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Condition Requirements

BOOKS
 
Books must be in good or better condition for them to be accepted at the full price quoted.  Here are book conditions we do NOT accept:
 
  • Has gotten wet/moist from any liquid (water, coffee, tea, etc.). Pages are wavy, crinkled, stuck together, stained or have mold/mildew, etc).
  • Missing pages (either part or all of a page or pages).
  • Stained pages (minor stains are OK but a deduction will be taken, see below).
  • Chewed on by dog, cat, etc.
  • Strong odor from smoke, perfume, musty, etc).
  • Loose/broken/damaged binding, spine or has loose pages even if included.
  • More than 6 pages having a rip or tear. Books with 1 - 5 pages with a rip or tear will be purchased but a deduction will be taken, see below.
  • Excessive highlighting/underlining no more than 30% of the pages may have highlighting or underlining on them*. Books with between 10% and 30% are acceptable but a deduction will be taken, see below.
  • Excessive writing, including margin notes, no more than 10% of the pages may have writing or notes on them*.
  • Any book with vulgar, profane or inappropriate handwriting.
  • Any book that has random markings or drawings, etc.
  • Any book with excessive writing or markings on the page edges
  • Partial sets (IE Sending volume 1 of a 2 volume set, unless you entered the ISBN for just that particular volume.)
  • Any book that has "Property of" or similar stamped, labeled or written on the exterior of the front or rear cover.
  • Any book that has been re-bar-coded, re-labeled or taped up to conceal the true identity of the book (international textbook re-bar-coded with US edition ISBN, Instructors'/teachers' edition taped up to make it appear as a student edition, etc.).
  • Books that have been poorly repaired.
  • Unbound or partially bound books.
  • Books that are cut or have hole(s) drilled in them (ie. a portion of the book has been cut off whether it be part of the cover and/or pages a hole or holes drilled through the book.
  • Any item missing the cover (front or back) or having any portion of the cover missing.
  • Excessive wear or abuse. 
  • Tears/rips or bends in hardcover book covers
  • Pages stuck together, from moisture, gum or other substance
 
* If a book has 500 pages and 50 pages have just one word highlighted on each of those 50 pages that represents 10% of the pages being marked.
 

The following book conditions WILL be purchased but, DISCOUNTED at the following percentages:
 
  • Missing dust jackets (or in poor condition) (10%)
  • Ex-library book – (has library markings) (25%)
  • Teachers or Instructors edition including annotated (use the “student edition” ISBN on the back cover) (50%)
  • Missing an accompaniment (CD, DVD, etc) or if they are not working, not original or cracked/broken (see Special Notes for higher education books below) (60%)
  • Short rips/tears to 5 or less pages (25%)
  • Minor stains (25%)
  • Excessive highlighting/underlining (more than 10% but less than 30% of all pages have a mark on them (30%)
  • Excessive labels (30%)
  • Excessive wear (40%)
  • Incomplete packaged (50%)
 
We do NOT purchase the following kinds/types of books:
 
  • International, economy editions including eastern economy editions, or low cost editions (mainly textbooks) marked with wording similar to these statements "not for sale in the US or North America", "for use outside the US", may not be re-exported" or similar.
  • Books marked “FREE”, “Not for Sale”, “Review Copy” or “Not for Re-Sale” or similar.
  • No advanced reading copies, uncorrected proofs, promotional or “screener” copies. The ISBN that is listed is for the general release of the book and NOT for the advanced reading copy, uncorrected proofs, promotional or “screener” copy.
  • NO PORNOGRAPHY or books with PROFANE words in the title or on the cover.
  • Condensed or “Reader’s Digest” books
  • "Fill in the blank/answer" books that have the answers/blanks/etc. completed including circled or checked answers.
  • Non-ISBN books
  • Calendars
  • Books with more than 25% blank pages (journals, diaries, etc)
  • Special Notes for higher education books:
  • Books that originally came with CD’(s)/ DVD’(s)
  • Textbooks should include the ORIGINAL working CD(s) and/or DVD(s), etc.. Books arriving without these items will have a 60% deduction taken. This deduction will be taken even if our site does not indicate "required materials" but the book originally came with CD(s) and/or DVD(s), etc. (Access codes are NOT required when selling a book that came with an access code).
 
        Access Codes
 
  • Occasionally we buy JUST the access code (sold under a separate ISBN from the book) these include Infotrac, Blackboard, My____Lab, etc., these MUST be sealed from the manufacturer and have never been opened or used. 
        Study Guides/Workbooks/Lab Manuals/Solutions Manuals, Handbooks or other "fill in the blank/answer" type books.
 
  • May have limited highlighting and underlining but NO writing, including circled or check answers and NO missing or loose pages.
 
        Packaged Books
 
  • Must contain all items included in the original packaging, even if our site does not indicate "required materials". (Except for access codes)
 
We reserve the right to determine your books condition upon receipt. If any of them are rejected or discounted, we will inform you by email as to why.
 
 
MOVIES (DVD & Blu-Ray) and VIDEO GAMES
 
Movies and Video Games must be in very good or better condition for them to be accepted at the full price quoted.  Here are movie and video games conditions we do NOT accept:
 
  • Discs with deep scratches (light and medium scratches are ok but will be discounted (see below)
  • Discs that are cracked, chipped or have pin holes.
  • Discs that skip, crash or otherwise do not play or function as intended.
  • Items missing original artwork (cover art), liner notes, booklets, tray linings, etc. or any of the above being in poor condition (moisture damage, stains, rips/tears, writing/markings, stickers etc.) Video games missing instruction manuals will be discounted - see below.
  • Multi disc sets including box sets missing discs or containing discs that do not meet our condition requirements.
  • Items missing cases (Jewel cases, title boxes, slip cases, etc)
  • Games missing accessories including controllers that were originally packaged with it.
  • Items with missing or damaged “specialized packaging” (box sets, cartridge games missing holders, etc.)
  • Discs with markings, stickers or etc. on them.
  • Cartridge games having labels that are missing or not in good condition.
  • Non working/functioning cartridge games
  • Movies/games that do not match what the case or box indicates

 

The following movies and video games conditions WILL be purchased but, DISCOUNTED at the following percentages:

  • Discs having light scratches will be discounted $1.00 per disc
  • Discs having medium scratches will be discounted $1.50 per disc
  • Video Games missing instruction manuals or that are not in good condition will be discounted $1.00
  • Jewel cases that are cracked, broken, drilled, punched, slashed/cut, damaged, do not hold the disc(s) securely or do not close properly will be discounted $0.75
  • Disc type cases that are cracked, broken, drilled, punched, slashed/cut, damaged, do not hold the disc(s) securely or do not close properly do will be discounted $1.00


Movies and Video Games we do NOT purchase:
 
  • Any movie that is NOT region 1 (US & Canada) or Region Free/All
  • Any game that is NOT US/English language.
  • Any item marked free, promotional, not for sale, etc.
  • Any item that is NOT original (bootlegged, pirated, foreign copy, etc.)
  • DIVX discs.
  • Any item that is EX-rental.
 
We reserve the right to determine your movie and video games condition upon receipt. If any of these are rejected or discounted, we will inform you by email as to why.

 

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