I have a large vinyl record collection that I want to sell. I know about ebay,and craigs list. Do you know of other places I can go ask if anyone is interested in buying the whole collection? I live in New Jersey.
2006-11-01 17:14:58 · 8 answers · asked by sowseeds 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I worked in an NYC record store for years and from my experience you should not try to sell them to a store if you're trying to make money off of this. I don't know the situation in NJ but most places in NYC will just pick out the best stuff and offer bottom dollar no matter how collectible the LP is (the place I worked at paid 25 cents - $1) Plus, they're never going to tell you if they know something is worth a lot more. I felt really bad for the people that came by with a trunk load of hundreds of LPs and we'd pick out 10 and give them $5. It wasn't worth the trip.
I assume if you're trying to unload the whole collection in bulk then you don't really care if you make any money. Most people have a hard time doing that without something like craigslist. Shipping fees would be outrageous so I guess they'd have to be local. DJs will buy collections sometimes. You could even try posting fliers in local record stores. You could say something like "$50 for 200 LPs" with a list of the genres. You may have a harder time getting rid of them if there are a lot of classical/opera/showtune LPs. EBay is pretty good only if you think you can make more than $5 for any particular album. If you have any jazz LPs, make sure you look them up before you part with them since a bunch of those are worth big $$. Any way you do this, no one is going to pay you what they're worth unless you set individual prices or sell them off in much smaller lots.
2006-11-01 23:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can goto http://www.gemm.com and list them for free and sell them all yourself it's very easy to do. you can set the prices for everything, it may take a little while, but there is a better chance of you selling them all.
ps got anything from the 2 Tone label?
2006-11-01 17:27:03 · answer #2 · answered by NTH IQ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To maximize your return I would definitely use ebay and sell them in small lots or individually.
2006-11-01 17:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by lisa_tilton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there any record shops in the area? If there are, see if they'll buy them.
2006-11-01 19:06:07 · answer #4 · answered by dc87 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the nearest flea market.
2006-11-01 17:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by Rammohan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
e mail me
2006-11-01 18:37:35 · answer #6 · answered by picklelips49432 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ebay
www.ebay.com
2006-11-01 17:21:59 · answer #7 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ebay
www.ebay.com
2006-11-01 17:16:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