Selling 2nd hand cds
Discussion
I'm looking to shift about 400 of so 2nd hand cds and don't want to go through the hassle of relisting stuff that doesn't sell on ebay, and I've looked into Amazon Markerplace, but if they don't list it they won't let you sell it 
So what ideas does everybody have? Any alternative sites, or suggestions?
Going to be clearing a lot of stuff out of the house as there is a wedding that's going to need paying for.
So what ideas does everybody have? Any alternative sites, or suggestions?
Going to be clearing a lot of stuff out of the house as there is a wedding that's going to need paying for.
The_Burg said:
Free classifieds on here?
Or car boot sale?
Could do a job lot. Not sure if I want to go to a car boot, it's like a bad collection of wrong sorts....Or car boot sale?
andy400 said:
Have you used them? ETA: They only accept CD albums Edited by theboyfold on Saturday 14th March 14:32
I did something similar late last year. I had 350 CD albums sat in boxes which I had accumulated since I was 17. I ripped them all to MP3, then backed them up to removable hard drive + DVDs.
I listed them individually on ebay, wasn't that much of a pain as ebay have a standard insert (tracklisting, review, discog) for virtually all CDs. All I had to do was find a recent auction of the same album, then click 'sell one like this'. It only took me about a weekend to get them all up, at 0.99p start price and no reserve, with postage of 1.89.
Sold 90% of them first time, and got between 4-5 pounds for each, which was pleasantly surprising.
Would say you are probably more likely to get more listing them individually, but it comes down to how much of a premium you put on your time for doing it really.
I listed them individually on ebay, wasn't that much of a pain as ebay have a standard insert (tracklisting, review, discog) for virtually all CDs. All I had to do was find a recent auction of the same album, then click 'sell one like this'. It only took me about a weekend to get them all up, at 0.99p start price and no reserve, with postage of 1.89.
Sold 90% of them first time, and got between 4-5 pounds for each, which was pleasantly surprising.
Would say you are probably more likely to get more listing them individually, but it comes down to how much of a premium you put on your time for doing it really.
jamesc_1729 said:
I did something similar late last year. I had 350 CD albums sat in boxes which I had accumulated since I was 17. I ripped them all to MP3, then backed them up to removable hard drive + DVDs.
I listed them individually on ebay, wasn't that much of a pain as ebay have a standard insert (tracklisting, review, discog) for virtually all CDs. All I had to do was find a recent auction of the same album, then click 'sell one like this'. It only took me about a weekend to get them all up, at 0.99p start price and no reserve, with postage of 1.89.
Sold 90% of them first time, and got between 4-5 pounds for each, which was pleasantly surprising.
Would say you are probably more likely to get more listing them individually, but it comes down to how much of a premium you put on your time for doing it really.
So I can just enter the code on the back of the CD and it knows what it is?I listed them individually on ebay, wasn't that much of a pain as ebay have a standard insert (tracklisting, review, discog) for virtually all CDs. All I had to do was find a recent auction of the same album, then click 'sell one like this'. It only took me about a weekend to get them all up, at 0.99p start price and no reserve, with postage of 1.89.
Sold 90% of them first time, and got between 4-5 pounds for each, which was pleasantly surprising.
Would say you are probably more likely to get more listing them individually, but it comes down to how much of a premium you put on your time for doing it really.
Just been looking further into Amazon and they do list lots of what I have, but the fees are very high 85p per item, plus 17.25% of the end fee...
jamesc_1729 said:
I did something similar late last year. I had 350 CD albums sat in boxes which I had accumulated since I was 17. I ripped them all to MP3, then backed them up to removable hard drive + DVDs.
I listed them individually on ebay
I guess you weren't worried about the legal aspects of what you did?I listed them individually on ebay
theboyfold said:
andy400 said:
Have you used them? ETA: They only accept CD albums no I mean:
Say you have a copy of Beatles - Revolver album. Type that into search, then a list of current auctions will pop up. Let's pick one which from the picture looks like stock template:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEATLES-REVOLVER-CD_W0QQitem...
now, notice how the item picture is stock picture, and the year, band, etc is all filled out for you.
If you click on 'sell one like this', then you will automatically use ebay's template for this album. You don't have to faff about typing anything. just pick a price, postage options, etc and hit go.
Could probably do all 400 in let's say one day.
I know packaging them up and despatching them individually is a bit of a pain, but I got a bin-bag full of (used) jiffy envelopes off of freecyle, thereby increaing my profit on each one.
Say you have a copy of Beatles - Revolver album. Type that into search, then a list of current auctions will pop up. Let's pick one which from the picture looks like stock template:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEATLES-REVOLVER-CD_W0QQitem...
now, notice how the item picture is stock picture, and the year, band, etc is all filled out for you.
If you click on 'sell one like this', then you will automatically use ebay's template for this album. You don't have to faff about typing anything. just pick a price, postage options, etc and hit go.
Could probably do all 400 in let's say one day.
I know packaging them up and despatching them individually is a bit of a pain, but I got a bin-bag full of (used) jiffy envelopes off of freecyle, thereby increaing my profit on each one.
andy400 said:
theboyfold said:
andy400 said:
Have you used them? ETA: They only accept CD albums Done a couple of sample alubms and they will offer about 0.80p to £1 for most of what I have within arms reach.
