I've got over 3000 CDs that I want to sell so I can find my new vinyl collection. Willing to ship world wide and have a wide assortment. A lot of religious, contemporary, classical, movie/musicals, etc. A few are sealed, one or two signed by the artist (not major tho unfortunately), etc.

I have a partial list of over 1000 you can view at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dML9HoSRoA-zv-1-jK5_ig4TJd9PgJnzQKc2kUfbIQc/edit?usp=sharing

Will ship anywhere there is no US export ban (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria).

PalPal only. Local pickup available in the Dallas, Texas area.

Prices range from $1-5 usually depending on the CD.
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On Monday, April 19th Nelgin said...

I've got over 3000 CDs that I want to sell

If you haven't set it up already, I suggest Discogs for this type of thing.




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NuSkooler wrote:

On Monday, April 19th Nelgin said...

I've got over 3000 CDs that I want to sell

If you haven't set it up already, I suggest Discogs for this type of thing.

Except Discogs like to take a nice slice off the top. 8% with a minimum of
10c. If you're only selling for $1 then that's 10% they take out.
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Monday 19.04.21 - 04:57, Nelgin wrote to RetroNet.RTN_BUY_SELL:

I've got over 3000 CDs that I want to sell so I can find my new vinyl collection. Willing to ship world wide and have a wide assortment...

I have a partial list of over 1000 you can view at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dML9HoSRoA-zv-1-jK5_ig4TJd9PgJnzQK c2kUfb

That link doesn't load for me.

IQc/edit?usp=sharing

Will ship anywhere there is no US export ban (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria).

PalPal only. Local pickup available in the Dallas, Texas area.

Prices range from $1-5 usually depending on the CD.
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Ogg wrote:

Hello Nelgin!

** On Monday 19.04.21 - 04:57, Nelgin wrote to RetroNet.RTN_BUY_SELL:

I've got over 3000 CDs that I want to sell so I can find my new vinyl collection. Willing to ship world wide and have a wide assortment...

I have a partial list of over 1000 you can view at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dML9HoSRoA-zv-1-jK5_ig4TJd9PgJnzQK
c2kUfb

Not sure where it went. Anyway, I've updated since I posted so I'll have to do another one.
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Thursday 30.09.21 - 02:48, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

I've got over 3000 CDs that I want to sell so I can find
my new vinyl collection. [...]

Are you going back vinyl?

I think I would miss the convenience of plopping 5 CDs into a
changer and activing the random mode.

I have a partial list of over 1000 you can view at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dML9HoSRoA-zv-1-
jK5_ig4TJd9PgJn zQK c2kUfb

Not sure where it went. Anyway, I've updated since I posted
so I'll have to do another one.

Looking forward to seeing the update.

BTW, I think I scored pretty good with someone's collection of
about 200 CDs, immaculate condition, and only 50cents each. I
should be able to resell them for about $5 each.

Last year pre-covid, someone donated a prestine collection of
Time/Life, and another brand of CDs of the music from the 50s
60s 70s 80s rock. About 80 pcs. People snatched those up for $7
a piece. That was a good day.


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Re: Does anyone buy CDs any more?
By: Ogg to Nelgin on Thu Sep 30 2021 23:40:00

Are you going back vinyl?

I think I would miss the convenience of plopping 5 CDs into a
changer and activing the random mode.

Not so much going back, but adding more. I literally have my hallway stacked with CDs I'm trying to catalogue one by one. It's an arduous task.
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Sunday 03.10.21 - 19:44, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

Are you going back vinyl?

I think I would miss the convenience of plopping 5 CDs into
a changer and activing the random mode.

Not so much going back, but adding more. I literally have
my hallway stacked with CDs I'm trying to catalogue one by
one. It's an arduous task.

I always thought it was kinda cool how programs such as iTunes
could fetch the CD title/tracks/cover from imdb ..and therefore
make it very easy to build a printable list. But there still
remains doing that for each and every CD. I would imagine that
the process would take atleast 2 minutes per CD. At 3000 CDs,
that's 10hrs of work not counting interruptions or a failed
search.

