Subj : Does anyone buy CDs any more?
To   : Nelgin
From : Ogg
Date : Fri Oct 22 2021 21:59:00

Hello Nelgin!

** On Thursday 21.10.21 - 13:12, Nelgin wrote to Ogg:

 N>   Re: Does anyone buy CDs any more?
 N>   By: Ogg to Nelgin on Tue Oct 19 2021 18:10:00

 >> N> You're selling these on Discogs?
 >>
 >> No. That collection sold at my shop.

 N> Maybe that's something I could do, though I don't know if
 N> 3000 CDs is enough to open a stop plus I'd have to hire
 N> someone to work it since I have a day job and then rent on
 N> the place. I doubt it'd pay for itself unless I sold other
 N> stuff.

You're better off listing them online and wait for a buyer.


 N> There's an app by the MusicBrainz team called Picard which
 N> is supposed to be able to identify a CD by reading it. I
 N> guess like the old cddb stuff. I might give that a try. I
 N> do have a barcode scanner and a script that looks up on
 N> MusicBrainz and Discogs but reading the cd and certain data
 N> that can be got from it may be quicker and more accurate.

I wouldn't bother with Picard.

I think Discogs is the best choice. I joined up a few years  
ago, but I never got started with building a collection. I just  
primarily used it to buy a few discs.

But tonight, I gave it a shot building my own collection. All  
you need to do is enter the barcode number and then find the  
best match from the list.  You can custom edit your entry later  
if necessary, but I find that what's offered is pretty good as  
is.

There is Export feature to CSV, if necessary.

Discogs' interface doesn't fully work with my XP laptop, but I  
can switch over to my Win7 laptop for data entries.

The serial-number lookup and match system with Discogs is much  
easier than spinning up a CD, checking an online database and  
building a local file.

I really like Discogs' system.  I just need to get diciplined,  
keep a stack of a few dozen CDs beside me and just make a few  
entries every day.

One thing Discogs rules stipulate is "Sale, trade, or swap- 
style lists are not appropriate use of publicly viewable  
lists".  That's a bit of a bummer.  But since a Discogs  
collection is exportable, you can create a collection, export  
the data and build a suitable online table/database from that.


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