Should I open Ed Wood?
02-28-04 | 02:02 AM
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If the disc is released later with different extras, it'll go for a tonne on eBay, wrapped or not.
You may as well open it and enjoy it now before you sell it.
You may as well open it and enjoy it now before you sell it.
02-28-04 | 02:11 AM
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Originally posted by divemaster
How can you watch it if you don't open it? And if you don't want to watch it, why did you buy it?
Did you think it was an investment? If so, what you really wanted to buy was a CD, not a DVD. Common mistake. I think some people around here still are confused on this point...
(Of course, with rates these days, even CDs aren't all that good of an investment).
How can you watch it if you don't open it? And if you don't want to watch it, why did you buy it?
Did you think it was an investment? If so, what you really wanted to buy was a CD, not a DVD. Common mistake. I think some people around here still are confused on this point...
(Of course, with rates these days, even CDs aren't all that good of an investment).
02-28-04 | 02:14 AM
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Originally posted by Scorpio
I've still got this on CED. Star Wars and Empire too.
I've still got this on CED. Star Wars and Empire too.
BTW I still own a couple of them myself....
03-02-04 | 07:47 AM
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I hope that guy didn't open the DVD... my broker just called and advised me to put all of my money into unopened Ed Wood DVDs. He said owning unopened Ed Wood DVDs was like buying Microsoft back in the 80's.
03-02-04 | 08:09 AM
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Originally posted by renaldow
I hope that guy didn't open the DVD... my broker just called and advised me to put all of my money into unopened Ed Wood DVDs. He said owning unopened Ed Wood DVDs was like buying Microsoft back in the 80's.
I hope that guy didn't open the DVD... my broker just called and advised me to put all of my money into unopened Ed Wood DVDs. He said owning unopened Ed Wood DVDs was like buying Microsoft back in the 80's.
03-15-04 | 11:04 PM
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Originally posted by lcnickell
i contemplated the same thing when flashdance went oop on CED(videodisc)-- but as much as i wanted to open, i knew that some day it'd pay off..
i sold off my little 24.99 investment back in the day, and got $2.41 for that beauty on ebay
not bad for sitting on something for a mesely 16 years..
so i say hold off as well, you'll roll in the money later..
i contemplated the same thing when flashdance went oop on CED(videodisc)-- but as much as i wanted to open, i knew that some day it'd pay off..
i sold off my little 24.99 investment back in the day, and got $2.41 for that beauty on ebay
not bad for sitting on something for a mesely 16 years..
so i say hold off as well, you'll roll in the money later..
03-16-04 | 12:18 AM
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If it makes you feel any better I had the collector's edition of Akira (black tin Pioneer DVD) and opened it a week after I got it. The point is if the demand is high for the movie then post it on eBay and you'll get your money's worth, even if it's used.
03-16-04 | 04:28 AM
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From: La La Land
Ho ho hee hee...save that thing I've got $2.50
Originally posted by madcougar
As a jackass who collects all types of crap, I can tell you that your example is the exception. It is almost impossible to tell what is going to increase in value over time. The second a new version of Ed Wood (or this one for all I know) is released, it will not be of any additional value.
As a jackass who collects all types of crap, I can tell you that your example is the exception. It is almost impossible to tell what is going to increase in value over time. The second a new version of Ed Wood (or this one for all I know) is released, it will not be of any additional value.
04-08-04 | 07:10 AM
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I was getting ready to post something too.
So much for waiting for the "Oscar boost".
So much for waiting for the "Oscar boost".
04-08-04 | 12:54 PM
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Pssst...
Originally posted by PopcornTreeCt
Hey guys I did open up the movie. I watched it 2 nights in a row! It is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Thanks for all your input.
Hey guys I did open up the movie. I watched it 2 nights in a row! It is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Thanks for all your input.
04-08-04 | 05:40 PM
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How much are sealed copies of the remake of "Little Shop of Horrors" (with the original ending) going for now that the rerelease (without the b&w deleted ending) has been out for a while?
04-08-04 | 06:08 PM
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A lot, considering that that deleted ending is unavailable on any other disc, and that the version *with* that ending was very rare.
Scarcity will always drive the price up. But there are SO MANY Ed Wood DVDs out there now that I don't see this one going back up in price, even if the eventual release doesn't have all of the features of the current (recalled) disc.
Scarcity will always drive the price up. But there are SO MANY Ed Wood DVDs out there now that I don't see this one going back up in price, even if the eventual release doesn't have all of the features of the current (recalled) disc.
04-08-04 | 08:45 PM
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Originally posted by jough
Scarcity will always drive the price up. But there are SO MANY Ed Wood DVDs out there now that I don't see this one going back up in price, even if the eventual release doesn't have all of the features of the current (recalled) disc.
Scarcity will always drive the price up. But there are SO MANY Ed Wood DVDs out there now that I don't see this one going back up in price, even if the eventual release doesn't have all of the features of the current (recalled) disc.
There isn't no telling how many of them made it to the streets. I'm sure that it's more than most people think.
04-08-04 | 09:38 PM
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I was thinking maybe 2-3,000 escaped the clutches of the Dreaded Corporate Recall Notice.
Anyone else care to share a guess?
Anyone else care to share a guess?