Selling second hand CD's and Books

lincroft1710

soolin wrote: »

I have a rolling stock of about 150 books listed and usually would expect to sell one every 6 weeks or so.

So starting today, it would take you about 18 years to sell the current stock! Although you could still have some of the early stock as you may have sold later additions in that time.

soolin

lincroft1710 wrote: »

So starting today, it would take you about 18 years to sell the current stock! Although you could still have some of the early stock as you may have sold later additions in that time.

I get bored and once there are too many copies I just delist them and take them to the charity shop. In fact I think the whole book market online is now dead, I gave up my main book business on Amazon last November after sales plummeted.

lincroft1710

soolin wrote: »

I get bored and once there are too many copies I just delist them and take them to the charity shop. In fact I think the whole book market online is now dead, I gave up my main book business on Amazon last November after sales plummeted.

As the secondhand booksellers who were prepared to buy books retired/stopped trading/became more choosy I used to try and sell any unwanted books at car boot sales, but very few sales. Too lazy to start listing on Amazon/eBay etc, too much work involved as far as I'm concerned (personal viewpoint only). So like you mine have all gone to the charity shops (where 50% originally came from!)

soolin

lincroft1710 wrote: »

As the secondhand booksellers who were prepared to buy books retired/stopped trading/became more choosy I used to try and sell any unwanted books at car boot sales, but very few sales. Too lazy to start listing on Amazon/eBay etc, too much work involved as far as I'm concerned (personal viewpoint only). So like you mine have all gone to the charity shops (where 50% originally came from!)

I actually boxed up a lot of my Amazon stock and offered it on freegle, and had no takers at all. I don't even bother at car boots, th elast ones that sold there went for 10p each and that was a struggle and I'd rather use the room in the car boot for things that fetch a better price.

I would love to know exactly what killed the market though, one moment I was a small sized pro seller turning over 70 books a month, then literally in less than 10 weeks I dwindled to selling nothing, yet I was still listing new stock every week and turning over the old stock. I still have about 900 books on Amazon and sell as few as 8 a month.

At the same time as i gave up on Amazon a couple of other local sellers did as well as they contacted me to see if I wanted to buy their stock.

diable

thriftymanc wrote: »

Do you have any independent record shops nearby? It might be worth taking your CDs and DVDs there to see how much they'd offer you. They often offer a higher value if you exchange which is handy if you want to buy something else (e.g. they might offer £10 cash or £12 exchange). You could always get them to cherry pick the better stuff and send anything they won't take to Music Magpie as a last resort. I've used Music Magpie and it wasn't too bad, as it was stuff I'd never sell on eBay etc.

You'll be lucky £10 cash for an old CD lol

nykied

diable wrote: »

You'll be lucky £10 cash for an old CD lol

CDs and DVDs

soolin

nykied wrote: »

CDs and DVDs

I think you would have to be lucky to get £10 for a second hand DVD as well.

nykied

soolin wrote: »

I think you would have to be lucky to get £10 for a second hand DVD as well.

My point was that the poster who mentioned the figure of £10 wasn't talking about one CD or one DVD, but CDs and DVDs plural.

lincroft1710

soolin wrote: »

I would love to know exactly what killed the market though

My theory is that it was a combination of the recession, availability of books on devices such as Kindle or as downloads, books not being as popular as they were and too few buyers chasing too many books. The low prices in some charity shops may also be a contributory factor.

From a personal point of view, this year I have bought very few books. I'm finding very few I really think I "need" or are interesting enough to buy, or don't duplicate what I already have. Plus of course I'm running out of space.

kayandy_2

i buy at least one book a month but am finding it hard to find ones that are intresting me at the moment i currently have 3 big plastic boxes and a tall book shelf full of books and cant get rid of them they have all only been read one too so in great condition but hey im sure my local charity sho will want them