I would say sell them and use the money for more DVDs or anything else that you may want to purchase!

I'd sell them. If a re-release comes out the value will plummet.

I wouldn't sell them. I always feel like I'll be stuck never bening able to own that flick again.Although I did sell a bunch of copies of Ed Wood that I found at BJ's when it was recalled the original time. I bought like like 12, sold 6, gave 3 to friends, kept the other 3.

I have too many valuable OOP DVDs to count, but I wouldn't sell any of them because I do not need the money. Any DVD I have was bought because I wanted it for my collection. There are some DVDs I have that I may not covet as much as when I bought them, but if I sold it I would feel that somewhere down the line I would want to have that title again, but it would be gone.

Now there was a time when I used to frequent used record/dvd/game stores and check for anything rare. Whenever I found something like that I didn't want for myself, I'd throw it on eBay and make multiples of what I paid for it so I could buy DVDs that I actually wanted. It actually worked incredibly well for a while until I just got tired of doing it.

I sold my Army of Darkness (Boomstick Edition) (1993) on Amazon about a month ago for $74.00. I originally paid about $8.00 for it on sale.

I used the proceeds to buy the Army of Darkness HD DVD and a couple of other HD DVD's.

My feelings has always been that unless it is one of your favorite movies, dump it ASAP.

I owned the original Criterion of The 400 Blows as well as the original Image release of Double Indemnity, both being in my top 10 movies. As soon as I had confirmation that 400 was going to be rereleased, I dumped it on eBay for $125. When the same thing happened with Double Indemnity, I sold it on eBay for ~$50.

I'm not sure how attached to those two titles you are, but if you seem to have already put thought into selling them, something tells me you probably don't watch them regularly.

It's always a tough move to part with an OOP DVD because you always think "well what if I want to watch it again...?" and truthfully, if you're that hellbent on eventually watching one of these movies again somewhere down the road, Ivem always been under the impression that you can usually find them on VHS for a few bucks, or who knows when a rerelease may be in the works. (Plus maybe Netflix...traders on here...etc)

EDIT I just realized I didnt add that had I not known about future rereleases of Double Indemnity and The 400 Blows, I would've kept them, despite the fact that I could've made as much money as I did. If you love a movie, it shouldn't really matter what the market value is.

I agree with fliggil. A couple of oop that I have kept are "Quartmass and the Pit" and the first print of "Little Shop of Horrors". I like both of those movies and want to keep them.

My kids are getting older so I have sold a lot of my oop Disney DVD's.

One I should have sold, but didn't, was the first print of "Jingle All the Way" when it went oop for copyright issues. It was going for over $100, but became worthless once the copyright issues were settled.

I have sold many other oop's because I figure I really don't need to keep a dvd that is worth $75.00 to $125.00. I can buy quite a few new dvd's for that.

I just dont see DVD's becoming valuable collectors items.

But that might be a good sign for you. I didnt see my 68 Mustang convertable or copy of Amazing Fantasy 15 becoming valuable either!!!

Well, rarity of DVDs is a bit like comic books... by the time people started collecting them, they were produced in such large numbers that they weren't really all that rare. Of course the fact that people stopped just reading 'em and tossing 'em helped, too. And of course, like I've mentioned before, pure rarity isn't much of an indicator of value, and demand can rise and fall rather quickly.

I don't know, though. I'd have a problem actually selling a DVD to someone if I knew a superior version was on the way. I feel better trading them in, especially at the flea market where I know that most of their customers won't give a crap, or at least will be getting such a low price it won't matter. That's just me, though.

I sell on Ebay all the time. Just look at the completed auctions to get an idea for what it sells for. If it sells consistantly high then you're set. I recently found a copy of Flash Gordon and flipped it for $100.00 - not bad for a $12 investment. You just have to be smart. And yes, sometimes they sell low but usually because I didn't list it correctly. Ebay buyers are really fickle depending on the time of year. Now is the perfect time to sell it as people have a bunch of X-Mas money from Grandma that's buring a whole in their pocket. Good luck. Make sure your auction ends at about 7P-8P as they seem to produce the best results. Also, I've noticed that the best time to end the auction is on a Sunday or Tuesday night. Usually the best night to end the auction is on Sunday. Make sure your very descriptive about your item as it tells buyers that you're not trying to hide anything. List them as GENUINE as others sell boots and you wnat to seperate yourself from them. I ussually warn others to watch other auctions for very OOP stuff as they are booted more often. I could go on and on but it's definatley a learning process. Buy low, sell high!!!!

I used to be a typical "collector" but I didn't see the point. I have well over 750 DVDs and over 700 CDs. I barely have the time to watch my "to be watched" list or the other 700 DVDs in the colection. Putting aside the fact that they wil eventually go back into print or they will be "less" valuable when HD-DVD gets into the mainstream or whatever the next format is. I mean really, how many times does a person need to see Flash Gordon. But to each their own. There are a very few titles that I probably won't part with but I have a price and if it sells high enough it's out the door. That 1 DVD I sold can pay for about 35 more DVDs. That's my fuel for my addiction.