Return Policy

No permission to return is required. A copy of the invoice must accompany the returned shipment along with clear identification of the customer making the return. Failure to include requested documentation could result in delay of credit.

Returns are accepted only for items that are saleable, unmarked, in new condition, and in the current edition. Editions that have been declared out of print are ineligible for return. Books superseded by a new edition are not returnable after September 30th of the year of publication of the new edition unless prior extension was granted in writing. Custom products are not returnable. International orders are not returnable. Please contact Customer Support in the event you have received defective, damaged, or incorrect items. These products should be returned immediately. No credit will be given for damaged items. Boxes of 40 lbs. or more will not be accepted and returned items may not exceed the number of units originally invoiced.

Any items received that are considered non-returnable will be refused and returned at customer’s expense.

Timing (effective 5/15/2020)

• Returns from Higher Education Bookstore and VHL reseller partners will be accepted for 240 days from the original invoice date to the date received at the address cited below.
• Returns from K–12 education direct-purchase district/school accounts will be accepted for 30 days from the original invoice date to the date received at the address cited below.

Restocking fee

A 10% restocking fee will be charged to all standard returns.

Returns address

Physical returns should be sent to the following address by a traceable service with the appropriate documentation as cited above:

Vista Higher Learning Returns

c/o Lakeside Book Company

677 Brighton Beach Road

Menasha, WI 54952-8009

Contact information

Customer Support Team

Phone Number: 1-800-269-6311

Fax Number: 1-617-426-5215

Email Address: [email protected]

List of titles that are no longer returnable: