Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Ranjeet S Sonone

Sandeep Bodapati

Silas M Brazil

Maurice Codik Moscoso

Weiying Song

Lisa A Rasmussen

Disclosed are various embodiments for an online trade-in store that presents recommendations or suggestions to a customer on item(s) that are currently being accepted by the store, where the recommended items are confirmed to have been previously purchased by the customer.

Trade-in past purchase

Disclosed are various embodiments for an inspection system and method that automatically photographs or captures video footage of received items for trade-in as they are being inspected or graded.

Trade-in photo documentation

An online merchant system provides a merchandise trade-in program that includes advance payment for items traded-in by qualified customers. When a request to trade-in an item is received from a customer, a determination is made as to whether an advance payment can be made for the item. If an advance payment can be made for the item, an advance payment for the total estimated trade-in value of the item is made to the customer. The advance payment may be made prior to shipment of the item to the merchant or when the merchant is notified that the item has been shipped. When the item is received by the merchant, the customer is debited if the actual value of the item is less than the advance payment and credited if the actual value of the item is more than the advance payment.

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Kent, WA, United States of America

Ranjeet S Sonone