Ex-Rental copies and eBay

[Cyantist]

Does anybody if I can sell ex-rental copies of DVDs on ebay? These were purchased legitimately from a rental store going out of business and are the exact same in content to normal releases. Typically they just have a different CD label or a large RENTAL COPY on the DVD cover however im unsure how eBay sees these and the internet says different things (some say yes, some no.). Im of course going to put in the auction description "this is a former rental copy"

[APE]

I can't think of any reason why they couldn't be beyond the fact many people wouldn't want them.

[HEX1GON]

You're allowed, but just as APE said I doubt anybody would buy them. Unless you're selling at .50c a piece like libraries do over here.

[retro]

No, they don't JUST have rental copy printed on them, and you know it. They have a bunch of trailers that you can't skip before the film.

Technically speaking, you shouldn't sell them, but you do see them all the time. We sold them in the shop and nobody complained. We'd point out it's an ex rental, of course. Be honest and someone may buy them, but they could go for less as people said. Most single DVDs aren't worth much now, anyway.

[Cyantist]

No, they don't JUST have rental copy printed on them, and you know it. They have a bunch of trailers that you can't skip before the film.

Technically speaking, you shouldn't sell them, but you do see them all the time. We sold them in the shop and nobody complained. We'd point out it's an ex rental, of course. Be honest and someone may buy them, but they could go for less as people said. Most single DVDs aren't worth much now, anyway.

Really? I've never watched them just pulled them out of a box of stuff in the loft, mainly crap DVD's i'd never watch or stuff I already have.

And er, hate to be rude but that seems to be bollocks re: the trailers, I just fired up Charlies Angels 2 which is a rental copy and it shows a few anti piracy messages and then goes to the DVD menu, you click Play film and straight into the film.

Edit: I figured it may have been because I was watching it in my DVD drive and through VLC so I tried it in a DVD player. Piracy Message then DVD menu, pressed play, Dolby Digital ident and then the film. No trailers

[retro]

Sounds like it's not a rental. Check the print on the disc - could be the wrong case. It's very unusual for a rental not to have trailers. Perhaps they realized that nobody would watch that shit, anyway. Why did you even bother buying it?! lol

[Cyantist]

It's definitely rental, it says so on the CD, "Rental Copy, Resale Restricted"

And to answer your question, it was in a box of crap up in my loft. After my mum passed we took everything we could in boxes and got it out as fast as possible, loads was just dumped in the loft and I'm just now starting to go through it and find things like this. I wouldn't ever buy a rental copy, let alone Charlie's Angels,

[jugems cloud]

there are some rental films that never got a general release in thir respective region. just know this from a film i was looking for for a while and thought i was going to end up buying a dutch copy but it turned out only to have had a rental only release in the uk. ended up being cheaper than the dutch version as well.

edit - bought it off ebay and im sure it was listed as ex-rental.