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nonhuman · Oct 24, 2007, 01:54 PM

I've got a ton of old DVDs that I don't really watch anymore. I figure I'll probably just sell most of them. Is there an easy way to sell a whole lot of DVDs (between 50 and 100, I'd say) and get a fair price for them? Obviously I could list them all individually on eBay, but that's kinda a pain in the ass and would incur a bunch of eBay fees. I could list them all on Craigslist, but then pricing is more difficult.

Is there any site that makes it easy to sell used CDs and DVDs? And if not, should I just make one?

Edit: Actually, apparently Half.com still exists. I had thought that when they got bought out by eBay that their offerings had just been rolled into eBays, but it appears not. I suppose the Amazon marketplace could also be worthwhile.

mdc · Oct 24, 2007, 01:57 PM

I think the Amazon marketplace would probably be the easiest since everything is setup for each DVD, you just have to say you have one for sale.

wallinbl · Oct 24, 2007, 02:16 PM

half.com

theDreamer · Oct 24, 2007, 02:26 PM

May I ask if you have a full or partial list of the movies in your collection?
My brother buys DVDs in the truck loads and he might be interested if you could supply me with a solid list of what you have and I would relay him to you if he likes any.

design219 · Oct 24, 2007, 02:51 PM

What do you have? I might buy some.

brassplayersrock² · Oct 24, 2007, 03:40 PM

i might buy some if you accept paypal

olePigeon · Oct 24, 2007, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

i might buy some if you accept paypal

I might buy some if you accept brassplayersrock's paypal.

nonhuman · Oct 24, 2007, 04:50 PM

Well, I guess I should put together a list (gotta do that anyway, obviously) and post it here.

design219 · Oct 24, 2007, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

i might buy some if you accept paypal

Yeah, his account is good for me too.

brassplayersrock² · Oct 24, 2007, 04:52 PM

as long as y'all pay me back

theDreamer · Oct 24, 2007, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

as long as y'all pay me back

You take food stamps right? There as good as cash.

Lava Lamp Freak · Oct 24, 2007, 08:14 PM

I sold around 250 movies last year on Craigslist. I listed it as the whole collection for sale and someone actually bought it. I think I ended up getting about $2 per movie. I was in dire need of money and thought I'd give it a try. I was amazed that there was actually interest. Now I've promised myself to never build up a collection again since I can get anything I want from Netflix within a couple days.

nredman · Oct 24, 2007, 08:15 PM

i always found it easy to sell Dvd's and VHS on half.com

brassplayersrock² · Oct 27, 2007, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by theDreamer

You take food stamps right? There as good as cash.

how about you pay for half of my tuition?

nonhuman · Oct 27, 2007, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by Lava Lamp Freak

I sold around 250 movies last year on Craigslist. I listed it as the whole collection for sale and someone actually bought it. I think I ended up getting about $2 per movie. I was in dire need of money and thought I'd give it a try. I was amazed that there was actually interest. Now I've promised myself to never build up a collection again since I can get anything I want from Netflix within a couple days.

Wow, good to know. I was hoping I could put together the list this weekend, but it looks like I'm probably going to be way too busy. I'll see if I can find some free time to do it on Monday, and I'll post it up here once I'm done with it before listing them anywhere else.

theDreamer · Oct 27, 2007, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

how about you pay for half of my tuition?

If I have any money left over, after I pay my tuition, car payment, etc. You might get a few cents.

brassplayersrock² · Oct 27, 2007, 12:40 PM

nonhuman, do you have an idea of what you're going to use to make the list? I'm currently making a list of my DVDs and using excel is perfect. i have it setup as "movie, rating, year made" and it doesn't matter what order I put them in since you can ask excel to organize it by whatever you want. alpha., year, ect

have fun

reader50 · Oct 27, 2007, 01:12 PM

Excel is $400, I'm not at all sure the DVDs would clear enough to cover that. Perhaps any spreadsheet would do? Numbers is $79, AppleWorks is free if you have it, OpenOffice is free regardless, and there are several free spreadsheet programs floating around.

Don't mind me. It just looked like a M$ product recommendation.

nonhuman · Oct 29, 2007, 04:33 PM

I already have Numbers, so I'll probably just use that.