Best way to sell unwanted media.

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 17:36

G18241 said:
you can check online what prices they will give you

Is it the same as in store though?

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 17:37

Just tested cex online, they offered £7 for matrix.

Same as musicmagpie offered for four box sets.

G18241 · 13 Jan 2013 at 17:38

R-evans said:
Is it the same as in store though?

ive checked piles of things online and then took them in store, from what i can remember its always been the same amount

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 17:39

Cool thanks. Got a busy night ahead of me then

Zbornak · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:10

Just don't forget that you're unlikely to get cash from CEX.

G-MAN2004 · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:14

The musicmagpie prices are absolutely terrible!

G18241 · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:14

Zbornak said:
Just don't forget that you're unlikely to get cash from CEX.

They give 2 prices, one for trade in, 1 for cash, there is usually a huge difference but if there are a few things you are after the trade in prices are generally quite good

physichull · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:15

My girlfriend was going to sell a load of her dvd's on one of these sites, but when she entered in all the barcodes she only got like a tenner for 20 dvds. I convinced her that it wasn't worth it and that the material value of owning those dvds was worth more than a tenner. It made more sense to just keep them, even if you might not watch them that much.

aardvark · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:18

i'm the opposite - i must have bought about 300 cd's in the last year building up my collection.

physichull · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:32

aardvark said:
i'm the opposite - i must have bought about 300 cd's in the last year building up my collection.

I don't buy cd's anymore, its mostly digital downloads. But with DVD's I would never even dream of parting with any of them. I very rarely trade anything in.

Ace Modder · 13 Jan 2013 at 18:45

for what u get for them, just box them and put in loft.

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 19:25

That's where they are at the moment. Most of them I have in digital form plus lots more so there is no need for them. Just three heavy boxes of wasted space really.

I am currently renting my house so it's a lot of extra work when I come to move.

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 19:27

When digital downloads came about, I still bought hard copies. I just liked to have the case but now I am complete opposite.

All my stuff on a tiny little drive

Malevolence · 13 Jan 2013 at 20:26

R-evans said:
When digital downloads came about, I still bought hard copies. I just liked to have the case but now I am complete opposite.

All my stuff on a tiny little drive

What happens if the HDD goes **** up one day and you lose all of your music? If you've sold the original discs then you'll have to re-purchase it all again.

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 22:13

It's all backed up one way or another.

booyaka · 13 Jan 2013 at 22:23

Ace Modder said:
for what u get for them, just box them and put in loft.

true but the 51 DVD's that I had in a box in the loft today - just scanned them all in to music magpie's app and they will send a courier to pick them up for free, and I will get £18.16!!

Must be about £500 original purchase price!

Still it's better than sticking them back in the loft for another 5 years collecting dust.

R-evans · 13 Jan 2013 at 22:35

booyaka said:
true but the 51 DVD's that I had in a box in the loft today - just scanned them all in to music magpie's app and they will send a courier to pick them up for free, and I will get £18.16!!

Must be about £500 original purchase price!

Still it's better than sticking them back in the loft for another 5 years collecting dust.

Try cex instead!

I scanned 4 items on musicmagpie, they offered £7.60

Cex offered £24

jimferno · 14 Jan 2013 at 01:32

Seeing this thread has inspired me to give musicmagpie a try. I have shelves full of old DVDs that are currently under a layer of dust, so I might as well get shut.

Score £105 worth!

booyaka · 14 Jan 2013 at 09:36

booyaka said:
true but the 51 DVD's that I had in a box in the loft today - just scanned them all in to music magpie's app and they will send a courier to pick them up for free, and I will get £18.16!!

Must be about £500 original purchase price!

Still it's better than sticking them back in the loft for another 5 years collecting dust.

Just sold the lot on avforums for £40 - that'll do me nicely!

boxman2000 · 14 Jan 2013 at 09:47

Quite a few people have luck selling on locally setup Facebook sale sites - we've sold loads and if you really wanted you could probably do a few job lots for someone wanting to do carboots/swapmeets or whatever people do these days