Old CDs

MouldyOldDough

I have a large number of music CDs to dispose of
Whats the best paying company?
Music Magpie offer about 20p each!! 

comeandgo

Music magpie or just give them to charity shop.  Nobody needs cds anymore.  Music is available by download.

mjm3346

Can be strung up to scare birds off seeded ground (old VHS/cassette tape can be used to string them up if you have any of that to get rid of as well) 

fenwick458

I'd say they might be worth something in about 30 years time.

Bobo_Brazil

I agree that technically most people don't need CD's now, but equally -- a lot of people are rethinking hanging onto physical media, just going by people I know; there's increasing incidents where they have reported going on to popular online downloading &/or streaming media services and finding their favourite media/films/TV shows cut, or in some cases simply removed altogether from their library, on the grounds that someone, somewhere, was once offended by a tiny portion of the content. 

Realistically at the moment, 20p each is probably round about right. Personally I don't find Music Magpie to pay particularly good rates, so use Ziffit more often. Some CD's will definitely go for significantly more - limited editions, out of print, some 90's dance/compilations certainly used to do well... personally I don't get rid of CD's often, they're still very popular in my house.

JellyphantCastle

Ziffit offer better prices but it’s so glitchy I can never actually make up a whole basket - stops accepting after the 4th item. I use music magpie, usually scan a few cookbooks and text books which bumps up the basket value above their minimum transaction limit. 

MalMonroe

MouldyOldDough said:

I have a large number of music CDs to dispose of
Whats the best paying company?
Music Magpie offer about 20p each!! 

I've used Music Magpie before and they offer different prices for different music. I don't think 20p is bad because MM will collect them all and don't charge for collection.

Sadly, people really don't want CDs any more. In fact, in my experience, they don't want vinyl music either, I did so much research when I was trying to get sell mine and was very offended when nobody wanted my well-looked after vinyl LPs. I ended up giving most of them away - people on Freegle took them and I managed to sell a few via Facebook. It really wasn't an easy task and I became fed up of trying to get the 'best offer'. There isn't one. 

I couldn't even give my CDs away. Charities don't want them, nobody does. People on freegle will sometimes take them but they seem to prefer vinyl. 

It may be that MM, while offering such a small sum, really is your best option. 

TimSynths

comeandgo said:

Music magpie or just give them to charity shop.  Nobody needs cds anymore.  Music is available by download.

I buy about 7-10 cd's a month, mostly from Music magpie- great value for money!

Thrugelmir

MalMonroe said:

MouldyOldDough said:

I have a large number of music CDs to dispose of
Whats the best paying company?
Music Magpie offer about 20p each!! 

 they don't want vinyl music either,

My vinyl collection continues to expand. You cannot beat a HIFI system for getting the fullest enjoyment from an artists work. The quality of vinyl pressing has improved immensely. 

MouldyOldDough

Thrugelmir said:

MalMonroe said:

MouldyOldDough said:

I have a large number of music CDs to dispose of
Whats the best paying company?
Music Magpie offer about 20p each!! 

 they don't want vinyl music either,

My vinyl collection continues to expand. You cannot beat a HIFI system for getting the fullest enjoyment from an artists work. The quality of vinyl pressing has improved immensely. 

I agree - there's nothing like a scratched but warm sounding old vinyl record
I still have plenty of classics with no way of playing them 

mrrightfirsttime

EBay job lots is the best way I reckon