Do some eBay Sellers Value Time?

[ten_o_nine]

Just checked to see if listing music CD's would be worth it, I have about 3000 new CD's  I see some listings for $1.99 with free shipping in the USA. I checked the sellers to see if lead loser but they only have a few items. Many more are selling at less than $5

I don't know why someone would be happy making a quarter if at all after all the work. I am just puzzled 

[jayjaspersgarage]

You would need more information to know their margins.  Some sellers are using inexpensive outsourced labor to drop ship music.  They have large shipping discounts based on shipping volumes we can't even imagine.

I listed about two dozen music CD's a few years ago.  It just didn't work out for me once I paid for those custom CD bubble mailers.  If I list more in the future it would be in lots of six mailed in the free ebay bubble envelopes or recycled bubble envelopes from various sources.

As I write this I am listening to Pandora with ads on a new earfun bluetooth speaker.  As a boomer who has a vinyl record collection requiring a fork lift to move it suddenly becomes clear why listing cds might be a waste of time.  Now some of my CDs have been repurposed into outdoor mobiles to scare the birds away from the fruit trees.  Some have become coasters to protect teak table tops from clumsy drinkers.

[chapeau-noir]

Not sure what these people are doing with these piddly prices, but I see it with books, too.

I've sold a lot of CDs and have always done it by selling by genre in lots. I still sell them but seldom here anymore. 

[eleanor*rigby]

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@ten_o_nine wrote:

I don't know why someone would be happy making a quarter if at all after all the work. 

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Ah, but, you see, that's just it. You "don't know why someone would be happy making a quarter if at all after all the work." Everyone has their own motives, their own goals, their own business plan. Maybe they need the loss for tax purposes. It's bad luck to second-guess someone's else's business.

[sin-n-dex]

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@ten_o_nine wrote:

Just checked to see if listing music CD's would be worth it, I have about 3000 new CD's  I see some listings for $1.99 with free shipping in the USA. I checked the sellers to see if lead loser but they only have a few items. Many more are selling at less than $5

I don't know why someone would be happy making a quarter if at all after all the work. I am just puzzled 

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I listed a bunch of CDs and DVDs for pennies a few years ago just to get rid of them... even listed for pennies I couldn't sell very many of them. They are sitting in a box in my basement. No one wants CDs and DVDs anymore, and the seller probably is cleaning house and doesn't care about making money.

C.

[m60driver]

Well there are probably other folks out there like me who are (1) medically retired, and (2) immunocompromised so don't go out too much, and (3) have, at least in the short term, lots of time on their hands.

[keziak]

I am sure there are many CDs around that are worth OK money if you can find them. I don't have the patience to scan a lot of CDs to find them. I am not savvy enough about music genres to select a bunch to lot up. So while a ton of CDs pass through my hands due to my commissions, I don't bite. I did get boxes of jazz CDs from a commission and had a little luck selling them by artist but now I am stuck figuring out how to maybe sell the rest so there they sit. 

I do work with DVDs and Blu-rays. I find some worth listing singly on Amazon, not so much here. ON ebay I lot them up. The challenge is to find the right lot size. I am finding that medium-size lots garner more bids than smaller lots. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

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@ten_o_nine wrote:

Just checked to see if listing music CD's would be worth it, I have about 3000 new CD's  I see some listings for $1.99 with free shipping in the USA. I checked the sellers to see if lead loser but they only have a few items. Many more are selling at less than $5

I don't know why someone would be happy making a quarter if at all after all the work. I am just puzzled 

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I listed a bunch of CDs and DVDs for pennies a few years ago just to get rid of them... even listed for pennies I couldn't sell very many of them. They are sitting in a box in my basement. No one wants CDs and DVDs anymore, and the seller probably is cleaning house and doesn't care about making money.

C.

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That's quite a broad brush - I sold well over 100 CDs on another account in under a month - singles (some are sought after) and small lots, and kept selling them until I'd cleaned out my entire collection of many hundreds.  I also sell DVDs regularly - some of them don't even stay listed for more than a few days.

[redrumcollectibles]

Actually, CDs still do sale. Along with cassettes, VHS and of course vinyl. Certain genres sell better than others. You just got to know what to look for and research. Music and movie fans that grew up in the 80s and 90s are still very dedicated to collecting and purchasing physical media. You'd be surprised out of those 3000 CDs that there is probably a few worth a lot more than what you think. But from observing your screenshot, those appear to be dollar store or clearance CDs. That's probably all they are worth... $1.99. I'd definitely recommend looking some of them up though. Might be a couple CDs worth $20+. Also don't let other sellers discourage you because their prices seem to good to be true. Lots of sellers, including me, uses this as a marketing scheme to pull more traffic into our store. If you have the volume you can do it too. Don't be afraid to charge more and charge shipping. Good luck!

Rachel,

Redrum Collectibles

My Store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/redrumcollectibles

[postingid7659]

The problem with 3000 CDs is you have to sit and go through each title to find the ones that are worth more than a couple dollars.  Rare ones will sell, common ones you may as well donate or sell locally.  

[1tuna]

I remember a long time ago when the seller 99 cents cd gave it up and quit selling

ebayers could not believe that the easy ride was over for the seller and were incredulous

this was before they charged a FVF on shipping

that seller had a great business model till they didnt

I also remember when CD now was bought for millions and they were next to the turnpike in Fort Washington PA

I used to drive by there all the time and think to myself how lucky they were to have sold the company for millions

Its been a long time since Best Buy has even sold them in the store with a huge amount of floor space

My buddy had a CD player in 1984 and that was the first time  I have ever seen one

he also has a high grade Nakamichi cassette deck that woud pop the cassette out and flip it automatically

the times have changed for sure

I have no way to listen to my CD`s in my car and I dont listed to CD`s at home

my 2018 Mailbu did not come with a CD player. only FM and MP3 stuff or whatever its called

my father used to complain about his mailbu no longer having a cassette deck

[forward-motion]

I have been selling on ebay nearly 20 years, most of the years were just occasional finds that I wanted to sell. But when I found a niche that I wanted to hone in on and be a more serious seller I needed to get my account up to Top Seller Rating. So I sold CD's to basically break even, my only purpose was to get sales and an established sales account.     

[soh.maryl]

"No one wants CDs and DVDs any more."

So you are saying I am the only person in the world who wants them and plays them all day long in my home? Doesn't seem correct, does it?

My local thrift stores still sell them in prices that range from 50 cents to $1.50, so I stock up there.  

As far as I am concerned, after I'm gone, my family can do whatever they want with them, but I am greatly enjoying them right now.  

[forward-motion]

If somehow we could adapt a clay bird/ skeet thrower to accept CDs. Hmmmm.....  

[katzrul15]

You are not the only person buying them.  We sell them pretty regular on other sites.  We have sold out of a popular Christmas CD and wish we had more.

Not everyone uses Pandora or Spotify.  (and cassettes are back!)