ThriftBooks: New & Used Books Reviews

Thriftbooks is a modern legend

Shiftingshoppe48

Thriftbooks itself is superb and this app is fast improving. Their free shipping for orders over $10, points system with frequent free books, and on the ball, no-nonsense shipping times makes shopping with ThriftBooks pleasure. The visual interface and clearly demarcated hierarchies for book editions and conditions in this app is good and only continues to be further polished. Search function seems to slip some results through the cracks at times, and there are still moments where I revert to their site. Regardless: thriftbooks are leading the charge and carving a niche for used-bookstores of the future. Rave on, my thrifty, bookish domain darling. I’m a fan.

Perfect for manga collectors!

DragonTamer6328

If you love reading manga this is an excellent source to get used manga. Keep in mind you buy them secondhand so you’re taking a gamble on the quality no matter how high of quality they are listed. As someone who loves manga this is a great way for me to buy volumes and save a lot of money! Especially since you get a free book every time you get 500 points.

Book disappeared from my cart

katthrftbk

I went to purchase a book, disappeared from my cart and no longer available. I mean, can I have a minute to check out??

Disgusted & horrified

D_C1024

I used to love this website & app. I’ve purchased countless books for myself and my 3 year old daughter. However, after the most recent purchase, I’ve decided I would never order again. They clearly don’t check quality or even look at the book for that matter. I ordered a holiday book for my little one, and it was supposedly in “good” condition. When my order arrived, that particular book was not in good condition at all, but I didn’t mind; I know I’m ordering used. The issue that changed my mind completely was when I flipped through the book and found a dirty, used bandaid inside the back cover! Had I not checked beforehand my 3 year old could have gotten ahold of a strangers old bandaid, complete with dried blood and all. I reached out to the company, horrified, and I got some generic response about how they were sorry I wasn’t satisfied and I would get my money back. They didn’t even address the issue of the disgusting used bandaid and have since sent emails asking me to rate them. Thanks for the reminder ThriftBooks! Here’s the rating, and I hope no one else gets something as disgusting with your zero quality, non-checked books that are being sent out! RETHINK BEFORE YOU PLACE AN ORDER!

Great cheaper alternative to buying books

vintageklutch

I got my books today the condition of my book are great 8 out of 10 I will be buying more soon thanks

Terrible quality products

bear9260

I bought one book from here with high hopes. I was very excited to receive it. I ordered a book that was supposed to be “very good quality”. I received the book about a week later and it’s nearly ripped in half! I’m highly disappointed. Not to mention this book is property of Hamilton library! It’s a broken, library book. Not waistline my money on anything from this app again.

Great site, awful app

cool stuff, fix the app

Love using ThriftBooks but the app is terrible. Crashes or fails to load more often than not and is very slow if it eventually loads

Issue resolved by customer support

Dani7322

I purchased over $30 of books that were listed as being in "good" condition. 3 out of 5 books were in terrible condition. There was writing on every page of one book, a second book had most of its pages taped back in, and a third belonged to a public library. (I know libraries sometimes sell old books, but this book was quite new and popular so I doubt it was sold by the library) I was pretty upset about the whole situation so I called customer support. The lady who assisted me was so kind and understanding, it changed my attitude about the situation! She offered two solutions: a full refund or replacements. I chose replacements. They arrived in a timely manner and were in excellent condition. I think I'll give thriftbooks another shot.

Great, some ideas

anon8888888

Hello all, I love the app & books- and even tho I received a book that was not the right edition- the company sent the right book out immediately & refunded me! Wow, thank you. Going above & beyond. One idea for more usability is to allow search results to be sorted by publication date. I used this feature extensively on half.com, and I’m missing it on eBay & ThriftBooks.

This is Fantastic!

Наташа Романв

I don’t usually write reviews, but this website/app is so amazing. I bought a HARDBACK book for $6! It’s usually $16-$30 dollars. I absolutely adore this and highly recommended it for any other bookworms.

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