Alibris UK has a rating of 4.5 stars from 8,665 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Alibris UK most frequently mention good price, excellent service, and shipping costs. Alibris UK ranks 2nd among Textbooks sites.
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Today I bought a book for €12,18 + postage. AS I was shopping, I noticed a banner saying "Enter your e-mail address get £3 off your purchase". However, when I did it, I received a voucher/code for £3 off purchases of £30 or more. I am a little annoyed (which I was not before!) and think that the banner was misleading!
I have been using it for over 20 years and I think I know my way around it.
Date of experience: January 31, 2025
Excellent as far as Alibris is concerned. I notice that, on this order, the postage cost has exceeded the cost of the books. This is a bit of a barrier for me to order frequently.
I have been using Alibris for many years, I am satisfied with it, and I know my way around it.
Date of experience: March 12, 2024
Date of experience: January 2, 2022
On my previous attempt to order from you, you refused a perfectly good debit card, which other firms accepted on the same day as valid. I have not used you for a considerable time as a result. I have only returned on this occasion, because I could not locate this book elsewhere.
Date of experience: January 31, 2025
The alibris shopping experience is always very good. However, there seem to be occasional delivery problems caused by the fact that the UK is no longer in the EU.
My last order from the UK in 2024 did not arrive.
The book I ordered is out of print but is available from alibris.
Date of experience: February 6, 2025
Convenient. It is nice to have an alternative to Amazon. Jeff Bezos has abused many Americans' goodwill domestically and abroad with the backing of an authoritarian criminal (Felon 47) and his gang of merry thieves in the USA.
Because I refuse to subsidize Jeff Bezos's Amazon, and I refuse to sponsor a fascist billionaire who endorses Felon 47 (the US "president") and his agenda of lies and pure hate. Birds of a feather flock together. Enough!
Date of experience: January 26, 2025
Easy peasy! Love the fact that I can save my desired titles so I can retrieve them later.
A nice break from Amazon!
Date of experience: December 23, 2024
It's refreshing to have an alternative to Amazon! Thank you.
Reliability. Lots of scammers on Amazon.
Date of experience: December 19, 2024
Happy to have an alternative to Amazon! It's quite refreshing.
Because I could not get what I was looking for on Amazon.
Date of experience: July 24, 2024
I don't understand why shipping is so expensive especially if I'm buying multiple items from the same seller! I used to sell large items online for £6 for the largest items weighing over 2kg but 4 books is £12 shipped?
Otherwise great experience
Date of experience: January 12, 2025
Smooth transaction. Makes me want to come back to the site because the website works perfect and order pages were well designed out and it was easy to complete the transaction. Very smooth transaction with very little friction. Thanks.
Because from my experience with the website, the books are Consistently as described.
Date of experience: January 5, 2025
Out of all the websites for books (particularly antiquarian ones) I find Alibris to be the best by far. The advertised price is always the price you pay, unlike other platforms that lure you in with a competitive price but once you click on the item the price rises and, in some instances, dramatically!
I love that the price on Alibris is always in my currency but most of all, my favourite thing about Alibris is the flat rate postage.
I am an academic / amateur historian. All the items I buy are for my personal collection. I do not resell any items. I do not have an unlimited amounts of money nor do I work in conjunction with any business or other person/s. My purchases are always on a strict budget and are always carefully researched and planned.
I am extremely grateful that Alibris allows me to indulge my passion for old and often smelly books within my niche area of interest. I thank-you.
If you want the best… you shop at the best. Alibris is very, very rarely beaten on price, customer service nor client satisfaction in my experience.
Date of experience: December 29, 2024
Super easy. Straightforward and quick. Alibris is one of my go to website for books which are always competitively priced.
Best price on all book websites
Date of experience: October 31, 2024
My first card with you bounced as you had Barnet as my payment address when it should have been Brent.
Date of experience: January 29, 2025
Big library to pick from, good prices, shipping charges have gone up sadly since I last used Alibris
Rarer books and price options
Date of experience: January 30, 2025
Quick Fast, sent out in a hurry! Nice! Go job goo shopping eperience. Believe I will come visit them again.
Alibris is an efficient facility.
Date of experience: February 3, 2025
Your order system is not working. I kept having to enter my card details time and time again. That is twice today it has played up.
I always use Alibris, but maybe not for so much longer.
Date of experience: February 6, 2025
Not a bad shopping experience. However, forcing me to write so much here is not a good thing at all. It almost made me abandon adding a review. I don't care about being featured - but I do like to provide feedback. I would recommend making that process easier!
