but it sure feels GOOD when it’s done.

It’s getting increasingly difficult to offload your old video tapes – where I live, they can’t be recycled, and the charity shops don’t want them any longer. It was noticeable at the car boot sale I went to recently that most stalls had a big box of videotapes, and it didn’t look like any of them were sold by the end of the day. I guess DVDs are relatively cheap these days, especially older stuff, or as you say, films can be downloaded, rented or whatever for free or next to nothing.

that’s what I did … don’t watch them, you got plenty of other stuff to do (i.e. decluter). Just donated them to your local public library. They can sort them and keep them, and if you ever want to watch any of them again, you can go there a borrow them. The kid ones I donated to a daycare … they’ll get some good use there.

ive boxes full of old video tapes, what i will never get rid off.
on most of them are boxing matches, i recorded from tv, the first fight i ever recorded was in 1986, yes, i really am that old.
i can’t bring myself to throw them out, as i just value them too much, and are a reminder of my school years, getting up at 3 in the morning to tape the mike tyson fights, and watching them with my dad.
bad news for any girlfriend, wherever i live, the boxes full of vhs video tapes come with me.
all the best, steve.