A few years ago there was a really cool app that allowed one to
take a picture of a book's spine, identify the book and produce
a database entry for it on your phone. It was called BitLit and
then Shelfie. You could even take a photo of a stack of book
spines and it would return a list. Very slick. Something like
that would be helpful for your CD piles! :D

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Re: Does anyone buy CDs any more?
By: Ogg to Nelgin on Mon Oct 04 2021 20:13:00

I always thought it was kinda cool how programs such as iTunes
could fetch the CD title/tracks/cover from imdb ..and therefore
make it very easy to build a printable list. But there still
remains doing that for each and every CD. I would imagine that
the process would take atleast 2 minutes per CD. At 3000 CDs,
that's 10hrs of work not counting interruptions or a failed
search.

Well with Discogs you can scan a barcode and add it to your collection but then you have to determine which release you have since different versions could have the same barcode. It sometimes takes a little more than 2 minutes because you have to look at the tiny etchings on the disc close to the center. Sometimes it's a different book or different song listings.

A few years ago there was a really cool app that allowed one to
take a picture of a book's spine, identify the book and produce
a database entry for it on your phone. It was called BitLit and
then Shelfie. You could even take a photo of a stack of book
spines and it would return a list. Very slick. Something like
that would be helpful for your CD piles! :D

If I could take a picture of them, that'd be great but it'd have to be a high quality one. To give you some idea, in the hall I have 9 stacks of CDs ranging in height from 52 to 58 inches. 52 in = 132cm. It's 58 inches wide. That's 147cm.

Then I have stacks in my walkin closet and stacks on my shelves in the bedroom. I have a self full in my office. I don't have more in here because that's where all my 7" singles are, something like 500+ of them.
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Tuesday 05.10.21 - 19:51, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

Well with Discogs you can scan a barcode and add it to your
collection but then you have to determine which release you
have since different versions could have the same barcode.

Good point. It is not enough to just know the record Title and
Artist. This is the stash that was delivered to me today:

https://kolico.ca/tmp/cd2-IMG_20211005.jpg https://kolico.ca/tmp/cd1-IMG_20211005.jpg

In one of the pics (if you zoom in) you can see two recordings
of Shania Twain, same album, but different releases.

It sometimes takes a little more than 2 minutes because you
have to look at the tiny etchings on the disc close to the
center. Sometimes it's a different book or different song
listings.

That's part of the enjoyment of appreciating the distinction of
hardcopy CDs vs a streaming copy. :D

[...] It was called BitLit and then Shelfie. You could
even take a photo of a stack of book spines and it would
return a list. Very slick. Something like that would be
helpful for your CD piles! :D

If I could take a picture of them, that'd be great but it'd
have to be a high quality one.

I tried jpg to text on the above images. The results were
terrible.

To give you some idea, in the hall I have 9 stacks of CDs
ranging in height from 52 to 58 inches. [...]

[...] Then I have stacks in my walkin closet and stacks on
my shelves in the bedroom. I have a self full in my office.
I don't have more in here because that's where all my 7"
singles are, something like 500+ of them.

That's amazing. I don't have nearly that many. Maybe 2500
total. Mine are in freestanding stacks all over the floor and
in some boxes. But I am not parting with mine any time soon.
I'd like to peruse them at least one more time and rip most of
them.

I started collecting mine in the mid 80's. I already had a
small stash of CDs *before* I even had a player. Then, I
stopped buying them around year 2000 after a few years with
Columbia House membership.

I know one fellow who ripped his modest CD collection onto an
iPod (one of the earlier ones that had a HDD, 160GB?) ..and
then simply tossed the CDs into landfill. He wasn't interested
to wait and see who might like the original physical copies.
He wasn't anything like a fussy audiophile, so 128 kbps
versions were good enough for him.

The CDs in the above pics are all for sale. I am prepared to
prioritize mailing them within my domestic region, Canada.

I am currently enjoying the Bad Company recording "10 from 6".
I recognize a couple of the radio hits from it, but the others
are really quite refreshing and interesting too! The tune
"Ready for Love" has a nice pace and sound.

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Re: Does anyone buy CDs any more?
By: Ogg to Nelgin on Tue Oct 05 2021 23:28:00

Good point. It is not enough to just know the record Title and
Artist. This is the stash that was delivered to me today:

Yup. You have to know what you're selling, especially to people who know what they're buying.

