Make Money On Ebay
ebay-selling stuff question?
I've had a bunch of records my grandma that I never knew gave me a few years back. Being in college and in a relationship is extremely taxing on my funds, so I decided to sell the records. I got an ebay account set up, all i haveta do is take the records out, check the conditions and put it on ebay. I was wondering how do you price records? Is there a kelly blue book for records/vinyls? If you have any selling tips, I'd appriciate it as well
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- you can just have an auction where the highest bid wins. you don't have to set a price.
- One way of pricing your vinyl records is to go and look at similar ones that are for sale on e-bay. There may also be a second-hand record shop in your area that might be worth browsing to get a feel for prices. From personal experience I'd say that unless you have some rarities in good condition you won't make much money. But good luck anyway.
- If the record is from an artist or genre that's in demand... you should be able to find other copies or something similar on eBay or on GEMM and price accordingly. Classical records are selling at decent prices these days. Certain labels and titles more than others... Definitely jazz... "New age bachelor pad music" and exotica records are being collected by some people... Some stuff is going to be old stuff nobody wants and will be hard to get rid of. These records are often sold in lots with a low per record starting bid. Sometimes a decent title or two is thrown in to "bait" buyers... usually not in the best condition... Vinyl seems popular on eBay now. I think if you start the bidding low, there will be bidding wars on any good stuff and you really can't lose. Take everything you can't sell and try to sell it as a lot. eBay seems to be a seller's market in general these days... Anything that anyone actuallly wants seems to sell for a good price. I know I generally pay a little more than items are worth for the convenience of actually finding them. Most things I've sold have gone for more than I expected. Grade them honestly and carefully or you'll piss people off. Better to be conservative in grading. http://www.dtmagazine.com/lpgrades.html
- You really need to find the value of each before you auction. Some records are worth thousands, some pennies. There is a site, I don't remember what it is though. Your best bet is going to be contacting the guys at a vintage record store. There is one close to me called FOREVER YOUNG RECORDS. They are in Arlington, Texas. Google them and get their phone number, they can direct you in the right direction.
- If you're a registered user on eBay than you can look at completed auctions. After you search on a particular record, scroll down and check the complete items box of the left side. That will show you what the album sold for recently. Auctions that sold will have the price in green. Otherwise they didn't sell. You can also go to http://www.mpire.com/research (which is a better choice) and it will show you the last 30 days of sales and suggest keywords, what day to end the auction, etc.... FYI - Vinyl records don't have any value on ebay unless they're highly collectible and unopened. I was given 100 albums to sell last year and my research showed me that they wouldn't sell, even if listed for pennies. Also they're heavy and the shipping is too expensive. Be sure to consider whether to sell them individually or in lots! Good luck!
