I'm wishing to add a few late release Japanese laserdisc movies to my collection.

Specifically:

Sixth Day, The (2000) [PILF-2867]
Cell, The (2000) (Uncut) [PILF-2868]
Crimson Rivers (2000) [PILF-2869]
Tokyo Raiders (2000) [PILF-2870]

I am well aware there are very few copies of these in circulation and even fewer near mint copies available.
I am only interested in near mint copies which are complete.
I also prefer opened copies which are known to play perfectly but might consider a sealed copy depending on the specific title.

In return I will offer the most generous swaps you have ever witnessed in the laserdisc world! I will send you a massive list
of music LDs which you can select a sizeable quantity of discs of your own choice from - all the titles I will be offering are beautiful condition and complete.
Obviously I will send you a full set of photo's of the titles you have selected before we complete the transaction so you are 100% sure of what is on offer.
The music titles span the most popular genres and include the rarest titles ever published on laserdisc in pristine condition from my personal collection.

The specific laserdiscs on this list are not for sale directly (in other words these are my best copies) and only available to those who are prepared to swap one or more of the titles above. I am flexible with regard to the quantity of discs offered for an individual title so that you will feel this has been a mutually beneficial arrangement for both of us. I will of course ship the set of music discs (regardless of quantity) free of charge to anywhere in the world but expect the same from you for the disc(s) you are offering to me. That is how I have conducted all of my swaps to date.

If you have any of those discs in the condition I am after and wish to discuss a possible swap feel free to get in touch for further details.
Also if you'd prefer to receive payment for your disc(s) rather than swap titles or even part payment /part swap I would consider that as well.

Those discs are worth a few hundred dollars to couple of thousand dollars. I am assuming possible traders will ask a good number of disc in equal value or more. Say you ship yours and the other side doesnt ship anything,what are you gonna do? Dont you think this is a bit risky with such high value items?
You could say you will ship when you receive the item/s but then how could the other side trust you.
I am sure a lot of people could care less about a negative feedback here for getting free copies of valuable music lds or rare late titles.
Dont get me wrong im by no means implying you wont honor your end but just saying you could get burned in this as well.

I totally agree with the reply, like they say on Pawn Stars, it's not that I don't trust you it's just that I don't trust any one. (Which they say over and over.) I can personally vouch for laserdisc_fan, I ordered a rare title and received it well packed a few weeks back. (Thanks btw, it was a rare title, it was shipped fast and in better than expected condition and I still haven't seen it anywhere else, other than YouTube or vhs dubs on eBay.) That and it was my first purchase here and I was a little nervous it not being eBay with buyer protection, so that went over real well. But a trade is a little different. Normally, you're trusting the seller to send you a disc after you pay, with a trade there's trust on both ends. So it better be with someone you trust. Around here reputation is everything. That's all I can add.

I dont think any member here wouldnt trust Laserdisc_fan. So why should anyone have a problem with sending your stuff to laserdisc_fan first ? Everyone knows that if you're trading on a forum its the guy with the least posts that have to pay/send first =)

Sorry for being OT, think this should be the last OT post.

Good points raised here.....
Just comes down to a matter of trust once again.
Fortunately, people have proven that you can trust people, otherwise social systems would utterly collapse overnight.
The bad apples have not tipped the scales .....Yet ! LoL.....
Good communication and perhaps maybe collateral to protect high value trades?
Maybe too unrealistic but a thought anyway.
An escrow instrument.....
Again,perhaps much easier to just trust the dealer/trader.
Mud would be the name of any offender that burned someone here.........
Great thread, thanks all !!!

I was thinking those titles are owned by very few. You are reaching out to a very small pool of people. Then you want thrustworthy,meaning someone who have traded,bought,sold LDs and/or posted here many times. This is even a smaller pool of people. We are talking probably 2-3 guys here(how many of us own the cell?) You never know if you dont try but still seems rather rare to find such transaction
Then I remember the cararte incident lol
I just want laserdisc fan to get want he wants, and a fair trade. Its just when you want something realy bad one can be blind to many stupid details. I am sure laserdisc fan will handle the exchange well.

All the points raised by everyone are valid and I have given this some thought.
Ultimately I wouldn't swap items with just anyone.

I'd want some verification of your identication.

I'd want some proof that you have the item in the condition requested and that it is not just a photo pulled from some other site.
That is easily arranged by me asking you to randomly write things on a sheet of paper and set that paper on top of the item when you are photographing it multiple times, each time changing the writing slightly.

I'd like to see a successful trade history of you buying and/or selling items from other sites for some considerable time with no negative feedbacks.
If we have already done business before numerous times then that wouldn't be necessary.

Paypal would be required for any money involved and then only if accounts are verified on both sides.

The company I would use for shipping items would be able to fully insure the parcel regardless of price - I am familiar with a company that can do just that as I have sent some very high value parcels in the past via this courier to several clients. You would be required to do likewise.

From my side everything I would be sending would be 100% guaranteed. If you were are not happy with anything I'd allow you to send back individual discs or the whole package and I could do likewise if required. As I said originally these are my best copies I am offering up for swapping so I would be amazed if there was anyone disappointed but I would always guarantee everything I am swapping.

Although I haven't ever needed to ask for a deposit in advance from anyone I was trading with that could be used here for extra peace of mind if necessary.
Like a down payment on one side until the disc is received on the other end and then a full refund issued upon item being received. I'd be fine with that as well
if it makes you feel more comfortable.

This is quite an unusual offer in that I am only after a very small quantity of titles - the last few official laserdiscs ever produced effectively.
As soon as I have those the offer will be discontinued. I had always reserved my best spare copies for this very situation as I have found from experience trading like for like
is a more successful arrangement amongst collectors than just money alone although as I said above I would be willing to consider payment on these as well for those who prefer cash.

