Other Tape Trading Sites

[gilligan fanatic]

I was wondering what are some other tape trading sites. I am trying to branch off SO.

[loren]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I was wondering what are some other tape trading sites. I am trying to branch off SO.

be very careful, i have basicaly stopped in the yahoo sites

every time i read them i see many thieves and poor traders conducting business

ANYONE, and i do mean anyone , can start a trade site on yahoo, even folks that are banned on other trade boards

at times this board lacks action, but one thing it dores, is provide a pretty safe place to meet and conduct trades

many of the yahoo sites offer more action, but im quite sure much of the action--you dont need

[phiberosmosis]

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tvdvdtrade/

this is my sote kinda slow but taking off

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I was wondering what are some other tape trading sites. I am trying to branch off SO.

Go to this site which the best internet trading site-alt.video.tape-trading


85% of Tv shows are from that site. Great site

[Agent 13]

Trading sites: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...t=tape+trading

As for the yahoo groups, there are behind-the-scenes issues that most are not aware of. I will speak briefly about the 3 largest yahoo trading groups:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tv-show-tape-trade/ - the owner abandoned it long ago. There is never a moderator, never a post deleted, or member banned = excellent place where scammers infest the place, though there are decent members that post there.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vid-for-trade/ - I quit moderating there because of lack of control of the moderators (i.e. scammers KNOW one of the moderators and are allowed to propogate). Of the five moderators at this group, two are absolutely excellent, but neither are all-knowing or have absolute authority there. When moderators disagree, deletions of posts and/or members are often hotly argued in private between moderators, siding with the scammer when moderators don't agree.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/videotape-trading/ - This is probably the safest yahoo group and has been around the longest. We have three moderators there, and it is run fairly. When scammers are brought to the moderators' attention outside of that group, they are banned pronto, before problems occur. The moderators keep aware of the scammers cropping up on-line, and have a zero tolerance for scammers when there is abundant proof.

[tdubel]

[/QUOTE] alt.video.tape.trading 85% of Tv shows are from that site. Great site[/QUOTE]


Completely disagree. Maybe on newer shows, but 100% of the older shows are available b/c of offline collectors (who may now be online in today's age) were "smart" enough to record these shows as they occurred or in early syndication. AND all of the 1950s stuff came from 16mm film stock or in later days, some small cable stations have shown it (Good TV - The Lone Wolf).

For instance, I can guarantee where the last Redd Foxx sitcom, Royal Family, came from b/c the 4 dvd set that is out there I made from copies obtained from a collector who is old school vhs and recorded them as they were shown in 1991, they did not come from complete market saturation of the alt.video.tape.trading world or the ioffer bootleg sales site.

This site is probably the safest of all of the trade sites, however it still has issues of disagreement that mainly center on scammers or sellers.

One thing that I think we do not do well as a group is cross refer folks to good traders who have sets that we do not. That is a great way to build a trading network. You never know when that person might find something you are looking for on someone's list.

TD

[Calatine9]

Here are mine:

Jabar's Video Shop

My Video Trading Center Yahoo! Group

[RedWhine56]

I'd have to agree this site is one of the best and safest.

Originally Posted by tdubel

One thing that I think we do not do well as a group is cross refer folks to good traders who have sets that we do not.

As a fairly new participant of this group, I'd like to add something here. I know I'll get raked over the coals for this & blacklisted on some folk's trading lists, but here goes...There are some (I repeat SOME) members (and they are in the minority) who seem to be a bit cliquish. It's an oft repeated mantra around here that when dealing with a new trader, to do small trades. Yet, being a new trader around here, I've been told more than once, that "small trades are too much trouble" (????), eventhough I had several things on their 'want' list. But at least they responded. There's one member who never responded to my multiple emails or multiple posts here - eventhough they've posted alot here since then. And I was responding to their offer of 'open to trades'. (shrug) I realize we're all free to trade however & with whomever we want, so it's no big deal. (Do I need a Tic Tac?)

But I appreciate those who have been gracious enough to respond & to trade with me. They have been wonderful & have allowed me to augment my collection, as I hope I've been able to do for them. Thank you to them!

[loren]

Originally Posted by RedWhine56

I'd have to agree this site is one of the best and safest.



As a fairly new participant of this group, I'd like to add something here. I know I'll get raked over the coals for this & blacklisted on some folk's trading lists, but here goes...There are some (I repeat SOME) members (and they are in the minority) who seem to be a bit cliquish. It's an oft repeated mantra around here that when dealing with a new trader, to do small trades. Yet, being a new trader around here, I've been told more than once, that "small trades are too much trouble" (????), eventhough I had several things on their 'want' list. But at least they responded. There's one member who never responded to my multiple emails or multiple posts here - eventhough they've posted alot here since then. And I was responding to their offer of 'open to trades'. (shrug) I realize we're all free to trade however & with whomever we want, so it's no big deal. (Do I need a Tic Tac?)

