So many movies, so little time...

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by toefer

So how does this work? You figure you buy a movie, and get back enough from selling or trading it, that it works out to be cheaper to buy then trade/sell instead of rent?

I did not say it makes it cheaper than renting, but it does defer some of the cost, and makes buying more cost effective. There are movies I traded for that I never would have rented or bought that I thoroughly enjoyed, and that alone makes up for part of the expense. I also still get the pleasure of watching many new releases on pristine, unscratched, unsmudged disks.

One has to ask themselves, if they decide they don't want to afford new releases at full price. Can you afford them at half price? Because you can pretty much get at least half price (usually more) if you watch and sell them right away.

And sometimes, I trade a movie, then watch what I trade for, trade it, trade the next, trade the next, etc., etc. Those are like almost new movies at the cost of $1.86 each. You are right, if you claim that I don't own them and have them on the shelf, but realistically, how many times am I going to take Surfer, Dude off the shelf to watch again? On the other hand, I might take my pristine copies of POTC trilogy and watch them again and again. It's all up to me.