Comments on: AbeBooks Sucks

By: Jersey Bob

Jersey Bob — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:22:58 +0000

AbeBooks has rapidly descended into sheer incompetence. Have a problem with an order and trying to reach the firm? Go ahead, see for yourself. The prompts shuffle you from one section to another without providing access to the firm. Who’s running the store? Apparently no one capable.

By: Ginny Travis

Ginny Travis — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:54:15 +0000

I’d appreciate some insight regarding the book re-sellers on Amazon since when you dig into them, up pops “Abebooks”. I have a newly published novel which is listed on Amazon. It has been listed for merely a week and I’ve not sold any as yet. However, there is already a re-seller advertising used copies at a discounted price. Moreover, the publishing date listed by the re-seller is a month earlier than the actual publishing date of my book. I find it weird and it makes me uncomfortable. Any idea what’s going on? I can’t get any real information —I’ve tried. Who’s making what on this transaction?

By: simonX

simonX — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 06:11:16 +0000

plse tell me how much amazon paid for abebooks? i am frustrated now with asking search engines to provide this information!

By: Hermann Broch

Hermann Broch — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:26:34 +0000

I’ve also been a bookseller on Alibris since 2007 and I am not thinking about moving my operation to AbeBooks anymore, since the monthly fee is MUCH TOO HIGH here so I’m having not only reservations but also LEGAL OBJECTIONS.
Due to Covid-19 in order to protect our clients and guarantee quality of service etc. we currently only sell online, we have some 6000 antiquarian books and among them about hundred VERY VALUABLE books, that are really worth listing here.
You need to pay for at least 500 books to have ANY BOOK listed here. If you have 400 or less books to sell we may suggest to join our off-site community, where we propose to launch a very profitable ACCOUNT SHARING program, that will seriously cut ABE’s ILLEGAL PROFITS. Join us at 2dehands.be/u/brochbooks/42798664 for Europeans only, no US citizens allowed, and named after Hermann Broch, the famous German author, contact the seller and LEGAL SHOPOWNER to join.
I’ll start a new topic with this, I wonder how long it will take ABE’s hypochrites to delete it and BAN my account.
Note that we spent much VALUABLE time and work on cataloging, shooting, indexing and posting our books, so destroying people’s work is an act of ILLEGAL VANDALISM.

By: AbeBooks Indeed Sucks

AbeBooks Indeed Sucks — Fri, 15 May 2020 07:35:34 +0000

Stay away from AbeBooks. I’ve purchased books for 25+ years online and they are the worst. Why? Their return policy means nothing:

I was told that “Like New” books are technically a type of used book (because of the modifier “like”), and used books sometimes get damaged, so I should have expected to receive a book with a torn spine. WTF?

If they are unashamed to rip me off for a few dollars of return shipping, I’d hate to imagine what they are willing to do to others.

By: Robert Bertrand

Robert Bertrand — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:16:05 +0000

I just found this blog after getting some frustrating news from Amazon that I am sure other sellers are now groaning over. The title of the messages that I have been getting for the last few days is “Listings deactivated for potential pricing error”. In an attempt to “clean up unrealistic listings” their software is deleting titles that are priced much higher than the others. The problem is, at least with the listings that were taken off my database, is that the software does not take into consideration the unique variables associated with certain listings. For example, they deleted my listing for “Amazing Fantastic Incredible” by Stan Lee which is priced considerably higher than the next highest offering. However mine is signed by Lee and is fine/fine. I guess I will have to sell it elsewhere. On another rant I also want to express my 100% agreement with you regarding all the vague warehouse listings at the bottom–“may have highlighting, etc”. And now leather bound reprints from India! abebooks lets them list as many as they want under 1 title making you scroll down even further to find an actual book. I once saw 13 identical listings under one title! Abebooks has sucked since the greed factory Amazon took over. I’m glad that I own an actual store front because on-line bookselling is not what it used to be. I do not have any hope that it will change because like everything else it is the bottom line that counts. Who cares about integrity anymore?

By: CAROL KING

CAROL KING — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 22:07:58 +0000

AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU !!!But this a new one ARTIC SOLITAIRE BY PaulSouders was my Xmas gift for all on my list.The first arctic explorer that had me laughing. Whan one person on my list is a KINDLE Reader . I found out they DID NOT have his Pictures on Kindle !!! A mountaineers book at that!! This week i purchased a 1955 edition of a book from ABE they sent a later edition-Revised again no pictures Imiss most the ABE great people you were able to talk to before AMa—and the hunt the thrill of the find!!!!!

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:51:31 +0000

I myself recently bought a rare used book from a seller on their site, a book published in India concerning the ancient site of Khajuraho. It’s now been two days since the book was to be delivered, and the seller is refusing to refund me for my purchase. To make matters worse, they gave a tracking number that hasn’t been updated since I made the order. I contacted Abe customer service, to force the seller to refund me for what was obviously a scam, but Abe refuses to step in, for the stupid reason that the seller gave a tracking number. How does having a tracking number excuse the seller from actually delivering the book I payed for? This is blatant theft, and I will definitely not be buying from Abe again.

By: Jerry Jaleel

Jerry Jaleel — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 02:46:15 +0000

Today I was surprised to see that my 5 star rating with abebooks got knocked down to 4, simply because No sales came through for the past 2 months. But abe promptly took out my monthly listing fees on the 1st of every month, and then punishing the book seller by a reduced rating system. As long as they are doing it this way, they should reimburse all the monthly fees to the seller for the months they did not receive any sales order from Abebooks. You can’t have the cake and eat it too. As I stated in an early comment, the ratings should leave to the customers, not to the clerical staff works for abebooks. Abebooks truly sucks!

By: Jed

Jed — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:41:23 +0000

I sent you an email with some suggestions. Hope it works out.