Music Magpie: new quick way to sell unwanted CDs

berniesmaster

i have listed my cds and agreed to sell them, just waiting for the bags now.

joegw

The site definitely works! I passed on the information to a friend of mine. He uploaded about 200 cds! Most wouldn't sell on ebay and some had surface scratches. MM arranged a courier to pick them up, and a cheque arrived about a week later for £230.

Rabiddog_2

IT is illegal to RIP your CD's to your hard drive and then sell them on. FYI.

ThinkingOfLinking

I just received my cheque, so I am going to send more CDs in.

NickiM

Thanks for letting us know

Baybee1984

berniesmaster wrote: »

i have listed my cds and agreed to sell them, just waiting for the bags now.

Same. Okay so the pay isnt great, but just want something quick and simple for a bit of extra cash, saves them being sat gathering dust for a few more years!

Dez-Titute

MSE_Lawrence wrote: »

24 Sept 2008

What's the deal?

If you've old CDs you want rid of, but you don't want to give them away, and you can't bear the rigmarole of listing them all on eBay or the like, there's a new trading site which makes it easier.

Music Magpie cuts down the time it takes to sell your CDs by recognising the case barcodes. You just grab a pile of CDs (minimum 5 per transaction) you want to sell, type all their barcodes in to the system, and the site recognises them and gives you an instant offer price.

It's not perfect though; the system wouldn't recognise all the barcodes I tried (especially when the CD was from another country), and sometimes it'll tell you 'we aren't currently buying this CD', presumably when it already has a backlog of copies to shift.

How does it compare?

Generally, you can expect to receive less than you might from eBay/Cash Converters/Cex, and if you've got any rare releases to sell on this isn't the place to do it. Yet if you've shelves full of dusty old 'classic' CDs, this is a great way to clear them out and earn quick cash.

Most CDs go for less than a pound (usually 60-70p), though some double albums, and especially compilations (for some curious reason) can run to £2.50.

I've got an offer. Now what?

If you accept an offer, fill in your details and you'll be sent some postage-paid envelopes to send stuff back in. Once they've received them, you'll be paid. Thus the whole process costs you nothing (though it can take a little while).

Anything else?

The site's also worth a look if you're in the market to buy CDs, as it sells those it receives off pretty cheaply.

Music Magpie has a sister company, Game Magpie, which (unsurprisingly) trades computer games. It works in exactly the same way, but so far doesn't seem to have much stock. If you've tried it, do please let us know how it went.

Huge thanks to betterlatethannever for originally posting this below!

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Have major concerns???McAfee is telling me don,t go there.

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Any comments Please

DEz

sb44

Do you have to register to be able to get prices?

I haven't and tried a few of my husband's CD's, Morrissey, Blondie, The Cranberries, Prince, Beautiful South, ie mostly 80's cd's and got no details back for any of them.

Dez-Titute

Hi sb,

You don't have to register.

You should have had aresponse that either says they already have too many of them or the CD bar code is not registered on their database.

Keep trying and let us know how you get on

newlywed

Offered £35 for 40 CD's but some of those aren't even worth the ebay listing fee


Anyone any ideas what to do with all the CD singles they don't seem to want on musicmagpie? Just want a token amount for them but want to get rid of them