Cheapest option
Date of experience: December 4, 2024
Easy to use.
Good information on books for sale.
A good price range with lots of different options.
Have used allibris in the past.
Date of experience: January 30, 2025
Quick and easy thanks - that says it all! I rate price over speed of delivery which is why I'm always happy to take these good value offers from North America
Best offer I could find on this item
Date of experience: January 5, 2025
Was looking for an inexpensive copy to sample this series - I found what I was looking for!
Date of experience: May 3, 2024
The right price!
Date of experience: April 19, 2024
Reorder for an item I ordered previously which was no longer available
Date of experience: January 27, 2024
Something I was looking for which was much more expensive elsewhere
Date of experience: January 25, 2024
Excellent - very quick smooth transaction. Good price too.
Very competitive prices on many items
Date of experience: January 19, 2024
Very favourable price on this item
Date of experience: December 25, 2023
Best deal I could find on this set - don't mind waiting a bit longer for items to arrive from the USA if the price is right - and it often is!
Date of experience: November 3, 2023
Best price I could find on this title
Date of experience: October 6, 2023
Good offer on the item I was seeking
Date of experience: August 11, 2023
Looking for a good deal
Date of experience: March 6, 2023
Looking for the best offer on the CD concerned - I found it!
Date of experience: January 20, 2023
The lowest price I could find for this title
Date of experience: January 18, 2023
A good price...
To find a keenly priced Kate Morton title in audiobook format
Date of experience: December 22, 2022
Good price on the item concerned - shipping from Texas to the UK may take a little longer but I don't mind that
Date of experience: November 27, 2022
Found the item I was seeking at a very reasonable price thanks
I check what you have every time I'm looking for a book/CD etc. and you frequently come up with the goods!
Date of experience: November 13, 2022
Best price in town for the CD concerned
Date of experience: July 24, 2022
Found what I was looking for at the right price! - thanks
I check you every time I'm looking for books/CDs etc and am rarely disappointed
Date of experience: June 20, 2022
Pleased t0 find this scarce title at a very reasonable price
You had what I was looking for!
Date of experience: March 30, 2022
Always competitive!
Date of experience: February 8, 2022
Found an exceeding good price on the item in question - thanks for that
Often find the best prices around on used CDs and today was no exception
Date of experience: February 3, 2022
Found the best price on the item I was seeking
Date of experience: January 25, 2022
Because your platform offered the best available deal
Date of experience: November 15, 2021
Best price I could find on this title
Date of experience: September 22, 2021
The most favourable offer for the book I was seeking - just needed a decent reading copy
Date of experience: February 12, 2021
I would like more detail on whether a non-fiction book is academic or for general readership. Otherwise a very straight-forward process. Thank you.
Date of experience: January 18, 2025
Almost always excellent. Even if an issue has arisen with non-receipt Alibris deals with that very promptly.
I found what I wanted.
Date of experience: January 24, 2025
Excellent and easy to use as usual. I have been using Alibris for years now.
Value and reliability
Date of experience: October 11, 2024
Alibris is an excellent site for finding titles it is difficult to find elsewhere and reasonable delivery costs
Because I could not find this title anywhere else at a reasonable price
Date of experience: January 17, 2025
First time of using. Was recommended by a friend. Had what I was looking for.
They had what i was looking for.
Date of experience: February 2, 2025
Great service at great prices as always. Have used many times before.
Used many times previously and always had great service from all sellers.
Date of experience: February 2, 2025
I often use Alibris UK and all products received as described.
Date of experience: October 18, 2024
I don't necessarily want a featured review. I'd write more if I got a discount for it.
I always do.
Date of experience: January 30, 2025
As always, it's quick and easy. But I'm not willing to write your promo for free.
I always do.
Date of experience: January 30, 2025
I sometimes compare Alibris with a real shop full of used or remaindered books. It's a tough call. One of the best things about actually browsing is that you open yourself to surprises. But that's not impossible on Alibris either... in a subject area, or by author, and the advantages are many: the stock is huge, the data quick and best of all, cross-indexed!
It's my go-to marketplace for most books. I check prices, of course...
Date of experience: January 19, 2025
It's great -- so familiar it's almost a habit. The only really annoying thing is the pressure the company exerts to get their customers to write promo for free.
It would be unusual if I didn't.
Date of experience: December 8, 2024
Same boring message -- I like Alibris. If you want us to write promo, I think you should pay us!
