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Alibris Reviews Summary
Alibris enjoys a generally positive reputation among customers, particularly for its wide selection of used books at competitive prices and reliable shipping. Many customers appreciate the timely delivery and the ability to track orders, contributing to overall satisfaction. However, concerns arise regarding the variability in book conditions, with some items not meeting expectations, and delays in shipping for urgent needs. Additionally, the separate shipping fees for each book can deter purchases. Despite these issues, the platform remains a favored choice for many due to its extensive inventory and user-friendly website.
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I have always loved the books and order s I received
I have always liked shopping with you all
Fast and reliable. Also, you can usually find the best prices here.
Alibris makes browsing books, organizing your interests, and managing a collection with tools to buy now and save for later.
Availability is good but shipping is high and there was nowhere I could put the coupon code I was given thru email when I was placing my order. It would have been $3 off. That's not nice
Entering name of book is easiest method of identification.
Several options make it easier to select the source I want to order the item from.
VERY EASY TO REVIEW THE DIFFERENT BOOKS AVAILABLE. MY LITTLE
GRANDSON WILL REALLY ENJOY "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE." HIS
DADDY SURE DID. SO HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND IT. THANK YOU.
I find it frustrating that I can't see how much shipping is from the various sellers, where it all gets lumped together at the end.
I know I'm saving a little on shipping by buying multiple books from a seller, but I wish I knew how much, as it makes it very time consuming to try out different combinations of different sellers and see which one is cheaper.
If it was transparant about how much shipping was (like "+4.49 shipping" or "+4.49 shipping, each additional book 2.75) then I would choose, say to buy a slightly more expensive book from that seller, because its 1.25 cheaper to ship,etc etc.
As things stand now, its kind of opaque to see what the real cost is until I'm at checkout. Its frustrating. I spent a good hour more on the site than I needed to, tyring to figure out shipping combinations, also realizing cheap books at $2 seemed to up my total cost quite a bit in shipping. In frustration, I ended up deleting all the extra books I would buy, because it would take too much time to individually figure out what they would add to hte shipping cost.
Having a transparent shipping cost would help IMMENSELY, save me time, and make me more likely to come back. Thanks
The first time, it said it could not process the order, there was a technical problem. Also, it should indicate to enter the card number without spaces.
Easy to search, good info on the book condition and seller.
Used your Search for a specific title, easy. Thanks.
I found the edition of the book I wanted immediately and had it ordered within five minutes. Excellent!
Easy to order. Shipping is a little high, but the books being so inexpensive - it kind of evens out
Book journey should not end at deserted library shelves. Plenty of good books at very reasonable price.
Almost impossibly slow searching a seller.
Shipping prices are too high.
Frightened by warning on shipping from UK
Easy to search by author and by seller
Glad to be able to search a publisher for an author.
Shipping costs too much.
Going to a publisher no longer works. It was useful to search by author available from a particular publisher. Please fix this ability to go to a publisher for further searcher.
Nice to be able to search an author at a publisher
Easy to find the books. Great to get the daily bargain coupon and free shipping
Confused about differences with order history on web site and email about order shipment and books actually received. Two books are missing from my order #68957152
I always find what I'm looking for at great prices on Alibris
I almost always find the books I am looking for at a more affordable price.
Easy to shop and pay with many choices according to price.
I didn't realize everything would have separate shipping charge.
Would like to be able to get more results - only 20 pages of results on search max. So I searched high price to low price and vice versa and missed the middle
Other sites seem to me to be harder to order from (and also usually less expensive(.
I can always find what I want at Alibris.
Easy to navigate, clear instructions, Altogether a pleasant experience.
Easy ordering process; was able to find all that I needed...
Good but I wish the discount amount were lower or that I accumulate points for books to be used as a discount.
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