What to do with a large collection


I have thousands of CDs and records and am looking to get rid of most of them. i can’t possibly listen to them in my remaining years and my wife doesn’t need them. CDs, it turns out, are not very viable these days, and if you want to sell them to a dealer you can only get store credit!! And, if as in my case, the collection is 90% classical, it seems they will be impossible to unload. Since CDs are antiques these days, I can’t imagine ANYONE who would want them. The only alternative I can see is the garbage. When you consider just how much of an investment they were it’s indeed a sobering realization.
Records are indeed “in,” but how desirable are classical LP’s?

Any suggestions?

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Likewise I have been selling my LP’s I no longer use and my entire CD selection on ebay the past 2 years.  I group most by artist or similar genre and try to sell as collections when I can.  Most LP’s sold well but CD’s sell slooow.  All priced to go…most at breakeven so it’s not a money maker.  I do it to find a new home where they will be enjoyed.  Craiglist didn’t work for me. Record store resellers are super selective and not worth using.  Thrift shops in my area take them as well but i fear they dispose of them if they don’t move.  I am getting ready to drop them off anyway…at least my wife or children won’t have to deal  with them down the road.

Start listing the cds and lps on ebay, discogs, etc. It's a big world out there... I had some Asian buyers giving me serious cash for stuff that i though was worthless.

I have a large, but not insanely large, CD collection. My problem isn't the CDs -I keep them in media folders (about 300 discs each) which don't take much room. The problem is the boxes they came in. Would throw away but would hurt resale value. So I've got about a dozen large boxes of empty disc cases.

Happy New Year!

Media Mail tends to be inexpensive. You can sell here or on ebay, a box load at a time, for a small price. You can collect a little cash, and know the discs are going to someone who will enjoy them...there are still some that are starting new CD collections...

dweller -- Don't worry about the jewel cases, toss them. Most of my cd collection are in Case Logic ProSleeves and they are selling, no problem on eBay. I just cut the paper front & back to fit in the sleeve along with any other inserts that are in the jewel case. In the ProSleeve there is also a slot where you can put the thin cd ID that has the artist, title and cd number on it. It is easy to fit up to 4 cd's in a 8 x 5 padded envelope and ship USPS Media Mail.