Any Ideas On Where To Get Decent Value For Standard DVDs - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

wallendo · 10-28-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Elvispookie

... wether it is EBay or Half.com or any place on the net that buys used DVDs - I run into extremely unfair pricing. Some are trying to get 0.75 cents a DVD???...

Unfortunately, that is "fair pricing" - the price at which people are willing to pay. Unless you have new releases or out-of-print classics, there is very little market for used DVD's online, and supply greatly outnumbers demand. It might be beneficial to see if you have any "valuable" DVD's; of course, "valuable DVD" usually means the title is no longer available on DVD (or blu-ray), and you would therefore be unlikely to replace it.

One option you may want to consider, depending on your tax bracket, is to donate the discs to charity and take a tax write-off.

Elvispookie · 10-29-2009, 02:10 PM

thanks for the ideas guys. I will try DVDPlanet once their quoter is back up and running on Nov 1st. I also like the tax idea to charity.

BluTracer · 10-29-2009, 03:09 PM

I sell mine on Amazon Market Place but, only if the value is $10.00 or more otherwise it isn't worth my time.

What I do with the ones that don't have any real value anymore is I purchased about 100 empty Blu-Ray double cases and remove the DVD and BluRay from their original case and put them in the double case. Plus some BluRay titles don't have all the special features that were included with the DVD.

I used to sell on Ebay but, it has become too much hassle and their fees have gotten out of hand. Also, I can't compete with the bootleggers selling cheap bootleg copies of DVDs.

Tok · 10-29-2009, 03:36 PM

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but we are moving into an HD world.

Like other posters pointed out, unless you have some rare OOP discs, DVDs will become near worthless in the next 3-to-5 years.

I started selling most of mine through my workplace classifieds. I probably averaged about $4.50/title, but I did get some thing out of them. But I still have roughly 100 or so DVDs that can't sell.

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10-29-2009, 02:10 PM	#22
Elvispookie Member Member since:Oct 2009 Blu-ray collection:50	thanks for the ideas guys. I will try DVDPlanet once their quoter is back up and running on Nov 1st. I also like the tax idea to charity.

10-29-2009, 03:09 PM	#23
BluTracer Special Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:61 4K collection:1044 Blu-ray collection:5308 DVD collection:1294 Digital collection:4139 Trading Score:1093	I sell mine on Amazon Market Place but, only if the value is $10.00 or more otherwise it isn't worth my time. What I do with the ones that don't have any real value anymore is I purchased about 100 empty Blu-Ray double cases and remove the DVD and BluRay from their original case and put them in the double case. Plus some BluRay titles don't have all the special features that were included with the DVD. I used to sell on Ebay but, it has become too much hassle and their fees have gotten out of hand. Also, I can't compete with the bootleggers selling cheap bootleg copies of DVDs.

10-29-2009, 03:36 PM	#24
Tok Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 4K collection:1009 Blu-ray collection:1821 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:5	Hate to be the bearer of bad news but we are moving into an HD world. Like other posters pointed out, unless you have some rare OOP discs, DVDs will become near worthless in the next 3-to-5 years. I started selling most of mine through my workplace classifieds. I probably averaged about $4.50/title, but I did get some thing out of them. But I still have roughly 100 or so DVDs that can't sell.

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