I would do negative 5 stars if I could I would do negative 5 stars if I could. I was about to buy a book set that was listed at $101.00. I emailed them about a price drop. Within that time frame. AbeBooks went and hiked up the price to $250.00. Then AbeBooks had the nerve to email an explanation “Book prices can fluctuate based on various factors such as their perceived value, rarity, and demand in the market” I watched that book sit at $100 up until the day I emailed them about it. I’m pretty sure that is bait n switch which is illegal. DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT PURCHASING FROM ABEBOOKS.com unless you want to get scammed!!!

I ordered a new Lord of the Rings box… I ordered a new Lord of the Rings box set from AbeBooks (or one of its many retailers) for a birthday present. I was sent old prints with worn and torn covers (some of them taped back together), lots of underlining and markings and cheaply plastic wrapped. I wish I would have checked Trustpilot prior to ordering. Update as of 4/17/24: I did not have the same result as many of the other reviews I have read on here but I imagine that depends largely on the individual retailer contracted by AbeBooks. The retailer used by AbeBooks corrected my order and shipped me the new copies I had paid for. For that I changed my rating. I will still have to pay to return an incorrect order though so 4 stars seems appropriate.

Save yourself the headache and use ThriftBooks.com Item was listed in good condition mentioned that it came with the CD but did not include the CD. Customer service took 5-7 days to respond and still failed to answer my question after I asked and readied. Shipping was very slow. Will never be purchasing from them again. I’ll stick with ThriftBooks which is an amazing website for used books!

Bait and switch This is a terrible way to get books. I have only used it twice and as it turns out the second time will also be a negative experience. First I ordered an out of print book . Cost over 50 $. What I received was a trashy romance novel, used, in poor shape and not the book about Nazis in LA. now I atemted to order Percival Everett's book I am not Sidney Portier but when the order was complete it gave me some other title I was neither looking for nor attemted to order. I am really irritated. Every time they replace a high price item with something of considerably less value. Will never use them again. Use thriftbooks instead Always a good experience.

Horrible Company AbeBooks is an amateur website with no oversight and incompetent staff. I was shipped a $200 book via the cheapest possible method, resulting in the book being thrown on the ground in front of my house and lost/stolen. AbeBooks made no effort to use signature-on-delivery. When I contacted them, the representative was indignant and uncooperative.