your workout collection - how often do you inventory it?

[bubbles76]

Momof2Gremlins, I thought the white cat in your avatar was a statue! Very pretty.

[laurajhawk]

I worked on updating my inventory last night. Got through the yoga (which is well over half the collection). DH saw me working on it and didn't even flinch -- that's some kind of breakthrough, I think.

[kali1]

Originally Posted by ramonam

I have a lot of DVDs as well as books and wanted to inventory them all for insurance purposes, so went high tech. I downloaded the Movie Collector and Book Collector from Collectorz.com and bought a scanner.

Now, when I get a new DVD (or book) I can either enter it manually by ISBN or scan it. The program searches the internet and finds the info, including front cover. Sometimes the cover isn't found, but they have a search tool for that, too.

Once the title is in, you can do multiple disks -- useful for Cathe, for example, as well as personal information -- # of stars, seen/not seen, etc...

I LOVE it!

Collectorz.com sounds great! Now do you have to buy their scanner or will any scanner do?

[athompson10]

I have a Word document on which I did a major update a couple of months back, when I finally unpacked all my workouts after two years in storage. Since then, I update whenever I get something new. My videos and DVDs are scattered in boxes and on racks/shelves on two different floors of the house, so I need a list to prevent me from buying duplicates.

One of these days, when I master any spreadsheet program, I'll move everything over. I'm a little afraid because that will cater to my compulsive side - instructor, type of workout, total length, equipment needed, number of minutes of cardio vs. weights vs. warmup/cooldown.....

[ramonam]

Originally Posted by kali1

Collectorz.com sounds great! Now do you have to buy their scanner or will any scanner do?

They have three that they recommend on their site, so their software would seem to support different scanners. They have a trial version that lets you upload 50 items +/- (can't remember exactly) so, if you already have a scanner, maybe you could try it? Also, their customer service has been great, so you could send them an e-mail and expect a quick response.

Since I have A LOT of books and DVDs, having the scanner enabled me to get them entered quickly and easily but, now that they are in there, I rarely have a need for it. I'm still glad I got it, though. Typing those ISBNs would have taken forever!