Do you think I could benefit by putting my CD collection on eBay?

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All sold individually? I have a lot of maybe 30 old CDs, and if I sold them individually, do you think people would buy them for $5 each or so?

The CDs are:
The Offspring - Americana
The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
System of a Down - (Self titled)
System of a Down - Toxicity
System of a Down - Mezmerize
System of a Down - Hypnotize
Flaw - Through the Eyes
Flaw - Endangered Species
Godsmack - The Other Side
Mushroomhead - XIII
Mushroomhead - XX
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Nightwish - Century Child
Nightwish - Once (pretty sure this one might be a bootleg, bought it at a flea market)
Pantera - Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys Vulgar Hits
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Staind - Break the Cycle
Black Label Society - Shot to Hell
Pride and Glory - (self titled)
Haggard - Awaking the Centuries
Haggard - And Thou Shalt Trust ... The Seer
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus
Behemoth - And the Forests Dream Eternally
Behemoth - Demigod
Vader - The Beast
Vader - The Art of War
Kamelot - The Black Halo
Kamelot - Epica
Rammstein - Herzeleid
GTA Vice City OST - Volume 3: Emotion 98.3
Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire and Demise
Ra - From One
Ra - Duality
Judas Priest - Live In London
Judas Priest - The Best Of: Living After Midnight
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Krayzie Bone - Gemini: Good vs Evil
Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Collection Vol. 1
The F-Ups - (self titled)
Crazy Town - Gift of Game
Matisyahu - Light
Matisyahu - Youth
Matisyahu - Live At Stubb's
 
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This is something that's always puzzled me. I can easily sell my video games, but music CD's are somewhat less in demand on ebay/amazon. I usually just go down to the local music store and trade 'em in for store credit (although it doesn't amount to much :lol:).
 
Yeah I kind of figured. I noticed most of these are selling for like $8 on eBay. But that does not mean they would sell for $4-5. I added the list of CDs on the original post.
 
The legit Nightwish stuff would probably be worth selling individually; the Offspring and System of a Down are pretty common though (not to say you couldn't bundle up the SoaD and maybe get $12 shipped or something). Also there's probably folks who would be interested in your niche metal like Pantera and Behemoth.
 
[quote name='punkmaggit']This is something that's always puzzled me. I can easily sell my video games, but music CD's are somewhat less in demand on ebay/amazon. I usually just go down to the local music store and trade 'em in for store credit (although it doesn't amount to much :lol:).[/QUOTE]

Everyone is going digital. They dont hold their value unless you got some of the rare stuff

[quote name='Lazer77']I hope so! Do you think its worth the listing fees, and more importantly the time to list all of those?[/QUOTE]

Just bundle the common stuff as a lot. Might still get something
 
As a semi professional eBayer with a huge CD collection, I'd say it is definitely not worth it. The time and energy invested wouldn't be worth the return. At least, not to me.
 
Put the ones worth something on Amazon. Take the junk to music stores. The Offspring/SOAD/Pantera may only be worth a dollar if, but they are popular so a music store would probably want them.
 
I recently sold a bunch of my cds on eBay. I averaged about $2 a cd. Also you can try selling them to secondspin.com or thecdexchange.com. Get a price quote from both sites and just sell each cd to the highest bidder. Dont expect more than $1.50 per cd that way though.
 
Haha these are literally just sitting under my desk at home collecting dust, nothing more. Might as well get a few bucks off them, you know?
 
This looks like a job for Half.com! Here's the breakdown:

No fees to list.
No listing setup required, just a price and a brief description of condition.
No time frame/ending involved, they can sit for months ready for someone to buy.
Shipping credit (great for CDs, they're light and cheap to ship)

and best of all: No Paypal involved. Even though Half.com is fully owned by eBay, they deposit your sales directly into your bank account.

If you want to sell them ASAP, just list every item up to $1 cheaper than the current cheapest, but be aware of the new/sealed prices, you never want to get too close to those or buyers will always choose that first.

I've personally listed many VERY obscure & cheap CDs on Half.com with great results. I keep them in a box ready to pull out whenever I get a surprise E-mail of "You've made a sale!". It's fun trying to guess what sold before opening the message. 9 times out of 10, it's a TV Season DVD that I listed less than 24 hours prior, but every once in a while it's a $2 CD that I listed 6 months earlier.

On a final note, Half.com tends to sell for a bit higher due to buyers enjoying not having to deal with the "hassles" of eBay. When listing, they'll show you relevant data such as the average sold price/last sold price, and the current prices in your condition and all conditions. I've never had a bad transaction as a buyer or seller with Half.com, they're my favorite/only method of selling media online.
 
Well even though I was looking for Paypal honestly (I like it!), I might end up doing it on Half.com. I appreciate the tip man!

The only problem I have with this is that I would have to constantly go to the Post Office throughout the year. Unlike eBay, where I could make one or two trips.
 
Paypal shipping + small digital scale = never having to go to the Post Office. Print it, pack it, and drop it in a mailbox. 1st Class parcel post is perfect for any media under 13 ounces. An average jewel-cased CD in a bubble mailer weighs about 2-4 ounces.
 
[quote name='Lazer77']Hmm, but probably buying this scale will cost like 50% of what I will make from the CDs :p[/QUOTE]

You don't need a scale for single CDs--you can also take them into the post office where they'll weigh them and apply shipping that way (which is okay if you're processing multiple orders at once).
 
I would try a pawn shop, fleamarket or some kind of second hand shop of some sort. I don't have any music stores nearby me but you could try one of those if you find someone who takes CD's. You probably won't get much, but it may be more than expected. This would also cost you no money and can likely be done in one trip. Sometimes its better to sell these things locally than to bother shipping them all out which could be a pain if you aren't set up for it. You can at least get a quote from a local shop, you can always say no if its not to your liking.

If you go to a fleamarket you can shop around and sell to whoever gives you the best price for the lot, or if one vendor doesn't take your stuff another might.
 
[quote name='Kerig']This looks like a job for Half.com! Here's the breakdown:

No fees to list.
No listing setup required, just a price and a brief description of condition.
No time frame/ending involved, they can sit for months ready for someone to buy.
Shipping credit (great for CDs, they're light and cheap to ship)

and best of all: No Paypal involved. Even though Half.com is fully owned by eBay, they deposit your sales directly into your bank account.
[/QUOTE]

Hm, sounds exactly like how Amazon works.
 
[quote name='Lazer77']Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Collection Vol. 1[/QUOTE]

:)

[quote name='Lazer77']Clutch - Blast Tyrant[/QUOTE]

:)

[quote name='Lazer77']Vader - The Art of War[/QUOTE]

:D

[quote name='Lazer77']Crazy Town - Gift of Game[/QUOTE]

:whistle2:|

All my CDs are taped up in a box in my trunk because I took about 100 of them to Buybacks, and then took about 90 of them home from Buybacks. I should just send them to Secondspin already.
 
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