discussion Old magazines, is there a market for them?

[Neil]

Hello,

I did a brief search so apologies if this has been asked and answered previously.

Has anyone had success selling, or maybe just donating old magazines? I did try selling on ebay a while ago but had no interest.
I have full sets of Airfix Modellers World from 2015 onwards which are just taking up room so wondering if anyone has successfully sold or donated similar items in the past?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Neil. Short answer is no. I got rid of a great many a few years ago. I managed to find someone interested in my old railway mags, and gave them away. All the rest ended up as landfill as I couldn’t even give them away.

 

[pjgtech]

Few years back I had several of the very old Airfix mags, eg: the red tops from 1960's, including issue 1, (June 1960) plus an issue 1 of the newer mag (Sept 1988), plus a few annuals, etc. Looked into selling them, but no interest, think I gave them to a charity shop when we moved here (about three and a bit years ago). Maybe a model club may want them?

 

[Geoffers]

I tried selling some a tea years back and never had a sniff

Give it a go if you want you never know you’re luck but don’t make any plans to retire on the proceeds.

Geoff.

 

[LeytonO]

Count yourself lucky if you can get someone to take them away for nothing.

 

[minitnkr]

We have a used bookstore that will take them & sometimes will pay us.

 

[Neil]

I’ve found a large plastic box, put them in that and hidden them under a table - because that solves the problem now if only I didn’t have a new one every month… I really ought to go digital when I renew the subscription.