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Most questions can be answered by reading the description of the item for sale and this page very carefully. If you still have any questions, please email before you bid! Just click here to email me.

Terms of Sale

When you place a bid on my item up for sale, you are agreeing to all of my terms of sale in addition to those of eBay. (So, you might as well read all of the following and eBay's terms if you haven't already.) Unless specifically stated and modified in the ad for the item you are bidding on, all items that I has on eBay will follow the following terms of sale!

Terms of Sale Index

Though you should read all of the terms of sale very carefully, I've created an index for you to use to get to important sections:

Warranties and Refunds
At the End of the Auction
Payment
    Methods of Payment Not Accepted
    Accepted Methods of Payment
Packing, Shipping, and Handling
    Packing
    Shipping - General
        Addresses within the United States
        Addresses in Foreign Lands
    Handling
Taxes
Ohio Residents
Everybody Else
How to Get an eBay Positive Feedback Point
Contact Info
    Email
    Mailing Address
    Telephone Number
Frequently Asked Questions
    Do you accept credit cards?
    Do you accept PayPal?
    I sent you an email. Will you ever write back?
    When will I ever hear from you about the auction that just ended?
    Will you ship to (insert country name)?
    How do I get a refund?
    I won but I'm going to renegotiate the price now that the auction has closed.
    Ha! Ha! I won but I'm not going to pay up!
    How long have you been doing this?
Other Somewhat Important Stuff that Doesn't Fit Neatly Anywhere Else

Warranties and Refunds

Unless countered by wording in the ad for the auction, all items offered for sale are "as-is" with no warranties either written or implied and no refunds are given. I urge you to be an informed bidder. Before you bid: ask questions, examine the pictures, request more detailed pictures.

If you are uncomfortable with this, please do not bid!

If you wish to purchase insurance on the shipment of your item through USPS or UPS, please click here for a discussion on Shipping.

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At the End of the Auction

At the end of the auction, eBay will automatically send you and me a notice stating the auction is closed and that you have won. After that, generally, the following will happen:

1) I will send you an email up to 3 days later one asking for your address and shipping preferences.

2) You will respond with an email containing your shipping address and shipping preference.

3) I will respond to your email by emailing you an invoice. The invoice will contain instructions on how to pay. Payment must be received by I no later than 10 (ten) days after the invoice is issued.

4) When your payment arrives, you will receive email from me thanking you.

5) I will deposit your payment and your item will be packed then shipped. (See "Packing, Shipping, and Handling" below.)

6) When your item ships, you will receive another email confirming the item has been shipped. (If you have problems receiving your item, contact me quickly; I'm not required to keep information on sales longer than 90 days after the item ships!) Positive feedback will be posted for you at this point.

7) You might want to send me an email saying the item has arrived safely. :)

If you'd like to speed things up a bit, you can send me an email at the close of the auction with answers to the following questions:

For successful bidders with a United States delivery address:

1.) What is your name and shipping address?

2.) How would you like your item(s) shipped? (You must choose between USPS and UPS. If you choose USPS, please select either Overnight, Priority, or Parcel Post. If you choose UPS, please select either Ground, Orange, Blue, or Red.)

3.) Would you like your item(s) to be insured during shipment and for how much? (All UPS shipments are automatically insured for up to $100.)

For successful bidders without a United States delivery address:

1.) What is your name and shipping address?

2.) How would you like your item shipped? (You must choose between USPS and UPS. If you choose USPS, please select either Global Priority, Airmail, or Surface Mail. If you choose UPS, please select either Expedited, Express, or Ground. Please note that UPS is going to be very expensive.)

3.) Would you like your item(s) to be insured during shipment and for how much?

I will send you back an email with the total, item(s) and shipping. (As per step 3 above.) I expect payment from you within 10 (ten) days.

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Payment

By bidding on this item, you are entering into a legally binding agreement. Should you hold the winning bid at the end of this auction, you are obligated to complete this transaction at the closing price indicated plus any packaging and shipping fees. (See "Packing, Shipping, and Handling" below.)

Payment is expected up front and in full, before the item(s) are shipped to you. No credit is ever given or extended!

Payment is only accepted in United States of America currency, also know as "U. S. Dollars" or USD for short.

Payment must be received by me no later than 10 (ten) days after the final email we exchange working out the payment and shipping arrangements. United States and Canadian customers are free to use First Class mail for payments. (You might want to insure and register the payment if it is especially large.) All other customers from foreign lands must send payments by airmail. (Sorry, but I recently had to wait 12 weeks for surface mail from Italy. One bad apple...)

