I purchased 3 together. I went into Best Buy to get a gift card for someone else. I couldn't just leave empty handed; could I? 



This was the 2nd movie I ever saw on HBO. HBO was so cool at the time because I'd never before seen a film at home without commercials. My dad and I started watching this one afternoon and the scenes got a little "adult".    Then my mom came home.  She booted me out of the room.    So I figure now that it's 30 years later, I should be old enough to watch it. 



I purchased this earlier in the year from the Amazon Marketplace. The copy I received was not in the original packaging.    I saw it on the shelf today and it was cheap, so I "upgraded" to get the original packaging. Brought it home to find that the digipak for one of the discs is broken. Hate that! 



I saw this in a hotel and thought it was pretty cool. I liked the puzzle aspect and having to wrap my head around it.  The DVD cost only slightly more than what I paid to watch it in P&S on the hotel TV. 

So...I voted for "impulse". 

Bought Leaving Las Vegas on HD DVD. Never seen the movie, never owned the DVD, so a good reason to expand my growing collection of HD movies. I try to buy movies I don't already own on DVD, although some titles you just have to have in HD even if you already own them... 

The last movie I bought was Die Hard 2 today, I bought it because I needed it to complete the Die Hard series.

I grew up with Gunsmoke and couldn't wait to relive fond memories .

I just received Beauty & the Beast's second season and Wanted: Dead or Alive's second season as well, both by mail from Deep Discount, pre-ordered months ago. The last movie I bought was a copy of "Unforgiven" from a Long's Drugs in Kailua while we were there on vacation. It was very inexpensive and my wife & I had enjoyed it on premium cable when it first hit TV, we taped it, but loaned the tape (which was never returned -- I do not loan DVDs at all, I do not care that you're my mother) but had not seen it since. So, while I voted for "Loved the movie, and wanted it", "Price - was cheap" was nearly as valid.

Quoting djskyler:

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There's a thread at DVDTalk.com about bargain priced DVDs turning up at Big Lots.

Big Lots? Hmmm... they replaced a KMart (I never went in) near me with a Big Lots (which I have yet to enter). Perhaps it's worth the trip inside...

Order of importance:

Loved the movie, and wanted it (Almost always)
Haven't seen the movie, just wanted it (Mostly Sequels)
Features (Extended, Re-Cut or Re-Formated Version)
A friend said it was good (Or a Magazine/Website)
Price - was cheap (If it was too expensive in the first place)
On impulse (Almost never)
To make my collection bigger (Never)

I always buy on impulse and usually the 5.00 bin at Walmart. If you hit it right you can get some great films. But bought Clerks II yesterday after filling up at the gas station. Yes you can buy DVD's there as well.