Dumping My DVD Collection on Ebay

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Blue Ray and HD DVD are here, so I am making a move to dump my entire
DVD collection on Ebay. Few Observations:

You sir, are a moron of the highest order. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are here?
I'll be damned if I've seen a single player or disc in Circuit City yet..

I am kind of suprised that I coulnd't get $15 for a LOTR EE set. But
I guess that makes sense, premier movices like LOTR will benefit the
most from HD and thus people are avoiding buying them. Just a few
thoughts.

Most anyone who wants LotR, already owns them. You think fans of the
movies are going to wait until 2006 to purchase them? Just how dense are
you?

But by all means, dump your entire DVD collection before the OVERHYPED
HD formats have even launched. Sure, it's thousands of dollars down the
toilet, but it's pocket change to you, right? I'm sure you're some rich
douchebag with tons of $$$ to burn, but you're still an idiot in my
book.

I built a DVD collection to have my favorite movies and TV series
available to me for many years to come on a small compact disc that
never wears out or deteriorates and provides good video/audio quality.
Apparently you built a DVD collection because it was the "cool" thing to
do at the time. Now hurry up and jump on that HD bandwagon before it's
too late!
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Blue Ray and HD DVD are here, so I am making a move to dump my entire
DVD collection on Ebay. Few Observations:

Premier Sets like Band of Brothers still command good money. TV sets
are selling better than movies. Interest on movies seems to have
waded a bit, I coulnd't get $4.99 for A movies like Red Dragon.

I have been buying and selling DVDs on Ebay for 5 years, I basically
use it as a rental service, buy new, watch once and sell right away.

5 years ago, I lost maybe a couple of bucks on a disc, now the DVD
market has tanked that I couldn't get half price from my disc.

Isn't it the true sign that people are avoiding buying DVDs in
anticipation of the arrival of HD DVDs?

I am kind of suprised that I coulnd't get $15 for a LOTR EE set. But
I guess that makes sense, premier movices like LOTR will benefit the
most from HD and thus people are avoiding buying them. Just a few
thoughts.

Most buyers won't buy on eBay unless they are getting a better deal
than
what they would pay at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc. That's the motive for
buying online.

Also consider that you are offering used DVDs. Even if they are in
"like new" condition,
buyers still expect a discount if they are previously viewed.

If a DVD title is selling for $9.98 at Wal Mart how much would you
expect to get
for the same title (used) if you are selling online?

I believe the low prices on eBay has more to do with the lower prices
at Wal-Mart.
rather than the anticipation of Blu-Ray discs.

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Its not like the move from Laser Discs to DVDs. I sold off my LDs when
they
were still selling used for $15 to $25. Over the years I replaced most
of those
LD titles with the same DVD titles for the same price or less.

Why sell off your DVDs at $5 each. The prices have pretty much bottomed
out.

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Bratboy wrote:
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Well, if he dumped them now, he might get more money out of them. He
won't get near as much in two years when everything HD DVD BR is sorted
out. Of course, if it is more than two years, then well, I guess he
won't have a lot to watch for a while.



I really see no reason to "dump" dvd's because an HD version may be coming.
You have no garuntee if this or that title you really like is ever gonna be
rereleased in HD-DVD or BlueRay so you could sell something you cant get
again.

Which is why I still have ~750 laserdiscs.

Matthew

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floating in the pond? -- John O on AFB

Your giving them to much credit. :-) Even summer of 2006 is highly
unlikely. And if its true that BluRay is going to require a internet
connection there will be many that won't buy, including me. As for people
dumping their dvds for BR, I think you'll find most of them are trolls
looking for a fight.


"afiggatt" wrote in message
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wrote:

Blue Ray and HD DVD are here, so I am making a move to dump my entire
DVD collection on Ebay. Few Observations:

They are? I doubt if we will see any Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players before
the spring of 2006 and even that is uncertain. I hope your HD TV has a
DVI/HDCP or HDMI port because it is likely that the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD
players will only send the 1080i HD signal out the copy protected
digital port. The component will likely be good for 480i/480p only.

I don't understand why anyone would dump their DVD collection just
because of BR or HD-DVD on the horizon. It will be years before many of
the DVD titles will be available on BR/HD-DVD. And will the modest
improvement in picture quality for many older movies (those in poorer
condition) be worth buying it all over again?

I don't expect to buy either a BR or HD-DVD player for at least 1 or 2
years after they hit the market and possibly even longer, depending in
part on how draconian the copy protected requirements are.

Alan F





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On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:44:25 GMT, "Large Farva"
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Blue Ray and HD DVD are here, so I am making a move to dump my entire
DVD collection on Ebay. Few Observations:

LOL! You're not too smart are you?

Because he is selling his collection now??

Premier Sets like Band of Brothers still command good money. TV sets
are selling better than movies. Interest on movies seems to have
waded a bit, I coulnd't get $4.99 for A movies like Red Dragon.

That's because you can get it at Walmart for $4.99, and by the time you add
shipping to yours, it's a ripoff.

Well Amazon has it new for $10.99... never been to Wallmart but I
doubt your claim of $4.99... so I call your bull****.

5 years ago, I lost maybe a couple of bucks on a disc, now the DVD
market has tanked that I couldn't get half price from my disc.

That's because DVD's now cost half as much as they did 5 years ago.

All DVD's... interesting claim.

New Sin City is $26.... don't remember paying $52 a year ago.







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On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:33:24 -0600, Black Locust
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But by all means, dump your entire DVD collection before the OVERHYPED
HD formats have even launched. Sure, it's thousands of dollars down the
toilet, but it's pocket change to you, right? I'm sure you're some rich
douchebag with tons of $$$ to burn, but you're still an idiot in my
book.

Little harsher than normal Black.






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because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
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It's spelled "Wal-Mart" and their website has Red Dragon for $10.87.
This does not mean the other poster was wrong, as their stores and
website often have different pricing. It's too bad you never visit
Wal-Mart, because they have some really great DVD deals, especially on
movies.

-beaumon

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:23:08 GMT, spewed forth these words of
wisdom:

Blue Ray and HD DVD are here, so I am making a move to dump my entire
DVD collection on Ebay. Few Observations:


I dumped a large majority of my CD collection, thinking SACD was the future. Big
mistake!

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On 8 Dec 2005 19:41:52 -0800, wrote:

It's spelled "Wal-Mart" and their website has Red Dragon for $10.87.
This does not mean the other poster was wrong, as their stores and
website often have different pricing. It's too bad you never visit
Wal-Mart, because they have some really great DVD deals, especially on
movies.


Never been in a "Wal-Mart" ... and I no longer buy DVD's... so....








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because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_