I Paid $100 for 200 Cassette Tapes! How Much Money Will I Make Selling These on Ebay and Amazon 

UPDATE: Sold 3 lots of Tapes on Ebay for $225 Almost all of the rest have sold individually besides 3! I dont have a total for all of the individual ones but I made out very well on this lot!

I am oh, so jealous. I would've kept 99% of these. I love to collect 70s/80s music. I have a wall of cassettes, LPs, and CDs.

the wooden cassete holders are the real score

I didn even realize there was a market for this so thanks for making this, may be something to look into for the future.

Not 33s, those are 45s :)

These cassettes are like reliving my middle school days.

The Napa Valley wood cassette holders actually sell pretty high for playing card collectors and for retro video game storage.

Good luck checking all of them. There are hidden defects like chewed up or dried out tape, pressure pads falling off, or just plain worn out. Do you have something to listen to them onto test them? I sell tapes and when a customer gets a bad one that slips by me it usually goes against my account with negative feedback and a refund. You won't have to worry much if you sell them in lots but is you sell a single one for $15 or more and it's damaged you are just asking for trouble. it's not like a CD when you can quickly inspect it just by looking at the surface.

Selling? Hell I’m listenin to most of these puppies.

I keep an open eye for cassettes too. I've sold many Rare hip hop/rap cassettes anywhere from $10 - $80's. Thanks again for a other video.

That Journey album you couldn’t find us the best. “Don’t stop believin” is one of my favorites

I like the ASMR sound the cassettes are making

Most important is that the felt pads are intact when you sell a cassette..with no felt pad the sound will be greatly distorted etc...just make sure the felt pad is there if not make sure you say so in description

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules is a brilliant album.

Sell the empty cassette boxes in lots if they are in good condition.

Welcome back man, wish you fruitful season after this Pandemic

Funny how I wasn't into cassette tapes, even when they were popular. I always bought vinyl. Still have all of my vinyl, some even from the 70's. Didn't even realize there was a market for these tapes. Wow, wouldn't have believed it until you showed it.

i made a similar deal about a year ago. I had a little more metal in my collection. I bought 100 tapes for $75. Made a few bucks and half never sold. A lot of people try to chew down the price and I ended up taking a lot of offers.

Also the home made mixtape ones will sell if you lot them up and sell them as pre-recorded media

So you are one of those people. Selling 10 cent to 50 cent cassettes from thrift stores at high dollars. xD

The cassette holders are worth good money too.

Amazon is accepting a lot actually. I just scanned almost 300 sku's and they only rejected maybe 20-25 items. They're already checked in and selling. This was two weeks ago.

Great deal! Easy money. You got your money back with the casetteholders alone. The tapes are for free

Will you test the Cassettes to make sure they play ok or sell as is?

I saw the album doubles, Elvis, the K-tel tape, low value common albums and I already knew someone else has possibly been though these tapes to collect and sell. They will take longer than you think to sell most even if they are popular. Take this from a person who sells hundreds of cassettes. If you are a well known trusted seller that sells one kind of thing you will make a whole lot more $$ on regular cassettes like this when customers buy 2 or 3 in the same purchase separately sold. I would never pay more than a quarter for each since many might be in poor shape.

Sold 5 cassettes to one buyer overnight. Must have been the good mojo from watching this yesterday. Cheers!

How do you check them. I remember leaving mine in my car and the heat would eat them up.

must never tried playing old tapes...... my Slayers cassettes sounds as if the band play on a roller coaster ride while hearing it through a car window cracked.. Im not getting rid of those pre-internet gems.... Im a 80's kid, 90's teen and was buying used records when it was cheap and easy to find... Now im laughing to see what black sabbaths or Pink Floyd vinyls are going for lol !!!!

I sell cassettes occasionally. I don't have many. They are not big money makers once I deduct shipping etc. How do you pack your cassettes? I often end up putting it in an over-sized box which costs more sometimes to ship.

Those wooden cases sell well... check comps

love tape

Glad you are wearing a mask and being safe!!!

Do you not have a cassette player? Might want to take the profits and buy one to play the rejects in your spare time

I have so many cassettes tapes!! Good to know that there are people out there that still want them. Cool video!

Amazing.

Ok, before I watch this video. I HAVE TO SAY: I owned only about e cassette tapes in my life since I'm only 34 but one was Appetite for Destruction by Guns and Roses. In the song My Michelle the song volume would go way down then way up. Like a roller coaster. It was the absolute coolest song I remember as a kid listening to the distortion.

Problem with that quantity is the testing of all the cassettes. Will take a lot of time. Used to buy them in groups like this in the past, found that many of them could have stretched tape and so on that skip or sound terrible. Can be a feedback and return mess without testing. Just a suggestion from experience.

OMG, that iron eagle tape. I used to blast it thru headphones while I played F15 Eagle on my old-school IBM PC with the floppy disc drive, because Geidrick use to fly while listening to his headphones (in the movie).

Thinking of starting to collect Cassette Tapes and VHS again simply out of Nostalgia. I currently have no intention of playing them but that could change. I switched over to Cd and DVD when they came out. Threw out all my old stuff and miss it every now and then.

Million dollar question is.. do you play test the tapes you sell on Amazon? I can't fathom not doing given there is typically a 40% failure rate with tapes.

You should do alright. Easy to ship. My son loves his Walkman, was into it long before Guardians. Anyway picked 2 up at a thrift shop when he was younger & likes looking for tapes. Here's the thing, he has his favorites & they tend to break so he's always replacing them.

That’s a great collection!! The wall cases are sweet as well.

