Best way to sell CDs?

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I'm trying to get rid of a somewhat sizeable (around 200) CD collection, and I'm not sure of the best way to do it without getting completely ripped off. I'd like to sell them on ebay or Amazon, but that appears to be quite a chore and not necessarily the best way to maximize what I'd get for them. Any suggestions? I'm in the Chicago area, if that helps.
 
Ebay is definately not your best bet unless youre selling rares. Try local listings or local selling. Probably requires more work, but would pay off better in the future.
 
Could try to offer trades/sales on here, but I doubt that would get you anywhere. Well, maybe a little, but not much.
 
You have 3 options, sell them as a lot on ebay, list them individually on amazon or sell them to a local music place that will give you .50 cents-$3 bucks a disc more on the low end. Actually in my experience most local places will want to give you an offer on the whole lot instead of paying you for each one.

Good luck old cds are like fruitcake. Everyone has one but no one wants them.
 
Well, I've thought about putting up a post on here, with a list of what I've got, and just seeing what I get from that. I'm not asking for insane amounts; I'm talking like $4 per cd, which is pretty reasonable I think. Am I wrong? I'm not real sure on the used cd "market".
 
I'd list 'em here first.

Then I'd divide the remnants into a few groups of similar-style music and sell as lots on Ebay. Or dump the whole of it at a pawn shop or something.
 
Maybe you could list those cds over here first. If they don't sell them you could sell them to www.wherehouse.com. They will get a list of prices they will pay you for each cd. So use those resources. Go go go.:cool:
 
If you sell your CD at a used record store (this is the most hassle free approach) you'll have to remember of the concept "Buy low, sell High". Don't expect a huge return for your investment.

Personally, I say keep the collection. i own over 700+ Cds. Sometimes, a cd you dont listen too anymore will suddenly become interesting to listen to after a number of years pass by.
 
Sell them on amazon, if you sell them individually you'll make a decent amount off shipping charges.

Also for most CDs $4 is too high, unless of course they are new or still popular.
 
Ok, well here is the list for you guys then. As I said, price on just about all of them is $4 + s & h. If you see anything you want, send me a PM and I'll set it aside for you. I also put up a post on my MySpace bulletin thing and I e-mailed a bunch of friends around the country, so who knows, maybe I'll end up going through everything *crosses fingers*. Here it is:

Band Name Album Name
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
2Pac 2Pacalypse Now
2Pac All Eyes On Me
2Pac Loyal to the Game
2Pac Makaveli: The Don Killuminati - The Seven Day Theory
2Pac Me Against the World
2Pac Until the End of Time
AFI Black Sails in the Sunset
AFI Sing the Sorrow
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains Dirt
Alice in Chains Unplugged
Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio Good Mourning
Alkaline Trio Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split EP
Alkaline Trio/One Man Army Split EP
As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
Atmosphere Headshots
Atmosphere Lucy Ford
Atmosphere Seven's Travels
Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Beautiful Mistake, The - Light a Match, For I Deserve to Burn
Beck Sea Change
Blood Brothers, The - Crimes
Blur Blur
Blur Leisure
Blur Live at the Budokan (Japanese Import)
Blur Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur Parklife
Blur The Great Escape
Bouncing Souls, The Anchors Aweigh
Bouncing Souls, The Hopeless Romantic
Boy Sets Fire Tomorrow Comes Today
Braid Frame & Canvas
Braid Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5
Braid Lucky to Be Alive
Brand New Deja Entendu
Brand New Your Favorite Weapon
Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
Clash, The London Calling
Clash, The London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition)
Clash, The The Clash (U.S.)
Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
Cursive - Domestica
