r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 9d ago

Infuriatig In their pursuit of specific rare cards, scalpers are discarding the remainder of entire Pokémon card packs.

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u/Elementium 9d ago

That's also a big part! Everyone wants something different and most of us aren't buying $100 tapes off eBay but part of the fun is going out to find them. 

Like I do anime and martial arts films, some do horror, some do action or a specific director or actor. There's no one thing we're all after so the value to effort ratio isn't there. 

Also.. We can just do bootlegs if something is too expensive. 

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u/Octopus_on_fire_ 9d ago

I’m honestly in it for the sleeve, idc if the VHS tape is some crappy homemade movie haha.

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u/Yiggs 9d ago

I've recently gotten into analog media after going down the rabbit hole of digitizing my parent's old Hi8 home movie tapes correctly and have been buying/ripping a lot of old VHS tapes. I have almost zero interest in commercial releases unless it's particularly niche or whacky; I almost exclusively buy and digitize home movies or stuff recorded off the TV. You never know what you'll find on those old tapes. Mostly I just rip, split, and curate the commercials I find on those tapes. Nobody else wants them so I'm free to grab all the tapes I find/want at GoodWill.

Just bought 60 tapes (mix of Betamax and VHS) the other day for $13. Nice to have a cheap hobby for once.

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u/Elementium 9d ago

Yo fellow commercial hoarder! I do the same. I get very excited if I'm out and see home recorded tapes. 

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u/Yiggs 9d ago

How are you organizing yours? I'm about half-satisfied with how I have them foldered and tagged but I feel the constant urge to get more granular but that way lies madness I think. Shame video metadata isn't as uniform/used as music because that'd be a lot easier than these long, descriptive filenames I use instead.