![]() She said about half of the store’s regular customers routinely sell used CDs, a big part of the store’s business. Vicek said they offer both cash and trade-in, which might appeal more to shoppers than the gift cards on Amazon. “I think that will probably have some impact on independent record stores.”Īt Sonic Boom, depending upon the condition and the number of CDs in stock, the record store will pay anywhere from $1 to $6 for old CDs. “It is definitely a little bit of a bummer,” said Danielle Vicek, a sales associate at the Ballard store. Now, with the introduction of the trade-in program for CDs, might this be another nail in the coffin for small, indie music stores? I wondered about that so I called my local music shop, Seattle’s Sonic Boom to get their take on Amazon’s new trade-in program.Īs you can imagine, they weren’t too pumped to hear the news.
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