Spring in Springfield, part 2: The quest

[gridlockjoe]

I am running out of storage space for my DVDs. This should come as no surprise to anyone.

My storage consists of four of these shelves, which are affordable and look great. I used to find them at Suncoast, but with their bankruptcy and sale to the owners of FYE, they have stopped carrying them. (Big Lots has them, but in a different finish, and I'm picky enough to want them all to look the same.)

So I go to Sauder's website looking for retailers in this area, and come up with none. Ditto for the Dallas and San Antonio areas. Then the thought hit me -- why not look for them while I'm on vacation?

Sure enough, Sauder showed there are plenty of retailers selling them in the Midwest.

Attempt #1 was at Blain's Farm and Fleet in Urbana, IL. I went there expecting something like Western Auto. I got it -- that place is like Western Auto on steroids. Too bad they didn't have the shelves in stock -- their price was $10 less than I found elsewhere.

Attempt #2 was at Pamida in Rockville, IN. No luck there.

Attempt #3 was at Menards in Mishiwaka, IN. I wish Menards had stores closer to here. They are a really nice home center/hardware store/lumberyard, bigger than my local Home Despot or Lowes. And they had my shelves! I win at shopping!

So I now have two new DVD storage shelves ready to fill. I'm keeping my wallet under close supervision now.

(Speaking of shopping, I caught a nice misprice at Fry's. They had The Invasion, a classic Pat Troughton Doctor Who serial, mismarked at $9.99 (should have been $29.99).

Comments

[macgyvergal.livejournal.com]

I actually have one of these currently holding my CD collection.

I never...

[plasticuser.livejournal.com]

I never figured you for a Dr. Who fan - but since you are - if you EVER want to do a Dr. Who marathon, count me in :)

Re: I never...

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Absolutely am... I started watching where our PBS station picked it up, with "Robot", many many years ago.

Hopefully my download of yesterday's season premiere will be done sometime tonight!

[magycmyste]

I have one of those shelves for my DVD collection (probably need to get another soon - if I can find a place to put it. But I got mine at..... Officemax (here in Austin), I think? And mine's a cherry color instead of natural (which goes better with my tastes) - and at the Officemax I went to, that wa all they had. Others might have it though.

[magycmyste]

oh, wait, you don't need them anymore. Eh, that's what I get for not reading the whole entry before replying.

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the color Big Lots had it in. If I weren't so particular about wanting them all to be the same color, I would have gone there.