Is selling dvd's on ebay a waste of time?

andrewsummers

So a question for expierenced ebayers - Is selling dvd's on ebay a waste of time and money? This doesn't apply to boxsets or new films but you can buy second hand dvd's in online sites such as play.com for really cheap price like 75p and those shops such as cex sell second hand dvd's for a ridiculous low prices. It seems to me that ebay is a bit redundant when it comes to used dvds but I'm probably wrong - What do you guys think?



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Hammyman

Plenty of people on Ebay are stupid and think that because its on Ebay, its automatically a bargain. Costs pennies to list so try a few.

soolin

The only way to find out is to check completed listings, take off the fees and postage and see if it leaves you with a profit.

Azari

andrewsummers wrote: »

So a question for expierenced ebayers - Is selling dvd's on ebay a waste of time and money? This doesn't apply to boxsets or new films but you can buy second hand dvd's in online sites such as play.com for really cheap price like 75p and those shops such as cex sell second hand dvd's for a ridiculous low prices. It seems to me that ebay is a bit redundant when it comes to used dvds but I'm probably wrong - What do you guys think?



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I must admit that as a buyer they are not much use. Load of BIN's that are more expensive than Amazon.

The problem for selling DVD's one by one is the p&p. You need to charge a reasonable amount to avoid making a loss but with normal retailers people can batch up several DVD's to make the p&p charged viable.

pinkclouds

As a buyer, it's not my first choice for DVDs - I always go to Amazon for about 99% of my purchases. I do buy the very occasional DVD on Ebay but it'll be something that I couldn't find on Amazon (or couldn't find within my budget).

PudseyDB

Plenty of dvds do get sold on eBay everyday, so obviously there's a demand there. They dont sell for very much though - unless its a recent release.

Sparkle80

I've sold a few lately but not many, I mainly go to Amazon for mine unless I can get it cheaper on Ebay (obviously)

Pembroke

So it looks like your best bet is to compare prices between Ebay and Amazon and see which ones you can buy cheap on Ebay and sell for a good profit on Amazon.

Or maybe make up sets from different sellers' individual disks.

CouponWoman

I would get them photographed and list them all on the next free listing day. Probably will be another in a few weeks as they have done lots of them recently.

Good luck

Myyrrddyn

Second hand ones sell for buttons 99p plus 99p p+p. Glad I have got rid of them all now. New ones you will struggle with as most of the sellers are big companies an buy in bulk to get the discounts.

Crowqueen

pinkclouds wrote: »

As a buyer, it's not my first choice for DVDs - I always go to Amazon for about 99% of my purchases. I do buy the very occasional DVD on Ebay but it'll be something that I couldn't find on Amazon (or couldn't find within my budget).

I have bid on DVD box-sets (West Wing, Star Trek, Stargate etc.) quite a bit over the last year and sold off part of my collection about two years ago to save up for a holiday.

They used to sell quite well but I was selling stuff like Porridge and Absolutely Fabulous rather than the average film. I sold a collection of vintage Basil Brush clips for £10 to Australia once.

I suspect series do better than films unless you have something like a collector's edition.