https://www.lifestyle-a2z.com/an-original-copy-of-this-vhs-might-make-you-a-small-fortune/?utm_medium=outbrain&utm_source=296&utm_campaign=201013111527541x0xchrome_002df252195286ef9f57a925d829228b18&utm_term=CNN+%28Turner+U.S.%29_CNN_00e8ca988f7d01a748f9a28d57d69900d7&utm_content=%5BGallery%5D+If+You+Have+Any+Of+These+VHS+Tapes%2C+You+Can+Retire%21&dicbo=v1-ab3b2ce0a157ee27a94ae91df606ccd8-0075a2d8e3bf3f3bf885f890df5a8afbcf-g5sgczlegzrgiljsmfrggljuhbrdoljzge4tiljtmjtdgnlfmjstszbxgm
The title of this nonsense slideshow clickbait BS is "if you own Any of these VHS Tapes, you can Retire!" But with the very first "slide," you realize that this is simply inaccurate (an inaccurate clickbaity title? HERESY!) In fact, the first three examples of "valuable" VHS tapes are reportedly going for $20 each. I can retire on $20?
I managed a video rental store in the late 1980s, and I recognize probably 90 percent of the titles listed here. I personally sold dozens of copies of E.T. when it was released on VHS and remember setting up the display stand and taking pre-orders. When the store closed down in late-1990 we sold our entire inventory and one customer purchased every single item in our Disney collection- probably fifty tapes- for $5 each. Judging from the title of this nonsensical "news story," he would be in position to make himself a multimillionaire now, right?
I only looked at the first ten items here, and adding up their value comes to about $3000. I don't know how long this list is, but unless it extends into the hundreds, or includes one So Rare It Probably Doesn't Actually Exist tape, there's no way it all adds up to money you can "retire" on. But because the article referenced something that pressed a nostalgia button, it got me to click and give it a partial going-over, so mission accomplished, I guess?
(BTW, I'm sure that if I go through my parents' storage area I can find several of these items- I know, for example, that I got a copy of E.T. for myself when it was released. But I'll wait until I retire before putting it on the market- after all, it's sure to be worth a lot more than Night at the Movies-level money by then, right? Like, Actual Retirement-level money?
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