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In Reply to: Is it *that* much better? I don't know, but I am not gonna pay $5 to find out posted by Victor Khomenko on December 04, 2003 at 10:28:06:
There is less demand. Otherwise there'd be 100s of the original Solaris dvds on ebay...market driven economy, baby.
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but their site is invaluable.
LOADS of free Russian audio and video.An idea - perhaps if we organize as a group and make a mass purchase I can go down there and negotiate a discount.
How Odessa...oh, well.
If not, Victor will make a giant buy in Moscow's Gorbushka market and ship a crate back. ;)
***If not, Victor will make a giant buy in Moscow's Gorbushka market and ship a crate back. ;)I think he will not. The idea of criss-crossing the large city in its horrible, horrible, horrible traffic in the -25 degrees cold, or rain, or snow and sleet just to save a bunch of yahoos a bunch of bucks is not high on my list.
I think I would much rather drag my ass to the Botchka and sit there over some marinaded white mushrooms and icy cold Polish vodka than spend my time negotiating best prices with some Chechens.
If you think dealing with the Brighton Beach shop keepers is any easier you got another thing comin'!
I have done my share, and that was enough. Fortunately my term was during different, better times, when you mostly had to deal with homely Jewish merchants, not the current generation of Russian and Chechen bandits in their Benz 600's. It used to be fun... twenty years ago.
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