I will check for payments to arrive at the P.O. Box at least twice during the week. All packing is done every Friday night for shipment during the next week. On Saturday, all paid orders shipping USPS are shipped. On Tuesday, all paid orders shipping UPS are shipped. Your payment must arrive and clear my bank's processing by Friday at 5:00 PM E.S.T. to be sent in the current shipping cycle. Electronic payments clear practically overnight. All other types of payment will require 3 to 5 business days to clear.

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Methods of Payment Not Accepted

The following methods of payment are not accepted:

CODs
Personal Checks
Business Checks

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Accepted Methods of Payment

You have these methods through which to make payment, please use whichever you prefer:

Money Order
Cashier's Check
Western Union Auction Payments
PayPal

For clients in the United States of America who are using money orders and cashiers' checks, only United States Postal Service money orders will be accepted as immediate payment in full. All other money orders and cashiers' checks will have to be deposited and clear the bank before the items are shipped, typically 3 - 5 business days.

Overseas customers must pay by a guaranteed method of payment. May I suggest using the folks at Western Union Auction Payments and PayPal if you are in Canada or the U.K.; others doing business with me have had very good luck with them.

For those of you tempted to send cash through the mail, my advice is, "Don't do it." You can get your money back if a cashiers' check or money order is lost in the mail. You will not get your cash back if it gets lost!

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Packing, Shipping, and Handling

First things first. Sorry, my day job's work schedule barely allows for a home life and it certainly does not permit in-person pick-up or delivery of items. (If you work in and with computer technology, you understand.) So, don't ask to drop by or have me deliver your item(s).

There are three extra charges that typically appear in eBay auctions: Packing, Shipping, and Handling. Over the years, almost all of the very few disagreements I have had with winning bidders concern these charges that come after the auction is over as the winning bidder quibbles over details of these charges that are clearly spelled out in the ad as his responsibility to pay. So, let's try to nip this potential disagreement right here and now. (I apologize in advance if the following wording reads mildly tedious, overly detailed, and slightly arrogant. It sure seems so to me, and I wrote it! Maybe I've been quibbled to death by a few bad apples..?..)

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Packing

Packing is the material - boxes, foam peanuts, wrapping paper, bubble wrap, and so on - used to pack the item in for shipping. There is a reasonable charge for this.

I keep some packing materials on hand; and where possible, I will try to pack your order for two reasons. First, it saves you money; and, I appreciate this just as much as you do. Second, any box, foam peanuts, bubble wrap, wrapping paper, and the like I can reuse and recycle to keep out of the local dump is a good thing. (I love my planet. It's the only one I have. Please recycle packing material.) But remember, I am not a professional packer. I will use whatever materials I have on hand and there are no guarantees about how sufficient the packing is.

Occasionally, an item will need to be professionally packaged because I do not have packing material for it. This fact will always be stated explicitly in the ad under the heading "Packing." Professional packing is always handled by my local packing and shipping store. No exceptions. I will always charge the exact amount the packing and shipping store charges me; and if you like, I will send you a scan of the receipt as proof. (Be aware that most of the large items I have for auction will need to be professionally packed requiring large, expensive boxes and lots of bubble wrap. Be prepared to pay $20 - $50 extra!)

You always have the option of having your item professionally packed by my local packing and shipping store - at your expense, of course.

There is one, major exception to an ad listed with "free packing." Look and see if I intend to ship the item United States Postal Service (USPS) Priority Mail. If I am, that probably means I have a free box from USPS for Priority Mail service that happens to fit the item. If you chose to ship with another carrier or are outside the United States and its possessions, I may not have a free box which means you will have to pay for a box!

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Shipping - General

Shipping is the amount the delivery service - United States Postal Service, UPS, Federal Express, and so on - charges me to accept, ship, and deliver the item to you. I make an honest effort only pass on the exact amount that they charge me for shipping. There are no "deals" in shipping fees for me, so don't ask for them from me.

Remember:

1. I do not deliver items.
2. You cannot pickup items from me.

If you want to use a carrier other than USPS or United Parcel Service (UPS), you have to work out those details with me beforehand and at my convenience! (Shipping requests that do not use USPS or UPS are - almost always - handled by the local packing and shipping store and that will incur extra cost to you.)

At least twice a week, I will check for payments to arrive at the P.O. Box. All packing is done every Friday night for shipment during the next week's shipping cycle. On Saturday, all paid orders shipping USPS are shipped. On Tuesday, all paid orders shipping UPS are shipped. Your payment must arrive and clear my bank's processing by Friday at 5:00 PM E.S.T. to be sent in the current shipping cycle. Electronic payments clear practically overnight. All other types of payment will require 3 to 5 business days to clear.

