Don't mean to single out one small aspect of your position, Jim, but this one hits close to home and so I wanted to address it.

The term "original owner" means everything to some collectors. That is, when it is used in the appropriate context. I've started to sell off books that I bought off the rack back in the day. Being the original owner, and having left the books unmanipulated, I can say with absolute certainty to the buying public that these books are unmanipulated.

While I recognize that this doesn't mean anything to many collectors, there are at least a few who prefer to buy this type of collectible. So when certain sellers start each of their sales threads with the line "Yeah, yeah, like any other seller, any book I have may have been pressed", it is worthwhile to remember that they are wrong. There are, indeed, rare circumstances under which a seller can unconditionally guarantee that the books they are offering are unmanipulated. In this case, rather than the term "original owner" carrying no meaning, it instead carries a great deal of meaning, especially since the opportunities to buy guaranteed unmanipulated books are so infrequent.