AbeBooks Reviews

"I ordered a hardback copy of a book that I saw on the website of Abebooks, it stated the book was in good condition and the publisher was Penguin. What I recieved was the same title however it was a paperback with no similarity of the image that was on the website and published by a different publishing house. The condition of the text is the worse I have ever seen it was so bad that on some pages the text could not be read. I raised this as a complaint on the Abebooks forum on the website. I was given clear instructions to return the text to the original seller and a guarantee that the cost of the postage would be returned (\u00a317). This all happened at the start of January 2025. Abebooks are now not responding to my emails and neither is the seller. So I now have no book and have paid for postage. Do not buy from this site."

"I ordered a hardback copy of a book that I saw on the website of Abebooks, it stated the book was in good condition and the publisher was Penguin. What I recieved was the same title however it was a paperback with no similarity of the image that was on the website and published by a different publishing house. The condition of the text is the worse I have ever seen it was so bad that on some pages the text could not be read. I raised this as a complaint on the Abebooks forum on the website. I was given clear instructions to return the text to the original seller and a guarantee that the cost of the postage would be returned (\u00a317). This all happened at the start of January 2025. Abebooks are now not responding to my emails and neither is the seller. So I now have no book and have paid for postage. Do not buy from this site."

"I ordered a hardback copy of a book that I saw on the website of Abebooks, it stated the book was in good condition and the publisher was Penguin. What I recieved was the same title however it was a paperback with no similarity of the image that was on the website and published by a different publishing house. The condition of the text is the worse I have ever seen it was so bad that on some pages the text could not be read. I raised this as a complaint on the Abebooks forum on the website. I was given clear instructions to return the text to the original seller and a guarantee that the cost of the postage would be returned (\u00a317). This all happened at the start of January 2025. Abebooks are now not responding to my emails and neither is the seller. So I now have no book and have paid for postage. Do not buy from this site."

"Several attempts were made to access my credit card account since I ordered a book from Dieb Antiquariat Wolfgang R\u00fcger. This is a thief, he has stolen money from my credit card and of course I did not receive my order."

"They are horrible. I bought a book through them through Amazon in November on 2023. They took my money right away and almost a year later still do not have my book. I have emailed several times and no one responds. An absolutely horrible experience. Do not do business with them ever!"

"They scammed me, they are all scammers, all sellers on Abebooks are scammers and the administration of Abebooks are the leaders of this gang of filthy scammers.\r\nI ordered an expensive antiquarian book and they sent me a cheap copy that was reprinted on demand from a scanned E-book in a PDF file that they download for free from the Webarchive.\r\nI call upon all arsonists to burn down their warehouses full of books and\r\nI appeal to all site hackers of the world to take their sites Abebooks.com and Abebooks.co.uk off the web by means of repeated Brute Force DOS attacks worldwide.\r\nThey refuse to issue a full refund immediately unless I send them their worthless reprinted book back.\r\nAll sellers on Abebooks are scammers and the administration of Abebooks are the leaders of this gang of filthy scammers."

"Abebooks has been my WORST book-buying excperience ever.\r\nI had ordered several books from various 5-star sellers, I did not receive any books.\r\nOnce you place an order it is IMPOSSIBLE to obtain a partial refund.\r\nEven if you receive a damaged book or no book at all, it is impossible to obtain a replacement from the Customer Support department, which does not seem to exist anymore. \r\nIt is ABSOLUTELY USELESS trying to contact Customer Support, they simply ignore complaints from buyers, their sellers are always right.\r\nAbeBooks won't refund orders even when you provide scam evidence."