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 Post subject: Value of the Columbo LD sets?
PostPosted: 14 Apr 2015, 19:13 
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What are the values of these sets from Japan?

I have the first three volumes, What could I get for them if I decided to sell them? They are in almost mint condition(by that I mean if they were still in skrinkwrap they are in mint condition). Not looking to sell at present, just wondering?
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$15 a piece plus ship. Thats about how much I paid for x-files, star trek, millennium volumes
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They must be worth more than that surely? I paid way more than that for them. Maybes I over paid?
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 17:14 
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Why do you care?
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 17:22 
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reminds me of this kids in the hall skit.
get to around the 3 minute mark.

if my head were veal what would it be worth???
no I don't think i'll sell :lol:

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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 18:07 
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signofzeta wrote:
Why do you care?


I could ask the same of you sign.
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 19:38 
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Many of those boxsets can be got incredibly cheaply these days so aren't worth much at all.

For example I got X-Files Season 7 vol 1, 2 and 3 boxsets for the equivalent of $1 USD total for all three shown:

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All are complete and near mint still in original plastic wraps.
Those are all late PILF-28** series titles too released in the year 2000 but there was almost no demand for them now in Japan because space is more precious in Japan.
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They might be dirt cheap in Japan, but the shipping'll get you. :P
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 20:27 
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laserdisc_fan wrote:
Many of those boxsets can be got incredibly cheaply these days so aren't worth much at all.

For example I got X-Files Season 7 vol 1, 2 and 3 boxsets for the equivalent of $1 USD total for all three shown:

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All are complete and near mint still in original plastic wraps.
Those are all late PILF-28** series titles too released in the year 2000 but there was almost no demand for them now in Japan because space is more precious in Japan.


Maybes you just got lucky? There have been 2 japan sets sold on ebay in the last few months. One from the states sold for £15 but box was in poor condition and one from UK in better condition but no obi sold for over £40. Star Trek voyager sets have buy it nows in the region of £200 to £300 each. TNG sets are being listed at £70 to £80 each. One seller is selling the first 7 sets for £320. The same seller is selling all 3 sets of the original series for £500.

Here on LDDB a seller from Switzerland is selling a lot of Star Trek Japan ld sets for $80 each.

There are people willng to spend money on these sets. I paid £112 for three sets of Columbo LDs. Maybes I overpaid but I wasn't the only bidder.
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 20:32 
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daro2096 wrote:
signofzeta wrote:
Why do you care?


I could ask the same of you sign.


I'm just trying to figure out why you care what something is worth if you already have it. If you are upset that something you purchased hasn't maintained its value, I suggest you buy something else next time. I love laserdiscs and I love Colombo, and I LOVE Japanese box sets, so I can't see why these would be worth any more to someone else than they would be to me, and to me they aren't worth very much. There are just too many LDs out there for them to all be precious, sad but true. Most big bad Japanese box sets trade for %10 of their original price at the most, and only then when the material inside holds some level of interest to someone. Therefore I'd say $20 max each. I mean...the HD transfers of this show are extremely good. Very good. Also, only $450 on BR for literally everything. The LDs are sorta useless now, unless there is something special about them. I've never actually seen them.
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Sign, I am just asking. If I was going to sell them I would hope I would get at least my money back for them, maybes even more. In fact I got vol 1 up for sale here, dipping my toes in the water so to speak. Don't expect it to sell though.
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PostPosted: 15 Apr 2015, 20:53 
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Sign, I am just asking. If I was going to sell them I would hope I would get at least my money back for them, maybes even more. In fact I got vol 1 up for sale here, dipping my toes in the water so to speak. Don't expect it to sell though.


But...why? What makes you think that 20 year old LDs of 40 year old TV episodes are somehow supposed to give you anything but a fiscal loss? Stuff depreciates man, almost everything does. I have LDs I paid $100 for that are worth $1 today. I have LD boxes from Japan that cost $700-1000 new but I only paid $5-50 in recent years. That's life. If you aren't prepaired for that, don't buy the stuff. It's Columbo, not Fabrige.
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Btw, when did you buy these?
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PostPosted: 16 Apr 2015, 02:30 
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I saw one of the box sets on ebay in a lot, there were about 3-4 Japanese box sets and some single discs, about 20 in all.
sold for around 100 bucks, so 20-40 sounds right.

there are 2 on lddb but I think price and location have a lot to do with it, half price from the UK or Netherlands is still a little high but if you are missing
volume 1 then you need it.

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 Post subject: Re: Value of the Columbo LD sets?
PostPosted: 16 Apr 2015, 03:10 
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Btw, when did you buy these?


A week or so ago.
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 Post subject: Re: Value of the Columbo LD sets?
PostPosted: 16 Apr 2015, 07:29 
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I think one problem about these box sets, especially the Japanese ones, are that they're not expensive to buy but very expensive to ship. I once bought a mint Twin Peaks: Complete box for a friend for $8 on Yahoo Auctions but shipping via EMS from was nearly ten times more expensive. Still it was cheaper than buying on eBay or on LDDB. For this reasons it can be difficult to sell them for a fair price in some countries.
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PostPosted: 16 Apr 2015, 21:58 
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Btw, when did you buy these?


A week or so ago.


...I don't know what to say. Why did you buy these in the first place? Did you not know what Columbo was? What Bluray is? What made you want them so bad a week ago so bad you had to drop $200 per box on the things and now not want them at all? Make up your mind! :)

I thought you got them back in the 90s or something. Have you even had time to watch them yet? Next time wait ten seconds before you hit the BIN button. All this LD s**t is *old*. If something 20 years old is on eBay today, then %95 of the time it's been there before and it'll be there again. Shop around. Be patient. Control yourself.
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PostPosted: 16 Apr 2015, 22:58 
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I don't like to buy incomplete things. Columbo has many volumes. Just because buying 3 volumes now and not knowing if I will ever find the rest is a deal breaker. Worst case it will push me to overspend on the other volumes because I will want to complete my set. I skipped on a lot of good deals because of this.
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PostPosted: 16 Apr 2015, 23:06 
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Boxes have limited number of people that want them, mainly because they take up so much space, also kind of hard to keep in good condition. I am a huge x-files fan, I owned the vhs box sets and then the dvd sets, and in the end the complete box with everything in it. And I also have most of the japanese ld boxes, but I dont really know why, its so much work just to bring one up to watch.

On the net I would say 20 usd each. Local, you might get more, maybe even 50 usd if you can get someone that wants them. Think its worse with Columbo. I wouldnt even take Columbo for free.
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another issue similar to substance is: the box sets aren't even the complete run of the series.
if you were to get the DVDs you would have the entire series.

and I agree with johan, it is hard to watch discs in boxes, you need a lot of space to get all the discs out and store until you get to the next disc etc.

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