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Shipping for Addresses within the United States and Its Possessions

If you are going to have the item delivered to an address within the US and its possessions, you have the choice of having the item shipped to you via USPS or UPS.

I strongly urge United States clients to purchase shipping insurance for your items. Items shipped via UPS are automatically insured for up to $100 USD. Items shipped via USPS are not automatically insured for any amount.

I very much prefer to use USPS rather than UPS; and in some cases in the ad, I will identify which carrier I will be using. Typically the only time I will recommend in the ad using UPS is if the item is large and heavy because UPS tends to be a bit less expensive than USPS in this case.

Whenever I send items in the United States and its possessions with USPS, I really, really prefer to ship using Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation. If you want to go the cheap route and forgo Priority Mail, let me tell you that the difference in shipping costs on packages less than three pounds between Priority Mail and Third Class (a.k.a. Parcel Post) is barely a few nickels or dimes. (After 13 ounces, there isn't a First Class mail category.) The time it takes between Third Class and Priority Mail can be substantial. I have had Third Class mail take 17 days to go 200 miles. So, I don't recommend using it except for large packages and books and even then only with Delivery Confirmation.

If you purchase books (at least eight pages), film (16 mm or narrower), printed music, printed test materials, sound recordings, play scripts, printed educational charts, loose-leaf pages and binders consisting of medical information, or computer-readable media from me, you can really get cheap and go with Media Mail and Delivery Confirmation. One note of caution; a few clients have aged significantly waiting for Media Mail packages to arrive.

If you decide to get really, really cheap and not spend the extra 40 to 60 cents for USPS' Delivery Confirmation service, you do so at your own risk and peril. I will not assist you to track down a lost package!

SPECIAL NOTE!! Delivery Confirmation is not available for: APO/FPO destinations, U.S. territories, possessions, and freely-associated states in the Domestic Mail Manual G011 (except for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, to which service is available). The only way you can get I to assist you in tracking a lost package in this specific case is to insure your package! Service men and women have also aged significantly waiting for APO/FPO packages to arrive. (There is nothing USPS can do about the wait.)

If you prefer, I can also ship UPS for you. Typically if the item is large and heavy and you are located in the "Lower 48" of the United States, it is to your slight advantage to ship UPS rather that USPS.

If you want an estimate on shipping cost, you should visit http://www.usps.com/ or http://www.ups.com/ and type in a weight, approximate package dimensions, and so on. (Occasionally, you can glean those from the ad; but usually, you will have to email me for them.) The package will be shipped from Mentor, Ohio, 44060. For UPS, you will have to enter in that the package is for one time pickup. (Once again, this is a very, very part-time. I do not have UPS dropping by on a regular basis, sorry.)

If you want to review domestic postal rates and fees, click here to be taken Domestic Postal Rates and Fees (Simplified) from USPS. Very handy. Answers a lot of questions.

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Shipping for Customers in a Foreign Land

If you are outside of the US and it's possessions, the most economical way to ship is USPS. The quickest is airmail and is usually delivered in 4 to 7 days. The cheapest is surface mail which can takes from 21 to 90 days. You can have the item shipped through UPS as well, but it almost always costs quite a bit more than USPS.

I will not help overseas bidders to track down a lost package that does not have shipping insurance, tracking, or both! Overseas bidders should also strongly consider shipping insurance and tracking options, if available. Note that not all of these are possible. Check with http://www.usps.com/ or http://www.ups.com/ ahead of time. Know your risks in shipping from the States to you!

The most common question overseas bidders ask is if I will ship to a specific country. If USPS or UPS delivers there, yes, I will; no problem. However, verifying the legality of the item or items I am shipping to you is your responsibility. USPS and UPS will force me fill out customs forms accurately describing the item(s) within the box. If the item(s) is stopped at the border or sent back to me, you will not none of your money will be refunded. (I have a strict, "No Refunds. No Returns." policy.)

Import duties, fees, taxes, inspection services, and the like are your responsibility as well.

If you want an estimate on shipping cost, you should visit http://ircalc.usps.gov/ or http://www.ups.com/ and type in a weight, approximate package dimensions, and so on. (Occasionally, you can glean those from the ad; but usually, you will have to email me for them.) The package will be shipped from Mentor, Ohio, 44060. For UPS, you will have to enter in that the package is for one time pickup. (Once again, this is a very, very part-time business. I do not have UPS dropping by on a regular basis, sorry.)

