name of website that has older tv shows for sale

[VeteranTrader]

Sometime in the last year, someone made a response to a post with a website that had some of the older (50s/ 60s) series on dvd. I meant to write it down but never did. Does anyone know the name of such a site? It was maybe 20 different series.

[Spiny Norman]

Originally Posted by VeteranTrader

Sometime in the last year, someone made a response to a post with a website that had some of the older (50s/ 60s) series on dvd. I meant to write it down but never did. Does anyone know the name of such a site? It was maybe 20 different series.

Maybe it was me, not sure?

https://www.webstore.com - but the seller that most interested me seems to have stopped...

Of course, there were ioffer and ebay, before cracking down on that.

One problem was that sometimes a kind collector whould share something for free and then some dude would download it, and sell one or two copied DVDs for FAR too much money. That never felt right.

[VeteranTrader]

ok thank you. This person had some episodes of Star and the Story (Rheingold Theatre) and Alcoa Goodyear Playhouse (A Turn of Fate). Actually one episode in particular, but I don't see it on that website now. Thank you though, I think it was the same website.

[Spiny Norman]

Maybe that website just banned DVDR sales for legal reasons, that's also possible. Just like ioffer at one time, I think.

[darkrage6]

Oh there's still bootleg DVD sales happening on Ebay, one guy(who has apparently been active on that site since 2018) tried to rip me off by claiming he had the complete series of Cousin Skeeter and The Journey of Allen Strange. He did not and it looked like he ripped the episodes directly off Youtube, fortunately i was able to return both sets and get my money back(And fortunately I have since managed to find the entire series of Allen Strange).

I heard Ioffer stopped existing in it's original form not so much of cause the DVDs but because they were selling stuff like batteries which were going bad and could get them into legal trouble(And the fashion industry didn't like them selling designer clothes cheap, my sister used to buy clothes on there). Apparently they are back now and just selling clothes for now.

Looks like sell.com isn't doing DVD-Rs anymore either.

[siblis]

I offer was listing and selling knock offs on designer handbags and clothing and got caught doing it and in a sweep of the site they also caught the bootleg DVDs as well and shut the site down, I hear it’s back but nowhere like it used to be. Sell.com was never properly run right and was also listing fake knockoffs on jewelry, clothing, fashion, etc…. So that was shut down, some dealers have opened their own websites or some went to other sites one being Etsy and their selling Digital Downloads, which are nothing but compressed MP4’s on a USB Drive, most of the hardcore collectors are out of the game and retired from the hobby

[VeteranTrader]

Interesting. I got a lot of good , very rare stuff off of ioffer, but that is maybe going back to 2008 or 2009 and then for a few more years after that.

by the way, another trader happened to have the turn of fate episode I was looking for so I was able to find it.

[Spiny Norman]

It kind of pissed me off that I traded two full series between friends, only to find shortly afterwards that someone was reselling them on ioffer for absurd prices.

[darkrage6]

Originally Posted by Spiny Norman

It kind of pissed me off that I traded two full series between friends, only to find shortly afterwards that someone was reselling them on ioffer for absurd prices.

I've heard of users on TV Vault and Cinemageddon selling shows and films from those sites on DVD-R and getting banned for it as a result.

[StarrNoise]

Originally Posted by Spiny Norman

It kind of pissed me off that I traded two full series between friends, only to find shortly afterwards that someone was reselling them on ioffer for absurd prices.

You say "absurd prices" obviously don't understand how much overhead it costs to make/sell sets, Its' not just costs of discs, there's shipping & packaging, labels, cover-art (if you were into that), printer ink, listing costs on the site, fuel driving to post office, time & effort etc.

[Spiny Norman]

Originally Posted by StarrNoise

You say "absurd prices" obviously don't understand how much overhead it costs to make/sell sets, Its' not just costs of discs, there's shipping & packaging, labels, cover-art (if you were into that), printer ink, listing costs on the site, fuel driving to post office, time & effort etc.

Couple of recordable discs for $70, yeah that's perfectly reasonable...(!)

[StarrNoise]

Originally Posted by Spiny Norman

Couple of recordable discs for $70, yeah that's perfectly reasonable...(!)

Doesn't sound specific, nor did the first post. What was on it? How many discs was it actually? 6 or 7? or 2? Was there cover-art? disc labels? Was it a rare show that's not available anywhere? Was it their own recording, did they do their own transfers? This goes without saying, If they recorded it, they can charge whatever.

