Congratulations to Jimkk, who won last week's giveaway, New Closets from Astech Closet.
Item: Four Bags of CD's - Estimated at Over 400, along with misc. DVD and Video Tapes
Description: Okay, this is a weird one, but we found four HUGE shopping bags of good CD's (and a few DVD's and tapes) in the hallway from the fashion company that moved out and we thought it would be genius to creatively recycle them. We've already gone through and ripped a few to our iPod, and now they need to find a better home...
They all look like hip new bands along with a bunch of biggies like Clay Aiken, Kayne West and Sarah Mclachlan . It's a bit random, but there are a ton, many look like promotional, record label giveaways and they're all in excellent condition.
We tried to take pics that showed what they looked like. We'd like to find a good home, someone who will put them to good use and REQUIRE that you come to our office and pick them up yourself.
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FOR THIS GIVEAWAY YOU MUST PICK UP THE CD'S AT OUR OFFICES (9-5PM WEEKDAYS, 22 HOWARD STREET, NYC)
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I'm game.
view DKinNY's profile
Me too.
view Mimi's profile
ohhh hoobstank and clay aiken- yeah!
view brooklynjennie's profile
Yes!
view Ramstone's profile
I would love to win seeing as I'm probably the only 23 year old in the world without an ipod...so I'm still needing CD's. Pick me yay!
view lisser's profile
Why not? Whatever I don't need will get passed on. Or converted into someone senior year art project.
view hmr's profile
Please pick me!!! Believe it or not, I still have a portable CD player (and use it!). I'd love to contribute to the CD-sharing club here in my office also (cure to the ban of internet radio). Thank you!
view Yuliz's profile
consider this an entry on behalf of your local library. for others who are ripping their collections- please consider donating your old movies and CDs. You get a tax deduction, and tons of people get to enjoy your donation! Using the library is a great way to reduce unnecessary consumption.
view erica's profile
i think this giveaway should include some mod CD storage piece as well...
view yeahjules's profile
Hey this is great- someone broke into my apt and stole all my ipods on Saturday night so this would be a great reason to buy myself a new one!
view Haverly's profile
These would be great to pass around the office and share with my co-workers.
view formandfunction's profile
Any classic rock in there? I'm in the middle of a Clapton obsession.
view mdtown531's profile
mmmkay
view kdkaboom's profile
um, hi? cd's? yes. yes, i still love 'em.
(although erica up there is right: the library might need them more than me.)
view katiebug's profile
Yes! I keep losing CDs and their conversions through my own and various electronic malfunctions. It would be nice to get some more music in my life.
view newinny's profile
I'm with erica on this one, but consider this an entry from your favorite college library in the NYC area. (If you would take entries from all areas, I'd have entered for my own college library, where i happen to be employed) Often college libraries and media centers get neglected.
view streepyj's profile
I love free stuff. If you got free CDs send them my way please.
view Trumystique's profile
Cds? How retro!(kidding). I also like the rip and donate idea.
view mellon's profile
Yes please.
view Doug's profile
me and my ipod would be very happy
view New York Muhtari's profile
i'd like to rip a few and then donate to the library
view apmc's profile
if by "creatively recycle" you mean a robin-hood style steal-and-give, i'm down.
i've already thought of 7 different ways to destroy the clay aiken cd.
view LGE's profile
I'm in!
view peanut's profile
sign me up.
view cviehe's profile
Me, me, me!
view theora55's profile
I think it would be nice to have a collective win on this one - have the collection of CDs rotate through a few people.
view sciencegeek's profile
I admit it. I still use cds.
view Comicgeek's profile
I'm a metalhead, but even I know I'd find some "guilty pleasure" CD's in that collection... just don't tell my friends.
view kdub's profile
I still use CD's, LP's, Cassettes and even 8-tracks. I would love this collection.
view suzy8track's profile
Cd's have better sound quality on an Ipod then the songs from iTunes...heck yeah I'm in!
view miss elle's profile
Um YES!
view ee2485's profile
AWESOME!
view Eric P.'s profile
More music?! Yes please. I also like the idea of donating to a library.
view Bridget212323's profile
i LIVE for finding cheap cd's in the east village. this would be an early christmas present for me. please!
