AbeBooks

I was nervous to order anything from Abebooks because of all the bad reviews I've read, but I decided to take a chance. I ordered from Silver Arch Books and had no problems at all. My order got here in less than a week, and the books were in the condition as described. The only weird thing that happened was it said my order was coming from St. Louis, MO but my order was shipped from the Chicago area.

The prices are great, and the free shipping was nice.

I will probably order from them again in the future.

Terribly slow shipping. I paid extra for priority shipping but did not recieve. I ordered the book on 3/1, they printed a shipping label on 3/2, sat on the product for 4 day before delivering to the post office on 3/6. Today is 3/11 and I still have not received the book... guessing they did not send priority as I had paid. I have requested a refund for the upgraded shipping... no response. Next stop... credit card company. Buy elsewhere if you can

If I could give zero stars I would. I purchased a book and unknowingly got stuck with $73.47 in shipping charges! Mind you the book cost $118.73 and the shipping charges were almost as much as the book! I tried working with Abe books but they wouldn't budge so lesson learned by me. I will NEVER purchase another thing from this shady company. Buyer beware!

This place is the worst place to buy a book, maybe it is good for those people who want to sell. Books arrive damaged and the return fees + the initial shipping will pay a new book. Terrible, I will NEVER use it again.

If by chance you decided to look up the validity of these company before you buy GREAT FOR YOU. DO NOT buy from this company. I ordered an accounting book for over $200 as it was sold out at my school bookstore. I only had an option of renting from the school and the rental alone was $200 for a used book. I decided to give this pathetic source a try, and they shipped me an edition 3 back from the one I ordered. By this time I had waited and missed an assignment for a 7 week class and still had to purchase the original book. I returned my book to them and to this day still am out of $200+ dollars and cant get anyone on the phone. They are horrible with customer service and take 0 accountability for my misfortune. PLEASE do not order from them.

I have used Abe Books countless times. Their prices are very fair, the stated condition of books is accurate, and many of the sellers have free shipping (I HATE paying for shipping). I have eight to ten sellers I order from on a consistent (probably too often if you ask my husband :)) basis. Abe is a cheaper alternative to Amazon (which I love as well) if you are in the market for used books.

AbeBooks used to be a decent resource for used books. Now it seems to be a resource for fraudulent sellers to take advantage of customers. AbeBooks does not allow customer reviews, so many of the booksellers send books that are nowhere near the quality described, and the buyer is left with no recourse and no ability to downrate fraudulent sellers. My latest purchase was listed by the seller in "very good" condition with no serious flaws, yet when I got the book it had a damp musty smell and was heavily foxed throughout. Buyer beware.

What a waste of time and money - ordered two books but only received one. After asking for the second one, I was offered a discount on the single book or a refund. I opted for the refund - no response to any of my emails regarding the amount of refund or when it will be issued. I had to put out *more* money after having been shorted on the total cost of the order to send the book back, and yet won't be refunded for any of my shipping costs (I've asked, no response, so let's assume the answer is no). I have sent numerous emails with the tracking number but no one from customer service has responded in over a week, and no word from the bookseller. As far as I'm concerned, this site is a scam and to be avoided at all costs.

I purchased a "hard cover" copy, which was clearly stated on the description page. After purchasing the book, all the details, like it being a first-edition copy and that it was a hard cover did not appear on offered receipt.

What I received after waiting in the mail for over a week was a soft cover version. Completely disappointed. And, I feel that Abebooks.com does not even attempt to provide honest service to their customers. I DO NOT RECOMMEND.

I needed to buy a textbook. I used Ables for the first time. On their website they do not say they only sell used books. I purchase a specific book they gave me an estimated date of 5 days from my purchase. It didn't arrive until 14 days after my purchase. Then I opened it up it's the wrong book. Not only is it the wrong book but Pages torn from it the book isn't even sellable. Trying to get this resolved is impossible. The only way to contact them is through email. They keep emailing me telling me they have a 30 day guarantee of return books and I keep emailing them back that I am not paying for shipping when you ship the wrong book. Don't ever ever ever buy from these people!

I don't remember the last time I received such bad product and service from a company. I ordered to two posters that arrived bent. When I asked to have them exchanged it took forever to get the address to send them back to. I sent them back via a trackable method on February 4th, it's April 15th and it's still not resolved. They just keep asking me the same questions to give me the run around. I will never buy anything from this company again. I gave them a ranking of 1 star because there wasn't anything less to choose from.

I ordered two books for medical administrative assistant classes and first time I ordered them I was refunded my money back by Abebooks for one book probably because the seller didn't have it. I was sent an e-mail stating that I was refunded the same day. Luckily I was able to find the same book for a little cheaper. Both books shipped very fast definitely less time than was estimated. Only thing that bothered me was that I was not given any tracking numbers to track my books but that didnt seem like much of a problem since they came so quickly. I don't really have any bad to say about this website.