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Posted by MassiveProng on 04/12/07 08:01
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:53:08 -0400, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:00:52 -0700, MassiveProng wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:38:47 -0400, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
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>>>
>>>I really wouldn't use equity as a reason for buying discs. For the
>>>majority of discs, DVDs are a bad investment. They lose value as soon as
>>>you buy them, and drop in value as time goes on. An occasional OOP disc
>>>may go for more than it was orignally worth, but even then most times a
>>>newer and better release eventually comes along and the old disc is worth
>>>even less.
>>>
>>
>> It really sucks too, since a simple baseball card that ALSO gets
>> printed in the millions numbers gains value because of retarded kids,
>> and their parents, but these true artistic gems lose value from day
>> one.
>
>Baseball cards aren't a good investment either. Thost cars that were
>printed in the millions are pretty near worthless:
>
>http://www.sportscardfun.com/baseball-cards-value.asp
>"Sports cards were vastly over produced in the 1990's, many cards from
>those years have very little value."
>
>http://www.sportscardfun.com/baseball-cards-investments.asp
>" It¢s important to keep in mind however, that the people making a decent
>amount of money are usually the expert full-time collectors/dealers, or the
>incredibly lucky few collectors that stumble across great grandpa¢s vintage
>baseball card collection stored away in the attic. For most people, when
>it comes to looking at baseball cards as a primary investment tool, we
>recommend you speak to a good financial advisor about other types of
>investments available."
>
>One thing to note is the difference between the two "collectables." With
>baseball cards, the majority of people who collect them are collectors, for
>the purpose of having a collection. Thus a 1999 card of a certain player
>doesn't really drop in price because the 2007 cards came out.
>
>DVDs, on the other hand, are much more like books in that most people buy
>them for the *content*, not for the purpose of simply owning it. Thus when
>OOP, people increase the price since the content is rare as well, but once
>the content has been re-released on a new disc, the OOP disc drops
>significantly in price.
>
>> At least they aren't as bad as the one realm with the worst
>> depreciation rate known to man... the PC.
>
>Electronics in general depreciate in value fairly rapidly. I wouldn't be
>surprised if cell phone and digital cameras depreciate about as quickly as
>PCs.
>
>-Jay
A good investment are cases of really good wines. They usually
appreciate over time. Particularly limited vintages.
Costs a bit more to get into the game, but the rewards have high
returns.
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