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Alibris UK

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Alibris UK has a rating of 4.6 stars from 8,767 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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GB
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Great...
June 20, 2022

Great...
Hadn't realised that shipping was calculated separately for each seller, as initially didnt realise books were all from different sellers.
Also, I autofilled the wrong credit card number, and then it was very difficult to change it... (but that may be my chrome browser)

Date of experience: June 20, 2022
Italy
1 review
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I first found this book for 17 Euros but when I returned to it, after looking at other offers, its price had risen to 25 Euros, and the 17 Euros copy was still there but not clickable, although I tried many times. For me, this is a not very fair conduct of your part. Then, out of the blue, I found the 17 Euros copy in
My basket. What a mistery!
Perhaps the responsibility resides in the electronic! (?)

Date of experience: March 14, 2022
France
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I was disappointed not to be able to choose American Express or Paypal for payment.
I was disappointed not to have any evaluation for the delivery time.
I was disappointed not to be able to choose different options for delivery.

Also, I was not aware that the book would be coming from the US (which is fine with me). There is no mention on how Covid impacts deliveries outside of the UK. The wording you use seems like everyone is selling or importing books from/to the UK, but there exists trade outside of the UK. At least that's what I've heard:-)

Date of experience: May 9, 2021
GB
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Clear, speedy and easy navigation of site
September 13, 2024
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Clear, speedy and easy navigation of site. Informative as to content and quality of items.

Date of experience: September 3, 2024

Ok
March 22, 2024
Previous review

Ok. Lengthy process in changing password

Date of experience: March 12, 2024
GB
1 review
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It was simple and straightforward
September 13, 2024

It was simple and straightforward. Always an excellent service!

Date of experience: September 3, 2024
Norway
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Always excellent choice of books from reliable sellers,...
September 13, 2024
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Always excellent choice of books from reliable sellers, and user-friendly website.

Date of experience: September 3, 2024

Always a good experience with Alibris
June 17, 2022
Previous review

Always a good experience with Alibris.

Date of experience: June 17, 2022
GB
1 review
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I wanted to pay with PayPal but it wouldn't let me save and continue to the next step unless I selected to pay by card

Date of experience: July 20, 2024
Switzerland
1 review
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Tried to use a voucher (READ / MORE) when checking out, but website refused to accept since voucher was supposedly expired. However, voucher says valid until 12 July 2024 (today is 1 July 2024)!

Date of experience: July 1, 2024
Netherlands
1 review
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Rather confusing account management: instead of updating my email address I now have two accounts: one with the old email address (which doesn't exist anymore) and on with my new email address (*******@freedom.nl) that I can't access because it doesn't recognize my password...

Date of experience: August 2, 2021
GB
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The filter options don't work very well so it's very hard to browse in the right sections. Also moving an item to your wishlist/basket shouldn't take you to that page, makes it very tedious to move a lot of items.

Date of experience: September 28, 2021
GB
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Alibris always delivers on time and as expected and...
September 29, 2021
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Alibris always delivers on time and as expected and as prices change it is always worth a trip back, I have found issues at under 10 pounds only to be able to sell months later at over £250 and of course some I will not sell I have been offered over £1000.

Date of experience: September 29, 2021

It usually works quickly though took 3 goes before...
July 16, 2021
Previous review

It usually works quickly though took 3 goes before noticed the expire date wrong so read carefully all info LOL

Date of experience: July 16, 2021
GB
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Please tell me you are not owned by Amazon
March 5, 2021

Please tell me you are not owned by Amazon - I am making a concerted effort not to buy from Amazon or its subsidiaries and was delighted to find you. If you are not an Amazon subsidiary I will be recommending you as widely as possible!

Date of experience: March 5, 2021
GB
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I picked the wrong type of credit card when checking out, you deleted all the information and made me fill it in again. This was a pain in the arse. Literaally the only thing wrong was visa instead of mastercard, but you forced me to retype and recheck a 16 digit number. Utterly unnecessary

Date of experience: May 4, 2021
California
1 review
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I searched far and wide for this obscure publication of Kenneth Angers' I was quite pleased to find you were the only Bookselle this book (and for an exceptionally reasonable price! Thanking you in advance for this brilliant find!

Date of experience: January 3, 2024
Germany
1 review
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I have been waiting for 2 months the book I ordered via Alibris and, besides the support I received from the Customer Service, I thought to get at least a bonus coupon to reorder the same item at a discounted price. In fact, it should be taken into consideration, that for two months I haven't had the chance to use the book because it wasn't delivered. Additionally, it must be possible to track the delivery of a purchased item: for any kind of reason, this was not enabled and I could not follow my book's delivery status. Overall, very disappointing. Nevertheless, I placed an order again of the same book via Alibris UK and got good assistance from the Customer Service.

Date of experience: November 8, 2023
Isle of Man
1 review
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Easy to use site.good price.it was one of two stes to stock this rare book

Date of experience: September 2, 2024
GB
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Perfectly straightforward process
September 12, 2024

Perfectly straightforward process. I wanted to purchase this item from a UK seller.

Date of experience: September 2, 2024
GB
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I couldnt complete my full address as the website was only allowing a certain number of characters

Date of experience: August 1, 2024
GB
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Very quick simple and straightforward what a great...
August 11, 2024
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Very quick simple and straightforward what a great service!

Date of experience: August 1, 2024

Very quick and easy
December 28, 2023
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Very quick and easy

Date of experience: December 28, 2023
GB
1 review
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The site glitched out and removed everything in my...
December 25, 2022
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The site glitched out and removed everything in my cart when i tried to remove one item. Then, when i tried to re-add the items i'd lost, some were no longer available. When i tried to check out, the items that had glitched out from my initial cart had been re-added. After i removed those items, i tried to use the voucher code, and it said it was not valid, even though my order was above the amount of money i needed to spend for it to be valid. I paid full price without the code because i didn't want to lose my cart to a glitch again.

Date of experience: November 25, 2022

Albris is epic and i can find everything i want on...
March 22, 2021
Previous review

Albris is epic and i can find everything i want on here

Date of experience: March 22, 2021