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Handling

I charges only the exact packing and shipping costs. Many other eBay sellers charge a "handling fee" which is nothing more than an extra profit center for them. I do not charge a "handling fee;" and as bidders myself sometimes, I despise sellers who charge such and make it a habit to not bid on their auctions.

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Taxes

If any outside packing services are purchased from Mailboxes, Etc., you will be taxed on those only once by the local packing and shipping store. Delivery service from UPS has a tax built into the cost which in unavoidable and will be passed along to everyone. USPS does not collect taxes on postage and I am not required to tax postage used on your behalf.

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Ohio Residents

This is a personal sale of items as a loss to me - akin to a garage sale - and therefore is not subject to Ohio Sales Tax.

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Everybody Else

You are responsible for determining the taxes, liens, fees, and so on your country, state, county, city, locality requires you to pay.

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How to Get an eBay Positive Feedback Point

It's remarkably, astoundingly easy get a positive feedback point from me on eBay. Just follow this simple, three-step process:

1. Pay exactly what is owed.
2. Pay as requested.
3. Pay on time.

Giving me any grief or aggravation earns you at least a neutral feedback point.

Default on any of the three and you'll get at least a neutral and most probably a negative feedback point.

If you retract your bid without what I decide is a justifiable reason or default on your obligation to purchase this item, negative feedback will be recorded and eBay will be notified.

Unlike other eBay traders who wait an eternity to do so, I post feedback points for you once payment is received, accepted, and the item has shipped. I feel that you deserve it for trusting me, paying promptly, and on time. You are not required to give me feedback in return, but it would be a nice gesture on your part. :)

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Contact Info

Email

The primary email address to use is basementsale@xartica.com.

If email to the above address does not go through or bounces back to you, send me regular mail or call me.

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Mailing Address

Thomas McLaren
P. O. Box 472
Mentor, Ohio 44061-0472
United States of America

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Telephone Number

The phone number you can use to reach I'm: 440-953-6649. Feel free to call anytime; just, don't expect a person to answer. This is a voice mail system only. Leave a detailed message with: your name, your email address (spell it out, slowly, twice), your phone number (repeat it at least once, slowly), your eBay ID, the item or items you have won or are interested in (auction numbers are helpful but not required,) your question(s), and at least two days and times during the evening when you may be reached by phone. I will either reply by email or phone. (I will not return international calls; email replies only.)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you accept credit cards?

Not directly. In order to pay by credit card, you must use Western Union Auction Payments. I simply don't have the volume to absorb the fees that accepting credit cards directly would bring.

Do not use your credit card to pay for anything through PayPal, it will be rejected.

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Do you accept PayPal?

Generally yes, however only account transfers of cash and items must be shipped to a confirmed address in the U.S.A., Canada, and U.K. (Take this restriction up with PayPal, not me. Thanks! :) I do not accept credit card payments through PayPal; without exception all credit card payments will be rejected!. Because of the incoming transaction limit of $1000 per month on the PayPalaccount, I will not be able to accept a PayPal payment. If an auction is restricted to no PayPal payment, it will be noted on the auction and you will have to pay by an alternate method.

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I sent you an email. Will you ever write back?

Check all the normal things first. Does you email program work? Does it say the message was sent? Did the email you sent me have the correct address? (basementsale@xartica.com) Did the email bounce back to you and you forget to resend it? Have you set your email program's spam filter to allow me to send you email? (A very common problem nowadays...)

If everything is fine, remember... I don't do this for a living. Emails from me may not turn around especially fast.

So, that having been said, I will try to answer all emails within 3 days - usually sooner. Has it been three days yet? If it hasn't, please, sit tight and wait three full days, 72 hours.

If it has been three days and there has been no reply, there is a problem. Somewhere in the electronic ether your message to me has been lost, bounced, garbled, and destroyed. Send it again and closely monitor the situation. If I still have not written back to you 5 days after the second email call me at 440-953-6649 or send me a post card. I'm probably, desperately trying to do the same thing because I want your items out of my basement and into your basement! :)

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When will I ever hear from you about the auction that just ended?

I typically send out an email contacting you within 3 days of the auction's close. If you'd like to speed things up a bit, you can send me an email with answers to the following questions.

For successful bidders with a United States delivery address:

1.) What is your name and shipping address?

2.) How would you like your item(s) shipped? (You must choose between USPS and UPS. If you choose USPS, please select either Overnight, Priority, or Parcel Post. If you choose UPS, please select either Ground, Orange, Blue, or Red.)

3.) Would you like your item(s) to be insured during shipment and for how much? (All UPS shipments are automatically insured for up to $100.)

