AlibrisReviews 110,387

Fast and easy-to-use so far, let's see how long it takes to arrive.

Really outstanding experience
So grateful for the ease in ordering. Wonderful to purchase the book I was looking for at a fair price.

Great books at reasonable prices - and the website shop works seamlessly!

Lots of good products, including the ones I was looking for, and at very reasonable discounted prices.

I was very pleased to find the book I was looking for, and also 2 others by the same author. Shopping was easy and clear.

Shipping is not shown per item, which produces misleading perception of each unit's actual cost. Other book sites show each unit's shipping, but alibris only shows free shipping next to the item and then an amalgamated shipping cost under the total.

Very useful. 1st time purchase. Hopefully goes well

Always a pleasure to use Alibris to locate and purchase books. Thank you.

All of my experiences with Alibris through the years have superior

Excellent site, service, and choice of books. Very competitive prices; though one must compute carefully shipping costs in today's year 2024 economy.

Several times now I've gone to purchase used books through Alibris that my order did not go smoothly.
The most common complaint I have is the advertised shipping costs are not what are charged at Checkout. It seems Alibris deliberately mislead their customers with low shipping costs and then to find at check out the actual cost in 3x! Recently I wen to purchase a books with a NZD8.99 shipping costs only to find and the final stage of checkout the shipping cost has automatically risen to over NZD30!
(Looking at the international shipping rates webpage, yes International Shipping starts are NZD30+ - why wasn't this shown when I logged on and set the shipping destination to New Zealand - frequently I get much cheaper shipping rates on other websites like Abebooks.)
Similarly I recently purchased a book at a sharp price, sucked up the 3x cost increase in shipping, only to get an email from the supplier telling me that the book was not $24 as advertised, "we have ongoing issues with the Alibris website displaying the wrong prices", and that if I wanted the book I would in fact need to pay $58! But hold-on, you had accepted by order, right? Apparently, the order acceptance on Alibris is not legally binding, e.g. the seller can change their mind. Ok, no I'm not paying that price, the seller then offered me a store credit, no - thanks! Seller then says it wasn't their fault, it was an Alibris Website issue. Then I had to go to my credit card company with the emails - then I got my refund!
Don't be surprised when you shop an Alibris, things aren't quite what they seem!

The usability of choosing an item is ok, though somewhat overwhelming when there are a lot of choices which are all basically alike. When the supplier doesn't describe the condition except with the designation, (e.g., Very Good), it's not helpful at all. It would be nice to have the option to see a sample page of text or the table of contents, so I can see what the font is, the font size, and its readability.

I'd give 5 stars if I could see the shipping before I get to the final stages of checkout.
The feed back option NOT allowing me to NOT be listed on public websites has taken off 2 additional satars. TDC
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I'm glad to see that you have reasonable prices for your items.

Website is easy to navigate and options were satisfying.

Description of the merchandise and it's condition could be more detailed.

Have some difficulties but as they say Third time lucky!

Alibris has been my go-to for more than a decade. Search is typically about 99% in their listings.