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Title: DS MPI Tapes For Sale--Mint, $5 Each
Post by: David on April 12, 2014, 06:22:26 PM
Eileen Lynch Farrar, who fest attendees will remember from her many Collinsport Players performances, is selling her complete collection of DS VHS tapes from MPI. $5 each, mint condition.
Message me if interested and I'll put you in touch with her: Eileen is not a Forum member.
Title: Re: DS MPI Tapes For Sale--Mint, $5 Each
Post by: michael c on April 13, 2014, 02:24:56 PM
these days you can't give VHS away. let alone sell it. the word "mint" doesn't really attach value to such antiquated technology.

a couple years ago I sold the last of my DS tapes to a vintage book/record/video store in Brooklyn for a dollar each and was glad to get it. you can find them in the bin at thrift stores for 50 cents.

as I recall there are only five episode per tape versus forty on a DVD collection. when a brand new DVD collection can be had for around forty bucks why would anybody pay a similar price the same number of episodes on bulky old VHS?

if this lady wants to unload this stuff she needs to get realistic and come down(WAY down)on price.
Title: Re: DS MPI Tapes For Sale--Mint, $5 Each
Post by: michael c on April 13, 2014, 02:28:48 PM
especially when that counterfeit coffin set can be found so cheaply. [easter_evil]
Title: Re: DS MPI Tapes For Sale--Mint, $5 Each
Post by: retzev on April 19, 2014, 04:11:48 AM
Yeah sadly I don't think she's gonna get over a thousand dollars for the set
Title: Re: DS MPI Tapes For Sale--Mint, $5 Each
Post by: Gothick on April 19, 2014, 04:19:47 AM
Some might want to collect the tapes for the box art.  The "collector's" series (the pre-Barnabas shows) had particularly nice photos on the boxes. Some of the regular series did look a bit tacky with that weird colorized effect they kept using. 

G.