Friday, March 13, 2009
Recycling Music
So the other day I went through my old CD's that by now I'm embarassed to have. I decided to sell them back to Newbury Comics and try to get at least a little bit of cash back for them. I brought back 6 CD's and hoping I would get AT LEAST 5 bucks for each of them, I walked away with $15.75. I sat in my car and though, I must have got ripped off, there's no way that's right. I went home, hopped online and searched for prices of the used CD's I sold back and sure enough it was about 2 dollars for each of them. I feel like I totally got ripped off, spending $12-$15 for a CD and getting $2 dollars back for it (and no, they weren't scratched at all, they looked brand new). There's really not much you can do but either keep them in your closet and forget about them or sell them back and get a stick of gum or two. Oh well.
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haha.. sounds like Newbury Comics and the college bookstores are working together..
ReplyDeleteNo matter how good the condition of something is once it comes out of the store it loses value i guess.. but i too have some cds that i've barely listened too and i'm like oook, what do i do with this now?
The used CD market was certainly more robust even 5 years ago, much less 10-20. Sites like www.lala.com have definitely helped limit my CD purchasing w/out feeling like I was going without. Still, I will grab the used CD from Newbury when it's looking tasty--the two-disc reissue of Sylvian's GONE TO EARTH, for instance...
ReplyDeleteThis style of "buy-backs" has always gotten old real quick for me. As Pam has said, the college book stores are notorious for having you spend 100+ dollars for a book and giving you 20 at most for selling it back. They will then turn around and sell it for $80.00 the next semester.
ReplyDeleteI find it works out well when you go to Newbury Comics to buy used DVDs! You can walk out of there with 6 of them for under $25.00 most times! Gotta love it
I agree with you, the sell-back rate for CD and DVDS is a disgrace. I can see if Newbury Comics gives you $1.50 for a CD if they inturn sold it for $5, instead they will turn around and sell if for like 10 bucks. On average they make $8.50 for basically doing nothing. I like stores like GAMESTOP, as they have a stinky sell back price HOWEVER should you choose to spend the money at GAMESTOP then they will give you an additional 25% towards your purchase. It makes trading things in a bit for stomachable.
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