Sell CDs on Ebay?

Pollycat

Does your friend's widow expect to make money out of this?
If you sell on eBay, you need to consider the time you'll spend listing them, the cost of packaging and the time to post them against what money you'll make.

A couple of people have asked me to sell things on their behalf but it's not worth the time and effort - imho.

soolin

Pollycat said:

Does your friend's widow expect to make money out of this?
If you sell on eBay, you need to consider the time you'll spend listing them, the cost of packaging and the time to post them against what money you'll make.

A couple of people have asked me to sell things on their behalf but it's not worth the time and effort - imho.

That’s another valid point, I don’t sell for anyone on eBay, too much can go wrong. They think they are getting the £5 or whatever it sold for, and unless they use eBay themselves can’t work out why you are telling them that th e net proceeds are only £3.50. Then there an issue of returns, ‘can I have the £3.50 back please as the CD is being returned as damaged’. 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

The problem for charity shops is they probably usually get what's left after people have checked media with the Magpie, WOB, etc and/or sold the good stuff so they end up with a higher % of fodder being donated. 

There are however people who just assume media is worthless or don't need money but like to support the charity so donate stuff. Equally if someone has a bereavement they probably have more pressing issues than selling CDs on eBay so they might end up at a charity shop. 

We cancelled all our streaming subscriptions about 18 months ago so when we are town I browse through the DVDs for the odd TV series or any films I might fancy watching. A few months ago I picked up 5 DVDs for 50p each in a charity shop, they would have cost around £40 second hand on eBay.

If OP's relative has Now That's What I call Music 4 in their CD collection the OP and their relative could have between £200 and £400 to share.

tightauldgit

I've got hundeds of dvds and cds upstairs im slowly culling. Its not worth listing on ebay unless its something rare/collectable and even then it can take forever to sell at any more than pennies. I generally wait for Ziffit or Webuybooks to offer me a voucher for extra on my sales then scan as much as I can until I get bored and sell anything that gets a decent offer.

You'll find a lot won't be wanted or get offers of 9p or whatever. Which I refuse on principle.

WhoisDannie

Well that was disappointing, after scanning 200 CDs into Ziffit they only wanted 6 of them for £2.50.

I went to a car boot sale to see what they were selling for, they can't even give them away.

Into landfill they go, along with 100 Sony mini discs.

Spoonie_Turtle

WhoisDannie said:

Well that was disappointing, after scanning 200 CDs into Ziffit they only wanted 6 of them for £2.50.

I went to a car boot sale to see what they were selling for, they can't even give them away.

Into landfill they go, along with 100 Sony mini discs.

I'd offer them (free) on Facebook for crafts or scaring birds away from veg, etc.  Then after a set time throw them away if need be.

discat11

I've sold most of my CD collection as I only keep vinyl now.
I'd do it this way:
1 -Try to gauge value by using Discogs (can be tricky as others have said). Anything worth £5+ list on discogs.
2- Anything under £5 list on eBay either individually or as a set with similar genre/year/type CDs as a batch set.
3- If anything doesn't shift within a reasonable time (for me that's 12 weeks normally) then bin it or donate to a charity shop (if they'll take them!)

Make sure you cost in enough for postage (which can be expensive) and any fees charged (likewise).
Almost certainly not worth posting anything overseas unless it's worth £25+.

Good luck!

jeffuk

WhoisDannie said:

100 Sony mini discs.

Used Minidiscs sell for around 50p - £1 each on eBay. One listing, should do well.

WhoisDannie

jeffuk said:

Used Minidiscs sell for around 50p - £1 each on eBay. One listing, should do well.

I'm not going to bother, I'm not getting anything for selling them.

duns123

It was worth it on eBay before but now with Royal Mail's latest large letter price hike on Oct. 1st. this year. Now £2.40 is the cheapest you can send them via the Post office. It's slightly cheaper if you order online £2.30 but at least you can get the postman to pick up your packages from your door for free even if it's economy or standard post. Music mag & others are still selling CDs cheaply because they get massive discounts on their postage with R Mail.so they are certainly the way to go if they accept your titles.