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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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Portugal
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Everything is fine so far, except for the photo of the purchased book which doesn't match this particular book edition, leaving me to wonder if I just purchased the right one or not.

Date of experience: February 12, 2022
GB
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Love it
August 29, 2024

Love it. Thank you. A great variety of dealers. Reliable postage. What's not to like:0)

Date of experience: August 19, 2024
GB
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Very good thanks can't fault it at all except why must I enter 50 characters?

Date of experience: August 19, 2024
GB
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Could do with a click-on box to explain what the 'DVD Regions' are, given there's a difference between UK and US formats and it wasn't always so clear whether individual DVDs would play on my UK DVD player

Date of experience: February 4, 2023
GB
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Generally extremely pleased with alibris
January 24, 2021

Generally extremely pleased with alibris - have ordered numerous books in last few years!

I had to click the Order Now button twice today - I think it was because I had not agreed to cookies - I think there should be an option to disable non-essential cookies - I hope my order is NOT duplicated!

Date of experience: January 24, 2021
Florida
1 review
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I have had to find another copy of a book to buy since...
May 18, 2022
Updated review

I have had to find another copy of a book to buy since my order from AwesomeBooksUK was just cancelled because they did not have the item in stock. This is very unprofessional on the part of AwesomeBooksUK, and I will be avoiding all of their books in the future.

Date of experience: April 18, 2022

Would like more info available on the book page, including...
May 16, 2022
Previous review

Would like more info available on the book page, including ISBN

Date of experience: April 16, 2022
GB
1 review
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Search function is okay, shopping basket is not clear on where your items are. Shipping calculations should be confirmed before payment window, payment authorisation step is very dated.

Date of experience: February 3, 2021
GB
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Although I have bought a number of books from you recently this time you would not accept my password or email address and I had to go through a lengthy process of purchasing as a guest.

Date of experience: September 20, 2022
GB
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Asked a few questions from We Buy Books pre purchase by e-mail but received a poor response. Had to phone for a reply. The phone response was positive or I would not have continue with purchase.

Date of experience: May 13, 2023
Germany
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When I tried to order in my own name I have the problem that I forgot my pasword. Your saytem sayd then that I would get an information per e-mail to reset the password. But I never ecieved an e-mail. Frustrating! So, eventually I placed the order with the name of my wife.

Date of experience: August 4, 2021
Norway
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I have bough quite a few books from Alibris over the...
January 2, 2024
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I have bough quite a few books from Alibris over the years and have always been very satisfied with my shopping experience. Well pack and described, and very reasonable postal rates 10/10

Date of experience: January 2, 2024

Excellent!
February 28, 2023
Previous review

Excellent!

Date of experience: February 28, 2023

I am a returning customer, but haven't registered before,...
February 28, 2023
Previous review

I am a returning customer, but haven't registered before, merely buying as a guest. I have always been very happy with my transactions with Alibris.

Date of experience: February 28, 2023
GB
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The only thing that spoiled it was that I opted for payment by PayPal, but could not go to sign in. Website only allowed me to proceed when I entered card details

Date of experience: May 27, 2022
GB
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The shipping time is quite long
July 25, 2024

The shipping time is quite long. I hope the service time can be reduced. The tracking is also missing.

Date of experience: July 15, 2024
GB
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Would have liked to have seen a picture of the book before buying and better idea of how long it would take to ship - maybe with options to pay for faster delivery?
Otherwise all good.

Date of experience: May 20, 2021
GB
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Five-star good enough?
September 12, 2021

Five-star good enough? Shipping to the UK is the best cost available. Congratulations. Too many retailers use an overseas order as an excuse to levy unreasonable charges.

Date of experience: September 12, 2021
California
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Easy to find, good selections, only would have liked to see inside, or compare it to a similar version published some years back, but otherwise, all good.

Date of experience: August 27, 2021
GB
1 review
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Too many pop-ups and unhelpful Cookies statement / policy
Basically not providing the service without intrusive obstacles and too interested in data appropriation

Date of experience: November 8, 2021
GB
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The website is easy to navigate and the price comparison from different suppliers is good, although it can display the incorrect highest/lowest prices sometimes. Will still continue to use this site.

Date of experience: April 7, 2022
Italy
1 review
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The Site interface is not very good when I find the book. There's a long left column of books I'm not interested in, before scrolling down to the one I want.

Date of experience: March 3, 2021
GB
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Seems really good
March 14, 2021

Seems really good. I like that the site set currency to my locale.
If the item arrives as promised then I'll be back to up the rating to 5 stars.
Thanks

Date of experience: March 14, 2021