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Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 90,273 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Alibris most frequently mention great prices, good price, and shopping experience. Alibris ranks 1st among Used Books sites.
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Very impressed w/ orderly arrangement of products for sale, e.g., music, books, movie, etc. Makes sense! Also, the choice of sellers is easy to understand & navigate--I contacted one book seller Solr by email to find out if the used book they were selling was highly dusty (allergies) & they emailed back w/ details & evident concern. Alibris is now my "go-to" source for great prices, selection & quality of sale. Thanks for doing a great job!
Very Difficult to change shipping address. Had to quit internet browser and log back in again. Shipping choices limited. I know from past purchase that independent sellers can take their sweet time shipping items and often do. Why does alibris appear to charge at 1st class parcel rates and deliver at slower and cheaper media mail rate? Delivery window excessively wide.
Easy transaction! Looking forward to my granddaughter getting the book about Jesus' birth! It goes along with the Fisher Price Nativity set I bought her!
For an inexpensive book for my granddaughter!
Date of experience: October 27, 2024
Literally love this website so much it's seriously a life saver, everything is always such a great price and I've never had ANY issues with shipping or anything else. 100% recommend it to everyone.
Amazing prices
Date of experience: November 11, 2024
Alibris is my go-to for used books. They have the current titles AND out-of-print books that are harder to find.I would recommend them as a first-rate book reseller.
Date of experience: November 11, 2024
Overall wonderful experience with Alibris! Great selections at fair prices, reasonable shipping costs and a beautifully presented book arrived quickly at my doorstep.
Google search, ALibris had what I was looking for and made it easy to buy.
Date of experience: December 11, 2024
For a given title there are often many copies to choose from. Unlike most online used booksellers, Alibris makes it easy to sort copies by price and condition, along with other criteria.
I found the best price here.
Date of experience: December 10, 2024
It was smooth operating the site & putting together a tricky list. Also can vouch after an hr of looking thru amazon and individual ebay listings, the price is the best around.
Usability of site versus amazon or individual ebay listings.
Date of experience: November 17, 2024
They shipped the book I wanted from Australia to New York, so obviously it took a couple of weeks but was in perfect condition and delivered in the expected time. Good job
They had the book I wanted.
Date of experience: September 23, 2024
Cheap textbook equals excellent although it isn't your fault I guess if you're going to shoot better California please warn me although you guys are extremely professional with all due respect please never use the USPS to ship anything again because those people are super slow
Well you guys are the cheapest that I could find considering the rush that I was going to get this book anyway I mean 30 bucks for one textbook pretty amazing
Date of experience: September 28, 2024
The seller gave a thorough description of the book's condition, but it was even better than described. Shipped immediately. Very well packaged. Great price. I would buy from this seller again.
Date of experience: December 7, 2024
Excellent. I did have to do a little 'self-navigating' to find the coupon. Apart from two books that never arrived, my experience with Alibris in the past has been first class.
It is my bookseller site of choice.
Date of experience: December 8, 2024
Excellent in all respects. My only disappointment was with regard to a large order of books I placed two years ago -- two of those books never arrived.
Because I've used it before, with satisfaction in general.
Date of experience: April 19, 2024
Difficulty checking out. System down, and then I had difficulty with addresses. It would help if it were possible to click back to the previous page(s) in order to make changes. I've bought via Alibris a good deal, and happily until two items never arrived from a large order I placed a year ago. I hope to have better luck this time.
Date of experience: November 16, 2023
Generally excellent. Two books ordered last November/December did not arrive at the designated parcel pick-up location, although your records showed that they did. A mystery. But I forgive that, for service has overall been very good indeed.
Date of experience: July 4, 2023
Not at all the Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster. Cheap knock-off. Poor printing. Bogus "illustrations" having nothing to do with the story. You should be ashamed to offer this book on your site.
Money refunded. Book went in the trash.
Thought it was a site for quality books.
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 10, 2024
Could your search options also include topics/subject. There are times I'm looking a book on a particular topic but I don't have an author or title in mind.
I help ESL students navigate through our English language and am always looking for helpful resources. Today I ordered another guidebook.
Date of experience: September 9, 2024
I am an online responder to individuals learning English. I have recommended Alibris dozens of times as a site to purchase ESL books.
