In other news
In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.
I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.
Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the news site directly and not a social media site. Avoid "amp-links" (google).
- Write some cliff notes on what it is about, especially if it is a video.
- It's not an excuse to make outlandish claims via proxy or link extremist content.
- If it's an editorial or opinion piece, it is polite to mark it as such.
- Note the language if it is not in English.
- There is no demand that such things be posted here, if you think a piece merits its own thread, then make one.
Dog died, wife committed suicide, Gene (95 years old with heart problems) fell and died after discovering what happened.
Just guessing.
(apparently she was found in a bathroom with sleeping pills, he was found in a mud room, two other dogs were alive)
That would be a super improbable sequence, but at this point, it seems almost certain that something super improbable occurred, so who knows.
Dog ate the pills she dropped.....
the dog was in a crate
Also, wasn't one of the dogs that survived with the wife?
Differing reports variously stating the dog was found in a closet, crate or kennel. Two dogs survived, some reports saying they were on the grounds and others saying one was alive in the house, found beside or around the wife. Also 9/11 caller claimed door was locked, but was reported that a door was "wide open".
"Exclusive" so hard to confirm, but seems concerning if true
Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
Super random segue here so please continue any discussion prior and only respond if you have an opinion.
I have an opportunity to buy a storage shed full of dvds, 90% are non blue ray standard wholesale dvds all in cases with minimal wear, 5% are sealed dvds and about 5% are blue rays. I can buy the entire collection for right around 22-25c a dvd. After a quick glance on ebay solds, lots of 100 after fees and shipping go for about 20c per so the seller is offing it off at bulk at a good price - I have very little bartering room left. Putting some work into filtering by titles or actors like a tom cruise lot or an eddie murphy lot generally gets around the 50 range price or more. Also, there will be no storage fees or rental fees of any kind. But we are dealing with a lot of dvds, not 1000 or something.
My question is if anyone just happened to have any strong opinions on price theory for something that is overly saturated with several avenues offering free streaming services. my opinions is that these services may not be so free in the future - but I've still the got the saturation problem.
Super random segue here so please continue any discussion prior and only respond if you have an opinion.
I have an opportunity to buy a storage shed full of dvds, 90% are non blue ray standard wholesale dvds all in cases with minimal wear, 5% are sealed dvds and about 5% are blue rays. I can buy the entire collection for right around 22-25c a dvd. After a quick glance on ebay solds, lots of 100 after fees and shipping go for about 20c per so the seller is offing it off at bulk at a good price.
1) make an offer less than what seller is asking
2) figure out how much you're likely to make
3) divide how much you're likely to make by the hours spent
4) determine if that hourly is worthwhile for you
if you see this as fun side project for you, perhaps you can discount your hourly worth. but in general, everything you do should be based on how much your time is worth.
time is a finite resource. you should be maximizing your time for your enjoyment.
1) make an offer less than what seller is asking
2) figure out how much you're likely to make
3) divide how much you're likely to make by the hours spent
4) determine if that hourly is worthwhile for you
if you see this as fun side project for you, perhaps you can discount your hourly worth. but in general, everything you do should be based on how much your time is worth.
time is a finite resource. you should be maximizing your time for your enjoyment.
Its kind of a friend of a friend acquaintance, I went in pretty much expecting to say no but offered somewhat of a helping hand/moving/advice type hang out with a buddy - but then I started thinking a bit more.
1) is pretty much done with. 2) I'm pretty much guaranteed, at worst, to get maybe 80% of my money back but I'd still be out several thousand dollars because this is both a very large collection and an all or nothing one.
I am going in with the expectations that I could very likely get my money back back worst case scenario with a few weekends of sorting and pic taking and listings and likely months of shipping.
I guess I am curious if the dvd market, which I know absolutely nothing about, is near a bottom and has any possibility of an any type of minor upside.
The issue here is that it is a VERY large collection, so any possibility, of any incremental dvd boom lol, would be pretty strong - but I dont see that happening. I am probably going to pass.
The issue here is that it is a VERY large collection, so any possibility, of any incremental dvd boom lol, would be pretty strong - but I dont see that happening. I am probably going to pass.
Yes, it is only going to get worse. Would need a long term global internet outage for a boom. But if that happens, it would likely be difficult to resell them. Can't win scenario.
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i dont know much about reselling stuff and all but the way technology is going lately, that seem a massive -EV, unless you can keep a lot of this stuff for your personal enjoyment or to give future gifts or w.e.
Seem this is the kind of a gimmick someone passionate about that stuff could make it work imo.
are you passionate enough 😀 ?
i don't get it, if you can buy a lot of 100 for 20c a disk then why is an entire warehouse full a good deal at 22c a disk?
especially if most are unsealed
i think you missed out the biggest equation, the man hours you'll be putting into sorting these, putting them into lots and then finding buyers
i honestly don't even know anyone who owns a dvd player other than mschu and he's only a 2p2 friend
It's probably illegal to resell this way but if you ripped all the DVD's and included a digital file on a thumb drive with the physical DVD's it could possibly be a pretty good value add. That being said those things are mostly worthless. Normal DVD is standard def and after decades of us used to seeing 1080 minimum, 480 looks terrible.
