CD Trader Ltd

166 reviews

3630 Brentwood Rd NW #306, Calgary, AB T2L 1K8, Canada

www.cdtrader.ca

+14032209470

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CD Trader Ltd is a DVD store located at 3630 Brentwood Rd NW #306, Calgary, AB T2L 1K8, Canada. It has received 166 reviews with an average rating of 3.8 stars.

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Hours

Monday12-6pm
Tuesday12-6pm
Wednesday12-6pm
Thursday12-6pm
Friday12-6pm
Saturday1-4pm
Sunday12-6pm

F.A.Q

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  • The address of CD Trader Ltd: 3630 Brentwood Rd NW #306, Calgary, AB T2L 1K8, Canada

  • CD Trader Ltd has 3.8 stars from 166 reviews

  • DVD store

  • "I desperately want to give NEGATIVE stars, but Google doesn't have that option"

    "My wife went into this store with 135 mint condition DVD movies and 30 series"

    "I brought in 15 boxes of great condition dvd’s Many of them series"

    "Time warp! Remember the days when you wanted new music and you would head to the music store at the local mall, spend 20 to 30 bucks on a CD that only had 2 good songs? Lol!! There is just something about flipping through records while drinking a smoothy, what about that cassette tape that you lent to your friend and never got it back!?! Last one, they broke into your car and stole your cd case!?!?CD trader is that place that fills those voids, they have a great selection, in good shape ,some music is even brand new unopened at a great price you'll see! So check them out they even have great deals on DVDs!"

    "I called to inquire if they had 6 DVDs I’m looking for and the guy barely listened to my list, put me on hold for 2-3 minutes and said “we don’t have any thanks” and hung up on me"

Reviews

  • Fennec Fox

I desperately want to give NEGATIVE stars, but Google doesn't have that option. I want to be extremely transparent, do not give this store a cent of your hard earned money. Either by purchasing or selling. You are very well buying stolen or dishonestly obtained items. Not only were we clearly AND I MEAN CLEARLY racially profiled by the owner, our items were terribly disrespected, broken and they blatantly and openly lied to our faces! We took our broken and disheveled items back, only to find several MISSING!!! If you must engage with this store, do NOT leave your items with them to review!!! Please read the reviews below, they are 100% correct! To the owners, know this, you get what you give. NO ONE leaves this life without Karma bitting at your back... good luck with that, its pretty damn clear Karma knows you well!

  • TJ Lupien

My wife went into this store with 135 mint condition DVD movies and 30 series. The owner told her to leave the store for 20 minutes while he looked at the dvd's. When she returned he gave her a mere $25 for 75. Movie titles and 30 TV series sets. This guy is a crook and I am going to report him and his shady business dealings and basically stealing. 75 + 30= 105 DVD,s total. So basically he paid about .23 cents a title for dvd's that were worth .75 cents to a $1.00 each. As well the TV series sets are at least worth $2.00 each. So let's see 75 movies × .75 = 56.25 + 30 × $2 = $60 ...total paid to me and my wife should have been $116.25 or there abouts. But no this scam artist. Ripped off my wife gave her a measly $25 dollars for around $120 worth of dvd's.

  • Darren Fuller

I brought in 15 boxes of great condition dvd’s Many of them series. I asked to be fair and if so I will sell them all. As I waited for half an hour I was told that they would take only a quarter of which I brought....and were offering. 25cents for singles and .50 cents for series. I would rather donate them all then to sell to these dishonest men. All I asked was to be fair and they low balled me like I didn’t have a clue. My advice, stay clear of these rip off artists and sell your stuff yourself at a garage sale because you will clearly get more money. This was a direct insult on my intelligence and I will make sure everyone I know will never do business with this establishment.

  • iL Dux

Time warp! Remember the days when you wanted new music and you would head to the music store at the local mall, spend 20 to 30 bucks on a CD that only had 2 good songs? Lol!! There is just something about flipping through records while drinking a smoothy, what about that cassette tape that you lent to your friend and never got it back!?! Last one, they broke into your car and stole your cd case!?!?CD trader is that place that fills those voids, they have a great selection, in good shape ,some music is even brand new unopened at a great price you'll see! So check them out they even have great deals on DVDs!

