Of course, when we say cash, we're really talking pocket money. It's likely that you'll far get more for your items at a car boot or on eBay, but neither offers such a fast or guaranteed sale as does musicMagpie - and there are no fees to pay here.
For example, the highest price we were offered on the Android app was £3 for 'The Pacific' boxset, which has an RRP of £39 and is selling secondhand in our local Blockbusters for £29. musicMagpie was prepared to pay 30p or above for each of our old DVDs, with Disney titles such as 'Bambi' and 'The Rescuers' taking slightly more, at £2.10 and £1.43 respectively. Some old Xbox 360 games, Forza Motorsport 4 and Need for Speed: SHIFT, were worth 97p and £1.35 respectively. For CDs, the most we were offered was 75p for The Pixies' Wave of Mutilation.
musicMagpie requires that you must trade in at least 10 items at a time, but it pays the postage and will send out a courier if you have more than 50. In order for the service to pay out, all items must be in working condition, in their original boxes and with any accompanying literature - defaced or pirate copies are not permitted. In the event that your parcel goes missing, musicMagpie is liable for up to £20.
The musicMagpie app itself is incredibly easy to use, and you don't even need to register for an account to begin acquiring prices for the old media that's probably gathering dust on your shelves. You simply launch the app, then click the 'Get Value' button. You can use the barcode scanner to quickly find your items, or manually enter each code.
All items appear in your Basket; individual items can be removed by tapping the options menu and choosing Edit. You'll need to sign in or register - possible through the app itself - to complete the sale or save your Basket for later (items will remain here for 48 hours only unless you physically save them).
You can ask musicMagpie to send you free postage labels by post or email, and your money is then paid by cheque, e-voucher or donated to a charity of your choice. Parcels are said to take up to 10 days to arrive at musicMagpie HQ, and processing your order can take up to seven days; your cheque is then posted out within 2 days. Check out PC Advisor's Best Android Appspage for more advice.
Comments
Chris said: Its happened again Second weekend in a row waiting for someone to turn up but nothing I cant say this company are terrible solely based on my experience alone but accounting for all the many other people suffering from the same service it goes to show Music Magpie are simply hit and miss
Chrisrayson said: Just to validate Susan Senior in terms of Music Magpie not replying to emails After a failed collection my original review above I had to chase them up a second time to which they did respond and ask if I wanted to arrange a new date I replied giving them the benefit of the doubt but I havent heard back from them YET AGAIN to confirm if this is ok Its actually laughable how a company like this can continue to operate
Chris said: The service seems very hit and miss Theres a few positive reviews but the negative ones greatly outweigh them I was recently given a confirmed day for collection yet nobody turned up and I havent even been contacted to explain or offer an alternative day
Matt Egan said: Okay Sure why not Why is it so poor What is wrong with it
Concerned said: Poor review which says a lot about how little you care for your readers
susan senior said: I have found many negative reviews on the way thatthey reject things for damaged artwork when it is untrue My items were NOT with damaged artwork andtheir staff stole 7 of my dvds thatwere in the box 2 were not originalswhich I was not aware of so I can accept that rejection however a brand new cdwas rejected which was not with damaged artwork and they took the mostexpensive dvds The gave me individual prices for various dvds andcds I kept saving the order until I wasready to complete When the box wasfull I had not realised that the 7 dvds with the most value was not on the itemised list as it must nothave saved properly Whoever opened thebox at their end would have realised there were more dvds in there than on thelist and if they had been honest they would have got back to me the customerto tell me and make an offer I rangthem immediately and was told that they will have been recycled - yes straight into some factory workerspocket My mistake was trusting thiscompany to itemise them as I was doing them and not realising that they had notupdated the list each time Also someunused cds were rejected as damaged artwork total rubbish Dont trust them it is your word againsttheirs and for every order they reject as damaged artwork with a good priceon they are making a killing TOTAL RIPOFF dont trust them Apparently they resell recycled cds and dvds they sayare damaged which arent on ebay and amazon under another company They do not reply to emails are rude on thephone and it took 7 weeks to get my cheque 250 shorter than promised They send you a cheque that they say theywill pay regardless of what was agreed as they just say a few of them wereartwork damaged which is just another way for saying we are stealing 10 percent back from the agreed price They offered me 3 for a dvd which is so rarethey are selling on ebay for 39 Thankgoodness I did not send it in to them You have been warned