10 Legal Ways to Find Cheap Music

7. Flea markets: If you have a local flea market in your area, this can be a great place to pick up music at a steep discount. Many people at flea markets will be selling music. The one thing that you may need to be careful about is to make sure that the music is genuine and not an illegal copy.

8. Garage and moving sales: While it's probably not worth your time to go on garage sale excursions for the sole purpose of finding music, if you happen to drive by one during your normal routine, it is definitely worth stopping for a minute to see what music they may have for sale. Since most music being sold at garage sales is music the people no longer want or need, it can mean getting music for dirt cheap.

9. Online auctions: Another place where you can find music offered for well under retail price is on online auctions such as eBay. Here you should be able to find anything that you might possibly want. Deals can be especially good if you find someone selling an entire collection in a music genre that you enjoy, or listing bulk CD auctions. Just be careful to note the shipping costs before bidding, as some sellers try to make their profit there.

10. Used CDs: No matter what, you should never pay full-price for your music, especially if the song or album is more than a month old. You can get music for a fraction of its retail price by purchasing it used at sites like SecondSpin, Spun or half.com.

By using the above sources to help fill out the majority -- if not all -- of your music collection, you should be able to save hundreds of dollars off the retail price while getting much more music than if you relied on your local music store or iTunes exclusively.