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Alibris has a rating of 4.7 stars from 93,760 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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I paid for this book once already through Amazon. It was never delivered, although amazon said it was. I hope this time it arrives before the birthday party it is intended for.
Date of experience: November 2, 2023
Seems pretty smooth! I just hope my item gets here in 3-6 days.
Needed a copy of my KRC:AE book FAST and my Publisher is unreachable.
Date of experience: July 9, 2024
As always, easy to navigate and locate the books I'm interested in.
Avoiding Amazon.
Date of experience: July 9, 2024
The site is always easy to navigate. I found what I wanted very quickly. I like that other recommendations appear before checkout.
Avoiding Amazon.
Date of experience: February 22, 2025
Great selection. Easy to find what I was looking for.
Trying to avoid using Amazon.
Date of experience: March 4, 2023
Alternative to major book chains.
Date of experience: February 1, 2023
Alternative to Amazon. More choices.
Date of experience: May 31, 2022
Alternative to Amazon. Good selection.
Date of experience: September 14, 2021
The shipping aspect was a shock to figure out. I had to go back to my cart, empty it, and try to figure out which items had free shipping and which didn't. It was far from ideal.
Good pricing and I was able to put together a large enough order for free shipping.
Date of experience: February 10, 2023
Yesterday when placing this order I was offered some lower shipping costs but these lower costs were not offered to me when I finally placed my order. Why?
Was able to find a item that was not offered on Amazon.
Date of experience: September 29, 2021
Not sure what the salutation request was for but today's experience was a good first timer.
Interested in pursuing other clients other from Amazon and/or Ebay.
Date of experience: June 21, 2021
I forgot to sign in and had 4 items in my shopping cart. I had to reset my password and when I went back all the items were gone. Not really your fault but I was disappointed.
Love not buying from Amazon but shipping is quite a bit higher
Date of experience: February 3, 2021
Once I find one book from a seller (like Owl books), I want to order the rest of the books from there to save on shipping. It is not easy to filter to find the seller.
Buying 2nd hand helps the environment and tends to be cheaper.
Date of experience: February 5, 2021
Wonderful selections of classic rock at very reasonable prices. Although your shipping is a bit pricey I have made puxchases ehere the shipping equaled the cost of the item
Reasonable prices but Grrrr on the shipping costs
Date of experience: April 27, 2024
Love the selection. Having to enter my email address over and over again is redundant!
Date of experience: March 25, 2024
The process was convenient - I did not need a new book - I was looking for a good used book - time will tell if this was a good choice or not. Hope so
I was able to find a fair price for a used book.
Date of experience: July 7, 2022
I lost my first deck but this deck looks like a perfect replacement.
I use the word lost but I feel it was stolen. Who ever has it I hope they use it properly.
I Like Alibri!
Date of experience: June 26, 2022
I have a large choice!
Date of experience: February 5, 2021
Quick and easy to place the order so all that's left is to see if the item is received in working order and good condition and personal info is protected.
Hard to find dvd that I want to own and this has best version listed. A little pricey but I want it badly enough to pay the extra.
Date of experience: January 26, 2022
I can find most of the books I need on Alibris for great prices. I recommend it to all of my friends looking for physical, used books for reasonable prices.
Date of experience: January 29, 2022
I always find the book that I am looking for and I love knowing that most of the books I get are old library books.
So I don't use Amazon, I want to support libraries and thrift shops instead.
Date of experience: May 16, 2021
I had asked for one paper back book and one hard cover, but when it came time to checkout, I only had one hardback book ordered, so to keep it simple, I ordered another hardback book
I had ordered through Amazon on May 17th, but never received my order to date
Before placing this order I check again with my Amazon order for "Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest and the Unmaking of America's Military" and it still had not been sent, so I canceled my order. Hope Alibris can do better!
Thanks so much for carrying the book, it is very important!
Date of experience: May 30, 2021
I found this book in a bookstore and was able to get it at a more reasonable price for me right now. Standard shipping arrived when it said it would.
Affordability
Date of experience: May 7, 2024
The price is good and it is a hardcover book which I wanted. I like that it shows the prices in Canadian Dollars. The review on the seller looks good.
The item I wanted at a great price.
Date of experience: July 23, 2023
Well, when I went to login my password was supposedly wrong. But when I went in without login in and made a purchase all of a sudden my password was right? And I made the purchase
Date of experience: September 13, 2023
Reasonable price for new book
Date of experience: January 25, 2023
Easy! Smooth transaction and I am a returning customer!
Good price and I’ve bought here before
Date of experience: July 7, 2021
Tried to make my purchase via my iPhone at your website, had issues finding the shopping cart. Had to purchase through my computer since i could not get your website to work on iPhone.
Price/product condition.
Date of experience: August 12, 2022
All is fine except that you charged me 8.38% sales tax on $10.00 and somehow calculated that to be $1.17. Tax is not, may not be, never is charged on shipping costs.
Date of experience: June 12, 2021
Payments/billing address section defaults to once used shipping address irrespective of previously entered and repeatedly used correct billing address
Date of experience: December 6, 2023
I like the shipping optimiser but the way the list presents is confusing and i ended up buying two copies of the same record
Date of experience: August 11, 2022
One book I ordered was not an orginal. I have the original and the second one I ordered from you us only have the original book. Was very disappointed.
All other books have been spot on.
Know if you have the book I'm looking for I will save money.
Date of experience: June 6, 2022
One of the last books I order wasn't an orginal book. I know this because I have the original and wanted a second as a gift.
Date of experience: May 9, 2022
Had my cart ready for checkout, logged in and lost all my items (one of them had the specific version i had in my cart unavailable when i restocked it)
Low prices and previous quality experiences
Date of experience: March 24, 2023
(1) I did not get the discount promised in the email. (2) I kept updating the credit card info, and it did not save. This is dangerous and I don't appreciate it.
Because of the promised discount! Which did not show up the second time I put in the corrected credit card info. Annoying. I have other sites to order from.
Date of experience: December 4, 2022
I appreciate the wide range of sellers, and knowing their locations is very useful.
Because of the coupon.
Date of experience: January 2, 2022
I added items to my cart which then became unavailable after I logged in. I had to add new items to my cart which I think were more expensive, because the old ones disappeared.
* Alibris attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: November 11, 2023
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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.
