Got a fanzine you want us to sell for you?  Got lots?  TV or movie scripts?  Or...?  Here's how we operate:

1) WE TAKE A 15% COMMISSION ON MOST SALES.  Trust us.  15% doesn't cover the entire cost of selling at conventions, printing catalogs, and now web hosting.  You don't want to know how much money we lose every year.  That's why it's called a hobby.

2) WE PAY OFF ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS.  Sort of like a slot machine.  No, actually, we've got to sell something first, and we generally like to write checks for amounts greater than $10.00.  But you can ask at any time, in case you think we've got money for you, and just haven't had a free moment to write that check.

3) WE TAKE ALMOST ANY NEW OR USED MEDIA-RELATED FANZINE.  Preferably fiction -- stories & novels.  Newsletters don't do that well, but we're not saying no to them in general at the moment.  Contact us to let us know what you'd like us to sell for you.  We handle some books, magazines, photos, and scripts as well.

4) WHO SETS THE PRICE?  You do, or we can if you prefer.  If you set the price, remember to include our commission.  If you want us to set the price, let us know if you want things priced to (hopefully) sell quickly, or take their time leisurely lounging on our back porch until someone rich and desperate comes along.

5) WE WOULD LIKE A CONTROL SHEET.  If possible.  With the zine(s).  So we know what's supposed to be there.  Especially if you set the price.  It really helps us.  If you want us to price things, it's not that critical. 

6) HOW MUCH SHOULD I SEND?  If it's a new zine, we may only have you send a few to begin with.  After all, we can always get restock, right?  In truth, we don't need 20-100 copies of many zines (unless this website really takes off).  And new and/or used, the post office and UPS don't mind lugging thirty 50 pound packages to our door.  No, wait; they do mind.  But we don't mind them lugging thirty 50 pound packages to our door.

7) WHAT DON'T YOU TAKE A COMMISSION ON?  Occasionally a fanzine is produced for a certain charity or benefit; we don't take a commission on those.  And occasionally a fan we're selling for pleads a hardship case that we lower or abolish the commission (depending on how much their sad tale moves us).

8) PHOTOCOPIES OF SOMEONE ELSE'S FANZINE.  It's a fact of life -- because either someone handily photocopied someone else's copy of a fanzine for themselves, or it was a fanzine they couldn't find anywhere else, or, in rare cases, what they call zine piracy -- someone intentionally photocopying someone else's fanzine(s) for the sole intent of selling them to make profit -- photocopies ('xeroxes') of fanzines do exist, and make their way into used fanzine sales.  We do accept them, encourage they be priced very cheaply to make them find a new home quickly, but should we receive a complaint from the original publisher, they will be withdrawn from the site.

9) THESE GUIDELINES MIGHT CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.  Or they might not.  We are constantly refining how we do things, to make things go smoother for us.  This is, after all, just a hobby, and not FIAWOL.

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