I'm losing points...

I request a DVD for 3 or 4 points, and when I go to relist it a week later, I can only get 2... This has happened 3 times to me...

Now when I go to list "National Lampoon's Dorm Daze" that I got for 2 points, I can only get 1?

I'll list it on ebay for a buck, before I lose a point for it here...

I thought DVDs were a minimum of 2 points? They were not too long ago...

I can only list the first SEASON of the Osbournes for 1 point?

There's no way I'm spending over 3 points for anything here, unless I plan on keeping forever... There's too much of a risk in it losing value by the time I watch it...

Windel,

I don't get it either. Something I reposted yesterday from 10 days ago was a point higher, another thing was a point lower.

We don't know what parameters Dan programmed into the DVD trades, so we're all just guessing.

The fluctuations are so unpredictable that you could wait a week and try again.

You might try posting the Osbournes in specials for the points you want for it.
Bill

Oh yes... So far I've lost 2 points, playing the Reposting Game (that's where you repost an item already in your list, so it's seen as 'newly listed')... Then I gave up... Nothing I list goes up in value... only down...

It's like a stock market and i'm stuck with common stock of enron... luckily it can't go down past one...

Seriously though, if I knew that DVDs would go back down to 1 point, I would have never requested many of the things I did...

I'm hoping this is just a glitch, and I'll be able to list normal (not dollar store) DVDs for a minimum of 2 points soon...

Windel,

I think there have always been some 1 pt DVDs. Just out of curiousity, other than those you've mentioned, did any others go down that you didn't expect to?

That happens to me too. I do agree it gets annoying

Osbourne Season 1 should be more then 1 point, thats insane.

You were the one who requested Dorm Daze from me, however that never went up or down - it was 1 point when I listed it. That's why I only listed it with original artwork & disc & no case.

Okay, I remember now Dorm Daze being 1 point.. prolly why I got it... I gave it a new case...

Bill, that Poker DVD I think I got for 4, I have listed for 3, would be a max of 2 if I relisted it now... That suprized me... Actually, I'm suprized and disapointed anytime I can't relist something for what I requested it for...

When I tried to list Osbournes season 1, and Dorm Daze was the only time since I've joined that I haven't been able to list a DVD for at least 2 points (Other than a couple dollar store DVDs) I just assumed that DVDs are worth at least 2...

Like I said, I hope it's just a glitch...

I'm just saying I'm not gonna risk points by paying more than 2 or 3 points for anything; If I have even the remote interest in relisting it later... Now that I've seen that they can drop to one point...

Windel, I just did a private trade of a brand new Disney DVD. This was a really good animated movie, and the requester agreed to pay me an extra point for it by requesting a magazine. I wouldn't have traded it otherwise.

I did another private trade where I sent out 3 DVDs. I owed the requester a point, but I dropped one of the other DVDs a point because not only is this person a friend, but you can send 3 DVDs at $1.59 media rate.

The foregoing is a long winded lead up to this: If you or anyone else can order 3 DVDs from me at once, I'll be glad to give back one pt for what I save on hassles and shipping.

Also, if you ever want to do some private trades, send me an email and we can both save on shipping.
Bill

BTW Windel, Maybe you should hang onto the Osbournes to lend out in our DVD lending library?

I hope we will be creating that this coming week.

You could probably get a points for lending out the discs without artwork. Do that a few times and you'd be way ahead.

Hi Windel,

I suppose that losing some points is kind of inevitable. The value of used DVDs must be at a maximum at release and then go down over time. However, it sounds like you may be having a run of bad luck with this. Or the bottom is dropping out of the market.

DVDs used to almost always be 1 or 2 points, but Dan tweaked the pricing, so now normal DVDs (non-collector's items) go 1-5 points.

The points for DVD seasons is out of whack if you ask me. A season listing at the same price as a bargain bin DVD, even if the season is fairly common or inexpensive, does not make sense to me. However, I looked it up at a couple of other sites I trade on, and Osbournes season 1 trades on those sites for the rough equivalent of 2-3 TT points, so it is not as far off as I first supposed. I am a member of more than one DVD trading site, and while I don't usually search for the best price, when I find something trading at what I consider an unreasonable price, I will try a different site.

Anyway, I don't know what people's experience with falling prices is in general, so I hope you just had a string of bad luck.