Value of a bulk collection of Blu-Rays?

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I have a pretty good collection of opened, mint condition Blu-Rays (about 75 or maybe a little more) and I probably need to sell the bulk lot to pay down debt.

Did a brief search on EBay and did not seen a collection of this size so I was wondering what would be a good starting point for an auction/Buy It Now? Any of the movies with Digital Copies would have them redeemed, but if it was on a disc I would leave the disc in the case.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Really depends on the blu ray's, if you have 75 movies that you can regularly buy at Walmart, Target, Bestbuy for $10 or so you will probably only be able to sell your lot for around $550-600. If you have alot of new releases, or popular titles such as Dark Knight, Transformers, Gladiator, Braveheart, Disney Pixar movies etc etc you can probably net around $800-$850 for your lot of 75 movies. Because you have 75 blu rays you probably have a mix of of the two and you will probably get around a little less then $10 a movie.
 
I can get a list when I get home but they're almost all releases from the last 2 years or newly released compilations (XMen Trilogy/Austin Powers Collection)
 
Thing about selling a bulk lot is that you're basically going to get a lot less than what you would get by selling individually. Trying to find 1 person to pay $750 or more for big box of blu-rays will be kinda tough.
 
They're worth nothing. I'll come by and pick them all up and take them off your hands. :D

Actually, what SLeeK719 said is right, their value really depends on what you have. Stuff that routinely is $12-$15 on Amazon won't get you more than $5-6 used, some of the higher-name items might get you $10 if you're lucky.

You might do smaller bundles and adjust prices accordingly for the worth of the movies in the bundles.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']They're worth nothing. I'll come by and pick them all up and take them off your hands. :D

Actually, what SLeeK719 said is right, their value really depends on what you have. Stuff that routinely is $12-$15 on Amazon won't get you more than $5-6 used, some of the higher-name items might get you $10 if you're lucky.

You might do smaller bundles and adjust prices accordingly for the worth of the movies in the bundles.[/QUOTE]

I'll pick up Shrike and drive.

He's right though. Even if you do ebay or Amazon sell them as unopened you are better to sell them in smaller bundles. Think things like an "action pack" or "romance pack" or "Pack of Blu's that are Free for WormFOODx pack".

My favorite is the last one.
 
After fees and shipping, you'll probably get around $500 (either individually or in bulk), unless most of your stuff are like TV seasons or something. Blu-rays and packaged media in general are not something that retain value. Unless you owe the mafia money, it's probably not worth selling it for that little money.
 
I would assume 500 would be a fair realistic figure for 75 Blus in a lot. It's less than 7 dollars a pop but that's the unfortunate situation about lots. I know it's probably worth taking the loss of 200 or so by lot selling because of the time it'd take to sell those off in pairs, individuals or groups and shipping would be a huge pain. You could try 600 dollars BIN and offer an incentive for taking the BIN deal, because when things go into auction mode who knows what might turn up?

The pricing and expectations would be different if you had a considerable amount of boxsets in your lot, as those sell for far more than individual movies. However, a list would be a necessity to define a proper price. As another poster said, you could very well get far more than you'd expect, but I wouldn't expect much than about 500 guaranteed, especially if people notice the sheer amount of movies in the lot, as they know you were trying to rid of them fast.

You'd also likely get lots of offers posted that would be lowballs so always remember you have a huge value right there. One thing you do have is the advantage of the market, Blu-rays are hot right now and are just now taking off to a mainstream consumer. Roll the dice and play with offers but don't take less than half a grand for them, that's for sure.

Or, if you'd rather try this, break the lots up into groups of 25. Less hassle and you might turn up on top when you account for things.
 
[quote name='FadeToOne']Anybody else annoyed when they see opened products advertised as "mint"?[/QUOTE]

Not me. NEW means new and unopened. MINT means it's in the same exact condition as if it was new but it's not new.

Shrike, if you can swing by on your way I'll help carry 1/2 the blu-rays to my house AND I'll buy us tacos for lunch.
 
[quote name='javeryh']Not me. NEW means new and unopened. MINT means it's in the same exact condition as if it was new but it's not new.
[/QUOTE]

Exactly.
 
Obviously breaking the movies down or selling them in smaller lots will increase the value, but Blu Rays even in one large lot would still retain alot of value. I have had about 500-600 transactions on ebay involving blu rays/blu ray lots...I have a good idea of what the values are and have seen some large lots involving 75-100 blu rays and assuming there is a good amount of valuable/ new blu rays he will get about $10 a blu ray. Ebay fees will probably only cost him about $50 and shipping will probably be $30-35.
 
A lot of fairly new releases aren't even that much new. Take Inglourious Basterds and Star Trek for instance. After fees and shipping, you'll be hard pressed to get even $10 back.
 
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OP, you can be lucky if you get $10 - $12 per disc before ebay/paypal fees and shipping. You could set up a buy-it-now auction for $1000 and accept best offers. Either you'll find an idiot that pays that much for these or at least you get a good feel for what people are willing to offer.
 
[quote name='Stele']A lot of fairly new releases aren't even that much new. Take Inglourious Basterds and Star Trek for instance. After fees and shipping, you'll be hard pressed to get even $10 back.[/QUOTE]

Star Trek and Inglourious Basterds both still sell in the $17-$20 range in like-new condition. Shipping costs from $1.40-$1.70 depending on the number of discs and ebay will take a little over a dollar in fees. At the very worst you would make atleast $14 selling either of those 2 titles.
 
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Where are you finding those buyers willing to pay $17-20 for Inglourious Basterds and Star Trek used when Amazon sells them for $17 new? I would like to sell them the Brooklyn Bridge.
 
