Vintage items like VHS tapes are becoming a hot commodity these days and they’re selling for a lot of money! You might have already gotten rid of all your VHS tapes but if you saved them you could make serious cash in right now. Most of us were pressured to get rid of our old VHS tapes. If you have them stored in the attic they could be worth thousands of dollars! As a matter of fact, classics like “Back to the Future” and the original “Fast and the Furious” are selling for a ton of money on eBay. It’s important to know that the condition of these tapes is key to their sale price. eBay sells around 250,000 VHS tapes every year and the amount keeps going up.
10 Vintage VHS Tapes Selling For Thousands:
VHS tapes best known as, Video Home System tapes, are iconic relics from the late 20th century. Back then they revolutionized home entertainment and many household would make a collection of their tapes over time. Many would use VHS tapes for watching movies and even use then to record their favorite television shows. Of course that was before the rise of DVDs and digital media. These VHS tapes played a pivotal role in media and left an massive mark on pop culture in general.
There’s a lot of nostalgia that comes a long with VHS tapes. Remember having to always rewind them after watching? And the always satisfying clunk as the tape slid inside as you get ready to watch. Even at Blockbuster they could charge a fee for returning tapes too late. Even if you didn’t rewind it before returning! Although, they’re not used much anymore VHS tapes remain an iconic symbol of a simple time that meant more then just pressing play to watch a movie.