I've got a handful of mass market paperbacks I'd like to post however they have wavy pages. They're not wavy from liquid damage just from how they were stored I guess or possibly how they were made. I'm afraid if I post & send them they'll be mistaken for liquid damaged.

What would you do with them?

If they are WL books, you could do a post in a WL thread explaining that the books are wavy from cheap manufacturing and/or storage.  If not, maybe run a deal for them in the bazaar.  I can understand why you wouldn't want the hassle of dealing with potential RWAP from those that will insist it was liquid damage, not cheap manufacturing.

I post those and I've received those kinds of wavy paged books.  For the most part, I don't think anyone really takes any notice of them and I've never had one marked as a RWAP nor have I marked one I've received as a RWAP.  It's just the paper and the way books are made these days.  Books that have water damage are fairly obvious so I wouldn't worry if you're sure it's not water damage.  Pat

Some of the newer/cheaper papers are doing this in humidity (doesn't even take alot of humidity).  Weight might help.  It's frustrating tho, because the books are postable but there's the potential for a misunderstanding.

I would first try to press them like others have described to see if I could get them to lay flat again.

If a book just looks really bad and I think the receiver would not be happy getting the book I wouldn't post it even if I felt it was postable. Me getting  credit isn't worth it. If was a rare book that was harder to find I might offer it in the Bazaar with a description, or offer deals on books that look bad.

If its rippling that looks like the standard publication these days, I don't even think twice about sending it. If a book on Target's shelves looks exactly the same, then I shouldn't have a problem sending it. If it looks like water damage (few pages, not uniform, change in texture), then I usually won't find it worth the hassle to post it, I go straight to the Bazaar. Even a new book I can't say for 100% certain it isn't water damage because stores let people read merchandise in their cafes now, let their employees check out their books, and let people return books. A few pages that look like water damage in a new book could really be water damage.

Emily sez:

"I keep a big dictionary to punish rolled and wavy books."

Do you just show them the dictionary, Emily, or do you make them copy a page from the "Q" section 100 times before sending them up to their shelf?