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Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I experienced a situation similar to other reviewers: USPS has bungled the delivery process, book is lost, and Biblio.com personnel keep sending me these canned, even arrogant, responses from about a dozen different "representatives" on unusual days and at unusual times, sometimes in ungrammatical English, that reveal they are not seriously looking into the problem, not taking any responsibility for an investigation, or at least getting the bookseller involved in a professional way: personally investigating with real personnel at USPS and responding with a real report. Sometimes I wonder if these people are even located in the US and if it's a legitimate company, or if it is just a bot programmed to broadcast canned responses.

Date of experience: December 29, 2020
Louisiana
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Unreliable and lazy
November 16, 2022

I ordered a book from this website and when I didn't receive another email for my order besides the initial confirmation of purchase email, I decided to send a message and ask if my order had a tracking number and I was then immediately given a refund and told my order was canceled, only after I made the inquiry about the order after a week of no response. Terrible service.

Date of experience: November 16, 2022
Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Biblio tells you a tottaly different story each time you communicate with them. Biblio does not understand your order. Biblio does not want to be bothered with a problem. Biblio will flat out lie to you. If you have a problem, your on your own. Biblio is deceptive and dishonest.

Date of experience: March 17, 2019
Netherlands
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Ordered a book, simultaneously with a class mate (other order). After a few weeks still not received the order. A refund was proposed/demanded. But for waiting more than a month now, the refund is not received.
Update:
The refund of this order (placed on November 11th) is now received (Friday 13th :)) .

Date of experience: February 11, 2015
New York
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Horrid!
December 1, 2020

I happily ordered Hennessey On Roses, an old book, and later in the day they email me to say the FREE SHIPPING I clicked on was a MISTAKE and I would have to pay for shipping. What kind of phony garbage is this?! So I cancelled the order but I'm waiting to see if they send me a bill anyway.

OK, they just sent me an email saying the order was cancelled and any charges would be refunded in 2-3 business days. We'll see. I'm just mad that they would change the shipping fee after I ordered.

Date of experience: December 1, 2020
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Why buy new?
November 1, 2023

The book was as described, early new, and arrived very quickly - thanks and I will buy again from you.

Date of experience: October 31, 2023
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Whilst I have been delighted by other mailings from Biblio members, I'm afraid that on this occasion the condition of RHC Davis's King Stephen (Order Ref *******) was not at all as expected. Described as "Very Good" it arrived with unattractive bleaching to both the the front and rear covers, a damaged spine and foxing throughout.

A rare let-down through Biblio.

Date of experience: March 23, 2023
Ashleigh R. Biblio Rep
over a year old

Hi Tony, so sorry for the delay. If you haven't already, please reach out to us support@biblio.com or call us at 1-800-813-9432 so that we can help resolve this. If you call, you can ask for me by name, Ashleigh, or dial my extension, #144. Thanks!

California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Terrible
July 30, 2020

Package was 3 days late and had been stuck in transit in my local usps hub for 5 days. Biblio claimed the tracking "showed movement." When I called them on their blatant lie they forwarded me to the seller who then decided to extend the ETA an editional 7 days (after is had already shipped and was apparently in my home city?) Then when I called them out for unprofessionalism they kept spamming me the same robotic email.
Started a claim through paypal as I do not expect my package to arrive. (This has happened many times before with USPS)
Also, I had requested the 3rd party seller (discover books) use first class mail, which I paid for, to ship the book to avoid such an issue and they ignored me while shipping the RARE BOOK as bound-printed matter.
I am disgusted with both companies at the moment and will never use either again.

Date of experience: July 30, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent book
August 26, 2023

Perfect. Solved my dilemma of needlepointing 60% angles of Jewish star. Should be a "must have" for any needlepoint vendor that sells Judaica.

Date of experience: August 26, 2023
Ashleigh R. Biblio Rep
over a year old

Hi Ann!

Thanks so much for your review, and I'm very happy to see that we were able to help with your project!

South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never received books, not refunded
December 9, 2023
Updated review

Order #*******. I got an email to say books were lost & I'd be refunded. Months later no refund & no response to emails.

Date of experience: December 9, 2023
Ashleigh R. Biblio Rep
over a year old

Hi Lauren,

I'm so sorry for the delayed response. Please confirm your order number and I'll get to the bottom of this.

Thanks,
Ashleigh


No delivery no refund
October 24, 2023
Previous review

Order #6489340

No delivery, was promised a refund months ago but now they stopped responding to email.

Date of experience: October 24, 2023
GB
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I purchased a book via Biblio.com from a seller located in California USA. The book was not particularly cheap, a recent out of print book, still widely available which cost me around £40 GBP ($57). I was very interested to receive this book so you can immagine my disappointment when after several weeks the book did not arrive. The seller didn`t reply to my emails regarding the book which made me believe it was never sent.
I suspect that the greedy seller in question realised that other sellers were selling the same book for more money and decided not to send the book after all. The only positive thing in this situation is that my payment was via paypal therefore I was able to recover my money. Surely, if I had paid with another payment method I would had lost my money with this site. My advice is to be very careful when purchasing from Biblio.com, their customer service is very poor. If for whatever reason you decide to purchase from this site, I would recommend to pay only with paypal (if available at the check out) for your own protection or avoid to buy from them!

