Best place to sell used DVD's?

superhappypanda

I'm getting rid of some things I don't use/want anymore and have about 40 or so used DVD's that I was going to get rid of. Anyone have any suggestions as to the best place to get a couple bucks from these? I know I'll wind up only getting a few dollars (if that) apiece for them but with ebay's fees I'm not sure if come out ahead.

I live in Seattle if anyone knows of a local store that would give me a buck or two each for them.

Fantasma

I normally get used DVDs from amazon.com, some of them for just US$2.00 plus shipping.

superhappypanda

I'm looking to get rid of them in one fell swoop, or as close to as I can. Amazon doesn't buy back use DVD's do they?

Gaslight

Amazon will buy DVDs, but they give you Amazon credit, not cash.

They also typically offer less than a dollar of credit for an average movie. Expect to get about the same kind of offer at any local secondhand stores you may run across. These places make their money selling a DVD that was $20 when it was brand new the day it was released for $4-5, and a lot of the movies you'll want to sell them will be things they already have a dozen copies of sitting on the shelf. They are not going to offer you more than maybe a buck apiece.

Dr. Frenchenstein

Best buy offers a $5 off a blu ray coupon for each DVD you sell them. that may or may not be useful. You are pretty boned when it comes to selling DVD's off.

DarkPrimus

Best Buy does have a deal currently where you can trade in a DVD for $5 towards a new Blu-Ray film. I know you can use multiple DVDs a visit but you can only use one $5 per film. I'm sure there are other restrictions but if you're looking to upgrade it might not be a terrible option.

superhappypanda

Was hoping for cash. I wanted to put it towards my Christmas Tree fund.

Dr. Frenchenstein

you'd probably be lucky to get $40 cash, sorry dude.

Xobyte

Yeah, cash is pretty much out of the question. When I digitized my movie collection, I ended up selling off most everything to Amazon for credit, since my wife and I buy almost everything through them anyway.

Like people said, don't expect to get much out of them. But they were the best deal I could find when I went looking.

Dehumanized

In the Seattle area, you'll want to check out Silver Platters. A buddy of mine sold off his DVD collection recently and found they offered the most.

Esh

You should check out Everyday Music in Seattle. They'll definitely take everything in one fell swoop. But yeah, don't expect much (from anyone) for them.

MushroomStick

Look up all your movies on ebay, just in case you've got something rare that you can actually get a few bucks for.

Esh

MushroomStick wrote: »

Look up all your movies on ebay, just in case you've got something rare that you can actually get a few bucks for.

Make sure you're looking at "Completed" listings if you do this.

superhappypanda

I'd be fine if I could get $1 apiece for them. I might check out Amazon to see if anything is credit worthy, but most of these are things like Run Ronnie, Run and Ace Ventura. $2 for any of them would be more than expected but I'll definitely check out the Seattle area stores.

honkymcgoo

If you have one in your area, there is a movie version of gamestop called moviestop. They will give you cash but just like gamestop it's going to be something like 40% of what they offer in store credit, which is already not going to be that much.

I used Amazon to sell my DVD collection when I went all digital, and overall I would say I had a good experience. I ended up with A LOT of Amazon credit, but I also had upwards of 500 DVDs to sell. Most of them were 85 cents to 2 dollars in credit, but I had several out of print DVDs or ones that just didn't get a large print run, and some of them were worth a ton. I had a few single disc movies that were worth $15 to $25 bucks, so those added up quickly.

Also, I know you want to do it in one fell swoop but if you have a few that happen to rare and want cash, check out Glyde. I sold my original FLCL box set for $120 in like 2 days on there.

Don't forget about craigslist, it's not as likely you'll sell them on there but it's free and you never know who might be willing to give you $30 bucks for the set.

EWom

Try listing them on craigslist as a package deal. You probably won't get $1 each for them that way, but I could see someone jumping on 40 dvd's for $25-$30 bucks. Which is probably more than a pawn store would give you.