Selling CD collection advice

JD wrote: So over the last year or two I've been slowly reducing the amount of "stuff" we've accumulated over the last lifetime and I'm now looking at my CD collection. Currently around 2000 titles. I want to start with some of the heavier stuff like AC/DC. Black Sabbath, Van Halen etc., holding onto the truly prog stuff as long as I can. Can anyone share their experience, success and/or failures using methods such as Beat Goes On (used CD shop in Canada), E-Bay, posting to forums etc. I'd obviously like to maximize the return but I'd also like to keep the process quick and simple.

I'll start the bidding. 2,000 titles at 1p per title, means a total bid of £20. If accepted, my e-mail address will follow

Don't do it!!

I thin out my collection regularly, but give them to Goodwill. You might find the charitable tax credit is worth  more than the hassle of selling and shipping them individually.

do you ship to finland?

I was unemployed for a few years and forced to start selling on my CD'S to pay the bills. Even when I got work eventually (low wage) I continued to sell them to obtain other things which were desperately needed at that time. Despite having ripped off the music so I still had a copy to listen to and backed it up to USB stick  I regret splitting up the CD collection and selling it on E-Bay. I lost over 600 albums, most sold for very little at auction and now I regret it.

The Dark Elf wrote: Thin out my collection?   *stares blankly off into space, then blinks*   Ummm...what were we talking about again?

Years ago, I used to be afflicted with a kind of "Musical Bulimia", where I would constantly buy things and get rid of them, and buy them back, etc.
                 Even rare items.
         What I started to do, and this will sound pretty odd to you people, was getting rid of the booklet, and keeping the CD and case and backing; that way it wasn't really salable, but I still had the music at my disposal.
             I am now fortunate in that I have rid myself of this, and no longer have to tear up the booklet to make something unsalable.
                  And I find there are things that I lose interest in for quite a while, but they eventually become of interest again, so it is good to hold onto things that you lose interest in, as that could conceivably change with time.

whyy dont u buy Esmectatons CDs

ebay is probably best, but be prepared to probably only get up to about £4 for each CD.
I tend to find CDs are more likely to sell on ebay if you list them with free postage

Better keep em.