Date of experience: March 27, 2018
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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1 star is too many!
February 24, 2024

So, you've lost my book! No explanation! Not even a half-hearted apology!

This is how you treat your customers is it? To say I'm disappointed is an understatement - furious is more appropriate. I have recieved my refund, I suppose you expect me to be grateful? Well I'm not! I needed THAT BOOK! What am I supposed to do now? A refund isn't going to help me find another one and put it in my hands before 9th March!

You have clearly made absolutely no effort to locate my book. Can't be bothered? Quite how you manage to run your business is beyond me. Its pathetic! Why do you insist on using Asendia, when they are quite literally the worst international courier in the world? The reviews on Trust pilot (among others) speak for themselves, 1.6 stars - bad! But you already know that. They consistently fail. They would try to tell me that its "very rare" they have a problem, but that's a lie. It's just empty words, when the actual statistics tell me everything I need to know. Over 4 5th's of the reviews (over 80%) agree with me. Yet, you continue to use them. You know how inept they are, and I would bet you STILL try to pin blame on the book sellers and NEVER admit any fault yourselves. Well I'm telling you! It IS your fault! You use a very poor courier, YOU chose them. No one made you use them, and yet you continue your partnership with them despite their staggering ineptitude. The seller "Book Moon" did everything they were supposed to do, and provided tracking to the PO box relay location. As per instruction from biblio. Where my book was delivered AND picked up from. Biblio and their affiliated courier have lost this book.
Book sellers BEWARE! These people will ruin your reputation. Buyers too, if you use Biblio prepare to be disappointed.

Date of experience: February 24, 2024
Ashleigh R. Biblio Rep
over a year old

Hi Maria,

Thank you for reaching out, and I completely understand your anger and frustration.

I am very sorry your order was lost in transit, and we do hope it will be returned to the seller shortly. I am following up with Asendia to see if they have made any progress on the USPS claim, and I will be in touch when I hear more.

Again, my sincere apologies,
Ashleigh

California
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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This website is SCAM, AVOID
December 16, 2022

They don't send you confirmation email for your order;
They don't send you update for your order;
They don't ship your order;
They don't respond to your inquiry;
And they DO charge your credit card
Avoid

Date of experience: December 16, 2022
Ashleigh R. Biblio Rep
over a year old

Thank you for the review and I'm sorry you had a rough experience with this order. I can see that we did send confirmation emails of the order and shipment to your email address and that they were read. Our first report that your order was having difficulties was your chargeback dispute. At this point, you have been refunded, the seller has been debited, and their rating has decreased. I'm sorry for your disappointing experience with a Biblio seller. You can always reach our support team at support@biblio.com if you ever have any questions or concerns.

Alaska
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great service!
July 18, 2023

Book came on time and in great condition. Excellent! The price was good too :) I would definitely use this seller again.

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Ashleigh R. Biblio Rep
over a year old

Hi Nancy!

Thanks so much for the review, and we're so glad to hear that you loved your experience!

Colorado
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Waited and watched a VERY long time for a book and when I found it at a great price I ordered it IMMEDIATELY. Later that afternoon, I get an email saying my order was CANCELLED because they never even HAD the book! I was told Biblio was a TRUSTED site to buy from but I will NEVER take that chance again! Now I have to wait DAYS to get my money back AND I used paypal so I will have to again wait to transfer it to my bank account from there! HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!

Date of experience: March 2, 2017
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Some old bills sold on it are cheaper than original price, for example, old 500 dollar bill would be sold for 200 dollars. And the books, new books for at least a quarter of the price off.

Date of experience: November 10, 2019
New York
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I've purchased an item from them about 2 weeks ago and by accident I typed the wrong address. I immediately caught it as soon as I received my receipt in my inbox. I emailed customer service immediately and gave them the correct address with my order number, etc. I get an email from them way later saying the item has already shipped. I've tried going back and fourth with them on getting item to correct address and they don't even seem to understand the issue. They were saying how if I had recently moved then usps would forward it to correct address. I was like "What!" That wasn't even my issue or close to what I was saying! They're saying they can't do anything about it until the product gets returned to them, which doesn't make sense because the only way would be for the people living at that address would send it back; second, it hasn't even left Texas where the warehouse is, yet (it's been two weeks since they said item shipped out, which is why I couldn't even change the address in the first place!) This company is complete garbage.

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The book was delivered earlier than expected. It is a used book, but is in excellent condition. It worth the price. I'm pleased with the service and the book.

Date of experience: February 6, 2021
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hazel's Hymns
November 11, 2023

Great transaction. Order processed quickly and efficiently and book received in great condition. Thank you.

Date of experience: November 11, 2023
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Prompt delivery
October 8, 2023

Not overpriced and prompt delivery.
I will definitely use Biblio again for books that are out of print.

Date of experience: October 6, 2023

Overview

Biblio has a rating of 3.5 stars from 95 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Biblio most frequently mention and great service. Biblio ranks 6th among Used Books sites.

service
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value
39
shipping
40
returns
25
quality
33
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