best place to sell CDs to? (used CD stores)

I know this came up a while ago, but I can't remember what the consensus was.

What's the best place (as far as getting the highest $ or trade-in value) to which to sell one's CDs?


(Ahhh, would that this board had a search function!)

EDIT: Whoops; replied by mistake when I meant to edit the original post.

i sold a couple hundred on amazon.com's "marketplace" and was happy with the prices i got … it may take you an afternoon to put them all online, but if you price them aggressively they sell themselves

i've heard good things about half.com as well

i think smackie just unloaded a bunch of CDs, he might have more insight

Hmm… ideally I'm looking for a brick-and-mortar place I can just take them to.

I know people are supposed to be able to get great prices for their stuff on eBay, etc., but (for me) I don't think it's worth the hassle of having to package the items, take them to the post office, etc., etc.

Offering them on here, or any other sort of private sale, is going to get you more money then putting them on half or amazon.

i think someone said somewhere that they make great ninja throwing disks of death. like out of hellraiser III, i think it was. but as was implied before, the internet replaces everything, especially brick-n-mortar, so i would just do it that way. it becomes fun after the first few days, and you'll never beat the price. brick-n-mortar = rippa-you-offa.

Originally posted by Christine Moritz:
Hmm… ideally I'm looking for a brick-and-mortar place I can just take them to.

I know people are supposed to be able to get great prices for their stuff on eBay, etc., but (for me) I don't think it's worth the hassle of having to package the items, take them to the post office, etc., etc.

there is some up-front effort (ordering a bunch of #1 padded envelopes, stamps, return address labels online), but you'd be surprised at how easy it is once you get that out of the way

it generally doesn't save money to send a CD media mail or anything other than normal 1st class mail, so you just stamp them up and set them out every day for your mailman … amazon sends you the buyer's name/address, you just print it out and tape it to the front of the package … at one point i was sending upwards of 4 packages a day and it was really really simple

you'll get killed on price at a brick-and-mortar store compared to selling online, and if you're selling a lot of CDs it will really add up

depending on what you're selling, you'll be amazed at how much $ you can get for your discs … if you're trying to dump some hootie and NKOTB albums, you're SOL, but it's amazing to see how strong the used cd "market" is for classic alternative/indie albums … i was regularly getting $7-9 a CD for bands like my bloody valentine, jesus & mary chain, etc

i vote for listing the cd's you want to offload and their prices here on the forum-hoya's got a good idea.

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
if you're trying to dump some hootie and NKOTB albums, you're SOL

Depends which Hootie album….back in '93 they self-produced an album called "Kootchypop," with an early version of "Only Wanna Be With You." My GF got $51 for it on Ebay!

try red onion records on 18th and about t nw

the guy who runs place is a straight shooter…

cd game exchange in adams morgan will take anything but you won't get much

but to get what they are worth you really need to do it through amazon but thats a huge pain IMHO…

cd cellar in arl or fc

I second (third?) Hoya's Amazon suggestion. Posting the CDs takes all of 5 seconds, and I've gotten MUCH better prices than I ever would've on eBay. The only pain is the actual shipping, but it's still worth it. So far, I've probably cleared 500 bucks or so.

you may want to try soundgarden in baltimore? i've never actually sold them albums, but they ALWAYS have a good selection of used albums, which leads me to believe they have a decent buy/trade program.

Originally posted by anarchist:
cd cellar in arl or fc

Don't get me wrong, I love CD Cellar and support them, but I'm curious of everyone's opinion about their buy back prices - competitive?

I don't think it's worth the hassle of having to package the items, take them to the post office, etc., etc.

I'm the same way. My advice is to filter out the few that are valuable and only sell those online. Unload all the rest on a store and be done with them.

Has anyone sold to any of those record shops in DC? I'm thinking Smash, Crooked Beat, etc.
I've only traded in at Record and Tape Exchange and CD Cellar in NoVa - and it's always better to go with trade credit over cash. If I have something I know i can sell at a decent price i'll list it on either Amazon or Half - though Amazon sells quicker they take a bigger cut. I'm also a fan of just giving CDs to friends who i think might be into it.

I believe I hit up a CD / Game Exchange in Chevy Chase and it wasn't even worth the trip. They give you like $.32 and other strange prices on trades..

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
you may want to try soundgarden in baltimore? i've never actually sold them albums, but they ALWAYS have a good selection of used albums, which leads me to believe they have a decent buy/trade program.

There was a rumor that a lot of their stock was actually re-sale of stolen goods a few years ago. They were selling Six Feet Under seasons for less than 10 bucks a pop…

Originally posted by DriveWay:

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
you may want to try soundgarden in baltimore? i've never actually sold them albums, but they ALWAYS have a good selection of used albums, which leads me to believe they have a decent buy/trade program.

There was a rumor that a lot of their stock was actually re-sale of stolen goods a few years ago. They were selling Six Feet Under seasons for less than 10 bucks a pop…

I have definitely gotten a lot of radio station/promo copies there for real cheap with big fat "no resale" stickers on 'em.

Record and Tape Traders can also be a decent bet but I'm not sure what the closest location to DC is.

Who gives a shit about buying stolen merchandise from Soundgarden?? I've seen The Wire. I'd much rather have those kids selling Six Feet Under DVDs than dope! Their 'stolen merchandise' is most likely unwanted gifts and unopened promos..