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How to read a pallet manifest and condition grade

August 4, 2026

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Manifests when supplied, grades that actually mean something, and what we will not invent on a listing.

A manifest is a lot list — SKUs, descriptions, sometimes quantities — that came with the pallet from the retailer or the liquidator upstream. It is useful. It is not a retail packing slip for every unit you will resell.

When we include a manifest

If the supplier gave us a lot list, it is on the listing. If they did not, we leave it off. Inventing a piece count to close a sale helps no one when the truck arrives.

How the grade and the manifest work together

The grade describes the lot as a whole. The manifest, when present, describes what the supplier said was on it. Customer-return manifests often include items that came back opened, incomplete, or not as pictured at retail. That is the nature of the channel — not a listing error.

Use estimated retail as a value signal, not a guarantee of what each unit will sell for.
Compare two similar photos by grade before you add to cart.
Ask the desk about a named listing if you need notes we already have.

Then open a category you already know how to sell.

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