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krj
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Disposition: Selling Off Used CDs and LPs
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May 3 19:47 UTC 2001 |
Or, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."
Or, Ken's Therapy Item. :/
As some of you may have heard me mumble in party or in person, the time
has arrived to give my collection of recorded music a bit of a haircut.
The key issues are that we have run out of storage space in our
fairly small house, and I am fed up with not being able to find
specific recordings I want to hear because they are lost in the
morass. I also wouldn't mind raising some cash.
How do folks find it most profitable to sell CDs? How do you make the
selection on what stays and what goes?
I've got a vague algorithm for the CDs which looks like this:
offer to friends
Possibly post list in music conf/ classified conf on Grex & M-net
list items at half.com
folk items for trade to Elderly Instruments / non-folk items to
Encore / PJ's / Wazoo / FBC used shops
Kiwanis or Library sale for free disposal
I'm hoping I can average $4-$5 each on the CDs.
Getting rid of LPs will be less profitable, but it needs to be done.
Three towers of LPs are taking up valuable living room space, yet I
probably don't play 20 LPs per year. At least 500 of these LPs must
go, and 700 would be a better target.
It's a no-brainer to sell the few valuable items (like a Mobile Fidelity
"Abbey Road" LP) on Ebay, and I know two used folk music dealers who
might give me some credit for some of the folk LPs. And Encore
still seems to buy LPs. People interested in perusing lists of
my discarded vinyl should let me know. I'm disinclined to offer
LPs in bulk on E-bay -- they don't seem to draw much bidding unless
they are collectible, and shipping them is tedious, and there is too much
room for getting into arguments over grading.
I expect the Collection Reduction Project will take up much of the rest of
2001. So far all I've done is look in a few boxes in the basement and
whimper. Suggestions and offers of hand-holding are welcomed!
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eeyore
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May 3 20:51 UTC 2001 |
I just put a ton of mine up in the Grex auction....check there in the next
few days for them to post them. :)
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ashke
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May 3 23:36 UTC 2001 |
I would be interetestd in the list of vinyl, Ken. I'm sure there are a LOT
of people who'd be interested on Grex. You'll get LITTLE money selling them
at stores, but if space is less important than money, then PJ's and Encore
are okay venues.
But you know that there are some of us on Grex who will give them the love
that you would. <hold's ken's hands> A list of CD's too...
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anderyn
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May 4 01:22 UTC 2001 |
Well, I've already said that I'll happily buy what I can (depending of course
on what you're getting rid of... if it's folk, well.... grin.) I think the
GREX option for vinyl might be worth a try. At least it wouldn't be as bad
for shipping as ebay.
And, of course, you do have my sympathy. I've had to go through my books
recently and get rid of several bagsfull, and I still have a long way to go.
I'm *thinking* of weeding my CDs but don't know if I can face that yet.
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ashke
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response 4 of 21:
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May 4 03:58 UTC 2001 |
<laughs at the thought of the armwrestling contests over some of Ken's stuff>
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anderyn
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response 5 of 21:
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May 4 12:31 UTC 2001 |
Hey, *I've* known him longer and he's corrupted me more. -- calling dibs on
Ken's stuff! Next up? (At least I think I've known him longer than you have,
ashke... ten years, almost? Gads!)
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krj
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May 4 16:50 UTC 2001 |
Ashke, how little money are we talking about in selling LPs to
PJs and Encore? (resp:2)
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ashke
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May 5 01:19 UTC 2001 |
Pennies to what they're worth? PJ's will give a bit better of a deal, he's
honest, but he has less of the traffic, so he might not be able to take a lot.
Encore is full of idiots who are too young to care about vinyl and still think
of it as a dying form, and will buy from you for $1-2 on some, unless they're
REALLY rare and in mint condition, and then sell it for up to a 500% markup.
That's what my mother ended up doing with hers, and she got ripped off.
re 5: Hey, I'm INJURED and might have surgery...the sympathy vote goes a long
way! <wink wink ;)> Sides, I been here 7 years!
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krj
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May 5 01:49 UTC 2001 |
I'm aware of the possibility of flooding the market. I expect to dribble
both the LPs and CDs out over several months.
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polvo
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response 9 of 21:
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May 9 02:26 UTC 2001 |
Ashke, you are a buttwipe who has no idea what you are talking about. the
folks at encore know what they are talking about. Your mother is a big fat
dummy and deserved to get ripped off.
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ea
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response 10 of 21:
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May 9 04:03 UTC 2001 |
I have never found a salesclerk at Encore that knew what they were
talking about. (Actually, the only record store in A2 that has clerks
that I've found that know what they're talking about is Schoolkids in
Exile) (then again, I don't usually buy a lot of CD's, and I try to deal
with clerks as little as possible.
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