If you dont believe me go ahead and search "Star Trek Blu Ray", go to ending soonest there is a like-new model with an hour and a half left and including shipping has a bid of $16.
 
One sold recently at $17.27:

Purchased as a Christmas Gift not knowing I couldn't play it on my regular dvd player. 2 disc set, digital and blu ray. My son added the digital movie/authorization code to my computer and I had a problem with the code.
Click to expand...

lol =P
 
I sold a lot of about 50 blu's on Craigslist for $500 about 8 months ago. List it as a lot on CL first. I have a guy in my area who buys bundles to get the ones he wants and ebays the rest. You may be suprised.
 
[quote name='SLeeK719']A copy of Inglourious Basterds ending in 4 hours has a total bif of $17.37 right now[/QUOTE]
And a copy of Star Trek just ended at $11.50. What's your point? Not worth nickel and diming this stuff unless you are on the edge of eviction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...2199406&ssPageName=h:h:alt:3&autorefresh=true

Side note: I've noticed even "new" items on ebay look like they've been brutalized after I received it. Only thing that makes it "new" is that it's still got "most" of the shrinkwrap intact or who knows, might be a reshrink. I consciously try to avoid buying packaged media on ebay. There's almost always something not entirely right.
 
$14.50 w/ shipping...Ebay will take a buck, cost $1.70 to ship...still got like $12 out of it..and that's one that was listed in "very good" condition and had a used digital copy. I think the OP said he used all his digital copies so I guess he can expect a little less.
 
[quote name='Stele']And I have a feeling that debt the OP is trying to pay down actually includes the, I'm guessing at least $1,500, he spent to actually buy all those movies he is trying to unload right now.[/QUOTE]

Who gives a shit what his debt is from? And who the fuck are you to come into a thread where a guy is asking a simple question just to make snide remarks about his situation, which you know absolutely nothing about? Even if you think that's the case, why the hell would you post it?
 
[quote name='namtrahj']Who gives a shit what his debt is from? And who the fuck are you to come into a thread where a guy is asking a simple question just to make snide remarks about his situation, which you know absolutely nothing about? Even if you think that's the case, why the hell would you post it?[/QUOTE]
Same reason you're getting all riled up over something completely unrelated to you. We probably have too much time on our hands today.
 
I sold my Paranormal Activity digital copy for $11 on ebay a month ago. Just sell the items on Ebay one-by-one. 75 items won't kill you to sell one-by-one. Have faith and just keep listing. If Amazon is selling Inglourious Basterds new for $17 + shipping, then sell yours for a total of $15 ($13 + $2 shipping). You'll sell it - especially since that's less than local used retailers will have it used.
Also - if you want $13 for that title, start the bidding at the lowest you'll go (say, $10.99) with a Buy It Now that's slightly higher than you'd expect to get (say, $14.50). I guarantee if you sell them one-by-one and use that exact method for each, half the titles will go for only slightly lower than you'd hope, and half will be Buy It Now or how much you'd like.
And you control that beginning price, so don't lowball yourself. If time runs out with no buyers, list it again. Just make sure you're beating the price of the lowest internet retailer (Amazon usually) and any local retailers. With older cheaper movies (like Ace Ventura on DVD) you'd be screwed, but with pretty-new blu-rays, I think you can really make out using that method.
 
[quote name='troy2007']Let's see the list and then maybe someone here would buy a chunk of them. I'm interested in seeing what you've got.[/QUOTE]

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Hey MSUHitman,

Now of course as everyone has said, selling them in bulk as a single or maybe a couple of large lots will net you significantly less than selling them individually. I would much prefer to list them individually on ebay or amazon. You would get substantially more - it is often stunning how much you can clear simply because people are too lazy/stupid to shop around, or because we CAGs usually get insanely good deals on our stuff.

Of course, since you are specifically asking about selling them in a lot, you most likely don't want to deal with the hassles of selling them individually - shipping them separately, the time it takes to move the slower ones, etc. You want cold hard cash money for them and time is obviously of the essence.

I see only 2 options to get cash into your hands fast, and that would be to sell them to a store that buys used Blu Rays, though you probably won't get much, maybe $300-400 if you're lucky. OR, what I would do in your situation, would be to put the list together and offer them for sale on craigslist. Either selling them at $X.xx each or $XXX for the whole lot, or picking out the more valuables (and less valuable) ones and adjusting the asking prices on those.

If you price them right you should be able to move them very fast for cash. A lot better than having to deal with shipping and cashing checks or paypal fees.

I'm sorry to hear you have to get rid of such a large collection.
 
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I think realistically you will be lucky to get more than $550-$600 for 75 blu-rays. The combination of them being used and figure PayPal/eBay fee's usually come out to about 20% of the selling price.

I learned this lesson years ago when I tried to get rid of my DVD's - movies are definitely not an investment.
 
I sold two different 25 blu-ray disc lots on eBay and after paypal and ebay fees and shipping, I got close to $425.
 
If your debt is so bad that you're thinking about selling off movies, chances are you aren't going to make enough to make even a small dent in what you owe. Just saying.

But if you're really wanting to go through with it, I would just post the more popular, newer titles individually and create your own "box sets" with some of the other ones. Maybe pair a bunch of more popular action movies together with something less popular (aka worth less). Otherwise I think you're going to find yourself quite disappointed with what you get for them. Remember that anyone bidding on these movies wants to pay less than retailers offer. And if you're considering selling them on here, that's good news for us, but remember this a website devoted to finding great deals. I'm thinking no one here is going to pay more than $5 per BD unless it's rare or really, really popular.
 
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