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What sells well these days?

kustomizer99 — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:06:36 GMT

I can tell you right now, it's not CDs or comics, the things I used to specialise in!:_|

Re: What sells well these days?

phorum_junkie* — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:38:29 GMT

No surprise that people are not buying CDs, most people download their music now. I have no idea about comics but I suspect that up and coming adults who are reaching an age when they can use ebay will not have subscribed to comics the way we oldies did back in the day when there were no games systems etc and many collectors will be falling off the twig.

Re: What sells well these days?

putney32 — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:44:31 GMT

I;m not surprised about CDs either

in fact, I have seen 4 op shops this week with signs they are not accepting any more CDs as donations.

the shop I work in gets 4 or 5 cartons a week of CDs, and we were discussing this over morning tea last week.

seems that CDs are going the way of VHS tapes... oblivion

Re: What sells well these days?

thesoulyearns — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:50:24 GMT

Video games sell pretty well and CDs/records do too if they're rare or very popular.

Re: What sells well these days?

joz*garage — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:51:43 GMT

hah! there i was thinking i shouldve collected comics instead of motoring magazines coz over the years ive seen some early edition comics fetch hundreds of dollars each even thousands.

Re: What sells well these days?

kustomizer99 — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:42:01 GMT

Comics from 50+ years ago (especially the early Marvels) and earlier can be worth heaps -- the first Superman went for two million or so not long ago.

But comics from the last few decades can scarcely be given away.

Anyway, I'm interested I what DOES sell on eBay currently 🙂 Not mega-rarities that are impossible to get, but good reliable items that tick over nicely for a decent profit.

Re: What sells well these days?

bigbrickshop — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:43:23 GMT

Old CDs make good drink coasters 😄

You can look up the most popular searches within categories on Watchcount. A useful tool if you like to sell in a particular category and looking for new lines.

Re: What sells well these days?

kustomizer99 — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:47:53 GMT

Thanks, what's watchcount?

Re: What sells well these days?

bigbrickshop — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:49:42 GMT

dot com

and under Search click on Top eBay Searches

Re: What sells well these days?

flashback_deals — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:35:46 GMT

Cds used to be great sellers but are harder to sell now. I tend to go for stuff that people might collect and think along that line

Re: What sells well these days?

joz*garage — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:01:56 GMT

the first Superman went for two million or so not long ago.

wow, last i heard a copy sold for a quarter of a mil, musta been mint:-D

Thanks, what's watchcount?

http://www.watchcount.com/?cc=AU

Re: What sells well these days?

joz*garage — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:03:26 GMT

oops, i was thinking of the first edition of batman.

2 mil for superman? double wow!!

Re: What sells well these days?

the-kazbar — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:55:34 GMT

Old CDs make good drink coasters 😄

they are also excellent for hanging in fruit trees to scare away birds.

Terapeak is another tool that could be used to see whats happening

Re: What sells well these days?

ambridgebuckskins — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:59:51 GMT

l buy up CD's and DVD's whenever l can.

On my market stall, l sell books, CD's, Videos and DVD's. Top seller each market is always DVD's ($5 each) followed by CD's ($5 each).

l call them my reverse selling - normally l buy select items from markets or op shops to boost my stock on eBay but lately l've been buying off eBay to sell at market.

Small very rural area where most people don't have computers or fancy phones ( or phone signal).

Re: What sells well these days?

kustomizer99 — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:19:43 GMT

Nope, Actor Nick Cage sold his copy of Action Comics #1 (first Superman comic) for $2.161 million. But yes, it was near mint and it had the added pedigree of belonging to a celebrity.

It had previously been stolen from Cage and was later found in an abandoned storage locker....

Would have made a GREAT episode of Storage Wars!

It's only three years since any comic cracked the $1 million barrier, and they've been climbing ever since.... the ones we'll never find, of course.

Re: What sells well these days?

kustomizer99 — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:22:56 GMT

Cds used to be great sellers but are harder to sell now. I tend to go for stuff that people might collect and think along that line

They used to sell just fine 10+ years ago, but they are now seen as worthless.

There's a music shop in Canberra that buys old vinyl records (even bad ones!) but they won't touch CDs.

Re: What sells well these days?

charlies_shed — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:37:41 GMT

I wouldn't feel too bad Joz, car magazines from the 60's and 70's are getting good prices too, if the condition is right.