Bargains At Poundland! - Page 44

dream demon · #**431** 20th July 2011, 08:37 PM

So far I've only picked up Mandy Lane and Trailer Park Of Terror. I'm really hoping I can pick up a copy of Pontypool before they disappear.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**432** 21st July 2011, 04:04 PM

Just picked up Pontypool from the Burnley poundland this afternoon. It did seem to be the only copy unfortunately, and the only dvd worth buying to boot.

JunkMonkey · #**433** 22nd July 2011, 12:31 AM

Here's the scene: I'm in Poundland in Dundee raking through the not very inspiring piles of DVDs (many of them reduced to 50p - that uninteresting) when I noticed that down behind the shelves was a pile of DVDs and CDs that had fallen through the gaps in the shelving and were lying in an unsorted heap on the floor, out of sight of the passing punters. I love unsorted heaps; can't resist them. You never know what you'll find in an unsorted heap. So I was instantly on my knees shoving aside piles of Fly Fishing Expert 23: How to Catch Bigger Perch with Angus McSomeone and pulling out long lost treasures - like lots of other Fly Fishing Expert DVDs and - Voyage of the Rock Aliens. Bingo! When I got to the till the guy behind the counter scanned my DVDs. Voyage of the Rock Aliens made the till make a funny noise. Instead of going 'beep!' as it had done with all the other discs, it went 'BeepityBeepety'... The till man looked at his till.
Quote:

Till Man:
Oh. This item has been withdrawn.

Me:
Why?

Till Man:
What?

Me:
Why has it been withdrawn?

Till Man:
No idea. Maybe it's been reported
as faulty or something.

Me:
I'll take the risk.

Till Man:
What?

Me:
I'll take the risk. If it doesn't work
I promise not to bring it back.

Till Man:
Ok.

Beep!

platostotal · #**434** 22nd July 2011, 12:45 AM

top man, let us know what the PQ is like. Beep.

Demoncrat · #**435** 22nd July 2011, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JunkMonkey

Here's the scene: I'm in Poundland in Dundee raking through the not very inspiring piles of DVDs (many of them reduced to 50p - that uninteresting) when I noticed that down behind the shelves was a pile of DVDs and CDs that had fallen through the gaps in the shelving and were lying in an unsorted heap on the floor, out of sight of the passing punters. I love unsorted heaps; can't resist them. You never know what you'll find in an unsorted heap. So I was instantly on my knees shoving aside piles of Fly Fishing Expert 23: How to Catch Bigger Perch with Angus McSomeone and pulling out long lost treasures - like lots of other Fly Fishing Expert DVDs and - Voyage of the Rock Aliens. Bingo! When I got to the till the guy behind the counter scanned my DVDs. Voyage of the Rock Aliens made the till make a funny noise. Instead of going 'beep!' as it had done with all the other discs, it went 'BeepityBeepety'... The till man looked at his till.
Quote:

Till Man:
Oh. This item has been withdrawn.

Me:
Why?

Till Man:
What?

Me:
Why has it been withdrawn?

Till Man:
No idea. Maybe it's been reported
as faulty or something.

Me:
I'll take the risk.

Till Man:
What?

Me:
I'll take the risk. If it doesn't work
I promise not to bring it back.

Till Man:
Ok.

Beep!

jam!! didnt you read my post btw???

antmumford · #**436** 22nd July 2011, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehamish

jam!! didnt you read my post btw???

Was it the

Quote:

Me: I'll take the risk. If it doesn't work
I promise not to bring it back.

bit?

JunkMonkey · #**437** 22nd July 2011, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehamish

jam!! didnt you read my post btw???

I hadn't. Small world.

And having watched it last night I think you should consider yourself lucky. It was painful viewing.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**438** 22nd July 2011, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JunkMonkey

I hadn't. Small world.

And having watched it last night I think you should consider yourself lucky. It was painful viewing.

The moral of the story is - if Poundland say no, you can't have it, then believe them, its for a reason.

the blob · #**439** 22nd July 2011, 03:53 PM

I was just in Poundland and I can categorically say the one in Ipswich is interminably crap! Not even a sniff of a half decent or even a 'looks crap and probably will be' DVD.

antmumford · #**440** 22nd July 2011, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the blob

I was just in Poundland and I can categorically say the one in Ipswich is interminably crap! Not even a sniff of a half decent or even a 'looks crap and probably will be' DVD.

Same here, had nothing decent for months in my local one. No Pontypool or House of the Devil....nothing