Want to find out how you can turn your gently loved books into credit to be used at our store?

Please read over our Trade In Policy below to learn how! 

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Blue Vase Books, LLC Trade In Policy

Please read carefully before trading books in

 

HOW OUR EXCHANGE POLICY WORKS

You may bring your gently used books anytime during our regular business hours. We will evaluate up to 25 books per day, per family, no exceptions. When you come in, check in at the Trade in Counter with a Blue Vase employee. We will have you fill out an Exchange Request Form and get to work processing your books! The time it takes us to process your order will depend on how many orders are ahead of you. This may take anywhere from 5-45 minutes. If you need to leave the store before your books have been assessed, you must pick up your credit slip by the end of the next business day (business days count as regular store hours, or Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday each week). Credit slips and any books that we can not accept that have not been claimed by the end of the following business day will be considered a donation to Blue Vase Books, LLC. 

 

HOW MUCH CREDIT WE GIVE PER BOOK

We offer store credit only, not cash, for your qualifying books. Generally we offer a two-for-one exchange rate, meaning we will give you half of how much we can sell an item in the store for. For example, a hardcover book costs $3.99, so we can give you $1.99 in store credit for qualifying books. 

 

WHAT CAN STORE CREDIT BE USED ON

Your store credit will be good on all regularly priced books, DVDs, & audio books. You cannot use store credit on new individually marked merchandise, apparel, gift cards, vinyl records, or cafe items. 

 

HOW MUCH STORE CREDIT CAN BE USED

You can use your store credit to cover one-half of your total purchase. For example, if you have $25 in store credit to use, and your purchase comes to $25, you may use up to $12.50 of your store credit towards your purchase. The rest can be paid for using cash or card. 

 

WHAT COUNTS AS A QUALIFYING BOOK

Generally, a qualifying book is any book in good condition that meets a number of criteria, including the book's popularity, salability, current inventory levels, and more. All books evaluated must be recent enough to have a barcode or ISBN number printed on the back. If we do not feel confident that we can resell your books, we will not accept them as trade-ins. A member of our team will scan every book through our software to check for these criterias and determine whether we are able to accept your book for trade credit. 

 

While there are some exceptions, we most likely will not accept the following:

• Library discards

• Book club editions

• Multi-volume sets (like encyclopedias or Time Life sets)

• Reader’s Digest condensed books

• Any book that is dated 

• Magazines

• Any book without a barcode or ISBN number

• Harlequin romance novels

• Advanced reader copies

• Bibles (we give them away)

 

WHY WE DIDN’T ACCEPT YOUR BOOKS

We take great pride in the quality and selection of our books because we know that is important to you. There will most likely be books that you bring in that we cannot accept for trade.Reasons that we may or may not accept a book could be any of the following: 

• The book is in too poor condition for us to resell (see our Condition Guidelines)

• We have or receive too many copies of the title or author

• We are not confident that we can resell the book

• The book is not recent enough to have a barcode or ISBN number printed on the back of the book 

 

We do not give credit for any media, including DVDs, CDs, audio books, puzzles, and vinyl records. We cannot discard VHS or cassette tapes for you. 

 

Our staff always reserves the right to reject any material for any reason, as they see fit.

 

STORE CREDIT VALIDATION PERIOD

All store credit must be used within 1 year of the date of receipt. 

Because credit slips are dated, we cannot combine two credit slips into one. We will always use the oldest credit slip first, unless otherwise directed. 

 

LOST OR STOLEN CREDIT SLIPS

At this time we do not keep a record of store credit paid out, so it is your responsibility to keep track of your receipt. We are not able to reproduce lost or stolen credit slips. 

 

I WANT TO GIVE MY CREDIT TO SOMEONE ELSE

Feel free to pass along your credit slip to whomever you choose! Just give the recipient the receipt, and be sure to let them know to keep track of it, and that there is an expiration date on the bottom! 

 

I JUST WANT TO DONATE BOOKS

If you are just looking to make space on your shelves for new books and don’t want to have them evaluated for store credit, you have a few options. You can bring donations right to the front desk anytime we’re open. Alternatively, we have drop boxes outside the front door that are accessible 24/7. If you have a large amount of books to drop off (more than 10 boxes), please bring them to our Shipping & Receiving entrance to the rear of our building. Hours for large scale drop offs are Monday-Friday, 7am-2pm. 

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USED BOOK CONDITION GUIDELINES

 

Condition is the single most important factor to whether we will accept your books or not. We are looking for books that are in a condition comparable to what you would find on our shelves. 

We cannot give credit for books that:

•  Contain excessive notes or highlighting

•  Have water damage or other stains

•  Show foxing or other discoloration

•  Have excessive edge wear

•  Contain a broken or cracked spine

•  Have any strong odor, including must, mold, urine, and smoke

•  Has torn and/or missing pages or pieces

•  Is missing the dust jacket (if applicable)

•  Are in a condition that you would not find on our shelves

•  Have been improperly stored, and show any of the following signs:

  • Mold

  • Bugs or critters (dead or alive)

  • Thick dust or dirt

  • Clumps of pet hair

  • Dirty or grimy covers

A box that shows any of the above signs will not be considered for exchange

 

As an effort to keep books out of our landfills, we would be happy to recycle books in poor condition for you. 

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