That's part of the enjoyment of appreciating the distinction of
hardcopy CDs vs a streaming copy. :D

Very true. There's, for exampe, two releases of the Zoolook album by Jean Michel Jarre. One has Zoolookologie and the other has a remix which I much prefer. Same artist and Revolutions. The title track is different after a rights issue and I prefer the original. It makes a difference.

I tried jpg to text on the above images. The results were
terrible.

I was thinking just take high quality pictures and post them and let people look through :)

That's amazing. I don't have nearly that many. Maybe 2500
total. Mine are in freestanding stacks all over the floor and
in some boxes. But I am not parting with mine any time soon.
I'd like to peruse them at least one more time and rip most of
them.

Well, if you want any more, let me know before they on Discogs :) If you're looking for anything specific, let me know.

I know one fellow who ripped his modest CD collection onto an
iPod (one of the earlier ones that had a HDD, 160GB?) ..and
then simply tossed the CDs into landfill. He wasn't interested
to wait and see who might like the original physical copies.
He wasn't anything like a fussy audiophile, so 128 kbps
versions were good enough for him.

I've ripped a lot of mine, but the problem is, if the copyright police come looking for you, you better be able to prove you've got them. I'm similar. 128kbps is fine for what I need. If I really want quality and depth of sound, I'm going to listen to the vinyl.

I am currently enjoying the Bad Company recording "10 from 6".
I recognize a couple of the radio hits from it, but the others
are really quite refreshing and interesting too! The tune
"Ready for Love" has a nice pace and sound.

I have the eponymous Genesis vinyl on right now...well, on the deck, but I'm not listening.

Not at almost 3am!
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Friday 08.10.21 - 02:48, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

That's part of the enjoyment of appreciating the
distinction of hardcopy CDs vs a streaming copy. :D

Very true. There's, for exampe, two releases of the Zoolook
album by Jean Michel Jarre. One has Zoolookologie and the
other has a remix which I much prefer. Same artist and
Revolutions. The title track is different after a rights
issue and I prefer the original. It makes a difference.

I have a modest collection of specific 10" singles (45rpm) that
were often club remixes of standard versions. Those always
sounded so clean, clear and sonically great!

BTW, I think I still have Jarre's OxygŠne LP.

I tried jpg to text on the above images. The results were
terrible.

I was thinking just take high quality pictures and post
them and let people look through :)

Ah.. you mean the full cover. Taking a photo, cropping,
uploading. labeling, and maybe creating a photo-album would
take too long.

At this point I would rather just research them all on Spotify,
create a public list and post the link.

That's amazing. I don't have nearly that many. Maybe 2500
total. Mine are in freestanding stacks all over the floor and
in some boxes. But I am not parting with mine any time soon.
I'd like to peruse them at least one more time and rip most of
them.

Well, if you want any more, let me know before they on
Discogs :) If you're looking for anything specific, let me
know.

Discogs is a good resource. Good luck! You have a lot of
entries to make. :O

Do you have any with this:

https://susepaste.org/58135523

That one is on a Nickleback recording, The Long Road (2003)

I don't expect you to check your CDs for that! I just never
came across any recordings with that copy protect branding
before.

But apparently, some of those discs are supposed to carry some
mixed media content (pictures, a slideshow, etc?).

I know one fellow who ripped his modest CD collection onto
an iPod (one of the earlier ones that had a HDD, 160GB?)
..and then simply tossed the CDs into landfill. [...]

I've ripped a lot of mine, but the problem is, if the
copyright police come looking for you, you better be able
to prove you've got them.

Usually that "looking for you" problem is only if you spread
copies around. The fellow just transferred his collection to
the iPod for his own use. No one else would care.

I'm similar. 128kbps is fine for what I need. If I really
want quality and depth of sound, I'm going to listen to the
vinyl.

I can distinctly notice that 128kbps is woefully insufficient,
for me. Material ripped to 192kbps is my minimum that doesn't
have the edgyness that 128kbps creates.

Tonight, I'm working my way through 3 Nickleback CDs from the
aforementioned stash. Their music has never really been on my
radar in the past. Most tunes remind me of a grundge/heavymetal
mix. It makes for good party music. The harmonies are
excellent. The drums, lively and superb.

Instead of typing it out, I created a Spotify playlist of the
tunes that appeal to me:

https://open.spotify.com/user/6mhrz90aernzucux1fjas12u9/ playlist/1K4uUEcyWVL1XIje3B7T4E

They all vary in style, creativity and intensity.

