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20th Jun 2019

Your old Disney video tapes could be worth a few thousand on eBay

Olivia Hayes

Have a few video tapes lying around?

Before Netflix or even DVDs were invented, we watched video tapes.

We spent ages rewinding them to get to the start, and you might as well take a day off if you stopped somewhere in the middle and had to find your place again.

But, we loved sitting back as kids and watching our favourite movies – most of them being Disney.

From The Little Mermaid, to Aladdin and The Lion King, we viewed them for hours on end, over and over.

Well, if you still have those tapes lying around your house – or your parent’s house – root them out because they could be worth a few thousand.

Two of the aforementioned The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are being sold on eBay for upwards of £14,000 (€15,700).

Yep, that’s right.

So, how exactly do you find out if you could get upwards of 10 grand if you sell yours? All you have to do is check whether the tapes have the special edition ‘Classics’ logo. This can be found in the upper spine of the tape case, which will also have a black diamond around the outside.

Anyone else going home this evening to root their video tapes out?