Hooray for Hollywood...

When my brother moved out, I took over his room and turned into a sort of lounge for myself. Since all my clothes are in the closet in my bedroom, I decided to turn his into storage for other stuff, including DVD's. I have over 200 of them, and they're filling up the space that I allotted for them. Since I don't want the WHOLE closet dedicated to DVD's, I'm gonna have to downsize.

Space isn't the only consideration, however. With things like movies, music, and books, I feel one should go through every couple of years and weed out anything they've outgrown. Maybe this becomes less of an issue as one gets older, but many of these movies I bought in High School and haven't really watched since.

I'm not gonna throw away perfectly good DVD's, of course. I found a great site that buys DVD's and pays cash. I usually use ebay to sell stuff, but with something as cheap as used DVD's, I've found that the fees, uncertain pricing, and shipping costs often aren't worth it. What's nice about Second Spin is that they give you the option of getting cash and reimburse your shipping costs. Most sites only give "store credit" for trade-ins. You can, if you wish, get credit, as well.

Yet as we know, the hard part of getting rid of things isn't deciding where to send them or actually sending them there, it's deciding what to get rid of. So, I decided to be ruthless. I asked myself three questions:

1. Has it been over a year since I last watched this? 
2. Is it something I would rather have in another format, like blu-ray?
3. Do I pass this movie by if I see it on the TV?
   

If the answer is "yes" to any of those questions, it goes. No second thoughts, no excuses. I have a rental subscription to Blockbuster, so any movies I'm on the fence about I check if it's readily available to rent if I get the urge to watch it. If that's a yes, it goes, too.

What's the reward for this? Not only the money from selling the DVD's (which is always nice), but the chance to build a more "grown up" movie collection that includes films I'll actually watch now and in the future.