Sellers rate the quality of every item they list for sale at Half.com. These ratings let you make an informed decision about each item. Here are the quality rating guidelines sellers use for:

• Books

• Textbooks

Item Quality - Books

Brand New

• New

• Unread and unused

• Perfect condition

• No damage (no missing pages, no marks or tears)

Like New

• Shiny, undamaged cover

• Dust jacket included for hard covers

• No missing pages

• All pages undamaged (no creases or tears)

• No underlining/highlighting of text

• No damage to binding

• No writing in margins

• Is or could easily be mistaken for "Brand New"

Very Good

• Books that have been read

• Books with remainder marks

• Books with these marks:

  • Autograph

  • Name of previous owner

  • Underlining on 10% of pages or less

  • Highlighting on 10% of pages or less

Good

• Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks)

• Dust jacket not necessarily included

• Minimal wear to binding

• Majority of pages undamaged (minimal creases or tears)

• Minimal pencil underlining of text

• No highlighting of text

• No writing in margins

• No missing pages

Acceptable

• Books with missing dust jackets

• Library books

• Books with creases or tears

• Books with damaged spines

• Books with these marks:

  • Underlining on 10% of pages or more

  • Highlighting on 10% of pages or more

Unacceptable – These items cannot be sold on Half.com:

• Books without covers

• Books with missing pages

• Books with stains

Item Quality - Textbooks

Brand New

• New

• Unread and unused

• Perfect condition

• No damage

• Access code on CD must be valid for the buyer of the textbook

Like New

• Shiny, undamaged cover

• All pages undamaged (no creased, torn, or missing pages)

• No writing/highlighting

• No damage to binding (is or could easily be mistaken for "Brand New")

Very Good

• Textbooks that have been read

• Textbooks with remainder marks

• Textbooks with these marks:

  • Name of previous owner

  • Underlining on 10% of pages or less

  • Highlighting on 10% of pages or less

• If book came with a CD, it must be included, but:

  • The CD doesn't have to be sealed

  • The CD code may have been used

  • The CD code may be expired

Good

• Very minimal damage to the cover such as scuff marks or slightly bent corners

• Minimal wear to binding

• Majority of pages undamaged (minimal creases or tears)

• Some pencil writing or highlighting of text (on less than 10% of the book's pages)

• No missing pages (you would use it yourself, but wouldn't necessarily give it as a gift)

Acceptable

• Books with missing dust jackets

• Library books

• Books with creases or tears

• Books with damaged spines

• Books with these marks:

  • Underlining on 10% of pages or more

  • Highlighting on 10% of pages or more

• Textbook can be missing CDs but the seller must note the missing CD in description

• Textbooks that have been read

• Textbooks with remainder marks

Unacceptable – These items cannot be sold on Half.com:

• Photocopied textbooks or books transferred to electronic media such as PDF

• International edition textbooks or teachers' edition textbooks

• Support materials such as test banks and solution manuals without a unique ISBN or UPC code

• Textbooks without covers, that are missing any pages, or that are stained