on DVD storage, too. I picked up a 52-DVD rack like the one I've got (only this one holds more). I have no compunction against that purchase at all; as is, I could probably fill it and the small one with the DVDs I own. One day, I'll spring for a wall unit, but in our apartment, small is key.
If only I'd been a little more observant when purchasing...I accidentally okayed the order to come to my work. Does anyone remember the rants and headaches that caused last time? Three times they had to send Sliding Doors (which, out of spite, I think it took me a few weeks to watch). Maybe, maybe, maybe, because one of the objects is big, they'll have to be nice to me and let it get through. I tried to change the shipping address not ten minutes after making the purchase, but they told me it wasn't possible since they were all ready to send out. All ready? The website says I'm not getting any of these things even mailed before July. Eh?
More on this story as it develops, but yeah, I must confess that
saikogrrl has it right: I am utterly out of control.
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Date: 2005-06-22 04:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-22 04:37 pm (UTC)And while today might be relief, expect bad things in weeks to come as I join associated fanfiction lists to bemuse myself.
YOU ARE THE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILD
Date: 2005-06-22 06:26 pm (UTC)be·muse tr.v. be·mused, be·mus·ing, be·mus·es
To cause to be bewildered; confuse.
To cause to be engrossed in thought.
Re: YOU ARE THE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILD
Date: 2005-06-22 06:50 pm (UTC)Glad to see you're keeping sharp, old sport.