I also have the same question as RR. Why are you buying at a higher price than you can sell? For a bulk buy shouldn't you be paying like $0.10 per?
I also have the same question as RR. Why are you buying at a higher price than you can sell? For a bulk buy shouldn't you be paying like $0.10 per?
Because there's tom cruise and Eddie Murphy gems in there that go for 50c.
So the gamble is how many of the lot are higher tier ones.
From a purely mathematical standpoint, you can probably figure out the fair $ value based on various %s of good discs.
But really, you need to figure out how much you value your time and if this is an enjoyable passion for you or more of a grind to make a buck.
On first glance, it seems like you won't make much money, if any, so it really needs to be something you truly enjoy doing.
Because there's tom cruise and Eddie Murphy gems in there that go for 50c.
So the gamble is how many of the lot are higher tier ones.
From a purely mathematical standpoint, you can probably figure out the fair $ value based on various %s of good discs.
But really, you need to figure out how much you value your time and if this is an enjoyable passion for you or more of a grind to make a buck.
On first glance, it seems like you won't make much money, if any, so it really needs to be something you tru
I wouldn't do this if he gave me the collection for free. I don't know how many DVDs are in this storage shed, but it sounds like somewhere between 10,000 and 50,000. That is a huge organizational project, and unless you can sell them in very large lots (which seems unlikely), it is going to be a lot of work to sell. There are easier and more enjoyable ways to make $2000.
It's probably illegal to resell this way but if you ripped all the DVD's and included a digital file on a thumb drive with the physical DVD's it could possibly be a pretty good value add. That being said those things are mostly worthless. Normal DVD is standard def and after decades of us used to seeing 1080 minimum, 480 looks terrible.
I also have the same question as RR. Why are you buying at a higher price than you can sell? For a bulk buy shouldn't you be paying like $0.10 per?
The seller sells them on Whatnot where he puts 100s of dvds at a time on screen and he lets people build a stack and pick which ones rhey want. Its like a $1 claim show. From my understanding, and i believe him, he gets maybe 2-10 different people buying a handful of them on a few hour show. This is also something that i dont want to do, but i could. He has made well above the investment amount doing this but it is a lot of qork.
Anyways, i declined and the offer and it will go to someone else who will be taking it.
Does this guy have any Beanie Babies? Asking for a friend.
I wouldn't do this if he gave me the collection for free. I don't know how many DVDs are in this storage shed, but it sounds like somewhere between 10,000 and 50,000. That is a huge organizational project, and unless you can sell them in very large lots (which seems unlikely), it is going to be a lot of work to sell. There are easier and more enjoyable ways to make $2000.
Its about 36-37k in dvds. Its a lot of space. If i got fired from my job this morning, and then my wife left me and took the kids. Id much more likely consider doing this - and she also might if i did do this.
Do the DVDs all have barcodes?
If so then you could probably scan them into some sort of database which would make sorting them easier
i don't get it, if you can buy a lot of 100 for 20c a disk then why is an entire warehouse full a good deal at 22c a disk?
especially if most are unsealed
i think you missed out the biggest equation, the man hours you'll be putting into sorting these, putting them into lots and then finding buyers
i honestly don't even know anyone who owns a dvd player other than mschu and he's only a 2p2 friend
So ill end this convo after answering this since its gone now.
The price is what it is because the price is very close the amount that you would get after fees and ship if you were to lot up a random 100 on a 7 day ebay auction This i have confirmed. Im also being a little conservative with my esrimates. Also, most of those bulk auction buys, the buyer is buying the shipping and tax, nearly doubling the cost, to mostly just resell them in their antique shop or online or FB or wherever. They are also mostly resellers paying close to double.
What he did, and what i would essentially be doing is going directly to the source to cut out costs to sell in another way. But im obv not very interested in the work involved.
I started second guessing this when i noticed my free movie list started dwindling and rhe likilyhood of service fees increasing + plus people wanting the physical stuff. But i dont know **** about dvds.
one of the biggest mistakes you can make though is looking at recent sales, it could be indicative of the market price or it could be a lone sale of hundreds of lots which are unsold
i think if you had retail space to put a giant bin of dvds with $2 each then it could work but otherwise you're going to spend a lot of time listing and relisting and relisting and don't forget dealing with buyers
ie one of those disks is scratched, you now need to spend an hour on chatting to the customer and possibly refunding 10% of the price
I heavily advise against dealing with any physical items to resell unless you have specific domain knowledge AND you like to deal with those items.
The EV of dealing with physical objects is at its bottom low ever and can only go down from here. "Passionate" people are willing to work ok those sectors almost for free, everyone else has to compete with autistic nerds enamored with specific physical items, people who find meaning in life form them, and you can't beat that.
They will spend 300 hours for a few grands because they have fun and find meaning in that. If you don't, don't even touch those sectors.
Applies to Lego, vynil, antiques in general and everything adjacent
Do the DVDs all have barcodes?
If so then you could probably scan them into some sort of database which would make sorting them easier
Yes, but spending just 10 secs scanning each dvd equals to 60 hours of work just to do that. I was curious of any off chance that they could increase in value, because the world is changing fast and i wont pretend to know what these things will do. If i thought that was reasonably possible, id consider.
Donate them all to goodwill. Claim on your taxes each one was worth $5. Ez game.
