What do you think the whole lot would be worth?

[Q-Eight]

I've often thought what my collection of Q8's might bring on ebay. The curiosity is getting to me almost to the point where I want to list the lot with a ridiculous reserve and see what it brings. Some big lots have gone for pretty good money. I highly doubt I'd recoup what I've invested (easily a couple grand by now).

Here's the list. What do you guys think?
(There's 235 cartridges, all in VG to NM condition. All perfectly playable)


Atkins, Chet - Superpickers
Belafonte, Harry - Live at Carnegie Hall
Denver, John - Poems, Prayers & Promises
Friends of Distinction - Love Can Make it Easier
Guess Who, The - Wheatfield Soul
- Canned Wheat
- American Woman
- Share the Land
- Artificial Paradise
- Rockin'
- Best Of (Volume 1)
- Best Of (Volume 2)
- Road Food
- #10
- Flavours
- Power in the Music
Hair - Original Cast Soundtrack
Jefferson Airplane - Worst Of
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Jennings, Waylon - Lonesome, On'ry & Mean
Mancini, Henry - Best Of
Mancini, Henry - Best Of (Volume 2)
Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Nilsson - Duit on Mon Dei
Nilsson - Pussy Cats
Nilsson - Sandman
Philadelphia Orchestra - Love Story
Presley, Elvis - From Elvis in Memphis
- On Stage, 1970
- That's The Way It Is
- Live at Madison Square Garden
- Live Aloha from Hawaii (Tape 1&2)
- Live on Stage in Memphis
- Promised Land
- Today
Pure Prairie League - Two Lane Highway
Pure Prairie League - If the Shoe Fits
Reed, Jerry - The Uptown Poker Club
Reed, Jerry - Hot A-Mighty!
Youngbloods, The - Best Of

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Anderson, Lynn - Rose Garden
Argent - In Deep
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Greatest Hits
Blood, Sweat & Tears - New City
Buddy Miles Express - Booger Bear
Cash, Johnny - Live at San Quentin
Chase - Self Titled
Chicago - IX (Greatest Hits)
Company - Original Broadway Cast Recording
Diamond, Neil - Serenade
Derringer, Rick - All American Boy
Dylan, Bob - Nashville Skyline
Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s the Way of the World
Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out at Night
Edgar Winter Group - Shock Treatment
Essex, David - Rock On
Joplin, Janis - Pearl
Keating, John - Space Experience
Loggins & Messina - Self Titled
Loggins & Messina - Full Sail
MFSB - Love is the Message
Poco - Deliverin’
Price, Ray - For the Good Times
Raiders, The - Indian Reservation
Rich, Charlie - Behind Closed Doors
Santana - Abraxas
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
Simon, Paul - Self Titled
Simon, Paul - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Simon, Paul - Still Crazy After all these Years
Sly & the Family Stone - Greatest Hits
Sly & the Family Stone - Small Talk
Stevens, Ray - Greatest Hits
Stevens, Ray - Turn Your Radio On
Super Session - Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills
Ten Years After - A Space in Time
West, Bruce & Laing - Why Doncha
West, Bruce & Laing - Whatever Turns You On
Winter, Johnny - Still Alive and Well

B. B. King - Friends
Berry, Chuck - The London Sessions
Blackbyrds - Flying Start
Clark, Roy - Superpicker
Clark, Roy - The Best Of
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Gold
Croce, Jim - You Don't Mess Around with Jim
- Life & Times
- I Got a Name
- Photographs & Memories (Greatest Hits)
Focus - Live at the Rainbow
Four Tops, The - Keeper of the Castle
Four Tops, The - Main Street People
Grass Roots, The - 16 Greatest Hits (Standard Mix Cartridge)
Grass Roots, The - 16 Greatest Hits (Alternate Mix Cartridge)
GRT Quad Sampler
Walsh, Joe - The Smoker you Drink, The Player you Get
Hooker, John Lee - Never Get Out of these Blues Alive
Light, Enoch - Persuasive Percussion
Love Story (Original Movie Soundtrack)
Mountain - Best Of
Ohio Players - Ecstasy
Randolph, Boots - Homer Louis Randolph III
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Best Of*
Rufus - Rags to Rufus
Rufus - Rufusized
Steely Dan - Can’t Buy a Thrill
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Severinsen, Doc & His Orchestra - Fever
Three Dog Night - Hard Labor
- Coming Down Your Way
Traveling with the Magic Organ
Turrentine, Stanley - Pieces of Dreams
Welk, Lawrence - Candida

Brecker Brothers Band, The - Back to Back
Carmen, Eric - Self Titled
Godspell Musical Soundtrack
Manchester, Melissa - Melissa
Manchester, Melissa - Better Days & Happy Endings
Manilow, Barry - II
Manilow, Barry - Tryin’ to Get the Feeling
Orlando, Tony & Dawn - Greatest Hits
Outlaws, The - Lady in Waiting

