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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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