Do you regret hoarding old dvds/cds/games?

[FearoftheNight]

I kept so many around my house. I thought I'll watch these again or play this game again sometime. This has only happened 1/100 times. I just sold a giant box of 18 items to decluttr and I'm only getting like $15 for it. Am I wrong in thinking I should have resold the games and dvds when they were newer to recoup like 70% of the price? Thoughts?

 

[Fritzo]

I saw that pattern 10 years ago. People always seem to think a new DVD or CD is a good Christmas/Birthday gift when in fact you just watch/listen to is once and then it sits on a self for the rest of its life.

 

[RossMAN]

Looking at my 200 DVD's - yes.

 

[FearoftheNight]

I'm thinking if I just beat a game or watched a video and sold it on FS/FT..does 70% sound about right?

 

[Blackjack200]

i have friends that still have shelves and shelves of old dvds, games, bluerays, cds, etc. It really seems anachronistic now.

 

[IronWing]

CDs and DVDs for games seem silly now that steam and such exist. I've never bought a movie as renting makes more sense to me. Music CDs I've got by the bushel basket with more on the way. I don't see that changing unless more titles come out in lossless format and more online retailers start supplying the liner notes with the music files.

 

[Ichinisan]

Regret hoarding games? No effing way.

 

[DrPizza]

How about piles of VHS tapes. We don't even have a VHS player. Saved all the Disney movies for grandchildren.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No, my CD collection is still growing.

 

[MichaelD]

How about piles of VHS tapes. We don't even have a VHS player. Saved all the Disney movies for grandchildren.

That is a very worthwhile cause. You can convert/get converted all those tapes into digital. My video camera, that I bought all kinds of lenses and filters for, uses MiniDV TAPES. A 1-hour tape takes exactly 1 hour to capture b/c it's tape and plays in real time as opposed to a digital file that you can upload in a minute or two. PITA, but I keep ALL the tapes, even after capturing them to digital.

On a related note: I have a 16mm film of me as a newborn baby and my parents/family that I've never seen. I need to get that digitized for posterity.

 

[Naer]

I regret nothing

 

[motsm]

I only have about 10 DVD's, never was too thrilled with the format, and I still buy BDs and CDs. I could probably get rid of a few of my physical games though, I have some I won't be playing again that have no collector interest to me. I wouldn't say I regret anything though, I'm not drowning in a hoard.

 

[dr150]

I regret hoarding games.

I buy with a good sale, but never get around to playing them (maybe when I'm in a retirement home). My Steam library is a waste of money.

 

[FearoftheNight]

Regret hoarding games? No effing way.

rationale?

 

[IGBT]

sell em on ebay.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I have two cupboards full of game boxes.
Don't regret it in the least, since a lot of them are puurrrrdy (eg. Stonekeep, Age of Conan, etc.)

 

[Ichinisan]

rationale?

It has been somewhat profitable. If you know what to buy, when to buy, the value goes up as time passes.

 

[gorcorps]

yeah

I've stopped buying movies because of it. I have a DVD rack full of DVDs than I won't really watch again because I don't re-watch movies all that often. Now I'll just rent or borrow.

 

[TheVrolok]

Mildly, sometimes.

 

[MustISO]

Games I have no issue with keeping but I had a massive collection of DVDs which I may watched once. I'm in the process of getting rid of everything and cleaning off my storage rack. Music CD's I'm still keeping but in storage containers rather than a storage rack.

 

[soulcougher73]

Yes, that is why i sold all of them (after i ripped them of course) to a local used place that buys them and comics etc. And i dont buy either anymore. I rent from redbox or use netflix now. All they did was sit and collect dust and take up room. What a waste of money and resources.

 

[Blanky]

Nope because it was obvious years ago that spending $15 on a movie I watch on so is stupid. Apparently people are still paying $20-25 for shit like hot tub time machine 2 because I see these movies at Walmart all the time.

 

[Ichinisan]

Yes, that is why i sold all of them (after i ripped them of course) to a local used place that buys them and comics etc. And i dont buy either anymore. I rent from redbox or use netflix now. All they did was sit and collect dust and take up room. What a waste of money and resources.

Dirty, filthy pirate.

Keeping rips after you sell the originals is not fair use in any sense.

 

[darkewaffle]

No because I don't hoard them. Only ones that are particularly great or I'm especially fond of do I keep around. I probably only have like 2-3 shelves of the stuff at this point. Pretty reasonable to me.

 

[dud]

Dirty, filthy pirate.

Keeping rips after you sell the originals is not fair use in any sense.

Wow ...



I stopped buying DVDs years ago as I could foresee the advent of online streaming cutting into sales of physical media. I have tried to convince the wife and asked her not to buy me any more DVDs but she still buys a few for herself each year. As for the comment above ... when the day comes that the DVD format goes the way of the dinosaur I plan on ripping any dvds that I wish to a common format that will hopefully survive me.


As for games ... I have a "treasure chest" full of games as old as late 90s that I treasure greatly. I may not play them much but I do have the memories. I have no regret abouth those ... or buying used PC gaming software as it becomes avaialble.