Timberland has been using outside vendors to sell discarded books, CDs and DVDs for several years. Using a partner, such as Thrift Books, makes financial sense because the items receive better market exposure, are priced by experts in the used book market and no TRL staff time is used beyond placing items in a box for pickup. In return TRL receives a percentage of the sales price. TRL received $95,000 in revenue from 2004 to 2013.