Cursive - The Storms of Early Summer
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Dashboard Confessional - MTV Unplugged
Dashboard Confessional - Swiss Army Romance
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism
Descendents Cool to Be You
DJ Shadow Endtroducing…
Face to Face Big Choice
Face to Face Don't Turn Away
Face to Face Face to Face
Face to Face How to Ruin Everything
Face to Face Ignorance Is Bliss
Face to Face Live
Face to Face Reactionary
Face to Face Standards & Practices
Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys Split EP
Finch What It Is To Burn
Fire Theft, The - The Fire Theft
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Fuel Sunburn
Funeral for a Friend Casually Dressed and Deep In Conversation
Further Seems Forever How to Start a Fire
Get-Up Kids, The Guilt Show
Ghostface The Pretty Toney Album
Glassjaw Worship & Tribute
Good Life, The Album of the Year
Hey Mercedes Loses Control
Hopesfall A-Types
Hopesfall No Wings to Speak Of (EP)
Hopesfall The Frailty of Words
Hopesfall The Satellite Years
Hot Water Music - Caution
Hot Water Music - Fuel for the Hate Game
Hot Water Music - Never Ender
Hot Water Music - No Division
Hot Water Music - The New What Next
International Noise Conspiracy, The A New Morning
Jawbreaker Bivouac
Jawbreaker Dear You
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z/Linkin Park Collision Course
Joy Division Substance
Juliana Theory, The Emotion is Dead
Juliana Theory, The Understand This Is a Dream
Kanye West Late Registration
Kanye West The College Dropout
Linkin Park/Jay-Z Collision Course
Mad Season Above
Make-Up, The Destination: Love - Live at Cold Rice
Mars Volta, The - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Mars Volta, The - Frances the Mute
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 20th Century Masters
MC5 Kick Out the Jams
Millencolin Home From Home
Millencolin Pennybridge Pioneers
Minor Threat Complete Discography
Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica
Morrissey You are the Quarry
Mos Def - The New Danger
Movielife, The - Has a Gambling Problem
Muse Absolution
MXPX At the Show
MXPX Let It Happen
MXPX Life in General
MXPX On the Cover
MXPX The Ever Passing Moment
Nas Street's Disciple
No Doubt The Singles, 1992-2003
NOFX/Rancid Split EP
Northstar Is This Thing Loaded?
Pearl Jam Live - State College, Pennsylvania May 3rd, 2003
Pearl Jam Rear View Mirror
Piebald - Barely Legal/All Ages
Pixies - Debaser
Pretty Girls Make Graves The New Romance
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Radiohead Hail to the Thief
Radiohead Kid A
Radiohead OK Computer
Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine Live & Rare (Japanese Import)
Rage Against the Machine Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles
Rancid - …And Out Come the Wolves
Rancid - Indestructible
Rancid/NOFX Split EP
Rentals, The Return of the Rentals
Rise Against Revolutions Per Minute
Ryan Adams Love Is Hell Pt. 1
Ryan Adams Love Is Hell Pt. 2
Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust
Senses Fail From the Depths of Dreams
Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered
Smiths, The Singles
Social Distortion Live at the Roxy
Social Distortion Social Distortion
Sparta Wiretap Scars
Static Lullaby - …And Don't Forget to Breathe
Stills, The - Logic Will Break Your Heart
Story of the Year Page Avenue
Straylight Run - Straylight Run
Streets, The - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Streets, The - Original Pirate Material
Strokes, The Is This It?
Strokes, The Room On Fire
Sunny Day Real Estate Diary
SuperDeluxe Famous
Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends
Taking Back Sunday Where You Want to Be
Talib Kweli Reflection Eternal
This Day Forward In Response
Thrice - The Artist In the Ambulance
Thursday Five Stories Falling
Thursday Full Collapse
Thursday Waiting
Thursday War All the Time
Tiger Army II: The Power of Moonlite
Tiger Army Tiger Army
Tool - Aenima
Unwound - Repetition
Various Artists - Clerks - Soundtrack
Various Artists - Good Will Hunting - Soundtrack
Vendetta Red Between the Never and the Now
Verve, The Urban Hymns
Von Bondies, The Pawn Shoppe Heart
Weezer Pinkerton
Weezer Weezer (Blue)
Weezer Weezer (Green)
Zao Legendary

