STE4LTH Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Ok Guys, I have just had a quick glance through How many Blu-ray's you own and have seen some big numbers. I want to take this further and ask roughly how much you have spent on your collection? I am sure some of these figures will be massive... Cheers, STE4LTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbar Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I stopped counting at $15,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I hate to think what I spent on dvds which basically went away at either a pittance or given away to the salvos for the last lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anden Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I don't want to even think about it, too much At one stage i remember i had over 1800 dvd's, have whittled that down to under a hundred, and have over 300 blu's now-- i made sure i exercised a massive restraint this time round and i still stick too it to keep the numbers down................. Mostly...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKK Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yep. I only feel guilty thinking about all my spending. I bought DVD in the early stage with USA imports. $50 was about the price. Later local release was around $35. I bought like crazy when price hit $25 a piece. Now they all worth next to nothing. The worst is that most people around me care less about quality and watch movies for free by download. All the spending only made me looks like a fool to them. Still I just bought over 100 Blus from all the sales in November alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davep Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 ....enough for them to be named on the insurance policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eth Nick Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Spent? I've saved heaps!!!! (Thank you, Amazon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulfi Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 After looking at some of the numbers in this thread and in "How many Blu-Rays do you own", I think I haven't spent anything. 122 BDs purchased for the princely sum of $1400. Under $12 per film on average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevyn72 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 never stopped or thought to add it up........... Now that's sounding strangely familiar....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgglePiggle Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Not much....as I buy mostly "secondhand" from this forum......thanx boys ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwayne1 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 After looking at some of the numbers in this thread and in "How many Blu-Rays do you own", I think I haven't spent anything. 122 BDs purchased for the princely sum of $1400. Under $12 per film on average. Almost the same 118 @ $13 each ($1500ish) mainly from Amazon UK and JB sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDL Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Just realized the other day that my insurance only covered $5k for discs so upped it to $30k as the collection is somewhere near that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDL Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) Yeah just picked a figure that seems reasonable if I lost the cd's, bd's etc. may still be a bit short but should be able to replace most of what I want for $30k. Basically assumed rogh 1000 discs at $30 - have more discs than 1000 and can get most for less than 30 Edited January 1, 2013 by SDL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernievink Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Just realized the other day that my insurance only covered $5k for discs so upped it to $30k as the collection is somewhere near that. My collection is probably near $20k but when I discussed that figure with my insurance consultant, she said drop the price to about 30% of what you spent, because "if we need to replace your Blu-ray collection, we will purchase them in bulk and at a significant discount to your individual purchases". Makes sense to me. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDL Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) My collection is probably near $20k but when I discussed that figure with my insurance consultant, she said drop the price to about 30% of what you spent, because "if we need to replace your Blu-ray collection, we will purchase them in bulk and at a significant discount to your individual purchases". Makes sense to me. Regards My experience was they did that with equipment as they got it at wholesale prices,but a claim I made for discs they asked me to give them the value and they gave me a JB voucher. They certainly weren't going to go source discs that they couldn't get from their standard suppliers. Oh and it was about $80 more in insurance so I rather be covered than argue about what someone may have suggested over the phone. Edited January 1, 2013 by SDL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernievink Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) My experience was they did that with equipment as they got it at wholesale prices,but a claim I made for discs they asked me to give them the value and they gave me a JB voucher. They certainly weren't going to go source discs that they couldn't get from their standard suppliers. You are probably right for a small claim of ten to twenty discs. but if the insurance company needs to replace your entire $30K collection, I would be amazed if they offered you the $30K and said go find the replacements yourself, when they could save themselves more than half by asking for your list of titles and bulk buying them for you. Regards Edited January 2, 2013 by bernievink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDL Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) I had a claim of around $100k about 2 years ago. A number of items they got wholesale where they had agreements with major suppliers (Clive Peeters, HN and a couple of others) but most of,y stuff, including discs they did not have agreements and just gave me the cash or vouchers or in the case of some HT gear their supplier had to buy from a second supplier who got it from the distributor so ended up retail anyway. Many of my discs are from UK, USA and some from Asia, they cannot get them from local suppliers don't let them kid you they can.it isn't them that wants the replacement on a claim and they will try to fob you off with whatever they can get. Edited January 2, 2013 by SDL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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