phunkyb Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 I plan on putting all my shows on an IPOD and also buy a back up hard drive to store them as well. I have well over a 1000 CD's that will be going on the IPOD. After the transfer has been done I would like to get rid of all of my CD's and binders. What are people thoughts on me selling my shows? I will not be selling the CD's to make a profit or label them as selling shows, but would like to sell them for the cost I bought the actual disc for. Was thinking between .25 and .50 cents per disc. Do people think this is okay to do or are there any other sugesstions? If and when i finish this process I will post my list on the skank board. Here is my list for anyone interested... db.etree.org/phunkyb420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 I don't see anything wrong with selling them at cost (after all, I'm sure they are a labour of love as well). And those iPods sure aren't cheap. I'd recommend that you get the extended warranty on it. I think it was only $60 or so for 2 years. Very cheap considering how much it costs to repair/replace/recycle any Apple product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Yeah I don't see anything wrong with selling them for the price of the media. I think it would be fiar to sell 1 two disc show for $1-$2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkyb Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 As soon as the long transfer process is done I will be posting my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Heh, then you can start Rating the songs, and generfying them... welcome to the rest of your life! Could be worse. ~W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 I was wondering if I was the only one. I've been archiving all my phish and sci to FLAC and sold each spindle of 50 cds for ~$15-20 U.S.... but the process is long and painful. I've managed to get through ~600 CDs so far, and condense it all to less than one binder's worth of DVDs in FLAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkyb Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Jason, do you also have an IPOD? Are you able to put FLAC files on the IPOD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 You can put any kind of file on the Ipod, but you can't listen to FLAC files... AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimmerman pt3 Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 sounds like a cheap move to me; I doubt the cds are in mint condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 What would happen to your collection if you were to lose your IPOD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 What would happen to your collection if you were to lose your IPOD? Good point Esau. I have all of my iPod files backed up on an external hard drive and on my laptop. You can get an external drive for relatively cheap. It's worth it when you think about all the time and energy it took to gather these shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 why don't you just b & p them all? or permavine them and make lots of new friends? or sell a stack of them (like 50 or so) for $20 or $30 or something. it somehow doesn't seem right to sell per show. to me at least. isn't the whole philosophy behind copies of live shows that they are never, ever to be sold, just traded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkyb Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Liked Headygouda's idea. Sell them in a spindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 It's not about making profit from the cd's, just getting back some of your cost for the media. Selling by the spindle sounds like a great idea. And it'll really help somebody who can't download build up a sweet collection fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbear Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 whooa....i am so behind the times...dont even own an mp3player (asides from my computer).... i'm a music freak...yet somehow treat all my cd's almost recklessly...its rare for myself not to lose cd's or have one play all the way through not scrathed...but alas this keeps me getting new ones. oh yeah i've bought american beauty WAY too many times! any other cd scratchers out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 i stopped burning / trading/ collecting shows a few years ago. it started to seem pointless. of course i wanted every show by every band. i knew it wasn't worth the time or money because the music was truely available all the time. sure i burn a show here and there now. but i dont need 10 stacks of 100 shows of the same band. i gave away all my maxell tapes away at shows over the last few years. people really like them for the car stereo still. how many cds can an ipod hold anyways?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Amy - can't play FLAC on the iPOD, nor do I own one. I have a 20gig Rio Karma. IMHO, it is a better device than the ipod for 2 simple reasons: 1) It plays FLAC (& Ogg) 2) It plays music in a GAPLESS format. Which means I won't get that annoying 2 second iPOD gap when trey is sequeing from that sick jam into the deep funk ;o) I originally tried to get rid of my shows/CDs on a show-by-show basis. But all that did was make my collection even more unorganized than it already was, and made it even more confusing setting shows aside for specific people. No one wants my cases, even though they had nice colour covers... so its just easier to put 'em on a spindle, and look for someone who wants the whole thing. I know I've put more time and $$ into collecting each spindle of 50 than I am getting for it ($15 US), but at this point, I feel lucky enough being able to find takers. After all, who in their right mind wants every freakin show of a year, for any band?! ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkyb Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 After all, who in their right mind wants every freakin show of a year, for any band?! ;o) It seems like we do:) Not making it to Langerado for some Cheese Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I don't understand all the fuss about ipods and mp3s, with their low sampling rate. If you want to listen lower quality audio, go right ahead. Sure, being able to carry your entire music collecion in your pocket is great, but for me, music reproduction was perfected with FM radio and compact discs. mp3s seem a step backwards to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headygouda Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Langerado?!!? Uhh... I only found out this week that I would be able to go. I looked for flights yesterday, and stopped teasing myself thinking I could make it happen last minute. You make me so jealous... dance big for me ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 2) It plays music in a GAPLESS format. Which means I won't get that annoying 2 second iPOD gap when trey is sequeing from that sick jam into the deep funk ;o) You can remove the gap in your iTunes preferences. You're right though, there's nothing more annoying than a sweet jam that just pauses out of the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I'd be down for one of those spindels... hook me up! schiestel@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 I don't see a problem with getting rid of your old discs at cost. I would suggest the Rio Karma over the ipod though. Like someone else already stated, why take a step back in quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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