1, Report:
#1504067
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2021
Collectorsemall David Rock Failed to refund money after I returned book Rialto CA
This Abebooks seller should be avoided at all costs. Aside from the 3-star rating he has (Abebook ratings are based on returns and are not customer-generated), my experience with his has been absolutely terrible.
I bought a book that was clearly stated as a first edition. It was not...
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Categories: Book Sales, Book sale fraud, Book Stores
2, Report:
#1503139
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2020
Book Deals Warning - Bookjacker will SCAM YOU on Abebooks Lewiston NY
Bookjackers are everywhere on Abebooks, and it's a crime that Amazon has chosen to let it proliferate. A bookjacker is a company that doesn't maintain any inventory of books. None. Zero. Zip. They have an algorithm that finds tens (sometimes hundreds) of thousands of other books tha...
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Categories: Book sale fraud, Book Stores
4, Report:
#1493922
Posted Date:
Apr 11 2020
Abebooks Lowkey Books The never sent me my accounting book, gave me a partial refund, & said the matter is closed. Victoria British Columbia
I ordered Horngren's Accouting 11th Edition book from Abebooks online (Purchase Order #547628059) on 01-11-20 and paid $48.61 for this book, but I never received this book. I've made numerous attempts at contacting Abebooks, until on 02-08-20, I received an email from Abebooks say...
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Categories: Book sale fraud
5, Report:
#1489687
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2019
Irish Booksellers Portland, Maine, USA Bad Faith Bookseller Portland Maine
In October 2019 I contracted Irish Booksellers, through AbeBooks platform, to purchase a book for $124.27. One week after the estimated arrival date I contacted Sarah of Irish Booksellers about non-arrival. She said it was mailed and to wait. I did. Book never arrived. I notic...
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Categories: Book sale fraud
6, Report:
#1484765
Posted Date:
Sep 10 2019
Abebooks Lost Books - Austin, TX ABC - Saint Louis, MO Resold a book that I purchased from them for 5x price I paid and refused to send me the book I purchased
Purchased an overpriced book on Abebooks through their vendor Lost Books in Austin Texas and almost 3 weeks after shipping confirmation the book still had not arrived. I contacted seller and they claimed they could not find the book and offered to either keep my money and put me on ...
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Categories: Books, Book Sales, Book Stores
7, Report:
#1479163
Posted Date:
May 22 2019
Michael Crummey W.W. Norton and Co. Does SWEETLAND by Michael Crummey Infringe the Copyright of THE FISHER KING by Hayley Kelsey? St. John's Newfoundland
Does SWEETLAND by Michael Crummey Infringe the Copyright of THE FISHER KING by Hayley Kelsey? Read on to Decide for Yourself (and see more at https://medium.com/@hayleykelseyauthor)
History:
The Fisher King was published on April 29, 2011. Just one month earlier, in March 2011, Cru...
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Categories: Copyright Infringement, Plagiarism
8, Report:
#1420560
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2018
ErgodeBookx Fast Media, AmiVentures, Extremely Reliable This is not a reputable bookseller, but a careless & deceitful bookjacker. Richmond Texas
I ordered a large hardcover book from Ergodebooks through abebooks. The book cost $121. I contacted them three times and asked them to mail it in a box. I was willing to pay extra just to have it mailed in a box. They, however, sent to me in a think bubble en...
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Categories: Books
9, Report:
#1405108
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2017
Ergode Books, Fast Media, Extremely Reliable, Carkart.com, Ergode.com, Dealtz.com, Virventures.com, SportsDealbox.com, Petocart.com, Toytooth.com, Shopshiphappy.com, Zabiva.com, Slickmedicalequipment.com, Lightsdaddy.com, Selectfurniturestore.com, Ergodebooks.com, Ergode Complete and utter failure towards upholding terms and conditions within the scope of fair trade to provide a listed item for sale by Ergode Books Richmond Texas
On 4th September, 2017, I ordered a book online from Ergode Books (only 1 copy was available from Ergode Books) though Abe Books. The book was listed as used: very good and priced at £28.90 with the estimated delivery given as on or before 09 October, 2017.
A couple of weeks after ...
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Categories: Internet Fraud
10, Report:
#1404295
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2017
Half Price Books Don't Be a Sucker Des Moines Iowa
Visited Des Moines, IA, store on 10/3/17 for the purpose of testing this chain store. I have seen multiple bad reviews of this chain and wanted to test them myself to see if the bad reviews were are true. Unfortunately, the bad reviews are true, if not a major understatement. I...
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Categories: Books, Records & Videos
11, Report:
#1387845
Posted Date:
Jul 24 2017
AbeBooks Charge credit card and did not receive purchase internet based Internet
I ordered a book June 28th, was charged $128 and change for the purchase, it is now July 24 and I don't have the book. It was promised to arrive on July 18. I requested a refund on July 20th, I was told in an email that I should wait 14 business days from the point of order and the ...
Entity
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
12, Report:
#1372857
Posted Date:
May 12 2017
Abebooks Used Bookseller - Division of Amazon Internet
I needed a textbook for a class that just started. On the first day of calls, the professor told us to get a certain book. Like most these days, it cost over a hundred dollars new in the campus bookstore. So, even he advised getting it online. Abebooks said they had several in stock...
