Ever had to sell your DVD's? I mean HAD to?
02-06-04, 10:36 PM
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Ever had to sell your DVD's? I mean HAD to?
I had moved to Austin back in August, and to make a long story short, I got in quite a financial bind. There wasn't any options for me, so I had to sell off 300+ DVD's to a used book store (not to mention a 27" TV and reciever/home theater system to a pawn shop). I moved again in December, and all I have left are about 50 or so DVD's.
I really hated doing that, but I needed cash in the worst way. I had sold off box sets, Criterions, OOP DVD's, you name it. Now, it's hard for me to get excited about the latest DVD release. Doesn't mean I won't ever buy again (though I haven't since, well, August), but it's just not the same anymore. I guess I could try to build another collection, but jeez, ya know?
Has anybody else ever had to do something like this?
I really hated doing that, but I needed cash in the worst way. I had sold off box sets, Criterions, OOP DVD's, you name it. Now, it's hard for me to get excited about the latest DVD release. Doesn't mean I won't ever buy again (though I haven't since, well, August), but it's just not the same anymore. I guess I could try to build another collection, but jeez, ya know?
Has anybody else ever had to do something like this?
02-06-04, 10:40 PM
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Nope.
Every once in a while, I will sit back, and look at my collection and think "Why the hell did I buy this title?"
It is then that I may throw one up on half.com or eBay, but it is just to cleanse my collection, not out of need.
Every once in a while, I will sit back, and look at my collection and think "Why the hell did I buy this title?"
It is then that I may throw one up on half.com or eBay, but it is just to cleanse my collection, not out of need.
02-07-04, 07:42 AM
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Yeah...I've had to sell some...I think total I've sold about 150 discs over the 5 years I've had my collection...mostly it was because I just didnt want the title anymore...and a few times I sold some cause I needed some $$$...to buy more DVD's... 
02-07-04, 08:25 AM
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Yes, but just a few discs here and there. The ex-g/f had money issues, so I had to make the ultimate sacrifice. At least the ones that I sold were HER movies
Now that I'm away from her, my collection has grown by leaps and bounds with no end in sight.
Now that I'm away from her, my collection has grown by leaps and bounds with no end in sight.
02-07-04, 08:51 AM
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If I need a little extra cash and I know a new DVD of a film is coming out eventually, I'll sell the OOP one. I made about $150 last summer and it helped buy my school books, but it was a long wait for the Alien Quadrilogy and now I'm pretty ancy for the new Dawn of the Dead.
02-07-04, 11:19 AM
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Yes, recently I had to dump 50 or so dvds because I was broke and needed money for school bad, but I suck it up and march on . Since the majority of dvds only go down in price over time I can always buy again down the road should the urge arise.
02-07-04, 11:20 AM
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Every few months I try to weed out the collection. I get rid of discs that were blind buys that I didn't like or movies I've grown tired of. The money goes right back to my collection. It keeps everything manageable and I never run out of cash for new purchases.
02-07-04, 01:39 PM
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nope...but when I was younger, I had to sell about 200 cds. it killed me. I told myself I would never put myself into a position like that again.
I dont sell out of my library for any reason. I dont have to weed out because my choices are flawless and are there to serve a purpose...not just take up space.
I dont sell out of my library for any reason. I dont have to weed out because my choices are flawless and are there to serve a purpose...not just take up space.
02-07-04, 02:35 PM
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A couple years ago, yes... I was strapped for cash (i.e., didn't have a job!), so I unloaded a pretty large chunk of my collection. Must've sold off around 50 or so, at a time when I only around 70-something DVDs in my collection. It was pathetic; I wiped out my entire Spielberg, Oliver Stone, and Hitchcock films in the process.
I only kept the DVDs that I received as gifts, while anything else that I got on my own were sold. I've since then replaced most of the titles I had lost.
Other than that, now and again there are just a handful of DVDs that I really don't want anymore, so I don't care much about selling those.
I only kept the DVDs that I received as gifts, while anything else that I got on my own were sold. I've since then replaced most of the titles I had lost.
Other than that, now and again there are just a handful of DVDs that I really don't want anymore, so I don't care much about selling those.
02-07-04, 05:11 PM
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Back about a year ago I wanted a PC in the worst way so I sold my Die Hard Trilogy and a few other titles including a PS2,I didnt want to but needed a PC really bad for school so I had no choice,I rebought the PS2 and still havnt picked up the Die Hard Tri. so I feel ya on why you havnt rebought or started up your collection again.