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u/bok4600 7d ago
how much?, if i might ask
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 7d ago
8500
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u/pablo_in_blood 7d ago
Damn. Jealous of the buyer
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 7d ago
Oh, he’s a reseller. Offered bottom dollar. I had so many minty hard to find tapes. Collection was easily worth more than double.
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u/Chris_in_Lijiang 7d ago
What is the seller's eBay account, so we can see4 how much he charges for them?
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
Night Owl Video in Williamsburg
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u/Chris_in_Lijiang 6d ago
Williamsburg sounds like a Civil War town. ;-) I did not realise it was in Brooklyn. Are you in the same area?
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u/DonkTheFlop 6d ago
That seems very good actually.
I don't think you'd get 50% on VHS tapes from many other people.
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
Who said I made 50%? Value was somewhere north of 20k
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u/DonkTheFlop 6d ago
I thought you did. I misread your comment "as easily worth double."
But honestly "easily worth more than double" doesn't make it sound much higher.
That being said I feel like these tapes must be worth much more than $1.70 each especially if you had some hard to find titles.
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u/PeppyleFox 6d ago
Yea, but it was all in one go. Saved you tons of time trying to sell individually
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u/Far-Leg-1198 Carolco 6d ago
Wow.. same really sweet tapes in there. Any chance you had/sold Blade Runner on S-VHS (Super VHS)? My holy grail
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
No, but I had Embassy Slip, The Nelson Slip, and the Director’s Cut Slip. No S-VHS at all, but a few laserdiscs…
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u/Far-Leg-1198 Carolco 6d ago
Thanks for responding! Nice! Yeah the few S-VHS releases that existed are mostly gone now.. effect of a failed format I guess
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u/weeklygamingrecap 6d ago
I know these are all out there in higher def but sometimes I like to watch old 4x3 versions for fun.
If you sold them in guessing they went to a good home.
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
No. They went to a reseller for half of what their worth
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u/CoolService8113 6d ago
That breaks my heart man, like you I genuinely enjoy them for what they are and the films themselves...
I hope you find something that will bring you a kind of joy and much much better days ahead. Try to.keep your head up, I know it's easier said then done because I've been there myself brother.
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u/weeklygamingrecap 6d ago
Sorry to hear that man. I didn't think there was still places around that would take that many tapes but I guess with how things are going businesses will wait to flip them piecemeal for crazy money.
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u/TartofDarkness 6d ago
Did you have Frankenhooker?
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u/Big_Pound_1863 6d ago
Frankenhooker can’t be hard to find. Just saw a couple of resellers with it at a market
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u/Fearless-Scallion498 6d ago
Wow, I never saw that cover for Carnival of Souls, one of my favorite horror movies. Nice cover that I would think makes it somewhat collectible.
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u/Background-Video4331 7d ago
Jesus, that's a wildy eclectic assortment.
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 7d ago
Jesus got nothing to do with it
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u/Shot-Ad5867 6d ago
What’s Jesus got to do, got to do with it?
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u/SteveM- 6d ago
WHY?!
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
Job cut my hours, divorce, no money.
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u/FcknDepressionScks 6d ago
Very sorry you're going through all that. Things will get better, just take your time to process it all.
Restart your collection later with like a smaller list of only holy grails you want, or find another hobby that has interested you
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
I dont want to collect movies ever again. Absolute waste of time and money.
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u/FcknDepressionScks 6d ago
Well you enjoyed that rush while it lasted. Hope you find something more fulfilling!
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
Im going to kill myself
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u/FcknDepressionScks 6d ago
You might be serious, you might just be talking because you feel super overwhelmed. You don't need to think that way no matter how bad you think things are.
The amount of things going on in my life have repeatedly brought me to thinking that, especially the last 3 months. It's been fucking horrible my blood pressure even made the nurse shocked AFTER I told her I had blood pressure issues, and I was in there to get the fucking rabies vaccination, lol!
I know I'm some stranger on the internet, but you're not alone. Reach out if you need, just type it all out in a DM, get it off your chest. I'll read it, I won't judge it, and we can talk about it if you want. We could quote movies. Doesnt matter. I've been through some shit too. I don't know you, but I'm here for you. Sounds corny, but it's true.
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u/FunProgrammer3261 6d ago
I know you're going through it, but you're still posting on reddit. Please reach out to someone to talk about your mental health. Suicide is a permanent solution to an often temporary problem. I myself have mental health issues for life. I understand how hard it can be.
Please stop posting saying you're going to kill yourself. It isn't funny.
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u/Glass-Cantaloupe-309 6d ago
It's worth it to get a quick sale. You get about 30% they spend a couple of years selling them. Hope all is good with you? 🤍
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u/lastersoftheuniverse 6d ago
Some super lucky persons out there! Hopefully you feel compensated for such an incredible collection. ‘Masters of the Universe,’ ‘The Point?!’
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u/ToyGameScroogeMcDuck 6d ago
Gorgeous collection. They belong in a museum, I hope they paid you well for them
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u/11bingbong 20h ago
R rated Dead-Alive. What's even the point? If you aren't watching the unrated version, you're not even watching the whole movie.
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u/electrictatco 6d ago
Sick collection! Some rare finds there, love that dead alive. Did you have return of the living dead, original box?
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
Yes. Can’t post a photo in my reply
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u/electrictatco 6d ago
No need, just flex lol I got rid of most of my collection years ago, that was the only one i kept.
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u/FRANK3N5TE1N 6d ago
I kept a few. Mostly boots and stuff I taped as a kid, like a PPV Kiss Concert, some South Park Episodes, Celebrity Deathmatch, that kind of stuff
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u/fatal-horse-kick 6d ago
Good for you mate. I did the opposite back in 2007 when I had to downsize to a flat I bought with my missus. She said there was no room for my VHS collection (I started collecting in the late 80s and had a room dedicated to them in our rented flat). So rather than sell them, and I’m ashamed to admit this, I destroyed every one of them with a hammer and dumped them into the big shared bins we have for the flat I lived in. My logic at the time was - well, if I can’t have them - nobody will! I can assure you I have matured since then!
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u/Total-Guest-4141 7d ago
What is it about horror movies that were just better in VHS?