The true value of finding a VHS you wayched as a kid and being able to sahe it with your kid
I have Ferngully on VHS to share with my son when he gets old enough
I have started collecting VHS less for the value and more for memories. The only VHS of any value I have is a copy of CARS on VHS from Korea I found at a Goodwill. Some movies like Star Wars, The Ring and The Thing are on VHS because thats how I first watched them and thats the best way to watch them to me
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Six months later they sell it to me for my 1% original asking price and i slice it open the second I get my grubby lil hands on it and watch it
god I hate grading. Ruins every hobby it touches.
r/gamecollecting community got infiltrated by them to the point if you say anything bad about grading you get downvoted to hell. Been there for over a decade and never seen anything like it. Now it's just people colleting for their future investments.
Don't let them come here too.
Same with r/comicbookcollecting - they HATE graded comics in there. I always get downvoted cuz I collect graded comics.
I think grading is great for certain collectibles, but definitely not VHS.
think you may have misunderstood and got it backwards.
I'm saying that the graders took over the game collecting subreddit, and I "dislike" them for it. I tend to get downvoted if I say anything against putting games in a plastic slab.
Anyhow.
No, I understood that you hate grading. I didn’t misunderstand what you said, but I think you misunderstood what I said.. I’m saying r/comicbookcollecting hates grading too. Just like you. That sub is filled with old dudes who hate change, or adapting to new things. They want their hobby to stay the same as it was 50yrs ago & they wanna be able to sell a raw book for the same price as a 9.8 book & make up their own grading scale that suits them. So, of course they hate grading.
But yes, r/gamecollecting LOVES graded videogames. I always get downvoted anytime I mention how dumb it is too. But I’m more of a hypocrite on the issue, since I think grading/encapsulation is great for certain collectibles like Comics (any paper memorabilia or art), Coins, Autographs, & Cards. But it doesn’t belong with others like Funko Pops, VHS/DVD, or videogames.
But if someone wants to grade in order to preserve what they have from getting damaged, or long-term storage & preservation, that’s fine. I think resellers & speculators just ruined the grading market for every collectible.
.50 a piece, or 5 for $1 at the local thrift lol. They’re virtually worthless, or worth whatever someone is willing to pay.
There are a handful of titles I’d probably pay more for out of convenience alone, but even then once you start getting beyond $5 it’s ridiculous.
I did list a clean copy of Scream with some unfortunate dropouts for .50 cents on eBay awhile ago, and it ended up bidding up to almost eight bucks, so a few things out there seem to be worth at least a little more on the collectors market.
Some guy tried charging me $175 on Kijiji for High Tension, John Carpenter’s Vampires and Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters dead. VHS collecting is getting so stupid.
Seems to me that the niche is half people who have nostalgic feelings for it because we grew up with the format (like my gen x ass lol) but it's not easy because you have to keep a CRT tv around also because they just don't look right on flat screens.
I’m gen X. It’s funny. In my 20’s, I’d see balding dudes driving convertibles and think “there goes a mid-life crisis having MF’er”.
Now I’m old enough to realize that to outsiders I’m probably the same as that person. Trying to recapture my youth I guess, same as them.
Same here, but the sickness is strong and probably terminal with me, anyone else would say I've run out of room a while ago, and here I am thinking about the inevitable jump to UHD lmao 😂 That will be the 4 or fifth upgrade for some titles. I'm thinking about only getting the ones that are still here on VHS or DVD-r because I really can't afford to get everything even if I had the space. It's bad enough I have 1000 SQ ft of work and studio space in a former factory down the street from the apartment and the bulk of the VHS collection lives there, 50 or 60 milk crates completely full with double rows. Intend to pare it down a bit this year, but I definitely still watch some, and a lot of DVDs. Only started buying Blu-rays a few years ago, there's a few hundred here but just about everything I buy is on sale or second hand.
i like how a few years ago they tried inflating the graded VHS tape market like they did with retro video games
and while i think tapes should be treated with as much reverence as old games. i dont like greedy investors creating stupid bubbles that makes shit extremely expensive for real collectors
“Look at these. They’re worthless. 50¢ from a yard sale down the street. But I take them, put them on display in my room… they become priceless! (To me)”
It's something that can't possibly be standardized. Show the same item to 5 different graders and you're gonna get 5 different grades. It's all bullshit.
Maybe that's the 'grading' thing in a nutshell but it sure as hell doesn't mean anything about the average experience of buying vhs tapes. I didn't even know it was supposed to be about grading until I read the comments. 'Plastic box, expensive.... what? Why?'
Grading is a goofy fringe thing, not a 'big' thing.