For successful bidders without a United States delivery address:

1.) What is your name and shipping address?

2.) How would you like your item shipped? (You must choose between USPS and UPS. If you choose USPS, please select either Global Priority, Airmail, or Surface Mail. If you choose UPS, please select either Expedited, Express, or Ground. Please note that UPS is going to be very expensive.)

3.) Would you like your item(s) to be insured during shipment and for how much?

I will send you back an email with the total, item(s) and shipping. I expect to have payment from you within 10 days.

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Will you ship to (insert country name)?

If USPS or UPS goes there, yes, I will; no problem. However, I have no idea if the item(s) I am shipping to you is legal there. The legalities of the item(s) within your country is your responsibility, not mine. USPS and UPS will force me fill out customs forms accurately describing the item(s) within the box. If the item(s) is stopped at the border or sent back to me, you will not get any of your money back from me.

Import duties, fees, taxes, inspection services, and the like are your responsibility as well.

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How do I get a refund?

Unless countered by wording in the ad for the auction, all items offered for sale are "as-is" with no warranties either written or implied with no refunds given.

Please check the ad for the auction item. It will contain any warranties that may have been offered. If there was a warranty offered, please contact me at basementsale@xartica.com. At my option, I will either: replace the item, repair the item, refund the item's auction price and the exact cost of shipping it back to me using my choice of shipping methods, or refuse to take any action. You must claim a warranty action within 3 calendar days of the item arriving at its destination.

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I won but I'm going to renegotiate the price now that the auction has closed.

Don't do it! The price the auction ends on is the payment demanded. There is no negotiation after the auction is over. If you do not pay the price the auction ended at including packing, shipping, and tax (if applicable), you will be reported to eBay as a non-paying bidder. And that kind of label is bad.

To see what might happen to you, please refer to eBay's Non-Paying Bidder polices.

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Ha! Ha! I won, but I'm not going to pay up!

Ooo! That's a very bad idea you've got in your head. One that can suspend your trading privileges on eBay forever! Please refer to eBay's Non-Paying Bidder polices and see what will happen to you.

And, yes, I have reported non-paying bidders before. Don't let it happen to you!

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How long have you been doing this?

I've been trading here and there on the Internet since 1986 when all there were were newsgroups and you had to keep a copy of "Unix in a Nutshell" by your side at all times. (Ah... Those were the days...) I have been a member of eBay since May 5, 1998 under my personal eBay id, and since March 17, 1999 for this selling one.

I'm no "Johnny Come Lately" to this; so, trade with confidence. :)

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Other Somewhat Important Stuff that Doesn't Fit Neatly Anywhere Else

Use of any information posted by me may only be used strictly at the users own risk and peril. You agree that I will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or any other damages related to the use or misuse of any information by me under any circumstances; and you agree to indemnify me and hold me harmless in any legal actions arising from the use or misuse of any information supplied by me.

You agree that I will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or any other damages related to the use or misuse of any item or items purchased from me under any circumstances; and you agree to indemnify me and hold me harmless in any legal actions arising from the use or misuse of any item I have sold to you.

I will only maintain an accounting entry for tax purposes of an auction for 7 (seven) years. Ninety (90) days after the item has been shipped, all other information related to an auction in my possession is subject to destruction. Please voice any concerns to me about an auction much before the end of that 90 day time period.

I reserve the right to cancel any bid without prior notice or justification.

No suitability for use or fitness to task for any item is expressed or implied.

While care has been taken in entering information, I'm not responsible for errors in the listing.

All prices are in United States Dollars (USD) and USDs are what I demand as payment.

Except those portions that are the copyright, trademark, and "intellectual property" of others, all works that I post on eBay are copyrighted by me on the date they are posted in perpetuity. I grant eBay the rights to publish my ads from the beginning of the auction to the end and to retain the inactive auction online for a period of up to 90 days. I also grant eBay conditional permission to publish my "About Me" eBay page so long as its contents that I'm able to post or select remain under my control aside from that content that eBay automatically puts on the page. The publication is conditional and may be withdrawn at any time by me simply selecting not to have this page available on eBay's service. Permission for any others to store, repost, link, "borrow," or any combination thereof my copyrighted material is prohibited without written permission. (Click here to ask for written permission.) The copyrights, trademarks, and "intellectual property" of all owners for all the items that I sell are respected.

These "Terms of Sale" are updated with no prior notice given and are retroactive at my discretion. You are responsible for keeping up with them.

And - please - for goodness sakes, don't feed the lawyers! :)

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