VisArt on Hillsborough Rd. Durham

Chris Rossi nospam at spacelabstudio.com
Sat Dec 8 05:23:29 EST 2007


Dang, I'm out of the country right now, but if anyone wants to snag 
anything for me out of the Italian section I'll pay you back when I get 
home (Dec 28th).  At that price I'll take just about anything.  Maybe 
just avoid films that obviously look really bad.  If I end up with any 
repeats--presents!

rossi


grady wrote:
> Yeah, I got a fairly new copy of Point Blank (Lee Marvin, Angie 
> Dickinson), and the recently issued "first films of Sam Fuller" set from 
> Criterion Eclipse. I decided to *not* browse through the entire store, 
> because we've had mixed luck with VisArt DVDs from the Carrboro store, 
> scratch-wise. I figured I'd stick to new releases.
> 
> This was also a good strategy as it prevented me from dropping $800 on 
> used DVDs in one trip, which is likely what would've happened otherwise. 
> I was there on the first day of the sale, though. Now it may be more 
> picked-over, although one of the counter people said they'd be bringing 
> more stuff in during the rest of the month, presumably all that stuff 
> that's on the for-sale racks at the other stores.
> 
> I looked for the "Criterion Collection Section" but they'd either all 
> been snapped up by employees, or more likely they were dispersed among 
> the other stores, which is what they're doing with some of the 
> rarer/more-interesting stuff. Looked for all the Prime Suspects but they 
> were gone too.
> 
> When I checked out, the guy told me to keep my receipt, as there's a 
> 30-day moneyback guarantee(!). You don't hear that very often at 
> store-closing blowout sales.
> 
> Ross
> 
> DJ Golf wrote:
>> Y'all may be aware already, but VisArt Video is closing their store on
>> Hillsborough Road in Durham and they're selling all the DVD's for
>> $5.99. (Box sets over 300 total minutes are $14.99.)  There's a fair
>> amount of stuff left, and more is supposed to come (although I think I
>> got the last copy of "Inland Empire.")  New releases were pretty
>> picked-over, but they had tons of back catalogue plus a couple of
>> "Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under" sets.
>>
>> Don't worry, the rest of their stores are staying open.  This
>> particular one's lease was up for renewal and it's their lowest-volume
>> store, so they decided not to sign up for another 3 years.
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