People spend money on collections, or time and effort to record shows, they archive them, to storage them, equipment to transfer them etc, as well as packaging and shipping. You say "couple of discs". You're not seeing what goes into selling items. Yes couple blanks are pennies, everything else isn't.

People like you complain about business over charging products in the real world and say "It's cheaper at walmart, or cheaper on amazon". Why do you think that is? They can buy in bulk and house/storage millions of the same product versus smaller "mom and pop" stores where they are limited what they can order and store. More product you buy, the cheaper it is.
Business Management 101 bro, stop being cheap.

I hoard over 250TB's of archives for when people need something, Most don't like the price. Costs money for storage, It's not the hoarders fault you didn't want to collect something 20 years ago and just started now (or don't have the resources to find something).

If it was easy, everyone would do it

[Spiny Norman]

Originally Posted by StarrNoise

Doesn't sound specific, nor did the first post. What was on it? How many discs was it actually? 6 or 7? or 2? Was there cover-art? disc labels? Was it a rare show that's not available anywhere? Was it their own recording, did they do their own transfers? This goes without saying, If they recorded it, they can charge whatever.

People spend money on collections, or time and effort to record shows, they archive them, to storage them, equipment to transfer them etc, as well as packaging and shipping. You say "couple of discs". You're not seeing what goes into selling items. Yes couple blanks are pennies, everything else isn't.

People like you complain about business over charging products in the real world and say "It's cheaper at walmart, or cheaper on amazon". Why do you think that is? They can buy in bulk and house/storage millions of the same product versus smaller "mom and pop" stores where they are limited what they can order and store. More product you buy, the cheaper it is.
Business Management 101 bro, stop being cheap.

I hoard over 250TB's of archives for when people need something, Most don't like the price. Costs money for storage, It's not the hoarders fault you didn't want to collect something 20 years ago and just started now (or don't have the resources to find something).

If it was easy, everyone would do it

Why don't you ask some questions instead of jumping to conclusions. In fact you couldn't be more wrong because you have no idea what I have or don't have. So the whole last part of your post is completely irrelevant.

As I said in the first post, it concerned series that I had found - stuff that had until then been terminally unavailable - in fact with a lot of ingenuity and combining many sources to complete the full run.
So nothing about me being cheap, and all about other people forgetting to ask, give credit, or say thanks. These same people were selling lowres youtube downloads converted to DVD. Not a lot of overheads on that one, are there?

It's just that the thought of asking $15-20 per DVDR does not naturally occur to me because I am not a greedy pig. It's basic decency, "bro". I find and keep shows that I like, or sometimes that are rare, and trade them with people who also like them. I'm not interested in how many TB just as a number, or in extracting the maximum return. But hey, maybe that's what's wrong with "people like me" then?

[StarrNoise]

Originally Posted by Spiny Norman

Why don't you ask some questions instead of jumping to conclusions. In fact you couldn't be more wrong because you have no idea what I have or don't have. So the whole last part of your post is completely irrelevant.

As I said in the first post, it concerned series that I had found - stuff that had until then been terminally unavailable - in fact with a lot of ingenuity and combining many sources to complete the full run.
So nothing about me being cheap, and all about other people forgetting to ask, give credit, or say thanks. These same people were selling lowres youtube downloads converted to DVD. Not a lot of overheads on that one, are there?

It's just that the thought of asking $15-20 per DVDR does not naturally occur to me because I am not a greedy pig. It's basic decency, "bro". I find and keep shows that I like, or sometimes that are rare, and trade them with people who also like them. I'm not interested in how many TB just as a number, or in extracting the maximum return. But hey, maybe that's what's wrong with "people like me" then?

"Why don't you ask some questions instead of jumping to conclusions."

"Doesn't sound specific, nor did the first post. What was on it? How many discs was it actually? 6 or 7? or 2? Was there cover-art? disc labels? Was it a rare show that's not available anywhere? Was it their own recording, did they do their own transfers? This goes without saying, If they recorded it, they can charge whatever."

All those "?" are called "questions".

Obviously you're very special and there is no helping you. I'll end this now. Enjoy replying to get the last word after this message, I'm sure it makes you feel more special inside doing it.

[Spiny Norman]

Funny how some people try to score a point but only reveal their own personality - some don't realise at all they've only made fools of themselves. Bragging about disc size - ha! Compensating for something?