So I spent $140 on DVDs today.

[dorktv]

Suncoast and Sam Goody going out of business sales.

Best find was a $20 Red Dwarf series five.

[MissB]

1. Wow.

Um, er, wow. :wow:

[dorktv]

5. I know! I was estatic...since the store was almost bare and had

lots of Seinfeld but not a lot of other things. I was upset because I could not buy all the Dark Shadows for my mom...but well...

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Well... what else did ya get?

:D

[dorktv]

7. Let me see..

Pirates of Silicon Valley...Oh I LOVE Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates...yummy!

After Midnight...Cheesey horror...love it.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer the third season

Indecision 2004...because I do not have cable.

[Radical Activist]

14. So you're the one

I knew someone else really liked that Pirates of Silicon Valley movie.

[dorktv]

16. Adore it...I found it to be...never mind.

[Radical Activist]

18. um...no

you have to finish that statement. its a great movie.

[dorktv]

20. Um...no.

:blush:

[Radical Activist]

3. well...

you sound like you really are a dork then. You sound like my last girl friend.

[MissB]

4. Maybe she is.

:wow:

[dorktv]

8. NO

[dorktv]

9. That is why my name is Dork you know.

And you got a girlfriend? It has been ages since I have seen you.

[Radical Activist]

11. Have you ever

actually seen me? I do on occasion have a girlfriend. I kind of like dorks, thus my last girlfriend being one.

[dorktv]

12. I mean online silly.

[Radical Activist]

13. oh yes

I stopped posting on DU for a number of months.

[dorktv]

15. Did you have a baby?

[Radical Activist]

17. haha

No.
I got frustrated at receiving no response to my requests for detailed accounts of how donation money is spent. The info still wasn't given out during the last donor drive.

Also, I just needed to stop spending so much time at DU. I was busy with an election as well.

[dorktv]

19. Well obviously they spend it on hookers and beer.

[Radical Activist]

21. Sure. That's what I would do.

[dorktv]

25. Why do you need to know? I mean I know they probably are not

wasting the money since this site is so abfab...

[Radical Activist]

27. Because I donated

and if I'm going to donate again I should be given some basic info about how the money is spent. That is the standard, usual practice for any org that accepts contributions. The fact that DU doesn't do so is unusual and is in itself my only reason for concern. Releasing that kind of info during every drive should be a no-brainer. When a thread I started on the subject was locked I decided to stop posting.

[dorktv]

28. I never thought so but that is me.

[Radical Activist]

30. I don't have reason to think

that the money is being spent badly. Releasing that kind of info is simply a good business practice and prevents accusations. It will also cause me to become a donor again.

[DS1]

6. I've always wondered how Suncoast stayed in business

Guess they didn't. They were criminally overpriced all along

[dorktv]

10. No kidding...I only got one thing from them and I had no choice about

it for a while.

[johnfunk]

22. So is it ALL Suncoast/Sam Greedy locations or just the one near you?

I may want to pick up The Prisoner (best 1960s British TV Series Ever) and extra copies of Good Night and Good Luck (for friends and enemies -- makes a great gift).

[dorktv]

24. I would call around...because I am not sure.

[DainBramaged]

23. Sad that they're going out of business,

Another causality of the great BFEE economy

I was Audio Department manager in the Livingston NJ Sam Goody in 1974-1977. Great times. Audio infancy before LSIC. RIP.

[dorktv]

26. no...pretty sure it is because no one wants to pay that much

for DVDs...the music...not so sure about.

[Deja Q]

29. ALL Suncoast stores goin' outta business?

I'm surprised they lasted this long; they're the only place (apart from big chain bookstores like borders, B&N, et al) that sell for MSRP. Every other local store has them for ~$15-20% less, and internet stores like amazon.com have them off 25-50%...

[dorktv]

31. Or you could get them used for even cheaper.