Selling Records and CDs
Dear Mike (selling records or cds)
I was curious what your plan, strategy and tactic for selling your records was.
In the past Merry and friends had a joint FLEA MARKET on the lawn of the house we were renting that was in a perfect location, a t-stop of a very busy two lane road from a wealthy neighborhood to a medium income neighborhood.
The 3 of them did a great deal of prep work
I made high quality signs
we had a very easy cash system
spent more on the signs, lemonade and snacks
than they made during the WHOLE day.
also years ago a long time creativity guru friend
wanted move from the north to Orlando area
and was trying to sell his creativity book collection.
He and I and others generated ideas for about week
then he created an Excel chart of them
and promoted the collection on the internet
and received a few bids and sold the lot.
eBay didn't exist then
Amazon didn't have the RESALE system them.
I have used my personal bookstore on Amazon
first 5 I posted - 4 were sold in 3 days
the 5th about a week later
I posted 10 more
no purchases in a year
and that book was never one I owned.
Oh well
Back to living in Tree House Library of BOOKS and Life Mementos filled with Memories.
I was curious what your plan, strategy and tactic for selling your records was.
In the past Merry and friends had a joint FLEA MARKET on the lawn of the house we were renting that was in a perfect location, a t-stop of a very busy two lane road from a wealthy neighborhood to a medium income neighborhood.
The 3 of them did a great deal of prep work
I made high quality signs
we had a very easy cash system
spent more on the signs, lemonade and snacks
than they made during the WHOLE day.
also years ago a long time creativity guru friend
wanted move from the north to Orlando area
and was trying to sell his creativity book collection.
He and I and others generated ideas for about week
then he created an Excel chart of them
and promoted the collection on the internet
and received a few bids and sold the lot.
eBay didn't exist then
Amazon didn't have the RESALE system them.
I have used my personal bookstore on Amazon
first 5 I posted - 4 were sold in 3 days
the 5th about a week later
I posted 10 more
no purchases in a year
and that book was never one I owned.
Oh well
Back to living in Tree House Library of BOOKS and Life Mementos filled with Memories.
Hi Alan- I'd say keep trying that Amazon Bookstore? Visit a local place? Or yes get used to hanging on to them!
ReplyDeleteAlso I think if you pull your stuff from your bookstore then repost in a week or two it might attract new attention (I think my wife uses that strategy)
I remember having a yard sale when we lived in Gary, IN. It was 100 degrees out. I think we made over $200 the first Saturday, then $30 on Sunday. We should've quit while we were ahead!
Always thinking about having a sale here but we have a very small yard with a picket fence that makes it even tighter. A garage sale is possible but our alley is hard to access. We've ended up hauling lots of stuff to Goodwill!
Good luck! Mike