The Great ‘What to Sell Where’ Hunt

michelle18

Please can i have some suggestions for the best sites to sell old cd's. I really need to have a good clear out and want to try and get the best possible prices Thanks in advance x

soolin

michelle18 wrote: »

Please can i have some suggestions for the best sites to sell old cd's. I really need to have a good clear out and want to try and get the best possible prices Thanks in advance x

Amazon, Play, Ebay or if you just want to get rid then check out music-magpie.

natxxx1

Hi
This is my experiences,

I have sold loads of CD's on music magpie and the service was good. however if its generic pop stuff that is easy to get you'll be likely to get 20p each for, for classical and more 'not every ones cup of tea' stuff I was getting £3 - £5 each. sometimes on large car boot sales there are people offering to buy large quantities. I have sold a lot of records on car boots too for a few quid each but if yours is worth woth more than record fairs seem to be the thing, and if you want to give em away Oxfam.

Childrens things and nursery equipment sell well on ebay if new or childrens Clarkes shoes, and designer brands even if second hand. If second hand have a look on netmums where you can sell or give away.

Adults closthes if in great condition and a well known brand or designer can sell easily in dress agencies. most larger towns will have one, check yellow pages etc. the fees are low, but its not a quick sell.

I have bought and sold modern technology with ease on ebay, i.e Sat- Nav's and palm pilots and phone parts.

Car boot sales, anything sells if the price is right at the right car boot! I made £55 last Sunday and on average about a £100 each time i do one, with rubbish!

Hope this is some help to some one.
N x

Pasticheoflife

Hey I've been reading the site and forums quite a bit over the last couple of years and i thought i would finally post.

I'm currently planning to leave the country after graduation in July so i plan to dump most of my possessions into a nice little nest egg to get started elsewere. Mostly it is all Games consoles/dvds/electronics but Over the past decade i amassed a ridiculous Comic/Manga collection. I tried selling some of the items on Ebay and there just didnt seem to be a market for it, All my sales ending with someone taking books for a penny then causing trouble when i priced them fairly for shipping claiming i was ripping them off somehow.
So since then i have given auction sites a wide berth, im here for inspiration of sorts of where to take a catalogued Comic collection for sale.

As it is now i am planning to take a table at a local CD and Record Fair, Previously There have been tables with Comic/book Sales but any other avenues of Sale are welcome.

Thanks so much for any help

wigglebeena

Pasticheoflife wrote: »

Hey I've been reading the site and forums quite a bit over the last couple of years and i thought i would finally post.

I'm currently planning to leave the country after graduation in July so i plan to dump most of my possessions into a nice little nest egg to get started elsewere. Mostly it is all Games consoles/dvds/electronics but Over the past decade i amassed a ridiculous Comic/Manga collection. I tried selling some of the items on Ebay and there just didnt seem to be a market for it, All my sales ending with someone taking books for a penny then causing trouble when i priced them fairly for shipping claiming i was ripping them off somehow.
So since then i have given auction sites a wide berth, im here for inspiration of sorts of where to take a catalogued Comic collection for sale.

As it is now i am planning to take a table at a local CD and Record Fair, Previously There have been tables with Comic/book Sales but any other avenues of Sale are welcome.

Thanks so much for any help

In the olden days (pre-DummyHo) when Ebay shops were reasonably priced I would have recommended listing in one at prices you were happy with and waiting for the right customers. However now you would have to mortgage your granny to afford the shop and listing fees. BIN prices also just too pricey.

Ebid shops are a good deal but they don't have the traffic yet.

wigglebeena

Can you just list individual items for sale on Craigslist? I know you can just renew an expired ad quite easily.

soolin

Iused to dabble in sci fi and comic books and have given up tyring to 'place' the rest of the stock I have left. I maybe sell only one comic book/graphic art book for every 25 I list on ebay, I had the stuff listed for months on ebid with no takers, it also sat on Tazbar for a while with no sales. There are still dealers out there but they will pay peanuts for this sort of stuff as the market just gave up and died one day. I know someone sitting on a massive collection , he paid thousands for it over 5 or 6 years and is now looking at getting a couple of hundred it total for the whole lot, heartbreaking. Fans are very fickle and when the fad has gone it has gone.

The only exceptions are Neil Gaiman, anything Sandman or such like. Also if you have any Watchman type stuff that should be good due to the new film.

Anime might do well in lots, but start low and expect to sell for pennies. Some casual browsers will buy a cheap batch just to see what it is like. Other than that I have also done well in the past in small ads, fan forums (ask before advertising as most don't allow it), and personal contacts with dealers.

hannah29_2

for baby/childrens items try your local netmums website. no costs involved whatsoever and its a local that buys it so no delivery costs either
hannah

Hezzawithkids

I second the suggestion of using local free ads. We've managed to get rid of some bigger items through our local rag that were too big/too much hassle to put on Ebay. Recent successes include selling a wide screen CRTV and a pile of paving slabs, both at the asking price. This week we have an ad coming out for a dining table and 6 chairs.

Advantages are:
1. They are usually free, if your item is below a set ££ limit
2. You can place the ad online (if your local paper has a website and most do since they are owned by large organisations)
3. You get to see how the ad will look on screen before it goes to print
4. You don't have to ponce around with photos (although this does test your powers of description within a limited word count!)
5. Most classified ad sections have quite detailed category listings so you can get your ad into something quite specific if you need to
6. Most local rags are owned by companys that publish other local/regional rags and your listing can appear in up to a dozen regional publications at the same time PLUS during the process you can select which ones you want it to go in and which ones you don't
7. Most publishers give our free local rags which have a very high circulations so you can get to a big audience
8. Not many people will haggle over the price (at least in our experience)
9. The buyer ALWAYS collects (with one personal exception, a pensioner who bought a set of wardrobes from us then needed help getting them home, which we were happy to do!)
10. You always get paid in cash

I reserve Ebay for items that can be posted such as DS games, CD's, clothing etc. I use Green Metropolis for books although I've found it to be feast or famine - it can go very quiet for months on end then you'll get 3 sales all at once. I have wondered if their selling activity is linked to any new listing you make and somehow you get pushed up the rankings, but then I'm just a girl, what do I know???

I_heart_bargains

What about your local GUMTREE website? It's become very big in the last year or so. I have sold many items using this