I often think that I should purge a chunk of my collection, but then I look at my discs and just can't part with anything (unless I've upgraded). I don't dislike anything in my collection.

I do get remorseful though when I buy something when it first comes out, and then I see it really cheap down the line... and I still haven't watched it yet.

I love how the only alternative to dvd collecting for some of you is apparently drinking and doing drugs. LOL is there no inbetween?

THIS...I find myself noticing this way too often.

I don't mind the lesser titles in my library, because those were generally 1) dirt cheap impulse buys and 2) my wife's selections. What does bother me, periodically, is seeing my wishlist stay stagnant. It's not that I have a problem with us having, say, Accepted, Night of a 1000 Cats and Ghost Rider in our collection. It's that the $15 we spent to acquire those could have, instead, bought Being John Malkovich. But, yes, like many of you I'm hopeful that our Blu-ray library will be more streamlined.

1) I only blind buy REALLY cheap
2) I rarely open a DVD until I at least make sure I want to keep it
3) I either resale or return it if I decide I don't want it. ALWAYS, no matter what keep EVERY receipt until it expires.

I'm still going through Wal-Mart $3 DVDs from October and will probably return the few I don't want.

I don't blind-buy all that much, no matter the price. Big Lots is my obvious weakness though. 75% of the movies I've blind-bought there have turned out to be at least decent enough to keep though.

That being said, I have...pre-buyer's remorse. I walk around a store for an extended period of time, DVD/blu-ray in hand trying to decide if I really want (or need) to own it. This is especially true with blu-rays what with their higher prices and all.

I own approximately 1500 DVDs, HD-DVDs, and Blu-Rays, and would not dream of giving up any of them or feeling any remorse for having bought them. Having a DVD library is no different from owning a library of books--one collects familiar works that one loves enough to keep in easy reach.

I don't blind buy movies and I don't pay ridiculously inflated prices for new releases. I bargain hunt when I shop, and my usual price point is ~$5=$7 for an individual release and no more than $10 for a TV season set.

Checking my DVDProfiler, I have spent a total of $11,773.16 over the past 10 years on my collection, giving me an average cost of ~$7.85 per disc. I could easily have spent $12,000 on a swankier than usual cruise, and all that I would have to show for that would be some pictures and a t-shirt or two. My DVD collection will last me the rest of my life, and give me many, many hours of entertainment for years to come.

I don't have any remorse. I've been collecting movies since 1998 and I am proud of my collection. I love knowing that all my favorite movies, TV shows, documentaries, etc are owned and ready to watch whenever I want

As for all the money I've "wasted" as certain friends and family love to remind me of, well it's my hobby. Some friends like to bar hop every week and blow $100. Others buy clothing they will wear once. I buy DVDs. I could think of worse things to do with my money.

I see this going really well for you in the future. Please post updates in the Other forum so we can all be entertained.



I'm with Gobear. I have extremely strict price limits on what I will buy. I almost never violate those limits, and if I do, it's a matter of $1 or less. If you're blind-buying stuff on release day, then yeah, I'd expect you to feel remorse a lot more often.


Basically, the only times I have experienced remorse were when I didn't research something well enough, and learned that there was a better version of the DVD available elsewhere or that the one I bought was some kind of edited version.

Other than that, I have experienced it with TV season sets when the studios decided to release a complete series set with bonuses I was interested in that were previously unavailable in the individual season sets I had purchased. Similarly, when Battlestar Galactica Season 2.5 came out with Razor included, after I had just bought Razor (albeit through Columbia House, so only paid $5 for it), I was pretty pissed. And this came after I had (a couple years prior) purchased the BSG mini-series before they released Season 1 with the mini-series included. So, basically, I was screwed over twice by BSG (plus their habit of splitting seasons into .5s sucked). BSG actually made the decision for me that I won't start buying any other TV shows until the shows are finished and enough time has passed for me to determine whether a complete series set is coming or not. And I sold my BSG season sets before season 3 came out.

The only other time I can think of having remorse was when I bought the Ultimate Superman 14-disc set from Columbia House using my FunCash. This was when I was still relatively new to the ins-and-outs of using various codes and cycling accounts. A few months later, I determined that I had basically thrown away my FunCash and had spent a few dollars out of pocket more than I needed to, compared to what I would have paid if I had cycled an account for the purchase (apologies to those who don't know what I'm talking about with that jargon).



OP, you're having remorse about the Miami Vice series? Those are some of my favorite DVDs. I watched Season 1 and was blown away by how much I enjoyed it. Of course, I paid less than $15 for each of the 5 seasons. And The Outer Limits? Man... You and I have different tastes.

HELL YEA! My wife and I current live in a 2 bedroom condo. The spare bedroom is my media room. And i already told her that when we are ready to have a kid we need to buy a house with at least 3 bedrooms, because I'll be damned if my kid is taking over my media room. Its not selfish its prioritizing!

ditto,ditto,& ditto!!!

