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The sale began in 1987 and is staffed by volunteers. Over the course of the year, volunteers originally repaired, sort, and clean items. Stock at the sale was mostly comprised of returned stock and seconds (items with minor flaws) in past years. This means that any number of items were once found and purchased, ranging from recently retired items to older items and hard to find items. Since American Girl has a somewhat liberal return policy allowing items to be returned to them any time, people can and often do return older items to the company. Nearly any item returned used to be sent to the sale instead of resold to customers.

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  • Madison Children's Museum Sale
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  • The sale began in 1987 and is staffed by volunteers. Over the course of the year, volunteers originally repaired, sort, and clean items. Stock at the sale was mostly comprised of returned stock and seconds (items with minor flaws) in past years. This means that any number of items were once found and purchased, ranging from recently retired items to older items and hard to find items. Since American Girl has a somewhat liberal return policy allowing items to be returned to them any time, people can and often do return older items to the company. Nearly any item returned used to be sent to the sale instead of resold to customers.
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  • The sale began in 1987 and is staffed by volunteers. Over the course of the year, volunteers originally repaired, sort, and clean items. Stock at the sale was mostly comprised of returned stock and seconds (items with minor flaws) in past years. This means that any number of items were once found and purchased, ranging from recently retired items to older items and hard to find items. Since American Girl has a somewhat liberal return policy allowing items to be returned to them any time, people can and often do return older items to the company. Nearly any item returned used to be sent to the sale instead of resold to customers. In August 2008, then-President George W. Bush imposed the world's strictest lead ban in products for children 12 or younger by signing the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. As a result, MCM staff and volunteers were no longer allowed to repair or refurbish several older items, and older items were not often sold. This later relaxed - older items are available again - but nowadays most items found at the sale are overstock or returns from American Girl's warehouse. When a Girl of the Year is retired without selling out, generally any remaining stock of items is sent to the sale instead of sold after December 31st.
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