I almost always do, unless the book is at my library.
Date of experience: November 1, 2024
I really am a fan, but don't appreciate the pressure to write it down every time...
It's what I do.
Date of experience: October 18, 2024
At this point, I'd call myself a loyal customer. Maybe even a fan.
I always do (if there's really a choice).
Date of experience: September 23, 2024
Most affordable even when shipping overseas, no need to make an account either
Date of experience: February 2, 2025
Very easy to find items and use the website. I will definitely use you again in the future.
It was the only website that had all of the books that I was looking for in very good condition.
Date of experience: January 27, 2025
Very easy not to difficult and found a good price for the product I was after way better than ebay
My friend told me
Date of experience: January 31, 2025
Usual first class service! As always ease of use to super web site
No one better
Date of experience: January 29, 2025
The usual easy and comprehensive first class service always with a great selection thank you
Where else would I want 7to go!
Date of experience: September 6, 2024
Date of experience: December 9, 2022
Where else!?
Date of experience: April 4, 2022
Date of experience: April 17, 2021
Is something going awry at Alibris? In late November I received a four DVD box set of Bramwell. I didn't order this and sent an email immediately about this. I received no reply. My order *******-2 (November 4) never arrived, yet the tracking details said it was delivered...it wasn't. I think I deserve a credit note for this order.
I've been using Alibris for many years to get US books sent to the UK. It's the flat-rate postage that keeps me coming back. Until late this year I've never really had a problem but if someone reads the above it seems standards are, unfortunately, slipping. Best wishes Robin Benson (*******@talktalk.net)
Date of experience: December 31, 2024
I'm still buying books from Alibris because of the excellent flat-rate postage. As to rest of Alibris it's down to one star. The service to customers is crap, you just don't care. I had a delivery of two DVDs, I didn't order them and emailed to say so. One of my orders was lost, I emailed about that (twice I think) but got replies to either customer query. Alibris just couldn't care less about customer queries.,
Date of experience: February 12, 2025
I found the book I wanted and it looks like a really good copy but best of all is the flat-rate postage: US to UK. I always turn to Alibris for American published titles.
Date of experience: October 5, 2024
Flat rate postage by Alibris, US to UK, wins every time for me.
The cheapest price I could find on the net, this includes postage as well.
Date of experience: September 2, 2024
I live in the UK and it's the flat standard postage from the US that draws me to Alibris every time.
I found the book at a good price.
Date of experience: August 18, 2024
I live in the UK and I always shop Alibris for American books because of the flat shipping rate. I've been with you for years.
Date of experience: September 4, 2023
I only use Alibris to buy books from the US because the postage is a flat rate. Other sellers in the US charge a fortune for postage to the UK, Frequently more than the cost of the book.
Date of experience: August 9, 2023
Bargain price but what makes me come back to Alibris all the time is the standard postage charge, whatever the size of the order.
I couldn't find it elsewhere on the net at this price.
Date of experience: March 17, 2023
This is the third book I've ordered today from Alibris. I always check out the title with other sellers and predictably they all want hefty postal charges to the UK. Three cheers to Alibris for a flat postal rate, no wonder I keep coming back!
Flat rate postal charge to the UK.
Date of experience: June 12, 2022
It was the only place I could find the product and shipped to the UK.
Date of experience: May 7, 2022
Always the best prices and thank goodness for the standard shipping rate US to the UK. For this order I checked out other US sellers, shipping was more than the book price.
Standard shipping rate US to UK.
Date of experience: March 6, 2022
I'm in the UK, just bought a book to come from the US. As usual, having checked out several other sellers in the US, Alibris is the cheapest for the book and postage because of the standard flat rate. Some other US sellers want more for the postage than the actual selling price. No wonder I keep coming back to Alibris!
Speaks for itself: Alibris brilliant flat rate postage US to UK.
Date of experience: February 13, 2022
Excellent service on the website. I've been a customer of Alibris for years.
I live in the UK so the flat rate postage wins me over every time, especially if I buy a book from an American seller.
Date of experience: January 13, 2022
Great prices and flat rate postage. Brilliant.
Date of experience: December 21, 2021
I live in the UK and Alibris is always my first choice if I want to buy American books. No one else offers a flat rate postage charge.
See the above message.
Date of experience: October 19, 2021
Excellent with Alibris. The best thing is the standard shipping cost from the US to the UK.
I found the book I wanted, a somewhat rare book from 1988 and originally published in Denmark.
Date of experience: February 13, 2021