# What to do with a Box 'o Porn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429 "2010-05-23T03:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/1 "2010-05-23T03:10:13Z")
A few years ago a friend of mine gave me two fairly large boxes of VHS porn. With porn being so prevalent on the 'net, I haven’t found a need to crack open the boxes. I can’t exactly sell them at the garage sale and donating them to the Goodwill would be in poor taste. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/2 "2010-05-23T03:18:14Z")
Andy, for the last time, I don’t want your giant box of pornography! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/3 "2010-05-23T03:22:37Z")
Oddly there are collectors who eschew digital copies and want the original VHS movies for rare out of production stuff. Try eBay to see pricing. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/4 "2010-05-23T03:33:01Z")
Any Andrew Blake among them? Are you allowed to ship them across state lines? I’ll give you my address! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/5 "2010-05-23T03:33:57Z")
I’ll be at Shayna’s… ETA: Dammit, Shayna – no fair on the edit! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/6 "2010-05-23T03:34:24Z")
My e-mail is in my profile, or you can send me a PM ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/7 "2010-05-23T03:35:15Z")
Porn on eBay? Why did this never occur to me? :: runs off to check :: :: orders brain bleach :: It’s there. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/8 "2010-05-23T03:36:03Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I’ll be at Shayna’s… > > ETA: Dammit, Shayna – no fair on the edit! Ok, ok, send them ALL to me. I’ll go through them and give the non-Andrew Blake ones to Asimovian. Or just invite him and his new love over. 😃 Good lord my husband’s going to kill me. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/9 "2010-05-23T03:38:48Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Ok, ok, send them ALL to me. I’ll go through them and give the non-Andrew Blake ones to Asimovian. _Give_ them to me? Do I look like I own a VCR?! I was hoping for a viewing party! 😃 Er, purely to assess fair market value, of course. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/10 "2010-05-23T03:39:48Z")
In for a penny in for a pound - SEX PARTY AT casa **Shayna**!! ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/11 "2010-05-23T03:42:47Z")
Leave it all in the woods, where curious boys are sure to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/12 "2010-05-23T03:43:06Z")
Step 1: Plant them in your boss’s office. Step 2: ‘Discover’ them and take photos. Step 3: Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/13 "2010-05-23T03:48:43Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Porn on eBay? Why did this never occur to me? > > :: runs off to check :: > > :: orders brain bleach :: > > It’s there. Seriously. I had no idea you could sell porn on eBay. I’ll gladly give them to a fellow Doper if you want to pay for postage. Send me a PM if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/14 "2010-05-23T04:02:53Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > _Give_ them to me? Do I look like I own a VCR?! I was hoping for a viewing party! 😃 > > Er, purely to assess fair market value, of course. Dude, the ONLY reason to own a VCR is for vintage porn viewing! I have an extra VCR I can give you!! > [@zoid](#): > > In for a penny in for a pound - SEX PARTY AT casa **Shayna**!! Oh no, now I’m _really_ in trouble! :eek: > [@Ruby](#): > > Seriously. I had no idea you could sell porn on eBay. I’ll gladly give them to a fellow Doper if you want to pay for postage. Send me a PM if you’re interested. How big of a box are we talking about? _Are_ there any Andrew Blake among them? I wouldn’t want to deny you making some money on them, but I wouldn’t mind any Blake titles you might have. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/15 "2010-05-23T04:20:41Z")
Mail them to me. 90% percent of everything that comes into my house mysteriously disappears. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/16 "2010-05-23T04:53:35Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > Mail them to me. 90% percent of everything that comes into my house mysteriously disappears. So 90% of your pies can develop mysterious holes? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/17 "2010-05-23T05:08:00Z")
As noted above, there are a number of collectors who are looking for vintage porn. This isn’t quite as cool as if you’d been handed boxes of old Super 8 porn reels (which could bring in a small fortune if parceled out properly on eBay), but there is a large subgroup of folks who capture/digitize older Beta and VHS porn that is not available on DVD, who are often willing to pay decent money for individual titles. Smaller studios, early releases, amateur/pro-am releases, hard-to-find niches, and softcore (believe it or not!) can fetch decent money. I know a few folks in the girl/girl scene who would pay a few hundred dollars for clean VHS (or better) versions of certain amateur and pro-am releases. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/18 "2010-05-23T05:12:58Z")
Make sure you write Canada on the box, so if someone finds it at your house, it’ll look like you’re holding it for Canada. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/19 "2010-05-23T05:40:16Z")
Just be very careful. There may be Traci Lords titles lurking in the box - double-check against her [IMDB list](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000183/) to make sure you don’t unwittingly own “child pornography”. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429/20 "2010-05-23T06:10:06Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Make sure you write Canada on the box, so if someone finds it at your house, it’ll look like you’re holding it for Canada. someones seen an onion video [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Kn_GqbXQgM/hqdefault.jpg "Newsroom : Congress Announces Plan To Hide Nation's Porn From Future Generations") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kn_GqbXQgM) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-box-o-porn/540429.md?page=2)