I have had a few people mention that they like the idea of the DVD swap but maybe only rubbish DVD's would be taken and some people may take DVD's away but never bring any.
To counteract these problems we could appoint a duty monitor, taking turns at this . We could buy some sticky labels to go on the case of the DVD saying who the DVD belongs to. After a few swaps the DVD could be given back to it's original owner. If you took 5 DVD's you would be entitled to take 5 away. Do people think this is a good idea ? and has anyone any further ideas to make it work.
I would be happy to take 5 for starters
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Gladiator with Russell Crowe
Midnight Express
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Jack Nicholson
Tout Peut Arriver Very funny comedy (in English possible ) with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton
Please let me know if you like the idea or have even better ideas on the subject.
Also if anybody has any videos that they cannot watch due to lack of player we would be happy to have them as our new home cinema would play them.
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Comment from Martin Mackenzie
Regarding your post re DVD swop. I think it could work. My thoughts are
1. If there is NO LIMIT set to the number of DVDs ( discs) swop-able at any "Swop event" - then it's possible that should some people bring 5, they may want/insist going away with 5. In other words, there may be "circulation problems" where although there are 20 or 30 discs present, not many people get to see them because they are almost immediately commandeered by each swopper as they replace to their same number
2. Following on from this, what if someone brings 5, but only fancies 1 or 2 of the others on offer?
So, would it be more practical if, say over a 6 or 12 month period, people lent their DVDs to the TAG library, and at each event-swop, folk were limited to, say, 3 titles, or 1 box set of multiple discs? As the library grew, you could possibly increase the number for loan to 4 or 5 discs.
This would allow better circulation as it avoids one-to-one monopoly.
These thoughts are off the top of my head so there may well be 'holes' in this logic—I'm sure many other readers will have their own ideas and likely better ones than these first thoughts of mine.
Katherine Bloomfield wonders
How about something similar to the old fashioned cigarette card swap - I'll show you mine if you will show me yours and maybe we can swap those we don't have.
