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Djangos.com is sponsoring used-disc charity drives.(News)(web portal organising disc drive...

By Wagner, Holly J.
Publication: Video Store
Date: Sunday, March 14 2004

It seems everyone is converting used discs to cash these days--even nonprofits and charities--with the help of Disc Drive charity events that the entrepreneurs behind Djangos.com pioneered.

The premise is simple: Charities collect used CDs, VHS tapes and DVDs, send them to djangos.com, and the company pays $2 per CD and $4 per DVD. It also pays postage and will return or recycle any discs it can't accept--discs that are scratched, missing the original artwork and liner notes or stamped as promotional copies. The company will even provide a collection box for $20, which

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