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Policy > Buying > Why do you refuse some books or movies?
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Books usually go through three stages of publication beginning with the hardcover, then moving to the softcover and finally to the paperback.
The typical resale value of the book decreases for each sucessive stage; additionally, as a book moves to each new stage, the previous stage becomes less valuable as well.
Certain paperback or DVD/Blu-ray titles are so popular that we simply have too many of them! The list of these titles changes constantly as stock flows in and out of the company, but we do not purchase these titles while we have an excess of them.
Items can also be refused based on condition that does not meet our standards. This applies importantly to the sale of CDs, Blu-rays and DVDs, as scratched discs are not resellable.