# anyone re-sold used CDs on Amazon yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081 "2012-04-17T19:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/1 "2012-04-17T19:45:29Z")
Amazon has announced that it’s [setting up a program](http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/04/11/why-amazon-wants-your-old-cds/)to buy back used CDs from its own customers, in return for Amazon store credit. Apparently they’ll send you a label so the shipping is free to you the re-seller. Anyone here done this yet? Is it worth it? Get any decent dough? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/2 "2012-04-17T20:43:18Z")
They post the prices they will pay for the particular CD’s. Looks like they avg. a couple of bucks per. Bigger question: after you sell them to Amazon, do you lose the rights to the ripped copies of the songs that you downloaded to your PC or MP3 player from the actual CD? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/3 "2012-04-17T20:45:40Z")
(Written before I saw **Omar Little** ’s response) > [@](#): > > To get the best deal, consumers can copy songs from the discs to their computer for free before selling, Rayburn says. I didn’t think that was kosher. If you sell (or trade or give away) a CD, don’t you no longer have the right to own a copy of its contents? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/4 "2012-04-17T21:02:55Z")
So the author of that article thinks Amazon doesn’t really want used CDs. _““There’s just not that big a market for used CDs,” says Randy Allen, an associate dean at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. Instead, Allen and other experts say Amazon is hoping the service will eventually translate to more purchases — and more loyal customers. Studies have shown that when consumers redeem gift cards or credit, they tend to spend 40% more than the value of that credit.”_ On the other hand, he thinks they do want CDs: _Experts say it also sets up Amazon as a go-to vendor for that dwindling market of CD buyers, who could soon see more selection and lower prices for used discs on the site."_ I’m part of that “dwindling market”. I like having hard copies of music, just in case my backups happen to fail. CDs don’t take up much room. Who’s probably going to be pissed about this new development are the music shops and other Amazon secondary sellers who’ll have new competition from Amazon itself. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/5 "2012-04-17T23:24:58Z")
The CDs you send in go directly to a reseller, not to Amazon. I sent some off last week. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/6 "2012-04-17T23:37:57Z")
I just **sell** mine. On **Amazon**. And they get bought. For **money**. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/7 "2012-04-19T21:43:33Z")
Just sold one for $23 today. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/8 "2012-04-19T22:53:01Z")
Somebody paid you twenty-three bucks for a used CD? Was it rare/out of print? ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/9 "2012-04-19T23:26:18Z")
If you’re just looking at $2-3 per CD, it might be easier to take them in to a local CD store. That’s about the typical price you get, in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-re-sold-used-cds-on-amazon-yet/619081/10 "2012-04-20T23:01:24Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Somebody paid you twenty-three bucks for a used CD? Was it rare/out of print? Euro import–soundtrack. Unreleased in the States.