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Alibris UK

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Alibris UK has a rating of 4.6 stars from 2,549 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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quality
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I have had a lot of trouble with this purchase. I've spent over three hours on it, with MUCH AGGRO! Your payment screen would not accept my "Card Details". Eventually, I discovered that my own bank had blocked use of my debit card on the grounds that there was something insecure about your bank account, which I believe to be stupid, and I told them so. This problem would have been averted if the wording on your payment screen to cover this kind of event were to be changed to something like "Your bank is refusing payment". This would be true. To say that my card details were not acceptable is completely misleading, as the details that I put in were entirely correct. So I was led to believe that I was making a mistake in putting these details in, which in reality was not the case. As things were, I wrote to your Helpline, but received a completely irrelevant response, and when I wrote again, I received no reply. I also wrote to the Seller, and THEY did not reply either. So, altogether, I have felt very hot under the collar. I think that I have now just about managed to buy this book. So here's hoping that I'm right.

Yours Sincerely, Andrew White

Date of experience: March 26, 2025
GB
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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
GB
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Maybe computer system changed since I last ordered, but I had great difficulty logging in, with my password not accepted.

Date of experience: March 4, 2025
GB
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Your order system is not working
February 16, 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.

Date of experience: February 6, 2025
GB
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It was unclear why an item shipped from the US to a US address should incur international shipping charges. I tried re-entering the shipping address many times to see if the shipping cost would be updated to a US internal postage. Nothing changed from the ¢11.99 shipping charge, so I had to change the source country of the book to the UK find a cheaper copy. This means it might take a great deal longer to arrive. I am disappointed in the experience which was extremely opaque, and the item may now not arrive in time for Christmas

Date of experience: December 4, 2024
France
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The shipping costs were increased several times during the process. I ended up paying 3€ more than the first page let me believe.

Date of experience: February 16, 2025
Netherlands
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Thank you for providing an alternative choice to the...
March 16, 2025
Updated review

Thank you for providing an alternative choice to the usual monopoly. Well done. I'm buying more from you. Keep up the good work!

Date of experience: March 6, 2025

I give God many thank God for finding you today Otherwise...
January 23, 2025
Previous review

I give God many thank God for finding you today Otherwise I would have had to pay more to ship the books to the UK.

Date of experience: January 13, 2025
GB
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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
GB
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Easy to access and fulfill
February 23, 2025

Easy to access and fulfill. No problems, thanks. An uncomplicated and trusted process from past experience. One of my 'go to' sellers.

Date of experience: February 13, 2025
GB
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Easy website to navigate.thank you
March 31, 2025

Easy website to navigate.thank you. The book was written by my late cousin and I wished to get a copy for a lady who cared for him in his late life.

Date of experience: March 21, 2025