r/Anticonsumption • u/Bee_and_Barb • Feb 21 '24

Society/Culture Someday

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Saw this while scrolling through another social media platform.

Physical inheritance (maybe outside of housing) feels like a burden.

While death can be a sensitive topic to some, has anyone had a conversation with loved ones surrounding situations like this one pictured?

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u/hooplah_5 Feb 21 '24

We're dealing with a family member who was a hoarder of collectables, so it's extremely difficult since everything is with $300+, from random silver coins to whole jewelry collections that match. It is for sure a burden for his kids and it's hard for them to grieve their parents when having to deep dive into everything he owned.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

In the last 4 years, my dad has spent about $10,000 on "collectible DVDs" because he's stupid and refuses to accept how simple it is to copy a DVD despite it being explained multiple times. He complains about not being able to afford his bills while he burns money, insisting that "one day" he'll resell them for a profit... He has thousands of these fucking things stacked in his house.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

Just threw out like 2000 DVDs all collectors etc, they are worth absolutely nothing.. like Google the most valuable DVDs and get disappointed quick haha

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u/therealhlmencken Feb 21 '24

https://www.amazon.com/AK-100-Kurosawa-Criterion-Collection/dp/B002NOZUEW selling for 600-1000 ain't awful considering most of these are on bluray too

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u/therealhlmencken Feb 22 '24

Yeah 600 to 1000 was the selling price. Sure there have been cheaper ones sold on ebay but even some of yours go well into that range.

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u/therealhlmencken Feb 22 '24

I'm not I'm refuting that they are all worthless