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But it&#8217;s getting harder.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this stuff haunts me nearly every day. The chair where I usually work on my laptop sits right next to the tower containing my CDs.<\/p>\n<p>I have a pretty decent music collection. Some of the CDs go back to college. I even have the first CD I ever bought in there, R.E.M.&#8217;s debut album, &#8220;Murmur.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I also have a bunch of duds. Sometimes I would look over at the stacks of CDs and wonder what possessed me to buy some of the selections.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I took a bold step forward. I decided to sell my CDs on eBay.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This doesn&#8217;t mean I am abandoning my love of music. The reason the CDs continued to sit in the corner next to my swivel rocker is because I burned the songs I like onto my computer a long time ago. In fact, I have almost everything I like to hear on two computers.<\/p>\n<p>I saw no real reason to keep all these CDs in the house if I could find someone willing to give me money for them. Not only have I made a nice little profit &#8211; OK, it&#8217;s not a profit since I paid a lot more than I&#8217;m getting &#8211; but I have also gotten a glimpse into the whole eBay culture.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, people ask a lot of questions. Well, not a lot, but they ask the same question a lot &#8211; what is the condition of the CD? Listen, people. I&#8217;m selling you a CD for as low as $1. Isn&#8217;t that enough for you?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just na\u00efve. I don&#8217;t think people are out there ripping others off for $1 plus shipping. I have managed to give polite answers. I guess the whole concept of caveat emptor has disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>I have also learned that eBay really does prove that one man&#8217;s trash is another man&#8217;s treasure. I sold one CD for $11. 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