Where to sell a load of CDs?

[SpuffMonkey]

I thought I'd read a thread on this - but can't find it.

 

I'm having a massive clear out and I've got (literally) 100's of music CDs that I want to get rid of - anybody know if there's somewhere that buys in bulk - I realise that what with streaming and ripping that they are not worth much nowadays - but it'd be nice to get back at least some of the £1000s that I spent (somewhat foolishly!)

 

Cheers

[round2it]

musicMagpie | Sell Your Stuff Online | Sell Stuff for Cash - Best Prices Paid

 

You wont get much but you can see how much you will get

 

You can scan the barcodes so it will be fairly quick

 

Or ebay them as a job lot

Edited October 21, 2013 by round2it

[unixman_again]

Buy My Vinyl: We will pay cash for your unwanted vinyl records and CDs

[tumbleweed]

They're good for lighting fires ;-}

[Arthur]

The following might be worth looking into...

 

Fulfilled by Amazon: How to get rid of old stuff immediately, sell it for more and use Amazon as a cheap storage facility

 

• services.amazon.co.uk/services/sell-online/how-it-works.html
  
• services.amazon.co.uk/services/fulfilment-by-amazon/pricing.html
  

[witch]

I sold a load of games through Music Magpie - I didn't get much, but looking at ebay etc I got about the same as I would have there, also I just had to box them up and deliver them to a local shop - no postage or anything

[tech_guy]

Carboot? Gumtree?

[Danp]

Donate them to a charity shop and get that warm feeling inside knowing you are helping others.

[Achandler]

I donated mine instead of "Music Magpie", I think it was about 50 DVDs and Music Magpie offered my about £14.

 

I would rather a charity shop got £1-2 each for them and make much more.

[tech_guy]

Just been talking to a colleague - he sold his entire VHS, CD & DVD collection - some 800 items - through Amazon Marketplace. Some of his VHS tapes went for decent money.

[witch]

All my local charity shops get too many music CDs and they can't cope with them at all. They will only take music likely to appeal to a wide audience and even then, they are very careful.

[Valyyn]

We took about a hundred CDs into CEX a while back. I felt sorry for the poor guy behind the till, but he was very good-natured about it! We ended up with about £80 of store credit (would have been less for cash).

[tb2571989]

While music magpie is an idea, have a look and see if you've got a CEX (entertainment exchange) near you. They buy a lot of music/games/phones, etc. When I sold two of my old sony ericsson phones envirophone would give me about £2 each while CEX gave me £45 cash for both which I was happy with. You can check on their site estimated prices for stuff.

[mole]

I am just going to keep mine, provided they don't deteriorate, it'd be nice to have something tangible to play years from now plus I like reading the sleeves.

My dad recently just passed down a bunch of his old vinyl,Beatles,Elvis,Led Zep none too rare or in good cond but nice to have and play.

[tech_guy]

Even Beatles albums pressed in the 80's go for decent money.

[unixman_again]

I am just going to keep mine, provided they don't deteriorate, it'd be nice to have something tangible to play years from now plus I like reading the sleeves.

My dad recently just passed down a bunch of his old vinyl,Beatles,Elvis,Led Zep none too rare or in good cond but nice to have and play.

I've had a couple of CD deteriorate (the silver comes off), so I've had to purchase them again. So much for the promises made when "Tomorrows World" spread jam on them and kicked them around the studio. This will be a real problem in the future as many of my CDs are by quite obscure artists. I've always bought the vinyl as well as the CD (where possible) for this very reason.

[SpuffMonkey]

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll have a look at them all.

 

Massively regretting my trip to the tip with 4 bin bags of VHS tapes after reading the comment about someone getting decent dosh for them - thought no one used video recorders any more!

 

I've noticed quite a few of the CDs had got "rot" - especially early Island ones for some reason - tacky manufacturing I guess.

 

Haven't the heart to look at the vinyl yet...

[flyinghaggis]

Just been talking to a colleague - he sold his entire VHS, CD & DVD collection - some 800 items - through Amazon Marketplace. Some of his VHS tapes went for decent money.

 

+1 . This or ebay is undoubtedly the best way to maximise the cash you get from them but it's potentially a lot of effort on your part. Still depending on how much Music Magpie offer you may only need to sell a small number to beat their offer. Especially if some of them are rare or sought after?

[SpuffMonkey]

+1 . This or ebay is undoubtedly the best way to maximise the cash you get from them but it's potentially a lot of effort on your part. Still depending on how much Music Magpie offer you may only need to sell a small number to beat their offer. Especially if some of them are rare or sought after?

 

Yeah - I dunno if any are sought after - there's a lot of weird stuff - but thats not always a good thing ;-)

 

I'm finding quite a few without bar codes too - so I'll have to read the small print on how to get them accepted - sigh!