But I appreciate those who have been gracious enough to respond & to trade with me. They have been wonderful & have allowed me to augment my collection, as I hope I've been able to do for them. Thank you to them!

i cant answer for anyone else, and thats their business anyhow

but for me, a small trade and a large trade, cost the exact same amount of postage

i can ship up to about 65 discs for $ 4.30 via priority mail, the same price as i can ship 6 discs

thats why i dont do small trades

its just too $$$ to handle

ill trade any number with a new person to the board

20 , 40, 60, you name it

i dont limit new folks

but i insist that new folks do ship first,

i have been robbed far too many times, its the advantage of being around a while, and makeing a number of trades

i have lost--being conservative--at least 500 discs in the process to prove my worth as a trader

once one gets established, it will not take a new person long either, we were all new at one time

and i also needed to send first until i was proven

even though i was proven other places, i wasnt proven here

so redwine56, if you would like to drop me a trade list, i would be honored to look it over

[TVFactFan]

alt.video.tape.trading 85% of Tv shows are from that site. Great site[/QUOTE]


Completely disagree. Maybe on newer shows, but 100% of the older shows are available b/c of offline collectors (who may now be online in today's age) were "smart" enough to record these shows as they occurred or in early syndication. AND all of the 1950s stuff came from 16mm film stock or in later days, some small cable stations have shown it (Good TV - The Lone Wolf).

For instance, I can guarantee where the last Redd Foxx sitcom, Royal Family, came from b/c the 4 dvd set that is out there I made from copies obtained from a collector who is old school vhs and recorded them as they were shown in 1991, they did not come from complete market saturation of the alt.video.tape.trading world or the ioffer bootleg sales site.

This site is probably the safest of all of the trade sites, however it still has issues of disagreement that mainly center on scammers or sellers.

One thing that I think we do not do well as a group is cross refer folks to good traders who have sets that we do not. That is a great way to build a trading network. You never know when that person might find something you are looking for on someone's list.

TD[/QUOTE]



S.O trading is the safest but you can find more RARE shows on that tradind site than this one. How do u think I recieved those gems?-lol What I'm trying to say is, your requests are seen by more traders than it would be on here. LikeI said, 85% of the rare shows collectioncame from posting on that site.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by loren

i cant answer for anyone else, and thats their business anyhow

but for me, a small trade and a large trade, cost the exact same amount of postage

i can ship up to about 65 discs for $ 4.30 via priority mail, the same price as i can ship 6 discs

thats why i dont do small trades

its just too $$$ to handle

ill trade any number with a new person to the board

20 , 40, 60, you name it

i dont limit new folks

but i insist that new folks do ship first,

i have been robbed far too many times, its the advantage of being around a while, and makeing a number of trades

i have lost--being conservative--at least 500 discs in the process to prove my worth as a trader

once one gets established, it will not take a new person long either, we were all new at one time

and i also needed to send first until i was proven

even though i was proven other places, i wasnt proven here

so redwine56, if you would like to drop me a trade list, i would be honored to look it over

60 discs is way too many to trade for at one time. Too many

[Agent 13]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

S.O trading is the safest but you can find more RARE shows on that tradind site than this one. How do u think I recieved those gems?-lol What I'm trying to say is, your requests are seen by more traders than it would be on here. LikeI said, 85% of the rare shows collectioncame from posting on that site.

You have badmouthed this site both here and in yahoo groups I belong to. If you don't like it, move on. Jumping down innocent people's throats will not make friends, and you'd get more trades here if you used a bit more honey in your posts instead of mostly vinegar.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Agent 13

You have badmouthed this site both here and in yahoo groups I belong to. If you don't like it, move on. Jumping down innocent people's throats will not make friends, and you'd get more trades here if you used a bit more honey in your posts instead of mostly vinegar.

You act like I said-"LEAVE THIS TRADING SITE" because it's no good. I just said he may want to go to that site because that's where i had lots of success. And i never bad mouthed S,O on yahoo.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Agent 13

You have badmouthed this site both here and in yahoo groups I belong to. If you don't like it, move on. Jumping down innocent people's throats will not make friends, and you'd get more trades here if you used a bit more honey in your posts instead of mostly vinegar.

And it's obvious he wasn't finding what he wanted on this site which is why he was looking for more options. So that's why i told him to go to-alt.video.trading, best trading site on the net. IMO

[Agent 13]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

You act like I said-"LEAVE THIS TRADING SITE" because it's no good. I just said he may want to go to that site because that's where i had lots of success. And i never bad mouthed S,O on yahoo.

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sitcomsonline is a great site but the trading board is garbage. you
can't find any shows before 1990 on that site

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