you can;t buy from the store or online? So if that's the case, why do so many traders have retail items on their list? Can't i just go buy it from the store? I mean how interesting can a trader's list really be with items on there that you can get from Best Buy. There is nothing on my list right now that you can buy online or at a store, nothing. That's how trading is supposed to be. Am I wrong?

How exactly is a new trader going to be able to trade with you, unless he has access to buy things you may be interested in?

How did you start?

How exactly is a new trader going to be able to trade with you, unless he has access to buy things you may be interested in?

How did you start?


I started buy recording CURRENT shows off TV and older traders could possibly need and when i got that first Vintage show, it's expanded my collection

I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I mean someone can offer you something through trade that you might not have to go out and actually buy.

I don't think there is anything wrong with that. I mean someone can offer you something through trade that you might not have to go out and actually buy.


I guess i always focused my attention on things I can't but from the stores. Starting a trade for something that's in best buy on the shelf is kind of boring. It takes all the excitement out of trading.

How exactly is a new trader going to be able to trade with you, unless he has access to buy things you may be interested in?

How did you start?

Most people have shows they recorded from television years ago. Chances are, someone is looking for it. That's how you build up your collection...by making it available. I'm not sure why some people offer DVDs of shows you can buy retail, when the whole point of being here is to find shows that aren't available on the retail market.

Most people have shows they recorded from television years ago. Chances are, someone is looking for it. That's how you build up your collection...by making it available. I'm not sure why some people offer DVDs of shows you can buy retail, when the whole point of being here is to find shows that aren't available on the retail market.

Not that I want to turn this into a debate with people here, but what about TV shows you have purchased from the store, watched, and are now ready to trade off? I know it's nice to have stuff that's not avaibale yet in stores, but still....I'm not exactly sure why trading retail TV sets would not interest people at a site called sitcomsonline.com?

Not that I want to turn this into a debate with people here, but what about TV shows you have purchased from the store, watched, and are now ready to trade off? I know it's nice to have stuff that's not avaibale yet in stores, but still....I'm not exactly sure why trading retail TV sets would not interest people at a site called sitcomsonline.com?

I don't think there's anything wrong with doing that. Some people are willing to trade for retail DVDs, but I think most people are here to expand their collection of stuff you can't find elsewhere.

Hi falco, in my experience with traders, I would say about 90% have offered or traded
retail dvd's. I think trading is trading, whether with retail or shows taped off of
tv.

sloan

I guess i always focused my attention on things I can't but from the stores. Starting a trade for something that's in best buy on the shelf is kind of boring. It takes all the excitement out of trading.

I agree completely! I hate it when shows I have worked and worked to get end up coming out on DVD, it takes all the excitement I had when i got them away.

I agree completely! I hate it when shows I have worked and worked to get end up coming out on DVD, it takes all the excitement I had when i got them away.

to make you feel better, the releases of season 1 and 2 of shows is a lot different story from the release of the entire set

dont even think that they will complete all the retail sets

look over the history of retails, columbia house, time life, etc, they are notorious for leaving people hanging in the middle of a series

5 from route 66

13 from perry mason

6 from bilko

etc etc

the studios will look at sales numbers, and stop many of the season 3 and up releases


and to answer the other question, the tradeing of retail copies is another of those illegal activities, where as the trade or sale of a second hand retail set is not

so if your done with season one of what ever, its totaly ok to resell or trade the original away

theres a store in my town that deals in second hand games and dvds from tv and movies


they trade them in for about 33%, so 3 to 1 ratio for your used to their new sets

and 2 to 1 for used for their used in good shape

im sure theres places like this all over, in the larger towns

another easy way to build your collection cheaply, is netflix, for about $ 1.25 per disc, you can rent them and watch, or copy them, the software is totaly free to copy them--download--, so that cant get any more reasonable than this

Not that I want to turn this into a debate with people here, but what about TV shows you have purchased from the store, watched, and are now ready to trade off? I know it's nice to have stuff that's not avaibale yet in stores, but still....I'm not exactly sure why trading retail TV sets would not interest people at a site called sitcomsonline.com?


Probably because it's kind of boring to recieve items that ALL TRADERS have the ability to get. Part of what keeps me trading fun for me is that 60% of my tv collection is hard to find anywhere else in the trading community, from a store, or online.

Other than profiteers, I think that most traders trade to acquire things they enjoy, not because they're hard to find. :crazy:

When I stumble upon a rare set, I enjoy sharing my find with others. It makes me feel good knowing that stuff I've shared with others has spread in the trading community. :D

Other than profiteers, I think that most traders trade to acquire things they enjoy, not because they're hard to find. :crazy:

When I stumble upon a rare set, I enjoy sharing my find with others. It makes me feel good knowing that stuff I've shared with others has spread in the trading community. :D


Really? So it wouldn;t bother you if all traders had the same list of shows as you?

It doesn't bother me when I see others have the same items on their have lists, but there are always new sets springing up along the way.

I enjoy sharing my gems, and people that trade with me are more than free to trade them all over the place, for all I care, allowing collectors to acquire what were once rarities. If I hoard treasures, others will also hoard their treasures when dealing with me. We reap what we sow in all areas of life (meaning: you eventually get back what you dish out).

Really? So it wouldn;t bother you if all traders had the same list of shows as you?

I have to agree with Jen and Loren. The value of a TV show or sporting event or movie is decided by the actual person's desire and perspective. I know for a fact that you try to collect things from the late 70's and early to mid 80's with original commercials intact. That is fine as it is what you strive to look for. With the exception of a couple of shows from that era, I have no interest in that personally. I collect a mixture of T.V. shows, movies and sporting events. I am always looking for network broadcasts of past Olympics in excellent condition which tend to be hard to find. But I collect them because I enjoy them, not because they are hard to find or might have an intrinsic value. I find these to be worth a lot to me but you may not care about them at all. Again, that is your prerogative. As the old saying goes, what is one man's junk is another man's treasure. I think the basis for a successful collection is that it has items that you enjoy. The worst thing you can do is to come across sounding like "look what I have and you don't, Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!!" A copy of last season's Smallville may mean a lot more to someone who truly enjoys the show than your That's My Mama or my old Olympics coverage. Is Smallville rare? Of course not, but if you truly enjoy it then it is of great personal value to you. Again, nothing wrong with it, just someone's personal choice. O.K., I'm done babbling for now.

Rich

i got to admit, i like to watch the older shows with the commercials

i went through a bunch of my 77 sunset strips a while back, and found a lot of original commercials

no im not going to start collecting them and answering a ton of which commercial questions

i just liked the ones from when i was a kid

garsh were they poorly done, but thats how tv was in those days

ist funny how then it was a huge anount of the name of the product in the commercials, they said bufferein like 14 times in one minute, the current adds, many times you have trouble figureing out what they were selling

I daresay that the Anchor Bay DVD of the two Kolchak the Night Stalker pilot movies have quite a bit of trade value now they're out of print. And the same's true for the now out-of-print Columbia House DVDs of Alien Nation.