Good work, I mainly sell video games but starting to get into other items with good success. I like watching videos like this so I can look out for other items. Keep it up

Good video! I subbed! 🤘🏻

i bought 12 tonight and we both have a roy orbison lol

Money is in the those wooden tape cases. I just picked up 1300 tape for resale. You need to look all those up without bar codes

There really isn't much you can do with the burner ones but you can keep the cases in case you need a replacement.

One thrift store in my city sells cassettes for 5 cents each. Haven't touched em come cuz its not in my comfort zone

Fantastic deal 👍

Dude He got Play deep, Eye in the sky, Purple rain, Escape, That’s a great haul

If you live in a town with a decent retro scene I get 30-40 bucks for those cassette racks local all the time, could recoup 80% of your money right there.

Just gotten back into cassettes . Real interest in those singles . Score !! So Happy 4U

How much did you make on the cassettes??

Most good albums on tape go for $2

I don't know, doesn't seem like a use of time to me with all of the packing for the individual tapes worth under $20. I'd just lot those up by genre for eBay and be done with it.

Do you know anying bide that by video tapes

How are you sending to Amazon FBA with coronavirus going on?

Recently bought 750 cassettes for $60. Try Discogs to sell them.

Las Vegas Goodwills reopening tomorrow. Check your local goodwill website.

If that's a Napa valley wooden box I sold those for $70 to $80. I sold 7 of them? And I have hundreds of Cassette tapes I keep eyeballing in the pile from those crates but most of mine are christian music and reader digest tapes

Do you have anymore Switch lites?

Don’t know Dave Mason? Prince Revolution??? You have proved that you don’t need to know anything about music to make money selling music media.

Nice scenery..

I like the Judas Priest Screaming for, i'm not a Michael Jackson fan but I would rather have that cassette than the 9.00 dollars ? I also like the album Turbo Judas Priest? Motley Crue theatre of Pain , what's the difference between the Van Halen 1984 albums? grean 5150.

I noticed that most of the original cassettes were mostly of poor quality in those that I had especially the 80s

How should I go about marketplace arbitrage?

i find it interesting that VINYL and CASSETTE versions of Appetite for Destruction sell for way more then the CD version. I decided to look up the solds on ebay to see which format sold for the most. CD would have the clearer and more crisp sound yet the format with the lesser audio qaulity sells for so much more. I think the reason for that is because people get the "nostalgic"feel of the album when they hold it in their hands. What do other people think about that?

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Burned cassette tapes, picture disk 33s? Dude please.

i found Billboard cassette tapes white plastic box , they worth money to sell them ?

thrift school do you have a GRP records cassette albums ? like dave valentine , tom scott , rippingtons and lee ritenour ?

I’ve missed your videos. Sort of had a little break from re-selling while locked down. Looking forward to things getting back to normal. I’ve taken a little inspiration from you sourcing during lockdown and I’ve got myself a load of Nerfs and Disney stuff for a good price 👍. The wooden cassette holders you have are probs worth a bit too. Half your money back on them I would of thought.

I have a sanguisugabogg cassette tape listed on evay for up to $150 and i got it for $15 at the show.

Do you replace the ugly cases with new ones? Also - if I remember getting cassettes in the mail back in the day (and even at the music store) the cases seemed to be damaged pretty easily (cracks) - do you take any extra shipping precautions or just send them in a bubble mailer?

Hi. I’m trying to sell records like cassettes and vinyl. I come into situations wherein people want to sell their collections as a lot. I know that a large chunk might be bad or have no value. Any strategies on how to go about this? A quick skim will result in finding a few that would sell. But sometimes sellers are not comfortable with strangers in their home so I don’t get to see the whole collection to see if I can make my investment back. Any advice?

what phone app were you using for parcode scanning?

I have Many cassettes to list. Bought mine at a garage sale. What do you give amazon for proof of purchase to list them? 😊

I am screaming at your video....IT'S PRINCE DAMMIT! OF COURSE IT'S WORTH SOMETHING! As well as most of the 80s bands you don't know. QUEEN! OF COURSE IT'S WORTH SOMETHING!

you could probably get $30 each or more just for the cassette holder they came in..lol...one time i bought a cd collection...a big one..probably 400 cds and the towers and holders that came with the collection sold for some decent money...i probably made $150 off the 6 pieces of cd holders

THE MADONNA CASSETTES

Thrift school can you really make money selling Cassettes?

There are a bunch of Facebook groups for cassettes. Better to sell them there. And to also learn what most are looking for. Rap, Hip Hop, etc. A lot of rappers released their own tapes that were limited. Some of that stuff will bring in good money.

How do you package them for Amazon

Wheres the good STUFF? Beatles, Who,STONES, Queen,Led Zeppelin...etc.

I have some cassettes for sale. Get in touch. I live in Maine.

Again (commented this on many vids now).. WHY am I selling my cassettes for so little? Crikey, all play tested, new cases and they are flipping $5.99

What kind of cassette is selling for $30? Was it new?

Sad that not a music lover got theese for 100 bugs.

do you test them?

The wine came with your car

Let me know what 45s you have.

Where did he find this deal?

Phone near magnetic tape may ruin recording.

I need audio cassettes sir

Do you have to pay to become a seller, I only want to sell off items, sales might not even cover the fee amazon charge

Jesse I'd like to buy a couple of those cassettes. How do I go about getting them? Can't see them on your eBay or on amazon.

Burned ones? Lmfao. You must be really young.

You rock

I have mettalica cassette tapes ride the lightning,,how much if i sell thank you,,😊

Lot up those Priest cassettes. While your at it watch the documentary Dream Deceivers about Judas Priest.