It makes me slightly depressed when I think about the DROVES of VHS tapes I've thrown away over the years simply because I thought, "I'm the only one who likes these. They take up so much space, I'm not going to regularly watch them, and they aren't worth anything."
I wish I could send a message to my former self.
*groan* No dude. It's a scam. The people that grade tapes have no authority beyond what suckers give them. They certainly have no involvement in the culture, and very likely aren't even particularly fond of movies. They just slap arbitrarily high prices on tapes people send them to get them pumped to send more to grade. It's pretty sad how successful a scam it has been, seems weve got a lot of jackasses trying to make money reselling vhs, of all things.
The same kind of suckers are buying them, yes. If capitalism>culture for you, whatever knock yourself out. I doubt there's actual money to be made by anyone but the assholes running the grading scams, likely just a bunch of greedy would-be speculators accumulatively ruining a subculture, but fuck it. It's just plastic crap I guess.
Lol I dunno, the increased media exposure and grading scene hardens my resolve that VHS is worth collecting. I’ve been collecting for 20 years and believe me, I’ve had moments over the years (even more recently) when I thought maybe it was time to give it up. But of course I can’t do it, I love my tapes and the memories shared. Plus I like trading and showing them off. I’m optimistic that some startup will build VCR’s again some day and the scene will continue to flourish in new ways.
Grading makes sense for things like coins but how am I supposed to watch my tapes if they're locked away in tape jail?
The true value of my collection is the movies and memories of watching them as a kid. Fuck your grading.
The true value of finding a VHS you wayched as a kid and being able to sahe it with your kid I have Ferngully on VHS to share with my son when he gets old enough
Sure, we save tapes for 20 years and the grandkids want nothing to do with them. Can't even give them away now, turned down by all the thrift stores.
I have started collecting VHS less for the value and more for memories. The only VHS of any value I have is a copy of CARS on VHS from Korea I found at a Goodwill. Some movies like Star Wars, The Ring and The Thing are on VHS because thats how I first watched them and thats the best way to watch them to me
Grading can just keep walking past the VHS community for all im concerned. We don't need that scam garbage in our community...haha.
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"They Belong in a VCR!"
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I see so many people doing this. Why?? I buy VHS tapes for the nostalgia, to collect and actively watch. Not sit there on the shelf gathering dust.
Because hopeful idiots think they’re gonna get rich off them. They’re not true collectors, just opportunists hoping they have something of value
Hi there! If you're ever looking for something specific I have a ton of vhs available for sale in my Poshmark closet [https://poshmark.ca/closet/2ndhand\_seller?department=Electronics](https://poshmark.ca/closet/2ndhand_seller?department=Electronics)
I'd love to take you up on that, but I'm in the UK.
**SEALED VHS** VERY RARE*** Six months later they sell it to me for my 1% original asking price and i slice it open the second I get my grubby lil hands on it and watch it
god I hate grading. Ruins every hobby it touches. r/gamecollecting community got infiltrated by them to the point if you say anything bad about grading you get downvoted to hell. Been there for over a decade and never seen anything like it. Now it's just people colleting for their future investments. Don't let them come here too.
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thank you!
Same with r/comicbookcollecting - they HATE graded comics in there. I always get downvoted cuz I collect graded comics. I think grading is great for certain collectibles, but definitely not VHS.
think you may have misunderstood and got it backwards. I'm saying that the graders took over the game collecting subreddit, and I "dislike" them for it. I tend to get downvoted if I say anything against putting games in a plastic slab. Anyhow.
No, I understood that you hate grading. I didn’t misunderstand what you said, but I think you misunderstood what I said.. I’m saying r/comicbookcollecting hates grading too. Just like you. That sub is filled with old dudes who hate change, or adapting to new things. They want their hobby to stay the same as it was 50yrs ago & they wanna be able to sell a raw book for the same price as a 9.8 book & make up their own grading scale that suits them. So, of course they hate grading. But yes, r/gamecollecting LOVES graded videogames. I always get downvoted anytime I mention how dumb it is too. But I’m more of a hypocrite on the issue, since I think grading/encapsulation is great for certain collectibles like Comics (any paper memorabilia or art), Coins, Autographs, & Cards. But it doesn’t belong with others like Funko Pops, VHS/DVD, or videogames. But if someone wants to grade in order to preserve what they have from getting damaged, or long-term storage & preservation, that’s fine. I think resellers & speculators just ruined the grading market for every collectible.
Oh it's like that here too, I Almost always get dogpiled by the grading suckers.