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Ogg wrote:

Last year pre-covid, someone donated a prestine collection of
Time/Life, and another brand of CDs of the music from the 50s
60s 70s 80s rock. About 80 pcs. People snatched those up for $7
a piece. That was a good day.

You're selling these on Discogs?
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Tuesday 19.10.21 - 04:57, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

Last year pre-covid, someone donated a prestine collection of
Time/Life, and another brand of CDs of the music from the 50s
60s 70s 80s rock. About 80 pcs. People snatched those up for $7
a piece. That was a good day.

You're selling these on Discogs?

No. That collection sold at my shop.

Now, I have another bunch from another collector. It's the one
I mentioned in my message with links to pics on Oct 5, here.



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Re: Does anyone buy CDs any more?
By: Ogg to Nelgin on Tue Oct 19 2021 18:10:00

You're selling these on Discogs?

No. That collection sold at my shop.

Maybe that's something I could do, though I don't know if 3000 CDs is enough to open a stop plus I'd have to hire someone to work it since I have a day job and then rent on the place. I doubt it'd pay for itself unless I sold other stuff.

There's an app by the MusicBrainz team called Picard which is supposed to be able to identify a CD by reading it. I guess like the old cddb stuff. I might give that a try. I do have a barcode scanner and a script that looks up on MusicBrainz and Discogs but reading the cd and certain data that can be got from it may be quicker and more accurate.
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Hello Nelgin!

** On Thursday 21.10.21 - 13:12, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

Re: Does anyone buy CDs any more?
By: Ogg to Nelgin on Tue Oct 19 2021 18:10:00

You're selling these on Discogs?

No. That collection sold at my shop.

Maybe that's something I could do, though I don't know if
3000 CDs is enough to open a stop plus I'd have to hire
someone to work it since I have a day job and then rent on
the place. I doubt it'd pay for itself unless I sold other
stuff.

You're better off listing them online and wait for a buyer.

There's an app by the MusicBrainz team called Picard which
is supposed to be able to identify a CD by reading it. I
guess like the old cddb stuff. I might give that a try. I
do have a barcode scanner and a script that looks up on
MusicBrainz and Discogs but reading the cd and certain data
that can be got from it may be quicker and more accurate.

I wouldn't bother with Picard.

I think Discogs is the best choice. I joined up a few years
ago, but I never got started with building a collection. I just
primarily used it to buy a few discs.

But tonight, I gave it a shot building my own collection. All
you need to do is enter the barcode number and then find the
best match from the list. You can custom edit your entry later
if necessary, but I find that what's offered is pretty good as
is.

There is Export feature to CSV, if necessary.

Discogs' interface doesn't fully work with my XP laptop, but I
can switch over to my Win7 laptop for data entries.

The serial-number lookup and match system with Discogs is much
easier than spinning up a CD, checking an online database and
building a local file.

I really like Discogs' system. I just need to get diciplined,
keep a stack of a few dozen CDs beside me and just make a few
entries every day.

One thing Discogs rules stipulate is "Sale, trade, or swap-
style lists are not appropriate use of publicly viewable
lists". That's a bit of a bummer. But since a Discogs
collection is exportable, you can create a collection, export
the data and build a suitable online table/database from that.


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Hello Nelgin!

** On Thursday 21.10.21 - 13:12, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

Maybe that's something I could do, though I don't know if
3000 CDs is enough to open a stop plus I'd have to hire
someone to work it since I have a day job and then rent on
the place. I doubt it'd pay for itself unless I sold other
stuff.

Further to my Discogs discussion.. maybe just hire someone to
make the Discogs lookups to build your collection.

Here are my first results:

https://kolico.ca/tmp/discogs.jpg
https://kolico.ca/tmp/discogs2.jpg

And then you can download the CSV file of your collection.
Excel does a fine job in establishing that data into a
spreadsheet:

https://kolico.ca/tmp/discogs3.jpg

Yes.. I like the results. I think I will give this a go for
different parts of my collection.

Then, it is a simple matter to enable "Sell" on a per CD basis.

Although, it would also be nice to sell a collection as a whole
instead of mailing out each piece one by one - but that doesn't
seem possible with Discogs. You pretty much have to hope that
someone will want YOUR copy (according to condition and not
solely because it might be the cheapest).

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