Condition Descriptions

The service Magazine Exchange offers is aimed primarily at customers who read magazines, rather than those that collect them - as such, the system we use to describe the condition of magazines is very simple:

Poor - Generally any magazines we receive that are in 'poor condition' would be thrown away, but occasionally they might be offered on the website instead if they were particularly rare or unusual.

Fair - More magazines fall into this category, which usually just means that the cover is loose or slightly tatty.

Good - The vast majority of magazines on the website are in 'good condition' in all respects. Many are actually new or as-new, but we don't sell them as new unless we receive a batch direct from the publisher or distributor.

New Unsold Stock - As the term suggests, these are magazines that have never previously been sold to a customer.

The descriptions above are by necessity general and deliberately do not relate to the systems used by book collectors to describe condition (FN/FN, VG/FN etc). We have many regular, repeat customers who are magazine collectors, but we stress that all our stock should be considered to be 'reading copies' only. We will not enter into any correspondence with customers about the condition of magazines supplied UNLESS the magazine in question is found to have pages missing or other significant damage that affects it's readability.