Why are old movies hard to find, used, on BD/DVD?

[Gbpxl]

Lower print runs?

More desirability thus fewer trade-ins?

Stores turn them away because for some reason they think theres no demand for old movies?

They get bought up as soon as they come in?

Combination of these?

I go to all kinds of different secondhand stores. Movies made in the 90s or earlier tend to be harder to find. Yet I can find movies from the 00s to now of varying degrees of quality all day long. Why?

[thetrixrabbit]

Yeah, people go out of their way to buy them because they're not readily available in stores. They are purchased with the intent to keep them. Plus a lot of them do not come with digital copies, so that's more reason for people to hold on to them. Older films seem to be purchased by folks who invest in a personal movie library. Those are precise type of folks, like me, who keep their stuff.

[gkolb]

For me the DVD’s have little resale marketability, so I gave 4-500 to the public library recently. I had no interest in giving any middle man any markup.

I still have my blurays that have been replaced by 4K’s, not sure where I could get a fair value for them.

[Gbpxl]

Originally Posted by gkolb

For me the DVD’s have little resale marketability, so I gave 4-500 to the public library recently. I had no interest in giving any middle man any markup.

I still have my blurays that have been replaced by 4K’s, not sure where I could get a fair value for them.

If buying/selling is allowed here Id be interested in your unwanted BDs. I dont plan on jumping to 4K until they stop making BD if that ever happens

[Zarak]

I spend a lot of time visiting pawn shops and thrift stores, and it's obvious from my experience that the more common and less expensive a title is, the more likely you are to find it in a pawn shop.

When people post pictures online of their Dollar Tree, Big Lots, and Dollar General hauls, those are the same movies I'm seeing at pawn shops everywhere.

[StingingVelvet]

Lots of factors, the obvious one being newer stuff is often more popular in the moment. Also newer stuff sells more on BD because a lot of people were happy with DVD. Also also people buying older stuff are probably older themselves, and have less need to pawn a bunch of crap for cash.

[shinobipopcorn]

Personally I don't even bother selling stuff, because it's a bit of a hassle for small profit. Most of what I unload would be older stuff though. 80s-90s... Maybe people have the same minsdet?

[hype88]

Originally Posted by shinobipopcorn

Personally I don't even bother selling stuff, because it's a bit of a hassle for small profit. Most of what I unload would be older stuff though. 80s-90s... Maybe people have the same minsdet?

Exactly how I feel as well. I've been collecting vinyl my entire life as well and it's simply not worth the effort to sale 95% of the time for either format unless it's a private forum or something and you have a little more faith in the person buying.

[CinemaScope]

When I buy a catalogue title it's because I really like it, & have liked it for some years, so I'm unlikely to sell it. But I buy a new film, I watch it a few times & think, that's it for me, & maybe get rid of it.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by shinobipopcorn

Personally I don't even bother selling stuff, because it's a bit of a hassle for small profit. Most of what I unload would be older stuff though. 80s-90s... Maybe people have the same minsdet?

I sell stuff all the time, and never get less than $10 for ANY disc, new or old. That's hardly a "small profit" when I buy during Kino's or Warner Archives' sales and basically get my money back.

[bigshot]

Collectors buy older movies and add them to their library. The kind of person who sells movies after watching them a couple of times is more likely to be just buying current movies and then getting tired of them and selling them to buy more current movies.