Patent ID: 8073740

Claim:
A computing device configured to obtain a supply of used items, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more modules that are configured to, when executed by the one or more processors: for each of multiple purchased items, before the item is delivered to an indicated recipient of the item, automatically determine an offer to be made to the recipient for the recipient to perform a subsequent sale of the item after delivery of the item to the recipient, the determined offer including multiple alternative purchase price terms that each indicates an amount of money that will be paid to the recipient if the recipient accepts the offer within a distinct period of time associated with that purchase price term, the multiple alternative purchase price terms including one or more purchase price terms whose indicated amounts of money are determined at a time of the determining of the offer based on current market conditions at that time; and initiate delivering to the recipient of shipping materials and an indication of the offer along with the purchased item, the shipping materials being for use by the recipient in shipping the purchased item if the offer is accepted by the recipient subsequent to the delivering of the shipping materials and the indication of the offer; and for each of at least one of the multiple purchased items, receive an indication that the offer for the subsequent sale of the item by the recipient has been accepted by the recipient, and facilitate provision of compensation to the recipient in accordance with the offer.