Matt Birchall
Supporting Actor
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- Feb 22, 2000
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Well, the title pretty much says it all, but I'll elaborate anyway:
I'm a sucker for remastered and expanded albums, so I'm always buying new releases of albums I already own, but at the same time, I very rarely even go into used shops, much less to sell something back or to buy a used CD.
So, I've got this relative glut of un-remastered albums that are just sitting around, that have a snowball's chance of ever getting played again, unless it's just to hear how much they suck compared to the new releases. Most of them are fairly unexciting--things like the original Stones and Dylan albums, which I have replaced (or will replace) with the new hybrid SACD/CD versions. And, there are a few, like the red and blue Beatles greatest hits double CDs, which I have no use for anymore since I've got all of those tracks on their regular albums.
(All of this stuff also applies to a bunch of DVDs I've got as well, that I've upgraded from--things like the original Almost Famous disc, the original Die Hard Trilogy set, things like that. I've just kept all this stuff around due to laziness, mostly, I guess.)
Well, now I'm in need of some cash, so those of you that have used both ways to re-sell, which do you prefer? (And, if you can do better with Ebay, is all of the added baggage worth it? I'm referring to the e-mails, the fees, the packaging, the post office, the feedback, stuff like that.)
Thanks for your help!
(Note that when I say "albums", I'm always referring to compact discs. I do have a few vinyl albums, but nothing I want to get rid of.)
I'm a sucker for remastered and expanded albums, so I'm always buying new releases of albums I already own, but at the same time, I very rarely even go into used shops, much less to sell something back or to buy a used CD.
So, I've got this relative glut of un-remastered albums that are just sitting around, that have a snowball's chance of ever getting played again, unless it's just to hear how much they suck compared to the new releases. Most of them are fairly unexciting--things like the original Stones and Dylan albums, which I have replaced (or will replace) with the new hybrid SACD/CD versions. And, there are a few, like the red and blue Beatles greatest hits double CDs, which I have no use for anymore since I've got all of those tracks on their regular albums.
(All of this stuff also applies to a bunch of DVDs I've got as well, that I've upgraded from--things like the original Almost Famous disc, the original Die Hard Trilogy set, things like that. I've just kept all this stuff around due to laziness, mostly, I guess.)
Well, now I'm in need of some cash, so those of you that have used both ways to re-sell, which do you prefer? (And, if you can do better with Ebay, is all of the added baggage worth it? I'm referring to the e-mails, the fees, the packaging, the post office, the feedback, stuff like that.)
Thanks for your help!
(Note that when I say "albums", I'm always referring to compact discs. I do have a few vinyl albums, but nothing I want to get rid of.)