Last Updated On: 6/29/2010 8:01:01 AM
You can make money without even leaving your house by selling your unwanted books, CDs, DVDs, electronic games and even cell phones.
There are dozens of sites that offer to buy used books, but bookscouter.com combines them all so it's easy to compare offers. Enter the International Standard Book Number that's on the back of the book and find out how much money you can make. Many buyers even pay shipping and provide a shipping label you can print from your computer.
Lori Vann of Newnan made $58 in five minutes by selling a college textbook. "I went online this morning, entered in the number and $58 came up. I said 'Score!' I'm selling it," she said.
Novels and children's books typically fetch around $1.50 dollar each, but that can add up if you have many used books to sell.
Cashforcds.com and secondspin.com are sites that purchase used compact discs, depending on what is in demand at any given time. Current popular music discs will garner around $1 each.
Cellforcash.com is a website that purchases used cell phones.
Buymytronics.com and gazelle.com also buy old cell phones iPods, computers and game consoles.