I am really just hoping that someone out there (just like me) has duplicates of these titles and would prefer to own some other rare titles instead.
If so then this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Think of it like being invited to an exclusive laserdisc location where you can cherry pick all the best titles you
have ever wanted without any time constraints or competition from other collectors.

One last thing is that if you wanted to travel to where I live and exchange the discs directly that would also be fine. You could take as long as you like to browse and select the discs you want, preview them and I'd even give you a guided tour of the local area and take you out for a meal! Also bring a big suitcase because you are going to need it for the number of discs I will be offering as swaps!

Just updating this listing.
I managed to obtain 'The Cell' on laserdisc recently so that is no longer required.
Still looking for the other 3 mentioned above and all possible buy/swap/trade options still considered.
Please get in touch if you have those titles and want to sell or exchange them.

I currently have duplicates of all of the following late release laserdiscs for trade:

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) [PILF-2865]
End of Days (1999) (Uncut) [LD 85240 WS]
Eighteenth Angel, The (1997) [PCLG-00061]
Deep Blue Sea (1999) [17242]
Election (1999) [LV334033-WS]
Rushmore (1998) [15998 AS]
Replacement Killers, The (1998) [LLD-26297]
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997) [LLD-25294]
Payback (1999) [JVLF-57003]
Nowhere (1997) [ID3968LI]
Faculty, The (1998) [15972 AS]
Very Bad Things (1998) [ID5487PG]
Well, The (1997) [PILF-2758]
Last Days of Disco (1998) [ID5093PG]
One True Thing (1998) [LD 83659-WS]
Notting Hill (1999) [ID9041PG]
Julian Po (1997) [ID4244LI]
Replacement Killers, The (1998) [21626]
Illustrated Man, The (1969) [11211]
Deathtrap (1982) [11256]
Breakdown (1997) [PILF-2584]
Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) [ML107268]

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) [PILF-2865]

Deep Blue Sea (1999) [17242]

Payback (1999) [JVLF-57003]

Notting Hill (1999) [ID9041PG]

Breakdown (1997) [PILF-2584]

Im interested in these very much for trade....I have over twenty I can trade with including a signed by Adam Sandler copy of The Wedding Singer......and a very rare laserdisc of the Princess Diana and Prince Charles's marriage..among other rare ones...I live in chester and my phone number is 07548198901.....whereabouts are you..?

PM me with any titles you have to trade. I reside in N. Ireland.

Mrs Doubtfire
Cliffhanger x2
Crimson Tide x2....One is sealed
Speed
Money Train
Broken Arrow
Natural Born killers
The Jackal
My Crazy Life..Sealed
Husbands and Wives
Mercury Rising
Face Off
Good Will Hunting
Toy Story
An Evening with Bon Jovi...Sealed
From Dusk till Dawn
The Wedding Singer....Signed by Adam Sandler
The Rock
That Thing you do

I don't see any rare ones that you mentioned you had amongst this list.

I forgot to put in the Marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles,Bon Jovi sealed is rare,and really any sealed laserdisc is rare because the purpose of buying laserdiscs is to watch them,meaning any sealed discs become more rare as the years go on.....but there we go.....so thats 23 films,I understand if you dont want to throw in mission impossible two.....but the other four...x

I have all those you listed some sealed too some with duplicates. Ebay usa is flooded with them. None is worth more than $3. Mission impossible 2 alone is worth $400+
You are not offering him fair trade.

Those titles in your list were some of the most common ever released at the peak of the format's popularity in the early to mid 90's so there are thousands of copies in circulation. Try selling a copy of Speed or Cliffhanger to anyone and you will know what I mean - most collectors have 3-4 copies of each of those titles already and they got them all for free with players. I've got 6 and don't want any more sealed or unsealed! When a title is only worth $3 sealed you can guess what it might be worth opened.

So Im guessing your not considering me just picking one of yours for all of mine then..?

Dude I would give him 200+ such LDs for lesser rare ones in his list if I didnt know he wont accept them. Its not quantity but quality. Large quantities usually negative anyway. I had to buy lots a few times in order to get one title Im after. Those other junk lds are piling up in my basement I dont know how to get rid of them.

Agreed on the quantity and quality-stuff that Substance noted. I mainly buy rare Laserdiscs or Laserdiscs I like. If it's not rare, or I don't like it, or I can't sell it, or it's not exclusive in any way, there's no reason for me to buy it in the first place. Although I sometimes buy Laserdiscs for watching purposes, but that's only when I find them for cheap money as I don't feel like pay $30-40 for some random Laserdisc (shipping to Sweden from the US is expensive when it comes to Laserdiscs) if I haven't seen the film itself and it's available on DVD for less than $5 shipped.

I suspect you may be new to collecting LDs so please do not take offence - none is intended. Prices and value of titles can vary enormously. Just because something is sealed doesn't mean it is more valuable. The availability, year of release, condition and content on the disc all affect rarity and pricing. The later releases from 1999 -2001 were usually pressed in much smaller quantities and as these were the last official (non promo) LDs manufactured they are often very popular to collect. So it is all about supply and demand. When demand exceeds supply prices go up (as in the case of Mission Impossible 2, The Cell etc) whereas when supply exceeds demand (as in the case of Speed, Cliffhanger etc) prices go down.

In addition I have almost all those titles you offered and got them all FREE with the laserdisc players I purchased second hand so don't require the same titles again. It would not make sense trading rare titles for common titles I already own 6 copies of!

I'm really after the rarer releases as listed in my initial posting above which I would offer very generous trades, cash or part exchange for.
I've 7000+ LDs in my own collection so have loads of other possible titles to trade. I just listed a small sample off the top of my head to give people a few ideas for those maybe interested in trading late release movies, but I have many more including thousands of music titles.