Mega Media Xchange

While in the process of moving to White Marsh, I came to a realization: I own too much crap. Specifically, I owned too many DVDs. Over 500, in fact. Instead of carting along box after box of movies, I decided it was finally time to start paring down the collection. I started to realize I owned quite a bit of junk — titles I certainly wouldn’t watch more than once, but, there they were. Instead of trying to have a last-​minute garage sale, or sell them to greasy people on CraigsList, I decided it was easier to just trade them or sell them to a store. Blockbuster had stopped buying used DVDs, but the manager of one directed me to Mega Media Xchange on Pulaski.
MMX is a store that has a dearth of used movies, music and video games. Their selection of new stuff is a bit small, and what few new things they do have tend to be more expensive than Target, Wal-​Mart or what have you. In fact, the prices on most of the used stuff is hit or miss.
I went to trade in my stock of DVDs, and while they took most of the movies, they refused to take anything sports-​related. Hmph. There were also a few titles that they’d only give me a penny for.
A penny?
I was much more interested in just unloading my stack of movies, so I took it. When I went back, I was told they didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay for any movies. Um, okay. I asked about getting trade-​in credit, but they responded that they only paid for trade-​ins, and didn’t give out credit.
That’s fine, I guess. I ended up just trading in my old DVDs for new Blu-​Rays at the MovieStop in Towson. It’s nice to know that MMX sells lots of old video games and consoles, but it’s just easier to get that stuff somewhere else, and cheaper, too. It’s a neat store, but nothing about it gives the customer a reason to go there instead of Best Buy or Target, or CraigsList.