I talking about a very valuable TV Box set..."My So Called Life". I know DVD's aren't great investments, but I know this is fetching something on the market, so if if I ever decide to give it up...would a slightly scuffed (meaning 1 crease and very small tear on the lower bookend side of the slipcase only) value it much less? I am talking the rest of everything is brand new. Not one scratch on any disc, clean cases and cover art, and the rest of the slipcase is perfect. Would it devalue that much? If so how much?

Thanks.

I don't think anyone is going to be able to answer your question... eBay can be a wacky place. Maybe it'll sell for $30 less because of the condition of the box. Maybe it'll sell for $50 more than any set has to date. Depends what direction the wind is blowing that day.

There's no formula. Just make sure to take pictures of the damage and give an honest, accurate description. I had a Fletch DVD sell for basically the same amount as others go for -- even though the cover was pretty badly chewed up.

i would think there would be some basis for an answer less ambiguous, no?

If you say so...

I don't think it would make a sizable difference. There are quite a few collectors who collect for the content rather than the packaging. If I wanted the set, I'd pay for it regardless of the condition of the case (barring any major problems that make me wonder whether the seller doesn't take good care of his stuff and potentially damaged the discs as well as the case. A minor scuffing? No difference in price for me).

But because there are those who insist on pristine packaging, I assume there might be fewer bidders for the scuffed packaging, potentially lowering the eventual bidded price. I wouldn't bet by much, though.

(And like it's been said, eBay is not always logical, either and timing plays a role).

For things that are genuinely collectible, such as coins and baseball cards, but no, not for DVDs.

that's kinda what i thought. no biggie either way as the content alone speaks volumes in this case!!

Sure. The exact amount of wear that you describe to the slipcase of that particular DVD set decreases its market value by precisely....(checking)......6.2%* Good enough?

*Don't listen to those who argue the depreciation would be closer to 6.4%. They're ignorant fools who are basing their results on last week's data.

And people laugh at me for keeping the plastic on my DVDs.

Since when do you buy DVD's as an investment? Ya, that $20 a few months ago that's now in the $5.88 bin sure was a good investment.

All I know is that I had a box set that got scuffed up a bit, and the next time I played one of the DVDs the actors started forgetting their lines.

Depending on the extent of the damage, from what you describe, the case would be downgraded to somewhere in the range of FINE to VERY GOOD.

I don't think there's any real standard of grading DVDs or pricing them according to grades, but I'd wager that it would decrease the value from anywhere from 10-20% from what it would be if it were in MINT condition.

But, like stated above, if you sold it on eBay, it's hard to tell how the damage would effect the final bid. I've seen some pretty crazy bidding on eBay. A few years ago, I saw an anime DVD ... one that was still in print, no less ... sell for more than MSRP without the case. Just the DVD, no case, no artwork.

Also, notice that probably very few slipcases would qualify as MINT condition even if they were still unopened. There's almost always going to be some kind of scuff, scratch, crease, or impact damage somewhere on it.

On the top or bottom 12.8 percent reduction

On the back 18.7 percent reduction

On the front 28.4 percent reduction

This is for all used titles produced in the last 18 months. All titles over 18 months are further discounted by .987 per month from X where X equals months released minus 18.

Geographic conditions matter. Discount the above by region as follows

1.0 Northeast .948 Southeast .932 Southwest .894 Midwest and .832 West

Southern California is discounted an additional 12 percent due to Ebay fear/suspicion of the area.

The above was determined by mixed integer optimization of 48 million transactions where the term scuffed, scuff, torn, molted, phased, tried, scuf, stuff or 'slightly skanky' was used in the description.

Correlation was .847 where 1.00 is perfect correlation.

Excuse me ...

Chloe ... have you got me that satellite coverage yet?

Where was I ... oh, hope that helps ...

A couple of weeks ago, I sold the Bookends from the LOTR:FOTR gift set for $69. JUST THE BOOKENDS. You could buy the whole gift set on Amazon for $59 at the exact same time which included the DVD's. It's really weird, several people were selling the gift sets and they were going for between $45- $60, but the Bookends were selling for as much as $80. All during the same week. I don't know why the people that wanted the bookends weren't just buying the whole gift set and throwing away the DVD's since it would have been cheaper.

I then sold the DVD's for $20. I'm thinking about buying a few more gift sets from Amazon, splitting up the Bookends and DVD's and selling them again. It's a $30 profit (minimum) for doing nothing.



Stew

I've updated the logs, and this assessment is accurate.

It should be noted that damage to rare items is more detrimental to the price rare DVDs than it is to other DVDs. If someone is willing to pay a premium price for a DVD, they want it to be in mint condition.