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - I
- II
- Not Fragile
- Four Wheel Drive
- Head On
Ohio Players - Fire
- Honey

Bread - Best Of
Browne, Jackson - Late for the Sky
Doors, The - Best Of
Eagles - On the Border
Eagles - One of these Nights
Mitchell, Joni - Court & Spark
Mitchell, Joni - Hissing of Summer Lawns
Orlando, Tony & Dawn - He Don’t Love You Like I Love You
Simon, Carly - No Secrets
Simon, Carly - Best Of
Simon, Carly - Playing Possum
Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, The - Self Titled
Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, The - Trouble in Paradise
Stardrive with Robert Mason - Intergalactic Trot

Light, Enoch - Four Channel Demonstration
- Four Channel Dynamite!
- Spaced Out
- Charge!
- Big Hit Movie Themes
- with the Brass Menagerie '73
- Beatle Classics
- The Brass Menagerie Volume 1
- The Brass Menagerie Volume 2
- Extra! The World’s Greatest Jazz Band

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love
America - Hearts
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Doobie Brothers, The - The Captain & Me
Doobie Brothers, The - Toulouse Street
Doobie Brothers, The - What Were Once Vices are Now Habits
Doobie Brothers, The - Stampede
Lightfoot, Gordon - Cold on the Shoulder
Lightfoot, Gordon - Sundown
Possum Trot Line - Locomotive Sound Effects
Seals & Crofts - Diamond Girl
Taylor, James - One Man Dog

Babe Ruth - Self Titled
Campbell, Glen - Reunion
Grand Funk Railroad - All the Girls in the World Beware
Grand Funk Railroad - Shinin' On
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Lennon, John - Imagine
Lennon, John - Walls & Bridges
John Keating Incorporated - Hits in Hi-Fi
Joplin, Scott - Palm Leaf Rag
Mandingo - Mandingo III
McCartney, Paul & Wings - Band on the Run
McCartney, Paul & Wings - Venus & Mars
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Reddy, Helen - Long Hard Climb
Righteous Brothers - Give It to the People
Starr, Ringo - Goodnight Vienna
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle
Witherspoon, Jimmy - Love is a Five Letter Word

Alpert, Herb & The Tijuana Brass - Greatest Hits
Baez, Joan - Come from the Shadows
Baez, Joan - Diamonds & Rust
Bacharach, Burt - Greatest Hits
Bacharach, Burt - Make It Easy On Yourself
Bacharach, Burt - Reach Out
Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Carpenters, The - The Singles 1969-1973
Carpenters, The - Now &Then
Carpenters, The - Self Titled
Cocker, Joe - Joe Cocker!
Cocker, Joe - With a Little Help from my Friends
Humble Pie - Smokin’
Jones, Quincy - Body Heat
Jones, Quincy - Mellow Madness
King, Carole - Tapestry (Ode)
Mendes, Sergio & Brasil ’66 - Greatest Hits
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - It’ll Shine When it Shines
Preston, Billy - Music is my Life
Stevens, Cat - Catch Bull at Four
Stevens, Cat - Greatest Hits
Wakeman, Rick - Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Bassey, Shirley – Carnegie Hall Concert (Tape 1&2)
Byrd, Donald - Street Lady
Fiddler on the Roof Original Movie Soundtrack (Tape 1&2)
Live & Let Die Original Movie Soundtrack
Turner, Tina & Ike - Live at Carnegie Hall (Tape 1&2)
Ventures, The - Hawaii Five-O

Big Band Moog
Clapton, Eric - 461 Ocean Boulevard
Country Joe & The Fish - Greatest Hits
Franklin, Aretha - Best Of
Franklin, Aretha - Live at the Fillmore West
Hayes, Isaac - "Shaft" Movie Soundtrack (Tape 1&2)
Hayes, Isaac - Joy
Hayes, Isaac - Live at the Sahara Tahoe (Tape 1)
Hayes, Isaac - “Tough Guys” Movie Soundtrack
Humperdinck, Englebert - King of Hearts
Jones, Tom - The Body and Soul of
Knight, Gladys & The Pips - Imagination
O’Sullivan, Gilbert - Back to Front
Staple Singers, The - Be What You Are
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

 

[westgate]

those are all quad tapes? WOW!

 

[Bonzodog]

And I thought I had a collection.

 

[mtgc]

I'll give you $5.00 cash money for the entire lot, and I will pay 1/2 of the shipping!!! LOL!!!

Seriously, you have a fabulous collection and should be very proud.

