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Advice on bulk record pricing?

I've got more records than I want to keep, and I'm coming off a major surgery and could use some cash.

I don't want to turn pricing/selling records into a full-time job, but I also don't want to sell $20 records for $5. I know I'll have to grade them, but I'd rather not spend a ton of time researching pricing in addition to the time it'll take to do the grading.

So, what's the easiest effective to way to get real-world pricing on records? Something faster than going to ebay and looking at the last 10 sales.

Thanks!
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jedinite24
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I guess it would depend on the genre's of music. I've seen bulk record listings for pristine classical music records go for a buck a piece to up to $3 a piece. Like Marakanetz said donating these records to the Salvation Army or Goodwill could get you a better savings on your tax bill. I realize that doesn't give you money now but it could next year.

Maybe for pricing try oldies.com? I get their catalog periodically and they have all sorts of genre's of music on vinyl.
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Hey Bassface

If your idea about the stall at a record fair doesn't work maybe selling your records online and mailing them out won't be so bad if you can get a Media Mail rate from the USPS website. Sending books, CDs, records etc via Media mail is a lot cheaper than USPS 1st class but it is slower. Also I believe the USPS also has pick up that you can arrange too.
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