Ugh, sorry about the AWFUL format there. I copied and pasted out of an Excel spreadsheet and the results are a little bit, uh, ugly. Let me know if you see anything you want guys...and does this topic need to get moved to the trade forum now?
 
$4 is fairly reasonable, yes. (They generally go for about $6 in exchange stores.)

As for exchange stores, you're probably best-off making that a last option. As has been said, you'd do best to list them on here or a site like this one. People are willing to pay more for a CD if it's something they actually want. (I had a good friend sell his System of a Down "Mesmerize" CD to a guy for $20, when it costs $13 in stores, and was relatively easy to find. It just goes to show you that you never know what kind of people are looking to buy.) When you sell it to a pawn shop or something, they've no idea whether they can actually sell the thing or not, so they're not going to pay a lot for it. Don't sell yourself short.
 
[quote name='hopesfall']Ok, well here is the list for you guys then. As I said, price on just about all of them is $4 + s & h. If you see anything you want, send me a PM and I'll set it aside for you. I also put up a post on my MySpace bulletin thing and I e-mailed a bunch of friends around the country, so who knows, maybe I'll end up going through everything *crosses fingers*. Here it is:

Band Name Album Name
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
2Pac 2Pacalypse Now
2Pac All Eyes On Me
2Pac Loyal to the Game
2Pac Makaveli: The Don Killuminati - The Seven Day Theory
2Pac Me Against the World
2Pac Until the End of Time
AFI Black Sails in the Sunset
AFI Sing the Sorrow
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains Dirt
Alice in Chains Unplugged
Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio Good Mourning
Alkaline Trio Maybe I'll Catch Fire
Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split EP
Alkaline Trio/One Man Army Split EP
As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
Atmosphere Headshots
Atmosphere Lucy Ford
Atmosphere Seven's Travels
Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Beautiful Mistake, The - Light a Match, For I Deserve to Burn
Beck Sea Change
Blood Brothers, The - Crimes
Blur Blur
Blur Leisure
Blur Live at the Budokan (Japanese Import)
Blur Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur Parklife
Blur The Great Escape
Bouncing Souls, The Anchors Aweigh
Bouncing Souls, The Hopeless Romantic
Boy Sets Fire Tomorrow Comes Today
Braid Frame & Canvas
Braid Frankie Welfare Boy Age 5
Braid Lucky to Be Alive
Brand New Deja Entendu
Brand New Your Favorite Weapon
Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
Clash, The London Calling
Clash, The London Calling (25th Anniversary Edition)
Clash, The The Clash (U.S.)
Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
Cursive - Domestica
Cursive - The Storms of Early Summer
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Dashboard Confessional - MTV Unplugged
Dashboard Confessional - Swiss Army Romance
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism
Descendents Cool to Be You
DJ Shadow Endtroducing…
Face to Face Big Choice
Face to Face Don't Turn Away
Face to Face Face to Face
Face to Face How to Ruin Everything
Face to Face Ignorance Is Bliss
Face to Face Live
Face to Face Reactionary
Face to Face Standards & Practices
Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys Split EP
Finch What It Is To Burn
Fire Theft, The - The Fire Theft
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Fuel Sunburn
Funeral for a Friend Casually Dressed and Deep In Conversation
Further Seems Forever How to Start a Fire
Get-Up Kids, The Guilt Show
Ghostface The Pretty Toney Album
Glassjaw Worship & Tribute
Good Life, The Album of the Year
Hey Mercedes Loses Control
Hopesfall A-Types
Hopesfall No Wings to Speak Of (EP)
Hopesfall The Frailty of Words
Hopesfall The Satellite Years
Hot Water Music - Caution
Hot Water Music - Fuel for the Hate Game
Hot Water Music - Never Ender
Hot Water Music - No Division
Hot Water Music - The New What Next
International Noise Conspiracy, The A New Morning
Jawbreaker Bivouac
Jawbreaker Dear You
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z/Linkin Park Collision Course
Joy Division Substance
Juliana Theory, The Emotion is Dead
Juliana Theory, The Understand This Is a Dream
Kanye West Late Registration
Kanye West The College Dropout
Linkin Park/Jay-Z Collision Course
Mad Season Above
Make-Up, The Destination: Love - Live at Cold Rice
Mars Volta, The - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Mars Volta, The - Frances the Mute
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 20th Century Masters
MC5 Kick Out the Jams
Millencolin Home From Home
Millencolin Pennybridge Pioneers
Minor Threat Complete Discography
Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica
Morrissey You are the Quarry
Mos Def - The New Danger
Movielife, The - Has a Gambling Problem
Muse Absolution
MXPX At the Show
MXPX Let It Happen
MXPX Life in General
MXPX On the Cover
MXPX The Ever Passing Moment
Nas Street's Disciple
No Doubt The Singles, 1992-2003
NOFX/Rancid Split EP
Northstar Is This Thing Loaded?
Pearl Jam Live - State College, Pennsylvania May 3rd, 2003
Pearl Jam Rear View Mirror
Piebald - Barely Legal/All Ages
Pixies - Debaser
Pretty Girls Make Graves The New Romance
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Radiohead Hail to the Thief
Radiohead Kid A
Radiohead OK Computer
Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine Live & Rare (Japanese Import)
Rage Against the Machine Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles
Rancid - …And Out Come the Wolves
Rancid - Indestructible
Rancid/NOFX Split EP
Rentals, The Return of the Rentals
Rise Against Revolutions Per Minute
Ryan Adams Love Is Hell Pt. 1
Ryan Adams Love Is Hell Pt. 2
Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust
Senses Fail From the Depths of Dreams
Shai Hulud That Within Blood Ill-Tempered
Smiths, The Singles
Social Distortion Live at the Roxy
Social Distortion Social Distortion
Sparta Wiretap Scars
Static Lullaby - …And Don't Forget to Breathe
Stills, The - Logic Will Break Your Heart
Story of the Year Page Avenue
Straylight Run - Straylight Run
Streets, The - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Streets, The - Original Pirate Material
Strokes, The Is This It?
Strokes, The Room On Fire
Sunny Day Real Estate Diary
SuperDeluxe Famous
Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends
Taking Back Sunday Where You Want to Be
Talib Kweli Reflection Eternal
This Day Forward In Response
Thrice - The Artist In the Ambulance
Thursday Five Stories Falling
Thursday Full Collapse
Thursday Waiting
Thursday War All the Time
Tiger Army II: The Power of Moonlite
Tiger Army Tiger Army
Tool - Aenima
Unwound - Repetition
Various Artists - Clerks - Soundtrack
Various Artists - Good Will Hunting - Soundtrack
Vendetta Red Between the Never and the Now
Verve, The Urban Hymns
Von Bondies, The Pawn Shoppe Heart
Weezer Pinkerton
Weezer Weezer (Blue)
Weezer Weezer (Green)
Zao Legendary

Ugh, sorry about the AWFUL format there. I copied and pasted out of an Excel spreadsheet and the results are a little bit, uh, ugly. Let me know if you see anything you want guys...and does this topic need to get moved to the trade forum now?[/QUOTE]

Holy shit. I looked at the first 20 names and immediately saw several I liked. These'll be gone in no time.
 
[quote name='False Hope']Holy shit. I looked at the first 20 names and immediately saw several I liked. These'll be gone in no time.[/QUOTE]

that is what i'm hoping for =) haha
 
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