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I used to think any old VHS tape was worth a grab, but a box from a garage sale in Phoenix changed my mind.
I bought a sealed box of 20 tapes for 5 bucks, thinking it was a goldmine, but after digitizing them, 18 were just recorded episodes of 'Wheel of Fortune' from 1992. The hunt for the weird stuff made me way more picky about bulk buys. Do you guys still grab every tape you see, or do you look for specific signs first?
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bailey.sam3mo ago
That Phoenix box is a classic lesson, and @the_robert is right about learning to spot the filler.
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the_robert3mo ago
Yeah that's just how it goes with collecting anything, you learn to spot the filler from the real finds.
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lilyo301mo ago
Kind of reminds me of how grocery shopping changed for me after I lived alone for a year. You start off buying all the same stuff your parents bought, then you realize half of it is just taking up space in your fridge. Three different types of mustard nobody's touching. Once you figure out that you only eat eggs and black beans for breakfast, the aisle with the expensive granola stops looking interesting. It's the same principle with records or action figures or whatever. You waste money on the obvious stuff first, then your brain gets tuned to what actually matters. The filler becomes invisible when you know what you're looking for.
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