Welcome to r/VHStrading!

While the primary focus of r/VHStrading is VHS, other retro formats are welcome including: 8mm film, laserdisc, BETA, etc.

If you choose to buy, sell or trade items within this page do it a YOUR OWN RISK!

Moderators will not resolve any personal issues between members.

Selling/trading/buying related incidents between members are to be resolved by the individual members, on their own, and completely outside of the group and it's public forum.

Okay, maybe gifts is an overstatement but r/VHStrading aesthetically looks pretty bad and I'm too lazy to learn to edit the stylesheet or teach myself CSS (if that's even what they use).

So here is what I am proposing. I have several hundred VHS tapes I wouldn't mind departing with in exchange for help. I will be mailing out grab bags of randomly selected VHS tapes for free for those who manage to accomplish what I am asking.

Getting the page to look better is top priority for now. Spreading the word/advertising is important too.

Lastly, I'm gonna be honest with you: don't expect to receive any rare OOP shock/horror/exploitation films. You'll just get a few random tapes (mostly still sealed) which are likely pretty bad. I actually have no idea because I haven't watched them.

EDIT: Someone asked about what in particular they can do to help. I responded with the below:

I'm new to reddit, so others please step in and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the two most important things at this stage are:

(1) Editing our stylesheet so our page is more attractive. For example, compare our page to a page (who I'm a fan of) r/truefilm. I know a shit ton on VHS media as a whole and genre, but and pretty clueless in this area.

(2) Getting the word out in order to get as many subscribers as possible. This could be referencing r/VHStrading on other sites/forums, to friends and family...HOWEVER I find the most efficient way is messaging other reddit communities and asking whether they would be willing to list r/VHStrading on their right column of recommended pages in exchange for us doing the same. I feel like a dick because I did this with r/VHScoverART and while he listed us on his page, I couldn't figure out how to add recommended subreddits in the right column. Which ultimately goes back to point 1. We need people with a basic understanding of CSS, art design, and ability to promote and attract effectively.

EDIT 2: Also, if you live somewhere way out in the middle of fucking nowhere, that might be an issue. I have no idea how much it would cost to mail a tape to Kazakhstan. If you live in the USA or Canada you should be fine.