view sussbus's profile
i guess im in !
view ohjacobk's profile
yes please!
view lovelanewest's profile
oh crap! I didn't realize that you had to be a New York city resident...boo hoo!
view suzy8track's profile
okie dokie, I'm in.
view mordy6's profile
I want these! I'll donate what I don't want.
view theambershow's profile
I would donate after ripping of course.
view Lulu731's profile
wow, after losing a ton of music when our harddrive crapped out on us a few weeks ago, this would be an awesome way to restock our itunes! and then donate to a good cause of course :-)
view birch handmade's profile
I've recently shed my apartment of pile of promo CDs from my own collection. (from the photo it looks like some of them might have been freebies from record labels.)
This is more a note to others who are thinking about getting rid of their own promo CDs than free ones you've found. Technically if they are promo CDs you are NOT supposed to resell them nor give them to other people. Many promo CDs are watermarked and the "owner's" name will be connected to them if they somehow end up in ripped MP3 form on the internet.
Donating non watermarked albums to the library is a good option. But since I'm totally paranoid about getting reamed by the RIAA or a label so I cut my CDs and then drop them off at techno trash events in the NYC area. The next one is on 23rd street near Tekeserve at the end of this month. They'll take them w/ a big haul they send to GreenDisk and your CDs and cases are then recycled.
view laurany's profile
Me...because I just moved to New York and still have all my stuff in Los Angeles in storage. I'm going to need the CDs to play in the stereo as I decorate my new 1 bedroom apt.
view MilenaB.'s profile
Oh sure... There is sure to be lots of stuff I don't have...
view Devyn's profile
I'll have a go at those CDs!
view rchang's profile
I'm game. And then we can work on a remodel, because 400 CDs probably take up the remaining living space I have. :P
view pen_b's profile
yay cds..
view Gauze's profile
oh how great..as I've had my entire music collection stolen twice within the past few years. Very sweet offer.
view or's profile
Ohh, fabulousssss.
view simiya's profile
Sounds pretty awesome
view Andrew D.'s profile
do want
view the7000club.net's profile
Speaking of cds, what can you do with the jewel cases, if you just want to keep the cds (in cd albums)? I hate just throwing all that plastic away. And they're not recyclable, even in SF.
view lolax's profile
Count me in! I'll keep some and donate some.
view Taterz's profile
I'm in!
view JK21's profile
I'm your huckleberry.
view yDaddy's profile
I love more tunes anytime.
view weezerad79's profile
Hooray!!!
view tutae's profile
Omigod! I won the new closet makeover! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm anxiously awaiting my official notification!
view jimkk's profile
I'm in!
view jrd550's profile
I'm in too!
view yesisaworld's profile
Sure, why not.
view hejiranyc's profile
congrats on the closet makeover jimkk
view Detomor's profile
I'm game. Whatever I don't want I'll put in prop storage at work, I always need more set dressing.
view skreinking's profile
Woo, Franz Ferdinand!
view ack's profile
I'm in too. I like creative recycling!
view entee's profile
i'm in! reuse recycle baby!
view gemion's profile
I'm in... fingers crossed.
view Pearly135's profile
Can I share them with Erica? We could have a laptop ripping party for AT! I think she deserves to win for her great idea....
view Clairepetrol's profile
Even if a lot of the discs are duds, I've been itching to made a cd side table like the one that was on AT recently (smallest coolest? house tour?). And I promise to share the audio wealth!
view steph in nj's profile
Me, please.
view zv's profile
sounds exciting!
view tristerosdemon's profile
pick me. please.
:)
view paperdoll222's profile
Lolax- you can send your cd jewel cases to GreenDisk.com, or find a local store who does collections for them. You could also donate empty cases to your local library, those that lend out CDs are often in need of non-broken cases.
view laurany's profile
I hope that I am the fortunate one.
view preppypunknyc's profile
ah would be perfect for my muji cd player!
view mikey_hong's profile
My boombox says please feed me
view kjoak's profile
winning this would be great!!
view rfew's profile
I guess these were too heavy for the fashion company to bother with hahaha...
Oh well our gain-GLAD you guys ripped a few choice discs first.
view AT'erapy 's profile
Whitestarr? I'm so there.
view claracg's profile