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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Great Rumbler on March 28, 2009, 10:52:17 PM

Title: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 28, 2009, 10:52:17 PM
Today I got together a bunch of DVDs, some books, some games, and a load of VHS tapes and took them to Half Price Bookstore. There was so much stuff that I couldn't just carry it in, so I had to put all of it in three trash bags. I figured up that I probably spent about $800 on everything. Half Price Bookstore gave me $66.

 :'(
Title: Re: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: Lafiel on March 28, 2009, 11:02:57 PM
That store ripped you off.
Title: Re: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on March 28, 2009, 11:04:36 PM
That store ripped you off.


Depends on the quantities.  I don't know anyone who is big into VHS so I imagine that place only gave a dime or a quarter per tape.  DVDs were probably a dollar or two.  Books about the same.

Just my guess.  What did you sell GR?
Title: Re: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: ToxicAdam on March 29, 2009, 12:27:54 AM
I've had times in my life like that, where I've hocked stuff for some cash (a 400 dollar gold bracelet for 80 bucks). It's a shitty feeling, but all that stuff is just garbage and clutter. If you're not going to use it, you might as well sell it. Just don't buy that crap anymore.

I haven't bought a DVD or movie since Gladiator came out. I haven't bought a CD since ... 2001 (NIN - The Fragile)?


Title: Re: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 29, 2009, 12:47:55 AM
I'm thinking about selling off a bunch of my crap- mostly my dvds, which I realized looking at them today there is no reason for me to own most of them.  I haven't watched anything off of my shelf in almost a year and I have netflix.
Title: Re: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 29, 2009, 01:29:33 PM
That store ripped you off.

What did you sell GR?

I sent off a bunch of moldy VHS tapes [mainly movies that I already have on DVD, random crud that I'll never watch again, and some old Disney tapes [not the good ones though]], a stack of random anime series volumes [like volumes 1 and 2 of some series that would be cheaper to just buy the complete collection of than to buy the remaining individual volumes], some DVD movies of stuff that I'll never watch [I think Scooby-Doo was in there somewhere], a few Xbox and Gamecube games [a couple sports titles and Morrowind, which I have on PC now], and about 14 manga volumes [which was comprised of stuff that wasn't that good to begin with and I wouldn't read again]. There were also a few random books, nothing particularly notable and mostly stuff that I bought really cheap somewhere else.

I was really hoping to get a bit more than that, but the feeling of just getting rid of some of the clutter that's filling my room was worth it.
Title: Re: I've become a filthy poor :'(
Post by: Bloodwake on March 29, 2009, 04:41:35 PM
Welcome to my life.