Anonymous wrote:Just trash them. No one has a VHS player.

I have one, and it's called a VCR, FYI. I wonder if there is some sort of online VHS tape swap website, much like book swaps?

I gave a box of them away on Craigslist Free. Win/Win

I give my 6 year old VHS tapes and a small screwdriver. He loves to unscrew the cover and pull the tape out.

we have a lot of old movies/vhs.
my hubby is collecter.
we used to donate to nursing home.
any nursing home need these vhs tapes?
we are glad to deliver them.

nassau/li resident.

Anonymous wrote:Pawn shops take them.

-because they are ghetto.

Anonymous wrote:We buy disney and other kid videos on VHS to play on my old tv/VCR combo. Cheaper to buy at goodwill than to rent and when we get tired of them we donate them back.

If you like I have a some Disney vhs tapes that you can have. If you have a PO Box or are local (Washington DC area) we can meet up and you can have them.

Since someone resurrected this thread, I'll jump in. We have a toddler. We buy VHS tapes all the time from Goodwill, and have bought at least two players there to play them. They are dirt cheap, and I don't have to worry about paying every time I want to show them to my daughter. Add to that that not ALL princess movies are on Netflix, and there you go.

I donated them to an afterschool program for children... along with my tube TV and the VHS player.

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed that all of the hybrid driving, compost piling, recycling freaks on dcum are advocating trashing something that will just clog up our landfills...

I have looked into recycling them- no one will do it because it is cost prohibitive...

It has always blown my mind that in the digital age, a stand-along TV recorder that did not require a monthly payment (which is what VHS was) is not available. You can get Tivo or DVR, but those require monthly service.

Complete bullshit.

Pay no attention to the smarmy responses. It depends on the VHS tape and whether or not it's hard to find. I just sold one tape on eBay for $80, so apparently someone still has a VHS player. Libraries that have book sales, such as the one in Arlington, will also take them as donations.

Pawn shops take them.

They do sell a converter machine that converts your VHS tapes to DVD. Just FYI if you want to go that route.

Anonymous wrote:I buy them.... they are dirt cheap and my son likes the classic Disney movies

+1

I buy them.... they are dirt cheap and my son likes the classic Disney movies