The Place to Buy Books. Have been buying through abebooks since at least 2002. In over a hundred orders I have never had a problem. A time or two, I have wished that a particular bookseller had packed the books more carefully, but that is the exception. Some of the bad reviews posted here would be avoided if buyers would learn to read the listing. There are a number of large national booksellers that list on abe. That is fine, and their prices can be very competitive. However, their descriptions are often general and not specific to the copy that you may be interested in. In those cases, expect the condition to be on the lower end, and hope to be pleasantly surprised (it happens). Also, many books are listed with a stock photo, not the actual book that is for sale. If it is labeled "stock photo", pay attention. That is not the book that you are buying. If you are in doubt, contact the seller. Their response will be a clue as to whether you want to deal with them.

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.

Latin Breviary I bought Latin Breviary from Germany. It came with the unacceptable condition. I returned it the German seller who replied that it came to the custom office and he has no car to pick up. And Returned book to me again!!! Wow, the the seller returns returned book to the buyer and keeps my $200. The customer service closed on my request.

Would give Abebooks 0 stars if I could Would give Abebooks no stars if this were possible. Bought a book in January and it never arrived. No one replied to my emails and there is no way to contact them. Please do not try to buy anything from them as nothing will come.

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!!!