Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 19:04     Subject: Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

I still buy them, as my car only has a cd player. Donate music CDs to a thrift store or friends of library store..
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 18:45     Subject: Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

You might see if your local school’s art teacher would like them.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 17:56     Subject: Re:Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one wants your junk.
My wife works as a Manager in a large local library. People are constantly ‘donating’ their basement and garage crap- books, CD’s, self published manuscripts, etc. Libraries have a system for acquisitions, based on the budget, library needs, etc.


Friends of the Library is not the same as the Library staff itself. And in Fairfax County, the FOTL definitely want the used CDs, books, et alia for fundraising. Each Fairfax County library has a special location for the FOTL items.


+1. Friends of the library is just a fundraising effort. They store and then sell all the junk and then hand the money to the library to acquire whatever it needs.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2023 06:42     Subject: Re:Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Anonymous wrote:No one wants your junk.
My wife works as a Manager in a large local library. People are constantly ‘donating’ their basement and garage crap- books, CD’s, self published manuscripts, etc. Libraries have a system for acquisitions, based on the budget, library needs, etc.


Friends of the Library is not the same as the Library staff itself. And in Fairfax County, the FOTL definitely want the used CDs, books, et alia for fundraising. Each Fairfax County library has a special location for the FOTL items.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 22:41     Subject: Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

We still play them. Especially the holiday ones.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 22:30     Subject: Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Cds are coming back with kids. I have all my 90s indie cds, my husband’s college rock and classic rock, my father in law’s classical collection. But we also have vinyl, too. I miss old media. I agree, streaming sucks.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 13:13     Subject: Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Anonymous wrote:I want to divest boxes and boxes of old CDs, what do folks recommend? Hate the thought of them sitting in a landfill, and can’t otherwise recycle! What are folks doing with their collections?

Thanks!


I put them in folders and keep them. All this streaming stuff sucks. I want to own the music I listen to.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 13:06     Subject: Re:Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

No one wants your junk.
My wife works as a Manager in a large local library. People are constantly ‘donating’ their basement and garage crap- books, CD’s, self published manuscripts, etc. Libraries have a system for acquisitions, based on the budget, library needs, etc.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 12:04     Subject: Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Keeping mine in case I'm poor when retired and can't afford streaming.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 11:09     Subject: Re:Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trash. No one wants these, including libraries.


Fairfax County’s Friends of the Library definitely does want these. They put them out for sale at the library on a special shelf, for a nominal sum. I have sometimes bought used books, CDs, and DVDs from them.

Proceeds benefit the county libraries. So donating CDs (or DVDs or used books) to the Friends of the Library is a win-win.


Each library branch in Fairfax has its own Friends of the Library, so if at first you don't succeed, try a different branch. Or if you have a really large amount, consider splitting. Montgomery County Friends of the Library also accept CDs. Large quantities at the Rockville Store, 4886 Boiling Brook Parkway.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 09:15     Subject: Re:Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

Anonymous wrote:Trash. No one wants these, including libraries.


Fairfax County’s Friends of the Library definitely does want these. They put them out for sale at the library on a special shelf, for a nominal sum. I have sometimes bought used books, CDs, and DVDs from them.

Proceeds benefit the county libraries. So donating CDs (or DVDs or used books) to the Friends of the Library is a win-win.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 00:08     Subject: Re:Cleaning out basement - what to do with old CDs

CD Cellar of Falls Church may accept them. Largest selection of used CDs/DVDs in Mid-Atlantic region. My husband loves going there and walking out with a stack of music CDs