Did You Buy HD-DVD? Sell! Sell! Sell!

If you, like many in the early-adopter crowd, happened to shell out some hard-earned cash on an HD-DVD player and a small library of compatible movies, you probably feel a little down these days, knowing that your chosen side in the Video Format War 2.0 is dying a quick and painful death to Sony’s Blu-Ray format.

Never fear. I’m here with some soothing ointment and a Band-Aid for your boo-boo.

What’s a frugal techie to do now that she’s burnt a hole in her pockets with little to show other than a machine and some occasionally entertaining but semi-expensive coasters that will take up increasingly non-utilized space in the living room?

Well, she’ll get to eBay, that’s what she’ll do.

There’s still time to sell your HD-DVD player and HD-DVDs for only a slight loss, before the format plummets into the annals of “also ran,” joining such valiant competitors as Betamax, cardboard LPs, and Laser discs.

If you lack a conscience, you can take advantage of the dearth of information about High Definition video that the average eBay consumer has, and make a decent return on your investment. With each day, the value of your HD-DVD purchase decreases, so there’s no better day than today to start an auction, and set a decent “Buy It Now” price ever-so-slightly below the deal you got on Amazon this Christmas.

Sell that Toshiba and that Planet Earth boxed set. Close your eBay account. Leave the country. Save up for a PS3 or other Blu-Ray player. Cry just a little, perhaps.

And in the meantime, you might also try trading your HD-DVDs for a box of Girl Scout cookies, before the value drops below that of a single 75-calorie(!) Tagalong in all its crisp and creamy chocolate and peanut-buttery goodness.

Mmm...anybody know some Girl Scouts in NYC?