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North Carolina
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Great Site
May 10, 2020

I have been buying books here for over a year. I really like the fact they donate etc. only one time did I have a problem, a note to them, solved in less than 24 hours. I whole hardly recommend Best World Books

Date of experience: May 10, 2020
Kansas
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Great Service!
December 31, 2020

They have a wonderful selection of books! Books have always been in even better condition than listed and they ship promptly every time! With all the other environmental and social work they do I will be buying books from here instead of Amazon.

Date of experience: December 30, 2020
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Better than Best?
September 11, 2019

An excellent recycling facility that extends the life of a book and encourages readers to expand their choice of genres as well as within their preferred range. I also use it to 'stock up' on seminal texts which I pass on to other, often reluctant, readers.

Date of experience: September 11, 2019
Virginia
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Watching the Tree
November 13, 2020

Watching the Tree was delivered in good condition. I plan on giving it to my dad for Christmas. When I read it, and learned about ancient Chinese medical methods/philosophy, I knew it would be a good book for him because he's a huge medical science nerd.

Date of experience: November 13, 2020
Maryland
1 review
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More than once I've received a book in much poorer condition than was listed. Even when I've asked for a new copy, the new book I receive is often still in poorer condition than promised. They'll also sometimes randomly cancel parts of my orders because a book is no longer available, which is incredibly annoying because they'll do it days after my order, at which point I've already waited several days for my book.

Date of experience: July 12, 2020
Indiana
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I always check Better World Books first when looking for a book. They usually have the lowest price, the fastest shipping, and their shipping is always free. I have been very happy with the quality and condition of the books I have gotten from them and on the rare occasions when an unacceptable book gets through they take care of it right away, hassle-free. There are other sellers I have dealt with where I have repeatedly been sent books that are beat-up, dirty or have bad smells and I can tell you Better World Books has the best success rating overall with quality inspection of their products. My very first online purchase of a used book was from Better World Books back in 2017 and I am still ordering books from them to this day. Outstanding seller.

Date of experience: June 26, 2020
New Hampshire
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Scumbags
November 1, 2021

These scumbags are unprofessional and I will never buy from them again. They sold me a book. Good book. Arrived in mail fairly quickly. But I had asked immediately and politely for a simple receipt. They said since some people order books as gifts, they don't provide receipts. I told them it's not a damn gift, it's for me, please include a receipt. They said no. A simple receipt for a sale is standard and they flat out refused me. These people are scumbags.

Date of experience: November 1, 2021
Rhode Island
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Please see Title of My Review. Oh, I see I have to post at least 100 characters. Usually I'm asked to pare it down! Better Books is Always the Best Option! There, I said it! Have a lovely day - and go ahead, buy that book! It's for you (or maybe it's a gift) but you're also donating a book, if that helps you make the decision to purchase. Xo

Date of experience: October 6, 2020
Florida
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Exceptional Service
June 30, 2020

I have just received my 2nd order from BetterWorldBooks. I love this store because the books are reasonable, in excellent condition if they were used and the delivery is very fast. They also have a huge selection of just about any type of reading you are looking for. I highly recommend them.

Date of experience: June 30, 2020
Canada
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I've started to shop a lot with this website and I recommend it highly. I just got my recent order and I am thrilled with it. The shipping was fast (And I live in a remote location) and the quality of the books is as promised.

Date of experience: May 11, 2021
Spain
5 reviews
22 helpful votes
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When it comes to books there are two things i look for, cheap to free shipping and good to great customer service. These guys meet those requirments so no need to change services. Been using them for 5 years and I am very happy camper

Date of experience: June 6, 2019
Netherlands
1 review
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I'm from the Netherlands. I have been looking for quite a few books for a while. I found every one of them on this site. Cheap and in good quality.
Free shipping! It took 2 to 6 weeks for all books to arrive, but the holidays were in between.
Payments with paypal are easy to make. I only dont know how to confirm all books received. But the important thing is that i got them!
I recommend the site to everybody.

Greets,

Michiel moore

Date of experience: January 8, 2020
Idaho
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I had read one book by Hilary Matel and decided to look for more. Better World Books had several and when I ordered those and two or three others by favorite authors, they gave me a lovely discount and free shipping!
The website is easy to navigate and full of treasures. What's not to love.

Date of experience: June 2, 2019
Canada
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Enuka
August 11, 2020

Efficient, well priced, lovely, but the insistence on filling out reviews to mandatory lengths just to say you were happy with the service is gibberish-generating; and not the fault of the service itself, I should think.

Date of experience: August 11, 2020
Missouri
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As always, BWB was prompt with the delivery of my latest purchase, my book was well packaged and in good shape. And the emails letting me know it's on the way are so fun! I love buying books here. I feel good about me helping the planet, NOT supporting a large corporation, and getting a book I want.

Date of experience: April 16, 2020
Washington
1 review
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August 9, 2020

Since I live thousands of miles from your store you figure that I can get the worst of your books. Rejects from libraries, ones without covers, nicked etc. Thus saving the good collectable books for you local customers.
After I read those so far I have thrown them into the garbage so no one else would get them.

Date of experience: August 9, 2020
North Carolina
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Great buy!
August 20, 2020

I looked long and hard to find 3 books for a friend that had loaned her original books out, and they were never returned. Granted, they were not the same books but it showed her that someone cared enough about her to replace some of what she had lost. These were not books that are normally on just any shelf.

Date of experience: August 19, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Description
May 23, 2020

The book was promoted as used like new. It was more like used dug out of a trash bin. And that is exactly where it went after I opened the packaging. Dirty, dog eared, and broken spine.
If this was an example of used like new I shudder to think of what good or fair conditioned books would be like.

Date of experience: May 23, 2020
Iowa
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Best Everything!
May 26, 2020

Brilliant search, fantastic topics for search, you can look up by author, title, and better yet, the prices, quality, service, shipping, I used to be an amazon.com book customer, I am no longer. I love the variety and specific sections for the books I want to buy. I am so happy to shop here, I love the option to put on a wish list also. Thank you for providing such an awesome avenue for used books and new books.

Date of experience: May 26, 2020
Ohio
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I've ordered a few books twice now because the picture of book I ordered on website was not the exact one I received. It's important for me that some of my books for example Steinbeck have the same picture uniform look. The titles were correct though. So if the "look" of a book is of importance to you, be careful!

Date of experience: August 15, 2020

Overview

Better World Books has a rating of 2.8 stars from 2,091 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Better World Books most frequently mention customer service, business days and return shipping. Better World Books ranks 4th among Used Books sites.

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