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Alibris UK

4.5

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Alibris UK Reviews Summary

Alibris enjoys a strong reputation among customers for its extensive selection of books, particularly rare and antiquarian titles, coupled with competitive pricing and reliable service. Many users appreciate the straightforward pricing structure and flat-rate shipping, which enhance their shopping experience. However, some concerns have been raised regarding the checkout process, including difficulties in changing shipping addresses and the requirement for lengthy reviews, which can be frustrating. Overall, while customers express high satisfaction with the platform's offerings, there is room for improvement in user interface and customer support aspects.

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I gave you five stars
April 11, 2021

I gave you five stars. What more do you want from me?

Date of experience: April 11, 2021
GB
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It would be better if you allowed more than one credit card and offered a choice between them on check out

Date of experience: April 11, 2021
GB
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It would be nicer if it displayed shipping costs BEFORE checkout. It would also be nicer if it stored more than one payment method for my account

Date of experience: April 11, 2021
GB
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Easy: site to use
April 11, 2021

Easy: site to use - perhaps it would be useful to be given an idea of the postage a little earlier.

Date of experience: April 10, 2021
Illinois
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Easy to find the books I wanted and even easier to compare prices. Will definitely shop here again.

Date of experience: April 9, 2021
Washington
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Flow of information to complete purchase a little lacking in cohesion.

Date of experience: April 9, 2021
GB
1 review
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It seems like an easy website to navigate and very straight forward.

Date of experience: April 9, 2021
Germany
1 review
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You should ask for the name on the credit card separately since the cardholder's name is not always identical to the customer's name.

Date of experience: April 9, 2021
GB
1 review
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Voucher for £3 was not explicit about minimum spend

Date of experience: April 8, 2021
GB
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So far good tried to give 5 stars but limited to 4?

Date of experience: April 8, 2021
GB
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Really annoying
When trying to add zip/postcode it does not accept Letters. British postcodes are alphanumeric. US zips numeric. Pasting alpha numeric only leaves numeric. And only numeric keyboard Really bad software coding.

Date of experience: April 8, 2021
Ireland
1 review
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Lovely to find secondhand books, great range to choose from, reasonable postage to ireland. Thanks.

Date of experience: April 7, 2021
GB
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Not easy to tell how to calculate the cost of shipping, whether it's more or less if from different sellers or for more items. Itemising this would make it easier.

Date of experience: April 7, 2021
GB
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Found what i wanted here after a long search and at a very good price. Thank you alibris

Date of experience: April 7, 2021
GB
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Ordering was straight forward enough, now to see ho the rest of the process works.

Date of experience: April 7, 2021
GB
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Very simple, plenty of choice
April 6, 2021

Very simple, plenty of choice. Would be good to have a feature that shows anything on your want list that the chosen supplier also has in stock.

Date of experience: April 6, 2021
GB
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As straightforward as could be
April 6, 2021

As straightforward as could be. Good not to be shopping from amazon/abebooks

Date of experience: April 6, 2021
GB
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Quick and Easy
April 5, 2021

Quick and Easy. Good range of books at reasonable price

Date of experience: April 5, 2021
GB
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Found book I needed easily (using partial book name as I wasn't sure of the spelling of the German author's name) on Bookfinder, who referred me to Alibris. Checkout was painless and shipping was less than I had expected!

Date of experience: April 5, 2021
Sweden
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Date of experience: April 5, 2021