Advice on Selling CDs?

Philly_Q

ICBM said:

I’m still buying CDs, so if you can be bothered to list them I’ll have a look and make a decent offer for anything I want - better than Music Magpie would give you, I’m happy to pay around their retail prices.

@ICBM I assume that was for @andyp, not me... you wouldn't want any of my stuff. 

marauder

I'd have some of your stuff @Philly_Q ;

Philly_Q

marauder said:

I'd have some of your stuff @Philly_Q ;

Might have to wait a couple of years.  My "Big Clear Out" (TM) hasn't got any closer.  But I'll let you know! 

marauder

Don't do it. if you've got the room. keep them.

Boromedic

I'd keep em if you can, after the vinyl and now tape revival. Guarantee they'll manufacture a CD revival now as well!!

Philly_Q

Boromedic said:

I'd keep em if you can, after the vinyl and now tape revival. Guarantee they'll manufacture a CD revival now as well!!

It seems likely.  I read an article the other day predicting a DVD and Blu-ray revival as well, people are starting to realise that not everything's available on streaming services.

TTony

Seeing how many people are still CD-ers, and how many have probably got overflowing shelves, cupboards, lofts, maybe we should have some sort of trading/listening-box that we send around between us.

Person 1 puts together a box of 50-60 CDs and sends off to Person 2 who gets to listen to some stuff that they wouldn't have bought or listened to otherwise.  Person 2 likes 10 (suggested limit) of them so much, so keeps that 10 but replaces them with 15 of their own "surplus".  They send the original number on to Person 3 (who repeats the process) and the extra 5 back to Person 1 to start to replace their initial contribution.

Over time, the original box gets to Person N who - there being no other takers - sends it back to Person 1 (it's now a different box) and the cycle begins again ....

Philly_Q

@TTony I stopped reading halfway through that post because I could feel a Scanners-like head explosion building up.

andyp

ICBM said:

I’m still buying CDs, so if you can be bothered to list them I’ll have a look and make a decent offer for anything I want - better than Music Magpie would give you, I’m happy to pay around their retail prices.

Thanks! I am going to try and list at least a batch of the better ones. A task for this weekend.

darthed1981

TTony said:

Seeing how many people are still CD-ers, and how many have probably got overflowing shelves, cupboards, lofts, maybe we should have some sort of trading/listening-box that we send around between us.

Person 1 puts together a box of 50-60 CDs and sends off to Person 2 who gets to listen to some stuff that they wouldn't have bought or listened to otherwise.  Person 2 likes 10 (suggested limit) of them so much, so keeps that 10 but replaces them with 15 of their own "surplus".  They send the original number on to Person 3 (who repeats the process) and the extra 5 back to Person 1 to start to replace their initial contribution.

Over time, the original box gets to Person N who - there being no other takers - sends it back to Person 1 (it's now a different box) and the cycle begins again ....

Then Neo goes to the architect, chooses a new group of people to start the new Zion... yeah I saw Matrix Reloaded...

Seriously though, given the number of "im selling my CDs" threads on here actually quite a nice idea. 

I've not got nearly enough CDs to participate personally but I bet loads do.

beed84

@TTony good idea. Though, the only downside I can see with this is that someone will eventually end up with Ellie Goulding’s back catalogue …

Lebarque

beed84 said:

@TTony good idea. Though, the only downside I can see with this is that someone will eventually end up with Ellie Goulding’s back catalogue …

Damn. That's my plan foiled.

LastMantra

I just got rid of all the boxes  and put the disks in one of those zip up sleeve book/bag things. It holds quite a lot and is much more compact. Easy to flick through as well. 

PotentialDonkey

I hope that a cd revival does occur.

I still buy new release on CD.

The way I justify this expensive habit is my car (despite not being that old per-se) only has a CD player! Well... technically it does have an AUX-in but since Apple removed the all-important headphone jack, I don't want to spend money on a fancy adapter that allows you to charge and convert a signal from Lightning to 3.5mm AUX-in cable... yet I am willing to spend money for compact discs, even though I would probably say i listen to Apple Music more than CDs. The thing with CDs and other physical formats though, is the tactile experience. The cases, the inserts and spines... you don't get that from a download!

I also want to support the artist who makes a larger percentage profit margin off the CD sale direct from their online store rather than the 0.0000001 pennies they may get from a stream or two here and there. 

Then again there are plenty of artists who don't have their work available on the streaming services! A prime example is a lot of the middle of Saxon's catalog is missing... there is some early stuff and the brand new stuff but there's a big chunk up to The Inner Sanctum that has gone missing. There, the CD saves my day. 

I can absolutely see the value in the CD. But I can concede it's also circumstantial. Conversely, it's also more convenient than vinyl. If anyone has a turntable in their car, please talk to me. I need to know what you did and more importantly what is wrong with you!! The portability and audio quality is definitely a big selling point for me in the CD! No matter how great that splattered 12" looks...

 I do participate in some local trade groups on Facebook occasionally. That's been fun. And buy/swap/sell groups for cd specifically and general groups as well, may be worth a look!

andyp

I’ve looked out the boxes of CDs but I can’t get into Imgur to post the pics. It says I don’t have access to my own mobile number so won’t let me login.

Is there another way to post photos?

darthed1981

PotentialDonkey said:

I hope that a cd revival does occur.

I still buy new release on CD.

It might, a few people on here are no doubt stockpiling just in case.

If it doesn't, you could always build a little fort when you get a new car.

When I got my last one I was genuinely surprised at the lack of CD player, but I've never missed it.  One you discover Android Auto or Apple Carplay...

horse

I think the revival is started. Used and new prices are up compared to the good old cheap days.

If there's any 80s Ozzy or Maiden going I'll be interested!

andyp

Ok… let’s try this.

I think these need to go in the for sale section. So I’ll do that and come back here with a link.

Andy

andyp

Link to the thread I’ve put in Misc For Sale.

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/247352/cds-for-sale-offers

Please don’t judge me by CD collection.

I can’t get the embedding to work. I’ve always struggled with listing photos on this site for some reason. Sorry.

No Ozzy or Maiden, I’m afraid.

Cheers,

Andy

thing

darthed1981 said:

I did read an article the other day that a record reseller bought a house where a hoarder had stored 250,000 vinyl records, liquidated the hoard then (presumably after repairing the structural damage) sold the house...

Extreme hoarders... compact discs... when it comes and if it's a fretboarder then I'll watch...

I watched the show once, where the guy clearly needed help with his mental health, owned four houses in a village all full of crap and lived a miserable life eating beans cooked on a camping stove in a room full of dry paper, so waiting to be immolated basically.  I felt incredibly sorry for him and it was all very sad, so never watched again.

Apparently one person hoarded and ate their own poop, so they at least did one to make anyone with forty years worth of magazines feel a bit normal...

I make plastic model kits for shows and stuff. The pres of our model club died a couple of years ago and his wife asked if we could dispose of the unmade models he had in the garage. He had over three and a half thousand (if you bought them new around 90-100K's worth) and a sign up saying 'He who dies with the most models wins.'