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    Anyone have favorite websites for purchasing books, movies, or music?

    I remember someone mentioning that they had a good site for buying cheap DVDs...I can't find the post now, though, and I don't remember who said it!

    I normally price check at overstock.com, amazon.com, and half.com.

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    Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

    I rarely buy movies, but I was looking at getting some for gifts this Christmas. I checked out deepdiscountdvd.com and the prices were pretty good (it was suggested by someone on this site).

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    • #3
      Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

      One of my worst spending issues is buying DVDs and books. I always try to buy DVD's at video stores after they've been out for a while - usually pick them up for under $10. You can sometimes get good deals on e-bay and dvd empire as well.

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      • #4
        Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

        Netflix is selling used DVDs for $5.99 and free shipping. I don't know if you have to be a subscriber, or if anyone can buy from them.

        Paperbackswap.com is great, as other people have mentioned.

        Some book price comparison websites are:

        One-click to search and compare book price among thousands of booksellers by using AddALL.com

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        • #5
          Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

          A great place to buy books inexpensively is bookcloseouts.com . They have a wide variety of books, and shipping isn't very much. You can also sometimes find discount codes for shipping, which makes it even cheaper.

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          • #6
            Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

            Another place to check out for dvds is peerflix which is a dvd trading service. I haven't tried it out personally yet but will be soon.

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            • #7
              Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

              The best consistent deals I've found have been at deepdiscountDVD.com and deepdiscountCD.com.

              I first ordered as a "reward" from something, they had buy 1 get 2 free, and the selection for the deal was good. I also purchased Hidalgo, two collection sets of Harold Lloyd, and a few other Christmas presents, and got much better deals. Also got several BOGOs. They have free shipping.

              The freebies took maybe 10-14 days to arrive. The purchases, still free shipping, were 50% less than amazon.com, and arrived within three days.

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              • #8
                Re: buying books/movies/music at a discount?

                I buy my books through Alibris.com and Amazon.com. Alibris has many books, dvds and cds that are hard to find. I usually pay $2.95 for my books there. I recently bought the dvd "Catch Me if You Can" for $2.95 also. It was a used copy but in excellent condition!

                BooksAMillion.com is another site that was recommended to me but I have not purchased anything from them yet.

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