  • Zeba Rahman

I called to inquire if they had 6 DVDs I’m looking for and the guy barely listened to my list, put me on hold for 2-3 minutes and said “we don’t have any thanks” and hung up on me. I called back, he said “yeah I told you we don’t have any” and hung up on me again.. I called back a third time to let him know he was being disrespectful and he hung up AGAIN. Like, are you kidding me?? Worst customer service I have ever experienced in my entire life. If you’re going to run a store, the LEAST you could do is be respectful towards your customers. Never visiting.

  • Sean Simpson

Wow. They sell their products at an extremely good epics point, the best I have ever seen. When new movies cost 8$ here and 30$ at Best Buy, you know that they are doing something right. I have heard that selling them items is not the greatest, but I cannot comment on that as I have not done it yet. I do feel like I am being watched very very carefully, which does freak me out a little bit. But if you can handle the stares and somewhat disorganized selection, then you can find some truly epic deals.

  • Kevin Trigg

I had exactly the same experience as another reviewer, Darren Fuller, when it came to selling my CDs. Out of a box of approximately 190 CDs they wished to buy 75. Fair enough. But then they offered me $60 for the 75. Given that, apart from a 5 for $10 bin, the minimum price of the CDs they sell is $3, I asked them for $150 for the 75CDs - giving them at LEAST a 50% markup. They countered with $120 at which point I took my CDs and went home. They aren't interested in paying a fair price.

  • Brady Fullerton

Yeah the customer service is sketchy but where else are you going to find deals like this? Go prepared to haggle and really explore and you'll do well. I really have to praise their cd selection. It's unreal and the prices are amazing. Are cd's dead? Well, not for many audiophiles. Streaming is great but cd's are a very reasonable way to own your music at a higher quality than vinyl. Yes compression, mastering, loudness wars, etc. Do your research. Fight me. Love this place.

  • Stan Amies

Check in quite often when looking fir cds or dvds. Tremendous variety. BUT- be prepared to spend a lot of time on your knees searching through boxes of stuff looking for what you want. SO MANY of each (cds and dvds) and not a lot of organization so you have to search through stacks to find what you want. With the amount they have it is understandable how organization is difficult, if not nearly impossible. Fair prices though so worth the effort.

  • Garry Reid

This store has almost everything that you may be looking for. The used CD's are priced alright. Some of the "New Arrivals(used)", can be a bit pricey. However, the store is completely unorganized and can take forever to search. Time is of the essence! I would not recommend going here if your day is fulfilled, if you have that spare time to browse through CD's and DVD's since MOST are not alphabetically organized, you will be wasting your time.

  • Tony S.

I thought there were good prices. The cashier will change them when you bring them up to the counter. He initially said $5.00 for an item labelled $2.49/$4.49. I felt this was fair. He then looked at me looked back down and tried to rip off the sticker. He put a $10.00 sticker overtop and changed his answer to $10.00(double!). He did not even rip it all the way off as you can see the $4.49 part. It felt disrespectful and dishonest.

  • Positive Hopeful

Totally dishonest businessman. One day exchanged my blu-ray movies for 1 dollar each, today the price of each blu-ray exchange was 50 cents each. I traded in 9 movies [3 of them sealed and brand new] and I got a very poor deal. Even though I gave the guy 9 movies of mine [8 blu-rays, 1 dvd], I still had to pay for only 3 blu-rays that I bought from him. Stay away from CD trader! Their business practices are reprehensible.

  • Greg

Poor customer service. I found a movie I wanted that had a sticker price of $2.50. When I went to pay for it the older man said $3. I said $2.50? He said no, $3, and then took the blu-ray and started to pull off the $2.50 sticker, but because it wasn't coming off easily he also started to damage the plastic cover with his fingernails. Unbelievable. How does he expect to get repeat customers when he behaves this way?

