There are a few places that Discover Books receives their books but Goodwill is a main contributor. Cut out the over priced middle man and you can see what condition your book is in instead of a under paid and over worked employee of Discover books giving a book a exceptional rating to get numbers.
Don't deal with them. I am a college student who needed some extra cash and decided to sell my old college textbooks. I sent in my books to discover books and received no payment. I contacted their support team and they said on one was there to take the call. Then I contacted them a couple days and they said they cannot pay me for my books and couldn't give a reason why. The books were in great condition. I asked them to send me my books back and they refused I even offered to pay the shipping, but they said the books have been recycled. This is a professional scammer organization.
I was trying to order books from here, but my card wasn't going through so I got what I wanted elsewhere. When I checked my account I saw that I was charged anyway! Never received an invoice or receipt.
Fast shipping, accurate, all good here. The negative reviews almost scared me away. But I might not buy form them again anyway because it sounds like they have failed many times. Anyway, as for me, everything looks great. I'm happy I got to save money on this book :D
I bought a book on Bulgaria as a gift. After several weeks, it arrived with library tags all over it and in poor condition. They had charged me $38.00 for this insanity. The company is very shady when it comes to truthful conditions of the books and also returns. Never again.
After receiving the 3 books I ordered,(All advertised as "Good," or "Very Good," condition,)
imagine my disappointment of finding one missing the title page and crayon marks throughout. Yet one more reason to ALWAYS search reviews of companies.
I've ordered from them many times. I always order with a coupon so I get amazing prices on books I would otherwise never find. I can spend a lazy afternoon in the hammock just perusing the listings. I've given them feedback on a category of books I routinely search for, but would get mixed in with other books I DON'T want. (The words are similar.) They fixed that for me. Now I can search for my desired category and not be floored by 1000 off-topic books. Have never been let down.
I tried to support small business instead of evil Amazon but it ended up biting me. I ordered a book that I desperately needed but it never arrived and they couldn't offer any insight into where it went. How can you trust a business that doesn't track shipping and successful arrival to their customers outside of the U.S.?! Even their partner outside of the U.S. didn't have any information. A totally unacceptable business model that is designed for their convenience, not for customer satisfaction. Thanks for such kind customer service, Shannon, but kind platitudes only go so far when a customer has been left in the lurch.
This is the 2nd and last time I will buy from Discover Books. Both times the books were "acceptable" at best but advertised as very good.
Try Second Sale or Thrift books instead.
Three out of five books, all graded as "very good," are library discards with stickers, tape, stamps, etc., even though only books graded "good" or lower are, as stated on the web site, possible library discards. Shipping, however, is free.
Answer: Discover Books is a legit company. My books arrived quickly and in good condition.
Answer: I was looking for a specific cover for a lost book that I was replacing. There were other businesses that may have had the edition I was looking for, but this one seemed the most responsive to issues based on other reviews. And it was the least expensive.
Discover Books, LLC has a rating of 1.8 stars from 47 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Discover Books, LLC most frequently mention and customer service. Discover Books, LLC ranks 18th among Used Books sites.
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