MTGC (Michael)
WA4ALA

 

[Chris Gerhard]

Currently, eBay has a promotion which permits 5 free auction style listings each month. Who cares what they are worth? Just list them with a starting price of the minimum you will accept and see if you get any bids. If you don't get any bids, you are not out a penny. A collection like that is basically one of the kind and I can't even offer a good guess as to total value.

Chris

 

[JonUrban]

In my experience, you would get more cash by selling them individually, however it's more of a pain. Especially shipping the things.

That's a nice block of stuff. Some are worth a lot, some aren't worth much at all. If you eBay'd those around 2001-2001, you would have really made a killing. These days, with the derth of converted quad out there, it's more hit and miss.

Good luck with whatever you try! Keep us posted.

 

[Chris Gerhard]

In my experience, you would get more cash by selling them individually, however it's more of a pain. Especially shipping the things.

That's a nice block of stuff. Some are worth a lot, some aren't worth much at all. If you eBay'd those around 2001-2001, you would have really made a killing. These days, with the derth of converted quad out there, it's more hit and miss.

Good luck with whatever you try! Keep us posted.

Selling them individually at one of the forums certainly could ultimately realize a greater value but one at a time on eBay, not likely. With eBay, the $.40 plus 3% PayPal fee for each payment and eBay listing fees and final value fees make doing well very difficult. Buy it Now on eBay is 15% final value fee for media now. My method would cost $20 final value fee for the whole lot if it sells. I think my suggestion is the first thing to try, then if that doesn't work and he really wants to sell them there are other ways to proceed.

He has to use a specific listing form and here is the eBay announcement on the 5 free.

Effective today, pay no Insertion Fees on your first 5 qualifying Auction-style listings when you use the eBay Sell Your Item or Simple listing form. This is not a short-term promotion—it’s a change to eBay pricing. You can now list 5 items every 30 days and pay nothing unless your items sell.

The Final Value Fee for these first 5 listings with $0.00 Insertion Fees will be 8.75% of the sales price or $20, whichever is lower.

See the original May 12 announcement below for all options available for sellers.

Start selling!

Sincerely,
Dinesh Lathi
VP, Seller Experience

Of course this deal could end at some point in the not too distant future. I have seen people complain about this deal, but it is the only way I have listing anything for the last 5 months.

Chris

 

[Q-Eight]

I've probably got too many to even think of selling now. I was mostly curious as to what the lot would be worth. I've often figured it with the average cost of each tape around $50, x235 = $11,750 That seems awfully high, but even valuing each tape at $25 each = $5,875! As it's been said some are quite rare, most aren't. Some hold quite a lot of value, some don't.

I guess I'm trying to justify the whole collection. I do that sometimes. Same with my cars.... I have FIVE classic cars. If I stopped playing with cars and stopped playing with Quad, then what would I do?

Sad thing is, I don't feel I'm done with either. I have too many automotive projects to finish and others I haven't even begun. Ditto with Quad.... I still have a short list of Q8's I'd like to own before I could feel like my collection was "complete".

 

[wanners]

If I stopped playing with cars and stopped playing with Quad, then what would I do?

You would probably have a lot more money in the bank.

I'd think you could end up grossing at least 5 large, but remember that the costs on ebay might be more than you expect--not sure how much experience you have with ebay, but I tried to sell some guitars a while back, I couldn't move anything and ended up with a big bill for uploading pictures, etc. Was a waste--I'll probly try it again some time:alienrob:

 

[Chris Gerhard]

You would probably have a lot more money in the bank.

I'd think you could end up grossing at least 5 large, but remember that the costs on ebay might be more than you expect--not sure how much experience you have with ebay, but I tried to sell some guitars a while back, I couldn't move anything and ended up with a big bill for uploading pictures, etc. Was a waste--I'll probly try it again some time:alienrob:

List it at $5,000 on eBay using the method described above, you know exactly what the eBay cost will be, $0.00 if it doesn't sell and $20 if it does regardless of price. The PayPal fees will be $.40 plus whatever percentage is charged now, I believe 2.9.

Chris

 

[wanners]

Don't they charge for picture uploading? did they change something or did I get screwed? This was like 5 or 6 years ago that this happened to me.

 

[Chris Gerhard]

Don't they charge for picture uploading? did they change something or did I get screwed? This was like 5 or 6 years ago that this happened to me.

One picture is free and it can be a big one, whatever their file size limit is. $20 fee if it sells sure sounds reasonable to me, since it is risk free and costs nothing if it doesn't. There is also a chance whoever wins this would want to pay in person and pick it up in person, eliminating PayPal fees.

Chris

 

[arnold_layne]

Please don't put them on Ebay. Donate them to my favorite charity: ME!!!

J/K

That's a pretty sweet collection you have there. If you were to sell them, make sure you back them all up to DVD-A or MC wav's before selling them

A_L