| Who doesn't need more cash this holiday season? | | | | your big discount merchant will not take the box of |
| Almost every consumer has a pile of cash sitting on | | | | used CDs, DVDs, books and games off your hands. |
| the shelves and bookcases of their home and | | | | They are focused entirely on selling new product at |
| probably doesn't even know it. Okay, not cash literally, | | | | new product prices. Entertainment specialty stores, |
| but most people do have entertainment items that can | | | | however, are a great source for buying and selling |
| be traded for cash or store credit. Gently used CDs, | | | | used products. They will give you cash or store credit |
| DVDs, Blu-rays, video games and books can be a | | | | for your products and while you are there you may |
| budget saver for gift givers during this holiday season. | | | | even find a used copy of a book or movie that you |
| Those movies that you haven't watched in a year, the | | | | have been wanting at a fraction of the cost of new. It |
| CD you have already burned into your iTunes library, | | | | is a winning proposition for both you and the store. This |
| the game you have conquered and the book you read | | | | is one of the major advantages the entertainment |
| last month can be recycled for new products or cash. | | | | specialty retailers have over their big box competitors. |
| Think about your movie or music collection for | | | | Aside from much bigger selection, you can save big by |
| example. Most people have titles that they have not | | | | shopping the used racks at these stores and they |
| watched or listened to in a long time. These items can | | | | allow you to recycle your old product for cash. |
| mean cash or store credit for you while representing a | | | | So, if someone on your list would enjoy the new Dan |
| bargain to the consumer who re-purchases them. The | | | | Brown book, the latest Taylor Swift CD, the "Harry |
| book you have read and enjoyed can bring cash to | | | | Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" DVD or a new |
| you and delight to another reader. It's an | | | | game, bring in your old products and you just might |
| environmentally friendly way to get cash for the | | | | wind up getting that special person a great gift for |
| holidays while recycling your entertainment products. | | | | free! |
| Most gamers are done playing a game once they | | | | Take a look at what you have in your bookcase, on |
| have conquered it or they may have upgraded to a | | | | DVD/Blu-ray and on your CD shelves. You just might |
| newer version of a favorite game. The choice is to let | | | | have the solution to the tight budget holiday dilemma. |
| the old title collect dust on a shelf somewhere or to | | | | Those movies, music, books and games can mean a |
| turn it in for store credit or cash toward a new game. | | | | merrier Christmas for you and the people on your list. |
| These items can't be re-sold at every store. Certainly | | | | |