  • Kooch

Left several boxes /totes of records to be "reviewed" by them. Came back to all of the boxes in disaray and un organized with some.records even broken in the box!! Then when i left with all the records discovered several missing records...so not only was it a waste of time but, but had several records gone missing!!! I would NEVER recommended anyone ever go to this place!!

  • Kurt Brooks

For a small shop it has a pretty large selection of decently priced DVDs. Definitely the best part of this shop. Blu-ray not so much. Don't even bother coming for the vinyl. Rough shape and very overpriced. You'd be better off giving your items to a thrift store if you can't sell them privately. Don't expect much help or friendliness from staff.

  • G Bell

Reasonable CD prices and good quality; they obviously sort their purchases before putting them up for sale. Decent selection for the size of the store and due to high turnover you can always find something if you take the time to sort through it all. Vinyl condition varies but much of it is priced very fair.

  • Martin Lee

Not a bad little hole-in-the-wall for people that like to browse through used CD & DVD stuff. There are fewer and fewer of these outlets as time goes by and the online media choices increase. Lots of good deals depending upon what you're looking for and the timing is right - just like going to Winners.

  • Warren Anderson

Most of my IMDB top rated DVD movie collection [comprising 400+ titles] were purchased here for a mere $2.00 each. Thats right...!!! $2.00...!!! Simply put - this is fantastic store. Great people. Excellent value for the money. Hard to beat their deals. I doubt if you can do better anywhere else

  • Kat Kitty

Was in here not long ago. The owner watches you like you're stealing rolexes or something. nothing great. Might find something decent but some things are slightly overpriced and it's kind of funny how he stands outside his store and watches directly and see if your thiefing lol

  • Adam Lakusta

I've never sold CDs or movies, so this is purely coming from a buyer's perspective. They have decent prices, lots of variety, and a reasonably well organized space. I always get the vibe that I'm being watched like a hawk in there, so that's why I'm not giving a 5 star rating.

  • J O

Usually decent prices, but sometimes they seem randomly chosen (for better or worse). They add to their stock quite frequently, so if you go once a week the section you like looking at most will have a fair bit of new things. 1 in 10 albums are pretty scratched though.

  • Marina Phillips

They may have a good selection to buy but don't bother taking your old dvds or cds there to sell. He offered me a whole $10 for several items that were worth far more even 2nd hand. Total waste of time going there! I got a fair price of $150 elsewhere.

  • Jennifer Love

Signage in store says "We buy CD's". Which is not entirely true. First was quoted 10 for 20 cds and then quickly changed his response to 5 for 20 cd. If you happen to look at anything in store, they all of a sudden only willing to offer a trade.

  • rr

Good selection on tapes CDs and vinyl,, found a few decent Blu-rays, and lots DVD deals as you walk in the store. It can get a little crowded as the store is smaller, but it is worth going and browsing as there are always a few surprises I

  • Opto Phobe

Aug 2023: Have been going to this store on occasion for many years. The last time I went I found the movies were quite cheap but the prices for CDs have increased significantly to the point where it's likely almost the same price to buy

  • Tim H

The gentleman at the store (I think he was the owner) was very friendly and easy to talk to. Helpful with what I was looking for, and provided good information on possibly bringing them some CD's and DVD's that I am not using.

  • Lonnie Taylor

Hit and miss selection and quality. I'd love shopping the record collection if there weren't so many scratched records. Probably a great place to shop if you want lots of selection in DVD. I don't come here for the CDS.

  • Ted O'Grady

Regular haunt of me for hunting records and CDs. Small collection of records but they seem to rotate regularly. Lots of CDs with some organization. Have found a good number of diamonds in the rough for a good price.

  • Candace Prather

This is a very interesting quiet place to peruse CDs and find some treasures. The stock moves as trades come in and it is curated. I think pricing does reflect value. Very satisfied with my purchases. Yay!

