How can I get rid of my Star Trek VHS tapes?

[Ethros]

I'll call Cash Converters and my local libraries to see if they'll take them.

Sorry, but
The first time I ever used a Cash Converters was in 2007, and they didn't take VHS then. I don't think they're gonna accept them 8 years later, nevermind actually give you money for them. As I said, charity shops won't even accept them.
I don't understand either what planet you're living on or where you've been for the last 15 years

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Do you have a low-tech, probably older friend (or friend's grandpa) who still plays VHS? Try giving them to him/her. Older people are your answer.

Before I parted with my Star Trek, Lost in Space, and other VHS tapes, I made hi-res scans of all the cover art. That was their remaining value, and I captured it as a digital asset.

Edit: some will argue, and I admit I agree, that the original, untampered-with episode soundtracks are of great value. If you don't have the Laser Disc editions, then that's an argument for converting TOS on VHS to DVD-R.

 

[Kail]

Shoot them out of a canon. Pun intended.

 

[mythme]

I donated mine to a facility that helps the mentally handicapped. They were most appreciative.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Some libraries check out media, or even have media stations for patrons to watch on site (EG Media stations with head phones along with a TV and VCR/DVD player). I would donate your Star Trek VHS to a smaller public library, or the library of a school, or a college\university, and your VHS player along with it. That way patrons or students can watch the tapes in the library. It might be especially useful if it were a library for a high school, college, or university that has film students or drama students.

I can't speak for every library out there, but nobody wants VHS anymore. The public library system I worked for eliminated all the VHS tapes from our circulating collections six or seven years ago. We won't even take them as donations, because when we put the tapes out for sale, nobody wants to buy them, not even for a quarter. No college or university will want them on VHS, not when the DVDs and Blu-rays are so readily available and not all that expensive.

My advice to the OP is to put them in the trash. If this was some incredibly obscure movie that was never released in a newer format, it might be worth something, but it's not. It's Star Trek, you can get it anywhere.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Wood chipper

 

[Ghrakh]

How can I get rid of my Star Trek VHS tapes?

You can't.

 

[Ithekro]

How can I get rid of my Star Trek VHS tapes?

You can't.

Scotty we need Blu-rays in three minutes or we are all dead.

 

[fireproof78]

How can I get rid of my Star Trek VHS tapes?

You can't.

Scotty we need Blu-rays in three minutes or we are all dead.

Honestly, I would be inclined to keep them. I still have a VHS player and I love being able to watch older films and such on VHS.

Also, cheaper

 

[tharpdevenport]

Some libraries are not taking them, they've gone to donated DVD's, to save room.

Years ago, you'd be pressed to find a pawn shop that would take them. Some pawn shops aren't even taking DVD's anymore.

If there are any reclycing places around you, that's the only way you MIGHT make some money off them. Save the "Code of Honor" tape and make a video blowing it up or setting it on fire.

 

[eyeresist]

Don't just bin them - check if VHS tapes can be recycled first.

 

[Karzak]

Donate or sell () to a local used video or cd shop.

Alternatively, this might be worth a read. https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=45558

 

[Extrocomp]

My TNG/ENT tapes have got a bid on eBay. Now I just need to get rid of the TOS tapes. If they won't sell even after I reduce the price to $1, I'll try to get in touch with some VHS collectors.

 

[Jedman67]

My TNG/ENT tapes have got a bid on eBay. Now I just need to get rid of the TOS tapes. If they won't sell even after I reduce the price to $1, I'll try to get in touch with some VHS collectors.

are all your TOS tapes available on DVD/BR? I recall that there was a missing episode

 

[Trek Survivor]

If I still had them - and for nostalgia reasons - I would keep the video sleeves in a folder or something, and bin the actual videos.

 

[Chen]

I donated mine to charity, because I thought they'd be able to benefit from them...

...aaaaand a week later when I took in some clothes to the same place, they were in a bucket by the till marked 'free to a good home'.

 

[Vandervecken]

You can't.

Scotty we need Blu-rays in three minutes or we are all dead.

Honestly, I would be inclined to keep them. I still have a VHS player and I love being able to watch older films and such on VHS.

Also, cheaper

I say this too. How much space do they take up? Keep 'em for the sentimental value if nothing else. Unfortunately they'll degrade in time. Hasn't that happened already?

 

[Elder Knight]

I'm sure that modern nursery schools and old folks' homes have better television-watching facilities, but you'd think that many of them wouldn't mind setting up an older TV set with a VHS unit and a library of tapes off in some corner for the thoughtful few who don't want to watch the obnoxious talk shows, rancid soap opera, or Wheel of Fotrune! (Lord knows, I'd gladly play an old tape to escape daytime TV while waiting for a doctor appointment or an oil change.)

But I'd probably be wrong.

 

[fireproof78]

I donated mine to charity, because I thought they'd be able to benefit from them...

...aaaaand a week later when I took in some clothes to the same place, they were in a bucket by the till marked 'free to a good home'.

Ouch. Philistines...

 

[stardream]

A recording of a 'lost' Doctor Who episode would have some value but that would literally take a miracle.

Apart from that or something similar...pitch them.