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Collection or Addiction? Part 2

Vudu Movie Count

I reached a milestone this week with my primary retailer Vudu. I officially reached 1000 movies. It should be noted that Vudu considers collections like all four Indiana Jones movies as a single movie in it's count so I reached 1000 a while ago. At the time of this post between iTunes, Google, and Vudu, I currently have 1050 different movies in the cloud. With the "official" Vudu count, I thought it was an appropriate time for Part 2 of my Collection or Addition post.

Good vs Bad

I have picked up many movies that were on sale that I thought would be good. Only after finally sitting down and watching them did I realize that I might have been better off with a couple dollar rental vs even a $5 UHD copy because it was a good deal. As I have reached this milestone in Vudu, I am starting to view some of my collection as just an addiction. Note that I said some of my collection.

I still have several good or even great movies that I am glad are in the cloud that I can share them with my children. Several have been requested by my children and I was more than happy to add movies to my collection. I did draw the line at the Fifty Shade movies that someone had requested. I let them put that in their own movies in the cloud. However, I did let a few into my collection like Tammy and Knock Knock that I should have probably drawn the line at.

Having all the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Star Trek, and the Fast & Furious collections just to name a few are enjoyable to go back and watch time and time again. Converting a majority my old DVDs and BluRays to digital was also a great investment especially when it as 10 for $10. Did I need to pick up the 2003 version of a Wrinkle in Time just because the reviews said it was better than the new version and only cost $4? Probably not. I am currently trying to watch it and understand the special effects are a product of the time and due to the fact is was a TV movie. I question my "deal" getting the movie.

Addiction?

I can admit some of the movies I have purchased over the years were not good investments. Like all things, collecting digital movies is good so long as you do it in moderation. I am working on this going forward. I am attempting to just get movies that I really want or that my children really want. I am also trying to work on budgeting how much I spend in actual money per month. I do not consider rewards such as Microsoft/Bing, Amazon no rush deliver, or Disney Movie Rewards into my budget but I am trying to use these rewards programs for targeted movies. Wish me luck as I currently have not found a movie collecting anonymous support group yet.

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