I've seen quite a few posts around these parts about how cheaply things can be bought in various places at various times, such as the entire back catalogue of, eh, everything, for $1 from Dollar Tree, (provided you don't mind them all sharing the same barcode; the Pound Shop in the UK just can't compete)!

What I don't remember seeing is anyone admitting to the most expensive disc etc they've ever bought.  Having just had my annual Black Friday blowout and cashed in all the vouchers etc I've collected over the past year, I've realised that a lot of physical media seems to have gone up - a lot.  I rarely used to spend over £20 on any Blu-ray or DVD disc, but this year there seemed to be quite a few.  I'm not sure what the most I've ever spent on a single disc is (I'll have to investigate that further), but buying Stargate SG-1: The Compete Series on Blu-ray, on import, was a sobering experience; (and it will be sobering as I can't afford to buy any beer now!)!  It cost £186.71 from Amazon, including import fees.  That's definitely the most I've ever spent on a single purchase.  (And no one please tell me it's now only £171.93, I already know. Or that it's only $1 from Dollar Tree, but shares a barcode with Dude Where's My Car?)

Anyone else got any confessions to make?  Don't be (too) ashamed, we're all tared with the same brush here.  You won't be ridiculed too much for your financial indiscretion. 

I know it's beyond sad replying to your own posts but financial panic over.  For my Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series on DVD (yes, my recent purchase was a double-dip and to add insult to injury my DVD set is still unopened, so I never even used it), ziffit.com will give me 10p, yes an entire ten of our British pennies.

The most I ever spent on a single disc was for a Mixed Martial Arts dvd called Sengoku No Ran 2009 from Japan. Japanese dvds always seem on the expensive side anyway and I ended up getting this through one of those 3rd party sites that purchase items and ship it to you for a fee from sites that don't normally ship outside of Japan. It's ended up being around $90 Canadian after the exchange rate, shipping etc.

The most expensive set I ever bought is the recent Shawscope volume 2 set from Arrow. Was a little for $200 Canadian.

most expensive Movie Boxset:
Planet of the Apes: The Evolution (DVD) 103,50€, bought 2000
the 5 old movies from "Planet..." to "Battle for..."

most expensive Anime Boxset:
Serial Experiments Lain (DVD) 99,24€, bought 2001

most expensive complete TV-Series:
Six Feet Under - Die komplette DVD-Sammler-Edition (DVD) 96,99€, bought 2007

most expensive single Movie:
Brazil - The Criterion Collection (DVD) 58,85€, bought 2001

for comparison: most expensive Boxset Blu-ray
Harry Potter - Limited Book Edition (BD) 49,99€, bought 2007
first 6 movies

so Blu-ray was rather cheap for me. Nowadays I'm hardly buying more than 1-2 titles per year.
As "The Buggles" sang: Streaming killed the media buyer. 

Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection 4K Ultra HD (33 discs) 234 €.

Thanks people, I'm starting to feel a bit more normal now.

In 2005 I paid £159.96 for Xena: Warrior Princess - The Complete TV Series (DVD) in a nice collector's pack that's like a big book.  Haven't got around to watching that yet. 

Also in 2005 I bought Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Complete DVD Collection for £134.99.  (This one I did finally watch last year.  Need to submit that sometime; it took forever to profile.)

I'm pretty sure I've probably spent over £50 on a single disc once or twice, but many films in my database don't have a price with them, as I got them before I started using DVD Profiler and a lot of the places where I got them online have now gone out of business, so I've no way to look up the information now.

There was a lovely Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga - Collector's Edition Complete Box Set that came out (last year I think), but I've only just got over the therapy I required after seeing the price; I think it was over £400.

I remember considering The Skywalker Saga on 4K, but in the end I went for normal Blu-ray instead.

*Special Note:  Anything Star Trek related is ALWAYS good value, regardless of the price.

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In 2005 I paid £159.96 for Xena: Warrior Princess - The Complete TV Series (DVD) in a nice collector's pack that's like a big book.  Haven't got around to watching that yet. 

This one?



I just checked and I about paid the same but at least I watched them all. 

Yep, that's it.

I will watch it eventually, I've just got a bit of a backlog to get through. 

the most expensive set i have is the Time Life release of The Six Million Dollar Man for $149.  today i bought the complete series of CHiPs for $89 and the complete series of Smallville for $70