Where is best site to sell science fiction DVDs

March 19, 2008 5:38 PM

What is the best website to sell science fiction DVD's and get a good price. I've looked at Amazon, and they take a percentage plus 2 separate fees!! And on ebay, the DVD's are selling for very low prices. I was given 3 classic science fiction movies on DVD that I don't want, I'm short on money, and I'd like to sell them for as much as I can.
posted by JasonM to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Any chance you can return them to the place where they were purchased?
posted by box at 5:39 PM on March 19, 2008

not to be snarky but for used and collectable items ebay sets the price. as a result i think it is going to be unlikely you find a place where you can sell them for significantly more.
posted by phil at 5:43 PM on March 19, 2008

It's possible, but not very likely, that a local used-record/CD/DVD store, or some dude on Craigslist, will give you a better price because they just don't know any better. But the difference won't be more than a couple bucks, so, presuming your time is worth something, it's probably not even worth finding out.

Unless these are OOP Criterion DVDs or something, there probably isn't anybody out there who's willing to give you very much money for them.
posted by box at 7:13 PM on March 19, 2008

I don't know what your point of reference for "classic science fiction" is, but I'm inclined to agree with box that dvd's of old movies aren't going to fetch much.

I'd advise Craigslist first, so you can avoid any shipping/payment hassles.
posted by mkultra at 7:35 AM on March 20, 2008