I (tried to?) cancel my order because of this. First, I really don't want to give an abused item as a gift - even to a library - and second, NO MORE VIOLENCE even against jewel cases.
Don't be silly - you wanted to give a $5 item to a library and the cut would shame you? The library will deface it many ways and you would deprive the library of a nice bunch of music.
I had most of the music in the Stitt box and never pulled the $30 trigger. For $5 I can live with the mark.
If they insist on sending you the "abused" set, send it to me, I'll give you a dollar bonus and give it to my library.