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Serial Experiments Lain VHS, full set, subtitled, tested - $800 (Jacksonville)
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The individual tapes themselves are roughly double the rarity and price of the dubbed tapes of the same set. I purchased them for roughly 600 dollars about 7 years ago. I am not a fan of speculative buying, and did not care if these went up dramatically in value or became worthless when I got them, I bought them to own them as a collectors item. In the time of me owning them, the series has seen a rise in cultural impact and popularity which has driven up the price of these tapes.
Since then, these have never been set in direct sunlight, they have been handled primarily with gloves, and have generally been treated very well. The tapes have only really been used by me once in order to test their quality in a good system that left absolutely no damage on them. By all accounts the actual tapes themselves would be graded by an authority above 9.6. They are in unprecedentedly good, original condition, as demonstrated in the pictures.
The cases all have minor wear, some expected wear of unsealed VHS tapes such as the edges of the holds losing color and some wear from previous owners. The most notable wear on the cases is a fold on the right side of the second case, and the paper at the tips of the flaps coming undone on cases 2 and 4. All wear is explicitly visible in the pictures.
I would prefer to not sell these to a speculative trader. Yes, you could flip these in their current state and make more than I am selling them for, but I would prefer them to go to somebody who actually wants them rather than get resold forever and pick up more and more damage until they're worthless. I loved having these for a long time. The price I have is not "I know what I got!", instead I actually have receipts from the market to demonstrate their worth. I am totally willing to negotiate or barter either part of or the full price of the tapes as long as it's the right deal. I would also like to sell these locally and quickly and that is a good point of leverage for any buyers.
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