Need Some Extra Cash?
a guest post by Shelly at The Happy Toddler
Need Some Extra Cash?
Who doesn’t? I recently decided to organize my living room entertainment center and wondered “Why do I still have all these CD’s?” We are in the age of the iPod and do you really still listen to those CD’s you’ve had since high school?
If you decide, like I did, that you can get by without those nostalgic reminders of your younger years, you can sell your CD’s and get some cash for your holiday shopping – not to mention some much needed storage space.
First, you need to figure out where to sell the CD’s. A few years ago I would have just headed to the nearest Wherehouse or other CD store, but look around and you won’t see any of those stores anymore. There are, however, many places to sell used CD’s online. Some of the websites offer more money20than others – the ones where you can get the most money for your CD’s will give you credit or trade. One of them you can even use the credit for an iPod. This would be great if anyone on your holiday list would like a DVD or iPod. Many of the websites also offer to pay for shipping if you reach a certain threshold dollar amount.
I chose to go through SecondSpin.com because I wanted cash and they were in California where I live, so the shipping is less. They pay a set media mail rate for shipping for different quantities of CD’s. I found that the shipping rate they paid covered about 75% of the shipping cost from my address. Knowing that you have to cover some of the shipping charges should be incentive to do some research to find the closest location to your house.
After you find the place you want to sell your CD’s, the rest is easy – just follow directions on the website, send them in, and wait for your check. You will find that some of the CD’s aren’t worth more than $1 or may have broken covers – these you can save for your next yard sale. Here are some websites, I’m sure there are many more out there.
Now I need to work on those DVD’s that we never watch… I’m Shelly from The Happy Toddler, where I blog about frugal ideas for your entertaining your little ones
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4 Responses to “Need Some Extra Cash?”
November 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Perfect timing for this article…I have been thinking about selling all my CD’s for a couple of weeks due to owning an IPod and having it all backed up on an external hard drive. I think I’ll actually do it now. Thanks!
November 21st, 2008 at 5:30 am
Just don’t sell or give away any that you’ve kept the music for. That is, if you’ve put the music on your computer/iPod, you are legally required to keep that CD (or destroy it). You can’t sell it unless you delete the music from your hard drive or buy a new digital copy of it.
We’re keeping all our old cds in a box out back.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:43 am
Try selling your CDs, DVDs, and books to Half Price Books.
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I used a company called iPodmeister to trade in my DVD’s. I think they can also trade for cash, but mostly they take old cds and dvds and trade them for iPods. Which was great for me because I needed a gift for my bro’s birthday. It saved me a ton of money. They have a website too, but I ended up driving in to make sure they were legit. It was perfectly fine, they were super professional. Great idea for getting rid of old cds and dvds.
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