If you actually have vinyl worth buying, it should not be too hard to sell. What I did - I put a link to my discogs on Facebook Marketplace. Many people saw the ad, looked through my Discogs, and asked me to put packages together. This made it easier for me to price over time, and you can just have people come to you and meet you outside in your driveway to complete the transaction. Generally the most expensive ones will be sold easily because you are selling them at a reasonable price and they are high in demand. Then, with whatever you don't sell, just sell the rest as a batch to the local record store.
Your thoughts on selling
Hey, all.
I've got tons of vinyl that I never listen to. I've sold in the past, but it was always a pain to grade as I never play-graded, but just visually graded prior to selling. But...vinyl being vinyl, some records that looked pristine apparently was noisy once received and played by the buyer, which caused me to refund the buyer (both the cost of the record and shipping) putting me on the negative side of the dollar equation. I also always told the buyer to keep the record.
So I'm considering doing this: Sell the record but only ask for shipping cost and have the buyer decide what the value of the record is, with one caveat that shipping costs will not be refunded.
Granted, some buyers will take advantage and say the Mo-Fi I shipped them was only worth 50 cents. But I think for the most part folks will pay a realistic amount.
Am I being naive or could this actually work? And by "work" I mean most folks paying a fair amount for said record?
Thanks,
Mamoru
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I would not have the buyer decide what to pay. And unless you really don't mind the headache of selling and mailing them individually, or you need the slightly extra cash (you need to also factor in your time), I'd agree with @bubba12 and sell them to a local store, or else offer them as one big lot on Discogs/Audiogon, you'll get a lot of bids that way. And it's no refunds, no exchanges on the lot. One other suggestion, if you have a few records with sentimental value, keep them for 'old times sake'. I got rid of a few that I ended up buying back, but it's not the same.
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This reinforces my decision to not go the vinyl route in my audio journey.. I still vividly remember the incredible feeling listening to vinyl in my early teens.. I am with @bubba12 A record store will take it off your hands. I took three big boxes of CDs to a store sometime back and ended up walking out of there with eighty two dollars heavier.. Looking back I wish I hadn't done that. Now with a nice CD player on hand I wish I had kept them.. |
@rman9 Stick with whatever format you are enjoying. I have records and cds coming out of my ears. Too much physical product. They convince you that there is a crazy difference and vinyl is superior. Maybe under the most perfect conditions that you will likely never achieve.
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