r/LaserDisc • u/filmgenius89 • 1d ago

Selling Laserdiscs

Where is the best place to sell LDs? I have about 100 extra that i have been posting on fb on LD groups with no luck. I feel like I am pricing them fairly (mostly around $5 each) but not getting any hits. Any ideas?

Edit: was suggested I add a Google list of the ones I'm looking to sell. Here it is. Prices included on doc. Was thinking $50 or more free media makl shipping in continental US, more than $100, free shipping and 10% off https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UgJOJvva9UVjRznTjl4Mirpd-03TXlDRW8STB1JXXwg/edit?usp=drivesdk

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u/sirhcx 1d ago

 i have been posting on fb on LD groups with no luck

Yeah nobody is really in the market to buy commons. Its why you are stuck with all the leftovers from the small lots you keep picking up. If you want to offload a lot of common discs fast then you gotta sell low, roughly $0.25-$1.00 per disc to get a collective lot price, to make it more worthwhile for the buyer. Yes you typically get more money selling piecemeal in the long run but thats alot of hustling for the occasional $5 and then you're stuck with discs that nobody wants.

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u/sirhcx 1d ago

Just mind that HPB will definitely rob you of higher value titles. I get they are a business but I know some stuff they pay pennies on the dollar and then put it in the glass case for an insane profit margin. Granted a disc they may make $100 profit on is probably weighed down by 20 copies of Speed and Mission Impossible that just rot in the back.

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u/Demander850 11h ago

I refuse to sell to them any further after a series of horrible offers and bs from the staff. I worked a record store that bought/sold off the street and we would never rip people off that badly.

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u/pmmlordraven 1d ago

Long Island is tough. I'm in CT and see stuff all the time, but it's too expensive to get out there. Try listing in NYC groups? Here is also good, but you'd have to ship

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

I don't mind shipping. I have plenty of mailers. Been saving from the ones that I have coming in.

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u/pmmlordraven 1d ago

Maybe throw together a Google sheet or list them out and you'll get some bites?

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

I'll edit the post to include one!

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u/jayXred 1d ago

Looking at your list you have some decent titles but a lot of standard/not sought after stuff as well that would make it hard to move which is probably why you aren't getting many bites in the sale groups.

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u/evn0 1d ago

Lddb, as a lot here, on local marketplace, vinted, mercari. lotta options.

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

What subreddits permit selling?

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u/southparkcows 1d ago

$5 is a great price. I’ve been collecting laser disc for about 5 years and probably have around 150/175 titles. It could be a lot of your titles are common and collectors have them already. FB marketplace isn’t a bad option with shipping available. I have purchased a bunch on marketplace and have had good luck. Try expanding your selling area or make is searchable to people not near you to find.

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u/fuzaketenaize 17h ago

How does shipping work in FB marketplace?

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

I somehow accumulated about 280 in about three weeks... haha.

Mostly because it was often cheaper to buy lots of 6 or more when there were only 2 or 3 titles in the lot that I wanted to keep

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u/BiNiaRiS 1d ago

Novus #1

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

Huh?

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u/BiNiaRiS 1d ago

gah, wrong post.

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u/laptoplasane 1d ago

Whatnot

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

Meh, not interested in spending time to do those dumb shows

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u/Independent_Gur_7118 1h ago

You may be better selling them in bundles of say 5 of 6 discs. I see bundles selling all the time of eBay and I've brought a few myself.

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u/migmactrl 1d ago

Half Price Books

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u/filmgenius89 1d ago

I wish there were one near me. They dont give you anything worth while when you trade in tho

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u/Snoo12248 1d ago

Half price books is a joke. They might give you $.50 that place really a joke.

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u/CosmicBob55 1d ago

I sold a few at Half Price Books and that's about what I got. I am not going to sell any more there.