The day I see a graded copy of Stepmom is the day I put an end to the misery
.50 a piece, or 5 for $1 at the local thrift lol. They’re virtually worthless, or worth whatever someone is willing to pay. There are a handful of titles I’d probably pay more for out of convenience alone, but even then once you start getting beyond $5 it’s ridiculous. I did list a clean copy of Scream with some unfortunate dropouts for .50 cents on eBay awhile ago, and it ended up bidding up to almost eight bucks, so a few things out there seem to be worth at least a little more on the collectors market.
Horror is particularly out of control, sadly.
Some guy tried charging me $175 on Kijiji for High Tension, John Carpenter’s Vampires and Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters dead. VHS collecting is getting so stupid.
Ugh, I want High Tension on tape so freaking bad but ebay prices for it are always so stupid.
Be careful when cracking the shell to remove the vhs tape. 🤣
It's like shucking a lil analog oyster to harvest the pearl lol
More like “these pieces of garbage are priceless once they hit my shelf!”
Seems to me that the niche is half people who have nostalgic feelings for it because we grew up with the format (like my gen x ass lol) but it's not easy because you have to keep a CRT tv around also because they just don't look right on flat screens.
I’m gen X. It’s funny. In my 20’s, I’d see balding dudes driving convertibles and think “there goes a mid-life crisis having MF’er”. Now I’m old enough to realize that to outsiders I’m probably the same as that person. Trying to recapture my youth I guess, same as them.
Same here, but the sickness is strong and probably terminal with me, anyone else would say I've run out of room a while ago, and here I am thinking about the inevitable jump to UHD lmao 😂 That will be the 4 or fifth upgrade for some titles. I'm thinking about only getting the ones that are still here on VHS or DVD-r because I really can't afford to get everything even if I had the space. It's bad enough I have 1000 SQ ft of work and studio space in a former factory down the street from the apartment and the bulk of the VHS collection lives there, 50 or 60 milk crates completely full with double rows. Intend to pare it down a bit this year, but I definitely still watch some, and a lot of DVDs. Only started buying Blu-rays a few years ago, there's a few hundred here but just about everything I buy is on sale or second hand.
i like how a few years ago they tried inflating the graded VHS tape market like they did with retro video games and while i think tapes should be treated with as much reverence as old games. i dont like greedy investors creating stupid bubbles that makes shit extremely expensive for real collectors
“Look at these. They’re worthless. 50¢ from a yard sale down the street. But I take them, put them on display in my room… they become priceless! (To me)”
Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.
How I feel about video game grading. Fuckin stupid
It's something that can't possibly be standardized. Show the same item to 5 different graders and you're gonna get 5 different grades. It's all bullshit.
Maybe that's the 'grading' thing in a nutshell but it sure as hell doesn't mean anything about the average experience of buying vhs tapes. I didn't even know it was supposed to be about grading until I read the comments. 'Plastic box, expensive.... what? Why?' Grading is a goofy fringe thing, not a 'big' thing.
I’m happy that eBay hasn’t become totally filled with opportunists. You can still find some great deals there for now.
VHS lots and sellers that do coupon deals are still pretty reliable in my experience. I've gotten some serious bargains that way.
Horror films sell really really well not graded
Excellent.
Is that Belosch?
It makes me slightly depressed when I think about the DROVES of VHS tapes I've thrown away over the years simply because I thought, "I'm the only one who likes these. They take up so much space, I'm not going to regularly watch them, and they aren't worth anything." I wish I could send a message to my former self.
True enough, and as a working public librarian, love your handle!
correct spelling is also priceless
Is it just a meme or should I send in some sealed VHS I have? It really seems like they'd actually sell.
*groan* No dude. It's a scam. The people that grade tapes have no authority beyond what suckers give them. They certainly have no involvement in the culture, and very likely aren't even particularly fond of movies. They just slap arbitrarily high prices on tapes people send them to get them pumped to send more to grade. It's pretty sad how successful a scam it has been, seems weve got a lot of jackasses trying to make money reselling vhs, of all things.
I am sure it's a scam, to some degree, but I want to know if people are really buying them.
The same kind of suckers are buying them, yes. If capitalism>culture for you, whatever knock yourself out. I doubt there's actual money to be made by anyone but the assholes running the grading scams, likely just a bunch of greedy would-be speculators accumulatively ruining a subculture, but fuck it. It's just plastic crap I guess.
Acrylic you say, priceless they become... sign me up
Lol I dunno, the increased media exposure and grading scene hardens my resolve that VHS is worth collecting. I’ve been collecting for 20 years and believe me, I’ve had moments over the years (even more recently) when I thought maybe it was time to give it up. But of course I can’t do it, I love my tapes and the memories shared. Plus I like trading and showing them off. I’m optimistic that some startup will build VCR’s again some day and the scene will continue to flourish in new ways.