Getting rid of CDs

[Ted Maul]

Moved to streaming several years ago and now have hundreds of CDs that I don t really know what to do with. I don t really want to give them away but equally I don t know how to sell them. Any suggestions?

Edited by Ted Maul on Saturday 16th May 16:36

[ExBoringVolvoDriver]

I have HD a degree of success with World of Books and Music Magpie. Some get more than others nd the common stuff they don’t want.

I managed to get about £70 for about 100 cds out of about 500 that I had sitting in the loft! The rest went to charity shops.

[Ted Maul]

Interesting, cheers. Did you sell them one by one or as a job lot, like a dozen at a time or something? I can see selling them one by one a complete pain, I’d rather sell the whole lot and be done with them but don’t know of anyone that would buy them.

[bigpriest]

You might get lucky with a local record shop (if you have any). They sometimes take whole collections but won't pay too much. I'm leaving mine stored in the loft as a surprise for someone.

[croyde]

I took a load of DVDs and games to CEX.

The DVDs averaged at around 50p each but one, the series 'Mind your language' of it's time and I guess would be considered racist these days, got me £6 on its own.

So obviously there's a booming market for non woke British comedy series from the 70s/80s

Must see if I have 'Love thy Neighbour' sitting in a forgotten box at home

[ExBoringVolvoDriver]

Ted Maul said:

Interesting, cheers. Did you sell them one by one or as a job lot, like a dozen at a time or something? I can see selling them one by one a complete pain, I d rather sell the whole lot and be done with them but don t know of anyone that would buy them.

You scan the bar code in via their apps and they tell you what they will pay you for each one, if they want it. have to get to £5 or iirc 10 cds. You then box them up and I took them to an InPost locker for free postage.

The other is to try and sell bundles on the Bay of E although there are a lot on there.

Record place might take them - I took a load of old vinyl from clearing out the house of a friend of my wife s and got £50 for the job lot of 80 ish LPs.

Unless you have some rare stuff, then I suspect you will struggle tbh.

Maybe try this one - I took the records to them but I am local. Wished I had come across them with the CDS s I might have got more!


https://vinyltap.co.uk/pages/sell-vinyl-records

Edited by ExBoringVolvoDriver on Saturday 16th May 16:28

[Ted Maul]

Yeah, I think it’s going to be struggle as well. There’s a hospice donation place near me that take CDs, might take them over there. At least they go to a decent cause etc.

[mac96]

Faced with the same dilemma about 7 years ago I compromised by binning all the plastic cases and storing the discs in folders meant for computer discs. Took up far less space and I am now glad I didn't throw them away or sell them for 10p each!

[Quantum State]

I went through this but glad I kept mine every few weeks I select a few and play them on my old CD player with a glass of something .

[Fastpedeller]

Ted Maul said:

Moved to streaming several years ago and now have hundreds of CDs that I don t really know what to do with. I don t really want to give them away but equally I don t know how to sell them. Any suggestions?

Edited by Ted Maul on Saturday 16th May 16:36

Anything by the Moody Blues? - I may be interested in buying

[Ted Maul]

I’m afraid not, sorry!

[Jamescrs]

I’d say for the values keep them and put them away somewhere in a loft.

A few years ago I got rid of all my CD’’s and DVD’s and now I’ve started buying DVD again because I often think of a film I want to watch and either can’t find it on a streaming service or they want me to pay up to £10 to rent it.

I quite enjoy looking in charity shops at DVD’s and picking them up for almost nothing and watching them.

[bristolracer]

mac96 said:

Faced with the same dilemma about 7 years ago I compromised by binning all the plastic cases and storing the discs in folders meant for computer discs. Took up far less space and I am now glad I didn't throw them away or sell them for 10p each!

I did the same, saved masses of space.
Changed job, and being the newbie got the oldest van on the fleet which had a CD player. Makes you listen to the album not just streaming the hits

[bigpriest]

CD prices are daft, something as mundane as a 2010 deluxe edition Madness album is going for £75