Entity
Categories: Book Stores
13, Report:
#1336120
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2016
owlsbooks sold through abebooks website numerous book orders toledo ohio Internet
Have attempted to do business with this company. Once they held funds for 30 days before refund, did not send order. Second time ordered/paid for book then week later got a bulls*** story bout how the book was 'damaged.Just can't win when ordering from owlsbooks...
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Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
14, Report:
#1325443
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2016
Abebooks.com DO NOT BUY FROM ABE BOOKS! Internet
Ordered a code for an online book from Abebooks.com and paid for it. Book arrives and it's not the right book! I contacted the seller through Abe Books named Indoo. They wouldn't respond. Contacted Abe Books to request a refund and they said I needed to mail ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
15, Report:
#1299677
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2016
Abebooks.com Abebooks Did not recieve item and no refund Online Internet
Total ripoff. Placed order, never received. I tried to get a refund online and no response. I again went online and requested a refund. Of course, they have no record of either of these attempts. When I reached out this week, they said we only had 30 days to request a refund s...
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Categories: Book Stores
16, Report:
#1163124
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2014
Amazon, Patricobooks, and Abebooks AKAs My account on Amazon has been hacked by Patricobooks when you order my books on Amazon web-site Nationwide
On 4th of July I was talking to a friend on Facebook and he told me he has order my
book from a link I sent him from my Amazon web-site page. www.amazon.com/author/lisapeterson
He showed me his confirmation order of my book as follow......
Entity
Categories: Computer Fraud
17, Report:
#1148462
Posted Date:
May 21 2014
Abebooks.com and Owlbooks of Toledo Cannot trust book condition report and forget about a refund! Toledo for Owlbooks Internet
I bought a book listed on Abebooks.com sourced from Owlbooks in Toledo, Idaho. It was described as in Excellent condition. It was ripped, chardcover damaged and badly sun damaged. It was put in an unprotected plastic envelope/sachel and came ripped. When I complained, I was told to ...
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Categories: Book Stores
18, Report:
#1115769
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2014
Abebooks I tried to sell back books to abebooks, i choose them because I have bought and dealt with them in the past with no problems. internet
I mailed my nondamaged books back to abebooks for the buyback and received an email telling me the 2 books with the highest value could not be paid for because of the water damage. The books did not have any damage other than normal wear on the corners. After asking them to mail bac...
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Categories: Book Stores
19, Report:
#1086524
Posted Date:
Sep 23 2013
AbeBooks act like the AbeCrooks Internet
I was drawn to AbeBooks because of the cheap prices. I purchased a textbook for college. That textbook never came. The order was lost and nobody in the company bothered to tell me until I had to go to the book seller then AbeBooks and ask where it was. They refunded my book afterw...
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Categories: Computer Mail Order
20, Report:
#1083537
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2013
Abebooks Conflicting delivery information and still no delivery Minnesota
I order all of my college books online. However, this has been the worst buying experience I have ever had. Abebooks has horrible customer service and they lie. I ordered my books over 2 weeks ago. They said it would take 5-14 days for me to receive my books. The post offi...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
21, Report:
#1075646
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2013
TextbookXpres (Houston, TX, U.S.A.) Through Abebooks.com Refused to allow Return Huston Texas
I orderd a Text book for a Probability Class in which I was sure I was going to take. Withing 7 days of ordering the book I found out I was unable to take the course due to pre-requisits and had to drop it. When I was honest and told them why I needed to return the book ...
Entity
Categories: Colleges and Universities
22, Report:
#1065329
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2013
Pro Quo Books International Books Pro Quo Books... deceptive practices or just incompetent? Internet
Pro Quo Books is a company that sells through the AbeBooks.com and amazon.com storefronts.
They listed a newly reprinted version of a guide book I wanted at a very low price. This was apparently incorrect, they'd clearly intended to list the older printing at that price. When they...
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Categories: Book Stores
23, Report:
#1065095
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2013
Abebooks.com AbeBooks.com a subsidiary of Amazon.com : lack of support, uncaring, false customer service, false business front, bad sellers, unchecked Internet
Amazon.com owns AbeBooks - they are a subsidiary company. AbeBooks then acts as a kind of half.ebay.com for book sellers. THE PROBLEM HERE is that AbeBooks.com does not back up customers, they simply allow their sellers to do as they wish.If you have any problem with a sel...
Entity
Categories: Book Stores
24, Report:
#1039049
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2013
ABE BOOKS www.abebooks.com/ Abe Books BuyBack Program Scam Internet
I recently participated in the AbeBooks Buyback program.
I read all of their policy and knew they would keep water damaged books or books with other damage without paying me back. However, I almost didn't send my book because it was so perfect I felt the buy back price was almos...
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Categories: Book Stores
25, Report:
#334337
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2013
ABEBOOKS.COM Listen to my story before you buy from ABEBOOKS.COM Santa Clara California
I purchased a text book using the service www.abebooks.com. In the past, I had success purchasing using their service. They are similar to amazon or ebay where individuals use the site as a storefront to sell their books. I purchased a text book for a class that I needed before o...
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Categories: Book Stores