Cassette Tapes - Vinyl Records - Video Tapes

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You see lots of posts on Ebay, Gumtree, Preloved for these items but do they really sell?
I have loads of these belonging to my late father and am wondering whether to just take the lot to the tip or try to sell them?
Posting to sell on line is just so time consuming - what are people's thoughts please?
I have loads of these belonging to my late father and am wondering whether to just take the lot to the tip or try to sell them?
Posting to sell on line is just so time consuming - what are people's thoughts please?
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With Vinyl, there may be some worth money - but you would need to be "in the know" to know which ones - and they would need to be mint condition.
Cassette & videos - no . Your best bet would be to try and freecycle them first before tipping.
or etsy or amazon or search on social media for people who love old stuff
As was said, there may be some value in them if there's rare stuff and your father looked after it. What can you tell us in this regard? Did he leave them lying around at random, out of their sleeves, or did he religiously store them upright, in a neat storage cabinet?
What did he play them on? Did he have a high-end replay system, or one of those plastic mock-period abominations that you see in the catalogues that fall out of magazines?
If the VHS and cassette tapes are ones he recorded himself, these will have only scrap value, UNLESS he has recorded something exceedingly rare that is of interest to a collector. If they are commercial releases, again, they may have value if looked after.
What period are we talking about? 1950s? 1960s? later?
I got one bid of £50 and the buyer arranged for a courier to pick them up (I agreed to pack them carefully!).
Not sold much on ebay so my strategy may have been flawed but I was a little disappointed to get so little while I think the buyer was happy.
Packaging and couriering the vinyl was surprisingly straightforward.
Or alternatively take them to a charity shop who will be grateful for them
Look on Discogs - you can see a rough worth (what sold for etc.)
Ebay for completed / sold listings.
Look on Youtube for grading ideas.
Could be a little hobby and pocket money OR buy a turntable :rotfl: and play them. They are fun:eek::eek:
I see people in charity shops googling LP records titles (selling for £1 normally @ charity shops) for their worth I guess.
If your loft gets particularly hot when it's sunny, then I would suggest that's one of the worst places to keep it. Heat and vinyl do not mix well. Sorry, but ...
As the previous poster said; you could play them, unless they're all types of music that you don't like ...
Type up a list, maybe post list of artists here, maybe circulate to local record shops, etc.