  • Chris Parsons

At first I thought it was a play on words, Seedy Trader because I forgot that CDs existed, but this place is legit. I didn't buy any CDs but I looked in the Pop/Rock box, good selection. They buy CDs also.

  • Meghan Crawford

The guy working there is very rude. Dropped several of the cds I brought in for him to look at. Had no care or respect for my items. Wasted 45 minutes of my time to make me an incredibly insulting offer.

  • P Thair

Be careful to check that the right album is in the sleeve. I purchased a Stevie wonder that should have had 3 albums and I only recd 2 and one if them was Marvin Gaye. My fault for not checking better

  • Ian Scott

I shop here often. There is an okay selection of vinyl records, many of them new, and they have tons of cheap CDs and DVDs. They also take your unwanted items in trade or for cash. A good shop!

  • Bimbibenny

Good prices, and an excellent selection. However, they would benefit from having better store hours, as well as having their collection catalogued (might be somewhat tough though). Great job!

  • Brayden Lowe

I have been going to CD Trader for years, and the prices have always seemed fair and the selection plentiful. Small store so sometimes it can get a little crowded during peak times.

  • Jasmin and Muna

A lot of reasonably priced CD's and sets of movie series that take you down memory lane. I keep going back for kids' movies to keep mine occupied in the backseat of the car …

  • erin hansen

Good pricing , but horrible customer service , and maybe if they open and close on a time there website says instead of when is convenient for them they may get better business.

  • Maddy Strange

I go here ALL THE TIME and absolutely love it!! You can pretty much always find what you're looking for, be it a CD, a DVD or even a poster! awesome selection of stuff as well!

  • Moonlight Rituhell

While the store is a bit of a mess, there was lots of great stuff available. Ended up grabbing a few rare CD's and took a look at some blu rays. Definitely worth stopping in.

  • Star Lord * Avenger

Good selection of various movies and CDs. The staff need to show more consideration to customers if they improve this it would greatly improve the score and the store.

  • Leeky Sweek

Some amazing deals. Some crouching but they do way they can with the space they have. Not terribly generous when buying but that keeps their inventory prices low.

  • Richard Cooper

Lots of cds, movies etc for awesome prices. Better to buy whole cds and convert to mp3's when it only costs $2 per CD instead of buying songs individually online.

  • Mark Scheuer

Terrible - hours are different than stated online, and aren't even the same as the handmade sign taped to the entrance... this app wouldn't let me put 0 stars

  • Jeff Marsh

Exactly what you'd expect a used CD store to be ( if you are old enough to remember the heydays of CDs). It's great that there is still one of these in town!

  • Dave Bassi

Fantastic store, great prices and selection to the point where I would consider this place a treasure trove for the serious collector of music and movies.

  • Daniel Michael B

Owners are rude and follow you around like you're gonna steal a 2$ cd but this is the only store i know that has a big selection of cds and dvds.

  • erin matthews

Supposed to open at 11. Waited around for half an hour on a Saturday morning. Lights are still off. Won't bother going out of my way again.

  • Fabian Parra

Customer service is not as goos as it could be, but the albums you can find at this place are great! The condition and prices are good to.

  • Matthew Wright

Love this little shop! Lots of great deals if you have the time to sift through it all. DVD’s and Blu-rays are mostly what I come for.

  • Chris

Nice variety of CDs, and movies. Has some records too. I find more music here than on any sunrise store. Give these fellow a try

  • Kevin Butts

Offered me $60 for probably $400+ worth of blurays...what a joke. May be a good place to buy, but take your selling elsewhere

  • Chet

Great selection of used DVDs and Blu-ray's. Really good pricing. Have found great stuff here in the past on many occasions.

  • D Bits

Wish things were a bit better laid out, but the selection is always a bit different and I've found numerous treasures here.

  • Allan Thomson

Old school used record & movie store. Not big enough to have a huge selection, but pretty decent and the prices are good.

  • Ted Szabunio

Need to spend several days sorting through tremendous amount of stock. Hoping you can get what you are looking for.

