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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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Excellent shopping experience! Great selection and prices! Thank you!
Great selection, both soft & hard cover.
Great prices!
Quick, easy, great selection, good prices.
Always a great selection at great prices.
Always have what I need, at great prices!
Always a great selection at reasonable prices!
Great selection & range of prices!
Always a pleasure. Good selections at reasonable prices!
Always great deals and great selection!
I need it by Dec.24 and that option to choose disappeared.
This has been really easy and fast. I wanted this book I went to search found it, bought it and the person will mail it to me. Couldn't be any easier.
Always easy to navigate the website and find the books I want.
Too many trackers, and a pain going to cart after saving something fires later
They let me know asap a book wasn't available so I could get another one from a different seller.
Shipping is atrocious. It's double what I paid for in the books!
Finding what I want is easy. Being told a few days later it's not in stock is annoying. Sellers should keep their stock up-to-date.
Wish there were different shipping costs to choose from.
First time on this website. I was looking for only 1 book, but your site was easy enough to navigate and the used book prices cheap enough that I ended up with 6 on the same subject
Good selection of options for the books I was looking for. But no opportunity to include a message to the recipient, or in any way mark this as a gift.
I like the nice clean website graphics, ease of use, and super large selection. You'll definitely find what you're looking for. So many choices!
I love shopping with Alibris. I always get my books in good condition and very soon.
I always get the books in a timely manner.
I always enjoy shopping for books at Alibris.
I had a problem and it wouldn't accept my credit cards but I found out that my credit union thought it was fraud. I guess someone else had a problem with Alibris but I've never had a problem. I got it straightened out at the credit union and now I can order stuff from Alibris.
I have used Alibris for years. Always my first go to for books.
A very easy site to use & checkout on. I would recommend it whole heartedly.
I searched to see whether the books I was interested in were available anywhere in your network. They were, so I carefully chose which edition and condition I wanted and put them into my cart. Your site reminded me to login, so I did (after a password reset) and everything in my cart had vanished!
I went back and searched again, and put items into my cart again. The site offered a change on two choices in order to consolidate and to save money. I agreed, and then once I clicked on "submit order", it said something had changed. I had to go back and look through the list to find that one of the books that had been consolidated was now unavailable. There was no easy link to go back to my search, so I had to begin again and choose another copy of that book.
No other suggestions for consolidating or reducing costs were made. The order was placed -- but at the last minute the time until item shipped had increased by 2-3 days on 2 of the books.
You post free shipping icons on three different books. In checkout they all had shipping charges.
Great variety of book options at reasonable prices.
Alibris is always easy and usually very good in having old books.
What's this with IL tax? You are not located in IL. Why should I have to pay IL sales tax to a bookseller out-of-state?
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