My Single Mom Life

I used to take my old and used cds and DVDs and trade them in at a local music and video store.
Boogie Woogie which was in the same shopping plaza as Publix, used to take used CDs and DVDs, and either give you cash for them or let you trade them in for other items that you wanted, but due to the failing economy, they had to close down all of their locations.
That was back in May 2008, quite awhile before any of the news of the Wall Street fiasco started to make the news, but local establishments were already beginning to feel the heat of the failing economy.
I haven't been able to find any other place to sell my used CDs and DVDs since, other than online auction sites, but you're lucky if you get a buck a piece on some of those sites.

I have now found an awesome place that will take your old CDs and DVDs and books, and give you cash or let you trade them in on other stuff you may want.
Abundatrade.com is the place to go to unload your used stuff and get cash or gadgets in return.

You can do it 1 of 2 ways.
You can go to their site and either enter in the 12-digit UPC code or the 10-13-digit ISBN number, and they will calculate the trade in or cash value for you.
To test it out, I entered in the ASIN number of the nearest to me DVD, which was The Nightmare Before Christmas 2-disc collectors edition which retails for $20.99 on Amazon, and they calculated it's trade in value at $7.67. (I am NOT trading it in, I love this movie, just testing the system out)

The other way you can do it is to just box up all of the items you want to trade in, they give you the shipping materials to send them in, and when they get them and calculate the value of everything in your box, they let you know how much it's all worth.
If you submit a tracking number when you ship it to them, they will give you a FREE used CD just for helping them track your package.

The value of your items is based on the current online market value for each item you are looking to trade in.
All items must be in good physical shape, and if you have all of the items that go with it, like the jewel case, the booklets and manuals, the more it's worth.
You should read the FAQs to learn more about how they calculate the value and the shipping methods etc.
The current market value has nothing to do with the popularity of the band, movie or book, it is based soley upon current online market values.
Oooh, the FAQs say they even take video games.
Awesome!
I know we have a ton of video games that we've beat and don't play anymore, and I could unload all of the old PS2 games that we haven't played since the teens got the xbox360 2+ years ago.
Saweeet!

If you box up and ship a lot of items, and for some reason they decline some of them, they will send those items back to you, or you can choose to leave them with Abundatrade to recycle.
Nice.
The online market value calculator is only an estimate, they will inspect all of the items you send in for damage or to see if it has all of the booklets and original jewel case, and that may either increase or decrease the current market value.

The items you send in can be used to purchase brand new items, gadgets like iPods or cameras, tvs, computers and gaming equipment.
You can basically trade in all of your old and used CDs, DVDs, books and video games, and get new items in return.
This seems like a great way to get your kids that stuff they have already listed as wanting for Christmas without having to save every penny for the next 10 months, you can just send in all your old stuff and get some new stuff.
It's like finding money you didn't know you had!

I have so many books, video games, CDs, and DVDs, this is going to be my new place to trade stuff in.
Check it out!