  • Jeff MacKay

Great place to dig for vinyl gems. Also, for $2 a CD, you can't go wrong stocking up the 1997 sun visor CD holder.

  • Kerry Smyke

Best prices and selection that I've found in a used cd store in a very long time. Will definitely be back again.

  • Usman Alim

Small but decent collection of records. Have bought a few from this place and they all are in pretty good shape.

  • Riad Ahmed

It was quite! Prices were cheap. Neat place. Made nostalgic. Its a surprise how this shop still in the business!

  • Braydon Munro

Looking for a diamond in the rough? Come here! Great selection for any music/movie collector at amazing prices

  • p sparks

Selection is a good size if you are a buyer. If you want to sell your CDs or DVDs this is not a good value.

  • Maximiliano Lozano-Sarmiento

Got 6 Rachmaninoff CDs for just $15! The owner was quiet but helpful when needed. I'll be coming back :)

  • Ron McMahon

Excellent selection of CDs, DVDs at a great price. They also have lots of vinyl and some tapes to boot.

  • Richard Johnson

The prices changed based on what I was interested in. I prefer to pay what the price is supposed to be.

  • Becca Jayne

I went here with my step mother the other day and they had a ton of CDs and stuff for good prices

  • Christopher S.

You always find something worth buying here. I almost have an addiction just visiting this place.

  • Daniel Bickell

They have a very good selection and a couple of good CDs that I bought. Different but it's okay.

  • C K

Great selection on DVDs and CDs. Good deals when buying multiples as with individual prices.

  • Roxi Bara

Small shop where you can find DVD's and CD's with music, movies, TV shows at a great price.

  • Doug Vale

The owners of this store are cheapy the cheapskates. Don't recommend doing business here.

  • Rae Weniger

After Joni Mitchell- not even a section for this prolific songstress with Canadian roots!

  • Christa Price

They have hidden gems and some of them are dirt cheap. Also has alot of random things

  • Tony

huge selection of DVDs, CDs and also some vinyl with very good prices for everything

  • z k

It’s 1145 on a Friday and they’re not open I guess they make their own hours

  • Farah Kandil

i love this place so much :) lots of different unique cds for great prices!

  • Len Hatchett

A great deal to choose from and at reasonable prices. Great little place.

  • B M

Lots of selection here for CDs and bluray movies. Not too busy either

  • Dave Chow

I sold cds and lps to cd trader . they paid me cash and they are fair

  • Thomas Kjaersgaard

Good little shop, can usually find something in the vinyl section

  • Steve Wilson

Great selection of used cds. I found some rare classic rock.

  • Daniel

Good prices on CDs. Very well organized for the most part.

  • Nathan Iles

Amazing selection of movies and music, a real hidden gem!

  • Keith L (The furnace guy)

Excellent selection. Shopped here before and will again.

  • mike hertling

Fantastic cd selection at the best prices in Calgary

  • Marika Pittman

Takes searching but this place always has some gems!

  • Patrick M

Love these guys, always find really good stuff here

  • Manu

Good selection of used country music and blues CDs

  • dianna shand

Great place. Friendly and helpful. Great selection

  • Mahmood Tejpar

Amazing place, friendly and very reasonable price

  • Mason Marlatt

Great spot! Fair price for used CD's and movies.

  • Graham Sucha

So much retro cds and dad's. Prices are a steal

  • Adam Heinrick

My absolute favorite place to go on pay day!

  • Thomas Kjaersgaard

Always a mixed bag of goodies, nice owners

  • Robert Moore

Large selection of used DVDs, cd's,records

  • Roberto Perez

Nice CD selection. Even some good movies.

  • Stewart Meow

Only spot open during covid. Average A&W

  • Joey Hertling

Always interesting new CDs and cassettes

  • Marc MacLean

Good store. Good selection. Nice staff.

  • tom imeson

Huge inventory and good price s as well

  • Brian Humphrey

Good selection, little dark and cramped

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