Sometimes I'll think - "Jeez, does anybody really need to own all these movies?". Then again, I'm firmly in the camp of "at least I've got something to show for the money I've spent". It's not like I wasted it all on cigarettes or booze, or something else that wouldn't reflect where the money went. Know what I mean?

Before Netflix, I used to blind buy too many movies. Now, unless it's something I absolutely know I want, I'll just rent it first. I've also discovered that it pays to wait to buy stuff, especially TV on DVD sets, because they can almost always be found cheaper 3 months to a year after they've been released. Eight times out of ten, it's a suckers bet to pay full price on a brand new release on street date/week.

But, I'm also a sucker for cheap DVD's, too. I finds it hard to pass a movie for $3 to $5, even if it's only an OK one, and not a great one. When I really realized I had a problem was when I spent three weeks visiting every Big Lots in a three state radius that I could, on almost a daily basis, in search those super cheap box sets they had this past summer. When I woke up to the craziness of that, I had to rethink my buying habits, and haven't bought nearly as much stuff as I previously would have since.

I'm a Big Lots bargain bin diver as well. Just recently found "Stander" with Thomas Jane and "Gosford Park" for $3 a piece.

I honestly don't see myself purchasing BR discs (even though I got a player Black Friday) until they start heavily (I mean HEAVILY) discounting them the way they do DVDs. If I'm renting on Netflix I of course grab them for the extra image quality, but I won't play $15-$30 for them.

When did Season 2.5 ever come with Razor included?? And another question: WHY would they even put that film with that season? Maybe going strictly chronologically a lot of it takes place around that time frame, but you are not supposed to watch it until the end of Season 3/beginning of Season 4 (unless you want to be spoiled on things that are not revealed until later)....

Are you sure you didn't just mean Season 4.0 (which includes Razor as disc 1 of the set)?

This. It also helped that I unloaded a huge chunk of my collection a while back.

I can't believe I sold my WWE OOP dvds for a PS2 a few years ago, I actually own Sex and the City because it's a steelbook and 25% of my yearly income goes towards DVDs and BD (not including going to the theater...only 84 times in 09).

I refuse to download a movie. I just do....at least when I have to pay for it. I'll download a movie to see if I like it, and then buy the dvd/blu-ray so I can actually have a copy. That's why I'm really against downloading music. You don't have a physical copy to listen to. You don't have the art to look at or lyric sheets to read. It's just not right.

Not to veer too far off course, but I think it's a bit different with music for most people. Part of that, I think, is that with music so many of us are already in the habit of making mix tapes/discs and focusing on songs (singles, typically) that we're more willing to isolate something from an album. Compilation discs abound, and because of that I think many fans are less dedicated to the album as a artistic statement, and see it more as just one package for including something they want.

A film, however, is a singular work, and we're conditioned to view it as a singular, tangible home video release (VHS, Betamax, Laser Disc, DVD, HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc). Although, it's interesting to note the emphasis on art and lyrics, liner notes, etc. with music. Of these, generally only artwork has been historically included with movie releases. (DVD's flirted with informative booklets, but this didn't last long for most mainstream releases.)

Imagine how much more interesting a home video release might be if they included, say, shooting scripts or filmmaker essays! I think this is why I'm a fan of Warner's Blu-ray Digibooks. To date, I only have Batman, but I'm hopeful that more of my favorite titles will be released in that format going forward.

This sounds exactly like me. I've tried to remove big chunks of my collection, but I can just never quite bring myself to do it.

And I especially agree with the second statement. When I think about how much more money I could have saved in some cases, it's frustrating. Hell, with Amazon's fluctuating prices, there are too many times I can think of when I would have saved some good money if I had just waited another day or two to buy something.

BigLots is the Crystal Meth of DVD collecting for me. I managed to quit buying almost everywhere else and still feed my addiction on the cheap. I've bought over a hundred in the last couple of years, all for $2-$3. I even managed to not spend any money at the last 2 DeepDiscount sales. I still have remorse when I find something at BigLots for $3 that I bought for $15 a couple of years ago and still haven't watched yet. The only DVDs I have sold are OOP ones that are worth more than I paid for them, which I can use to rationalize the enormous expense over the past 11 years.

That just kills me. I bought a copy of "Stander" with Thomas Jane (great "based on real life" crime drama set in South Africa) from an Amazon seller for $9. Three days after I got it I saw it at Big Lots for $3. Ruined my day.

When I go on spending spree I usually do, but then I'll watch an episode of "Cathouse" on HBO and imagine how much buyers remorse those guys walking out the door feel and I feel better about it.

After 11 years of fairly selective but intense DVD collecting, I can still say there's not too much I wish I didn't buy. But my most recent purchase, a "Blind Date" TV show 3-disc set is coming to mind big time in this thread.

I'm more apt to be pissed with myself when something goes out of print that I was waiting for a rainy day to buy. The only time I buy a new release is if someone has asked for it as a gift or a long anticipated box set that is heavily discounted.

Van Helsing and Day After Tomorrow

For the OP Miami Vice Seasons 1-5 is a good investment. Why have 2nd thoughts about that?