SELL YOUR STUFF
WHAT DO WE BUY? – Click the item you’d like to learn more about.
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU SELL?
All offers are made in store credit.
Credit never expires. It’s saved in our system under your name and phone number until you use it, or redeem it for cash.
Credit can be redeemed for 50% in cash at any time. $10 in store credit = $5 in cash.
Cash amounts $50 and above will be written as a check.
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT SELLING?
Bring by the items you’re interested in selling. There’s a black counter right by the entrance where we’ll process your items and let you know what we can offer. If there’s anything we can’t buy, we’ll let you know, and you can either donate them to us or take them back.
During busier times (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays especially), we may ask you to leave your items, name, and phone number with us until we can get to your items. Once we get a chance to process your buyback, we’ll give you a call and let you know what we can offer and if there were any items we couldn’t buy. Processing times may vary.
Wondering what exactly “processing” means? Click here to learn more.
Have a large amount you’d like to sell? If you have more than 4 bags or boxes, we ask that you drive around the back of the store and ring the bell to the left of the silver garage door. Someone will come out to assist you. It’s best to do this Monday through Thursday before 4 PM, otherwise we can’t guarantee we’ll get to your items the same day you drop them off.
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DONATING?
Bring by the items you’d like to donate. We have a canvas bin by our entrance you can place all your donations into, either loose or in bags/boxes. Every time you donate to us, you get a 15% off coupon you can use the same day, or save for another time. Our donation coupons typically expire after a month or two.
Stop by when we’re closed? You can drop your donations in the purple bin right outside our entrance.
Worried about carrying heavy books into the store? We have shopping carts available for your use, or you can ask a bookseller for assistance.
What do we do with the donations? Donations make up the majority of the books and DVDs on our shelves. Anything we don’t sell, we work with a charity called Faith Kenya Mission that donates books to Kenya for people learning English. Learn more about them here.
Do we pick up larger collections? Right now, we do not. Though we might make an exception for a particularly interesting or rare collection.
BOOKS: We’ll consider buying any books published in the last 10 years.
Children’s books, cookbooks, and textbooks are included in the books we’ll consider buying from the last 10 years.
There are certain books we’ll consider buying regardless of the year they were published including: classic literature, Stephen King, Harry Potter, manga, graphic novels, RPG (role-playing games) books, science fiction, fantasy, large print, Easton Press, and Franklin Press.
Subject to change. Some exceptions apply.
There are also certain books that aren’t included in the 10-year rule. Study guides and college prep books including but not limited to SAT and ACT practice tests we can only buy if they were released in the last 2 years. Harlequin romances we can only buy from 2024 or 2025. Travel guides we can only buy if they’re more recent; we don’t have a specific year range, but the more recent the more likely we’ll be able to buy it.
Any books we can’t buy, you can donate them to us for a 15% off coupon to use the same day! We just can’t accept encyclopedias or magazines for donation.
DVDs, BLU-RAYS, and DVD BOXSETS: We can only buy single DVDs if they’re new and fully sealed. Blu-rays and DVD boxsets we’ll buy if they’re new OR used.
We offer a flat rate for DVDs, Blu-rays, and DVD boxsets. All offers are made in store credit. Credit can be redeemed for 50% in cash.
We can only buy used Blu-rays and DVD boxsets that are in their original cases with their original artwork, and we can’t buy scratched or loose discs.
We don’t buy CDs, new or used, but you can donate them to us for a 15% off coupon to use the same day!
Any used single DVDs or scratched/loose discs, you can donate them to us. We can’t accept VHS tapes or cassette tapes for donation.
VIDEO GAMES: We’ll buy video games of any age, new or used.
Video game discs need to be in their original cases with their original artwork, and need to have some form of barcode to scan. We can’t buy scratched or loose video game discs. We CAN buy cartridge video games without their cases (like Nintendo 64 or DS games), and we’ll consider buying video game consoles/accessories. We may ask you to leave your video game console/accessory with us with your name and phone number so we can test said console/accessory.
RECORDS: We’ll buy LPs and 45s regardless of age.
We offer a flat rate for LPs and 45s. All offers are made in store credit. Credit can be redeemed for 50% in cash at any time.
All records must have their original sleeves in order for us to buy them. We can’t buy scratched records, boxed sets of records, or 78s.
Any loose or scratched records, boxed sets, or 78s you have, you can donate them to us for a 15% off coupon to use the same day!
COMIC BOOKS: We’ll buy comic books of any age.
We offer a flat rate for all comic books. All offers are made in store credit. Credit can be redeemed for 50% in cash at any time.
Sleeves or covers are not necessary for us to buy your comic books.
BEANIE BABIES: We will buy Beanie Babies regardless of age.
Beanie Babies must have their original tags and be clean in order for us to buy them. We offer a flat rate for all Beanie Babies. All offers are made in store credit. Credit can be redeemed for 50% in cash at any time.
We can’t buy smaller Beanie Babies (like the McDonald’s toy ones) but you can donate them to us for a 15% off coupon to use the same day!
HOW DO WE PROCESS THE ITEMS YOU’RE SELLING?
For books and video games: we use a system called Neatoscan. We scan each book and video game’s ISBN into Neatoscan, and information from the internet and our store is collected to produce a price. Three main things determine the price, including but not limited to: the publishing date, the popularity (overall, not just in our store), and how often we receive the book/video game. If you’d like some examples, keep reading.
- A popular and recent title like The Women by Kristin Hannah would get you more in store credit than an older title, even if that older title is also popular.
- A recent title that isn’t all that popular, like Danielle Steel’s newest novel, won’t get you much store credit even though it’s recent.
- A James Patterson novel (even if it’s recent) will likely not get you much credit, because, while James Patterson is a popular author, we get his books in all the time.
Overall, it’s a combination of how recent and popular a book is, and how often we get that book in that determines what we’re willing to pay for it. Not satisfied with our offer? Speak up! We’re willing to negotiate.
For DVDs, Blu-rays, DVD boxsets, records, comic books, and Beanie Babies: since we buy all of the previously mentioned items for flat rates, we simply count them up. We do check DVD/Blu-ray cases to make sure discs are present and not scratched.