Selection and price
Date of experience: June 30, 2024
My first time using alibris... lots of titles to to choose from
A friend told me about this site. I have been using a different one but the prices are more reasonable on alibris
Date of experience: May 27, 2023
Although tonight I had some trouble placing my order but probably because of my lacking skills! Always easy to find what I want and so far quality has been great
I am an "old" customer
Date of experience: November 17, 2024
Very user friendly website that makes it extremely quick and easy to find what I am looking for.
I am an established customer. I have never been disappointed in the service or the products I have ordered.
Date of experience: October 22, 2024
Easy to find what I was looking for. Check out is a breeze
Past experience.
Date of experience: February 27, 2024
Good reputation
Date of experience: July 8, 2023
Great selection
Date of experience: November 26, 2022
I have used Alibris before and was never disappointed
Date of experience: October 6, 2021
It was easy to find what I as looking for and process my order
I have used Alibris before and have an account
Date of experience: June 10, 2021
Everything is alright so far. I have been purchasing books through Alibris for quite a few years now, and would not continue to do so if it was not worthwhile.
Lowest price on a decent copy of the book I wanted.
Date of experience: November 16, 2024
I am a longtime customer, and I keep coming back year after year- Alibris isn't perfect, there have been issues occasionally, but overall I am happy with the service I get here.
Lowest price for the book I bought.
Date of experience: November 7, 2024
Excellent thus far. I'll see where we go from here. I'm hoping, as this seems, that this will be the bright experience Amazon was in the ancient days of lore.
I was told about you by youtuber *******@History102-qg5oj. He indicated Alibris was the place to buy.
Date of experience: October 7, 2024
Very straight forward process, simple to do. You even had my password and account ready to go today, even though I haven't made an Alibris purchase in quite some time.
Your prices are the reason I looked no farther. Had looked at several sites but the prices of a used cd were laughable, and the shopping rates nearly brought tears to my eyes! When I found a cd in very good condition for $3.00 and shipping only $4.99, I knew the search was over. Thank you for keeping music and books affordable/possible.
Date of experience: September 22, 2024
Easy to shop, they have books that are out of print and many other bookstore (used and new) do not have, plus the shipping turn around time has been great.
Lower prices on used books and quick shipping
Date of experience: September 26, 2024
Simple & easy. Thanks! I had searched a number of online bookstores, and this book was either too expensive or sold out. The purchasing process was very streamlined and worry-free.
Best price for the book.
Date of experience: October 25, 2024
Timely delivery. Items exceeded expectations with respect to advertised purchase condition. Packaging was problematic leading to very slight damage during shipment.
Great selections and excellent prices.
Date of experience: October 21, 2024
I enjoy Alibris and have found that even with shipping, I can buy better books here than on Amazon, especially if buying several at a time. Long may wonderful books last...
I was looking for a special book I want to give as gifts to several people.
Date of experience: September 8, 2024
Date of experience: March 27, 2021
Excellent service! Easy to use page, loaded with options and accurate information, transparent purchasing power, and reliable sellers. Thank you Alibris!
Date of experience: October 16, 2024
Love this site! So easy to use and quick, trustworthy descriptions and excellent used book prices, and %^& Bezosamazon.
Consistently has what i'm looking fer.
Date of experience: May 24, 2024
Nothing special. I can't think of 50 characters to type about ordering a book and it shipping that need to. E said here. Kind of strange that you would put such stringent terms on this forum.
Only place that had book in stock
Date of experience: September 25, 2024
Make it easier to find shipping rate. I tried to get all my books from your site since I'm a little north of Dallas. I thought that would help you, but maybe not?
Have used previously with satisfaction
Date of experience: September 7, 2024
Except that you didn't accept my email, (as an old customer). I straightened it out by signing in as a new customer and you found me with that same email that your sign in message said was unacceptable. Other than that it's smooth page to page searching and completing an order. Besides I love books and DVDs and will probably go searching some more.
My experience with alibris. I always received what I ordered and in a timely fashion. I have already referred friends to Alibris.
Date of experience: July 31, 2024
It was super easy. Also, I appreciate the opportunity to purchase at a lower price, not to mention being hijacked from Amazon in order to do so! Nice move.
I was about to purchase a book when Rakuten popped up and said I could get it for less at alibris, so here I am!
Date of experience: December 9, 2024
We love browsing books, drinking coffee, and talking with people who love good stories.
Born from Interloc, a database for proffesional booksellers, Alibris has spent over two decades connecting book lovers to book sellers. It's the premier marketplace for textbooks, used books and rare, out-of-print books and supports countless small booksellers across the country. With over 270 million books, Alibris has something for you.
