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What to do with old VHS

Hi,

I've got a load of old VHS videos at home, and absolutely no use for them anymore thanks to DVDs and Sky+.

Taking a look on eBay it doesn't seem worth my while selling them, as only really quirky, obscure films seem to sell, whilst the generic Hollywood film gets no bids

Anyone have any idea what I can do with them? Am not massively fussed about getting money for them, but sure there's a better home than the dustbin!

And on that note, I've also got about 50/60 films recorded off TV from the last 10 years that I need to get rid of. Can I chuck them in the bin, or is there a way to recycle them?

Cheers

Comments

  • skiddy2k
    skiddy2k Posts: 1,627 Forumite
    go down your local car boot sale!

    Skiddy
  • amd
    amd Posts: 305 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Oxfam, or any other charity shop.
    Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
    (Spike Milligan)
  • smcicr
    smcicr Posts: 365 Forumite
    take videos to your local blockbuster - you'll get a pittance for them but you can get the amount put on your rental card as credit.
    "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." (Mark Twain)
  • N9eav
    N9eav Posts: 4,742 Forumite
    Check Amazon. A friend of mine in the USA has been going down to the video shop daily and buying up all the old VHS tapes for about a $1. He says there are lots of films that are collectable as they are not yet or never will be on DVD, so the only way of getting the movie is to find one used on Amazon. You never know you may have a rare one?? Other than that, give em to charity.
    NO to pasty tax We won!!!! Just shows that people power works! Don't be apathetic to your cause!
  • 25p trade in per video at cash convertors.
  • Redrum_2
    Redrum_2 Posts: 898 Forumite
    Thanks all - some good ideas to look into there
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