Hi.
I don’t know where to post this, so please excuse me for this OT and eventually redirect me to a place where such a discussion is appropriate.
My question is: where do you people purchase used CDs online? I’ve used discogs.com some times but the prices there are horrendous and sellers are also putting shipping costs which are insane!
Thanks for any helpful reply.
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That depends on where you are 
Shipping costs stay low when you purchase with a local vendor. So you should look for the web pages of (second-hand) CD stores in your country or physically visit your friendly local record store.
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Shipping costs are often used to raise a low advertised price to the desired price. In the past, there were no fees to pay to Discogs for shipping costs, which made this practice particularly attractive. Although this is no longer possible, the situation has hardly improved.
A popular second-hand online alternative (German language area) is medimops.de.
Many shops that offer on Discogs also have their own platforms, which sometimes offer cheaper prices.
You should also look for local shops where you can look for real bargains
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Most of the time, I buy at local (offline) shops, in Paris: Bedisc, BOOKOFF, OCD, and less often (not in my neighborhood), Crocodisc, Gibert, Boulinier, …
But online, I use rakuten.fr or even, sometimes, Japanese websites (Mercari, Yahoo Auctions), depending of what products I want.
More expensive than local shops, but it’s normal.
I use them when I cannot find the products otherwise.
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I’m floating around Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
Right… that’s the physical path… I’ll look into my neighbourhood as well…
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This is what I’m experiencing, because I know the shipping costs for some countries (and it’s quite easy to look them up online too)…
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I don’t really agree.
As I also myself sell some CD and some other stuff.
You cannot decide the amount of the shipping costs, they are something static.
It’s the cost of the shipping and it’s normal that the buyer has to pay it when they are buying something from far away.
The seller doesn’t get part of this money, it’s shipping cost.
I don’t think so. On platforms like Discogs or Ebay you can decide how much you want to charge for shipping.
Shipping costs also include packaging and your contribution towards shipping. If your hourly rate is very high, taking the parcel to the post office will also be very expensive. 
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Ah, maybe.
I never sold my stuff through these two, so I didn’t know.
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I’ve never sold anything either. My hourly rate would be too high. 
No, actually, the requirements are too inconvenient for me. You should be ready to do a sale at any time. If you don’t, you’ll soon receive negative feedback and a poor seller rating. I prefer to give away duplicate albums.
EDIT: To add something topic-related:
What Discogs has over all other platforms: you can buy precisely described releases - or at least try to (you have to ask).
If I like to buy a specific release - I always buy on Discogs. If I just want any edition of the album, I often buy from others, e.g. recordsale.de
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Yeah, Discogs is the best I’ve found for specific releases. Sometimes eBay will have info that is specific enough to be sure of a specific release, but not always.
Like @jesus2099 , I’ll look local first, if I can. Music Millennium is the best local store, but their website’s search engine is almost useless (not that I mind going in to haunt the stacks occasionally).
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I too am really tired of Discogs and the insane prices / shipping costs.
www.cdandlp.com has been pretty good to me.
As a small time seller on eBay, I keep my listed price lower and raise the handling cost in an attempt to encourage local pickup (something I have enabled on all my listings) and to decrease the amount eBay takes from the sale (since they take a percent from only the listed price).
For my purchasing, I prefer yard sales and the local thrift store. As mentioned above Discogs is nice for purchasing, because you can have a wantlist which helps narrowing down exactly what you’re looking for, but prices on there are more expensive (10X what I find at thrift stores and yard sales and 3X what I find on eBay). eBay I also use, but it’s more searching than finding, so I’ve been using it less recently. The final spot I’ve been purchasing recently from is directly from the artist online stores (I do this with more indie artist who aren’t under a record label).
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