Starting to think ebay is the way forward, just tested it and seems much easier then I thought it was going to be.
aspender said:
jamesc_1729 said:
I did something similar late last year. I had 350 CD albums sat in boxes which I had accumulated since I was 17. I ripped them all to MP3, then backed them up to removable hard drive + DVDs.
I listed them individually on ebay
I guess you weren't worried about the legal aspects of what you did?I listed them individually on ebay
When I ripped them to mp3 as backups, I legitimately did so as I owned the album. I don't think it is 100% clear as to whether I am legally bound to delete my mp3 collection having sold the albums... do you??? It's not like I serially uploaded them to a filesharing site or anything is it???
jamesc_1729 said:
I wondered if someone would say that...
When I ripped them to mp3 as backups, I legitimately did so as I owned the album. I don't think it is 100% clear as to whether I am legally bound to delete my mp3 collection having sold the albums... do you??? It's not like I serially uploaded them to a filesharing site or anything is it???
Well, I am not a lawyer, but I believe that if you don't possess the physical media you no longer have a granted license to listen to that recording (obviously not including hearing it on radio/tv where the broadcaster pays for usage)When I ripped them to mp3 as backups, I legitimately did so as I owned the album. I don't think it is 100% clear as to whether I am legally bound to delete my mp3 collection having sold the albums... do you??? It's not like I serially uploaded them to a filesharing site or anything is it???
aspender said:
jamesc_1729 said:
I wondered if someone would say that...
When I ripped them to mp3 as backups, I legitimately did so as I owned the album. I don't think it is 100% clear as to whether I am legally bound to delete my mp3 collection having sold the albums... do you??? It's not like I serially uploaded them to a filesharing site or anything is it???
Well, I am not a lawyer, but I believe that if you don't possess the physical media you no longer have a granted license to listen to that recording (obviously not including hearing it on radio/tv where the broadcaster pays for usage)When I ripped them to mp3 as backups, I legitimately did so as I owned the album. I don't think it is 100% clear as to whether I am legally bound to delete my mp3 collection having sold the albums... do you??? It's not like I serially uploaded them to a filesharing site or anything is it???
I suspect it wouldn't keep most people awake at night worrying about a knock at the door.
Cleared all mine out via ebay.
Listing can be frustratingly slow sometimes, as you have to rely on ebays systems to locate the album info.
Use turbo lister.
Reckon on around 3 waves to clear 85%.
I now ebay every cd I buy after putting into itunes, brings the costs of an album down to a couple of quid usually, occasionally make a profit.The money sits in my paypal account to buy the next lot too, so rarely actually use income cash to buy music.
Listing can be frustratingly slow sometimes, as you have to rely on ebays systems to locate the album info.
Use turbo lister.
Reckon on around 3 waves to clear 85%.
I now ebay every cd I buy after putting into itunes, brings the costs of an album down to a couple of quid usually, occasionally make a profit.The money sits in my paypal account to buy the next lot too, so rarely actually use income cash to buy music.
jamesc_1729 said:
I appreciate what you are saying, and it is a valid point to make. But let's say you bought a CD and ripped it to listen to on your ipod. You lose the CD, (in my case I have had my car broken into in the past and a cd wallet pinched). Now, would you personally, since you have raised this issue, delete the electronic media straight away.?
I suspect it wouldn't keep most people awake at night worrying about a knock at the door.
Of course not. I guess the issue is that the original artist gets nothing from the re-sale of your CDs. That isn't to say that you don't have the right to sell them on, of course you do, but the person buying from you isn't going to be contributing anything to those creating the music in the first place. I don't see that as a problem in your case where you maybe have a tonne of old CDs that are otherwise gathering dust.I suspect it wouldn't keep most people awake at night worrying about a knock at the door.
However, the post by Furyous raises obvious issues. That's effectively bootlegging. Two people are getting the benefit of one original purchase, and Furyous is profiting from the work of others (by keeping a copy from himself and selling the original on)
I'm not implying that anybody is criminal here, but the whole area of how people generally consider their rights over works versus what the actual legal position is fascinates me.
Furyous said:
Cleared all mine out via ebay.
Listing can be frustratingly slow sometimes, as you have to rely on ebays systems to locate the album info.
Use turbo lister.
Reckon on around 3 waves to clear 85%.
I now ebay every cd I buy after putting into itunes, brings the costs of an album down to a couple of quid usually, occasionally make a profit.The money sits in my paypal account to buy the next lot too, so rarely actually use income cash to buy music.
Do you photocopy books before you sell them on after reading?Listing can be frustratingly slow sometimes, as you have to rely on ebays systems to locate the album info.
Use turbo lister.
Reckon on around 3 waves to clear 85%.
I now ebay every cd I buy after putting into itunes, brings the costs of an album down to a couple of quid usually, occasionally make a profit.The money sits in my paypal account to buy the next lot too, so rarely actually use income cash to buy music.
Edited by aspender on Saturday 14th March 15:18
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