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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/14/selling-used-books-on-amazon-for-a-penny
But you *really* need to wade through all the crap...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Trouble is, they're invariably rubbish.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've been lucky in some second hand record shops, but not often. Not had much of a success rate in charity shops though.
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
Easier to search through those for what you want, rather than trawl through all the High St charity shops with a load of stuff you don't want.
Only the rare tracks you cant find on streaming services are worth buying / keeping.
It's all a bit of a shambles.
However just bog-standard Cd issues drop in price staggeringly quickly. Unlike Vinyl, which is again aimed at collectors, CD remains horrible to store in it's original brittle jewel cases, and the plastic ages as well, going foggy, hence the rise of the Digipack, but this doesn't protect the discs as well from dust. The discs themselves, early ones anyway, do decay over time!
Although CD isn't going anywhere, it is hard to justify having thousands around your house these days, when Spotify et al offer digital music so conveniently.
As has been pointed out, even Music Magpie have cut their offers for CDs and DVDs so much now that they are basically scrap value, if you have 10 CDs to get rid of, better save your time, maybe a charity shop will get £1 or £2 for them!
Although I dislike jewel boxes I haven’t had any go foggy - breakage is the issue, and a large number from charity shops come that way - but they’re easily replaced anyway. As far as I know I’ve never had a CD decay... and I’ve been collecting them since 1989.
Digipaks aren’t the solution either, they fall apart.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein