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Wob Reviews

4.5 Rating 2,444 Reviews
87 %
of reviewers recommend Wob
4.5
Based on 2,444 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Postal Service
Average Delivery Time
Next Day
On-time Delivery
96%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 93%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
4 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
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Phone:

01903507544

Email:

marketing@worldofbooks.com

Location:

World of Books Group, Mulberry House, Woods Way
Goring by Sea
BN12 4QY

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Wob 2 star review on 4th March 2024
Andreas Zander
Wob 2 star review on 4th March 2024
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Wob 1 star review on 12th August 2023
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Wob 1 star review on 13th February 2023
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Wob 1 star review on 13th February 2023
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
My sister recommended World of Books, I'm glad she did! It's excellent, recycling, less land fill, environmentally friendly. The condition of the book is displayed and brief description of story line. Super fast delivery. Well done!
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thanks for your review!
Posted 4 years ago
A great company, quick arrival of books, wrapped well, and good quality, Well done!
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Posted 4 days ago
My only purchase from WOB was a book advertised as good to very good condition - what I received was only suitable as firestarter: water stains, writing, torn pages, etc. I think they purposely bait-and-switch, sending the worst copies they have while promising the best. It's impossible to get a refund from the AI bot, plus they don't pay return shipping, which is often more than the book price. Never again.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Have used W0B for quite sometime time now. Have always been pleased with my purchases. Price and condition of books have always been fair and price reflected. However on my recent purchase, my book of £7+ had a white sticker on the spine priced at £3.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
I sold books to them. I was promised £9.26. The books new would have cost £150. They paid me 10p and the customer service is terrible. You don’t get a straight forward answer from them. I had thought that it was a company that was interested in the environment. They are thieves making huge amounts of money out of people. I will never use them again. I would have rather given the books to charity.
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Posted 1 month ago
Such a horrible experience. I ordered a book from WOB, for the very first time. It never arrived! They don't reply to my email about giving me a refund. I waited more than the expected delivery date. What a mistake I made to order from this stupid place, what a waste of money.
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Posted 1 month ago
I have had some positive results with WOB, but when something goes wrong the customer really hits a brick wall. I’ve been trying for two weeks to resolve my issue of items not arriving. I talk to either an AI bot or different customer service representative every time which means I have to go over the issue again every time. Basically they refuse to answer my direct numbered questions. They refuse to resolve my issue and they continue tell me to just wait and hope the items turn up, it’s now been over a month. I give up, I guess WOB stole my sixty pounds and I learnt a valuable lesson. So, yes, perhaps eight out of ten transactions will be ok, but if you are the two out of ten when something goes wrong you can say good bye to your money and sanity. Plus now that both ethical, moral, and political questions have been raised about the private equity firm that owns WOB, it’s difficult to give them my business
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Posted 2 months ago
Scanned hundreds of DVDs most were rejected despite their advertising we buy your books and dvds a monumental waste of time
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Posted 2 months ago
I didn't receive a book and its impossible to get in touch with about about it,I've bought books from them for yours and will not do so again
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Posted 3 months ago
I sent my books in April and received confirmation all were accepted and payment was on the way. There is still no payment three weeks later, and it's difficult to get in touch with a human at World of Books.
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Posted 4 months ago
A truly terrible experience, still unresolved. I ordered four books and four completely different books that I did not order were delivered. I wrote to customer support who requested the serial numbers of the books I had received. When I provided these, they said that the numbers did not match my order - of course they didn’t, I was sent the wrong books. Then they sent the same automated message to provide the serial numbers again. I am stuck in the same loop with no real humans engaging or reading my emails. Their phone number has no option to speak to someone. I have had no response to my last email for several days, and still not even a mention of a refund for the books that I paid for. I recommend avoiding this company.
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Posted 4 months ago
While I am actually glad to be rid of all the books I sold to them. So, they place a price on books at less than 1/3 the retail price when you scan them into your account. But then, send an email saying they rejected half the books and cut the price on most of the others they decided to keep. My first shipment was supposed to get me about $150 USD, but they are sending less than $70 USD--they rejected most of the books and one that was about half of the original offer. My second shipment, with a PRISTINE, brand-new law book I paid over $500 USD for, and they offered me about $60 USD for, was rejected due to extreme damage--it was not damaged in the least--and they are sending a check for less than $1 USD! But, hey, whatever money I do get will be donated to our local animal shelter, so that is a bonus. WOB paid the shipping for all the books, and they get to figure out what to do with the books they accepted and then rejected. Super bonus, I have a clean shelf. Would I sell to them again? No.
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Posted 4 months ago
I am appalled by their inefficiency and failure to send a book I have paid for. I brought 5 they sent 4. For days they claimed it had been delivered and repeatedly quoted a tracking number for a parcel delivered in Suffolk (I live in Belfast !) They then sent the correct tracking number and claimed they book had been delivered. I received 4 books, as noted above, but not the missing one. Because they used the same tracking number for 4 different parcels (Royal Mail should not be allowing this) I cant prove the 5th book was never received. I also had a book they refunded me for because they said they didn't have it stock. Its on Ebay for £15 more than the price I brought it for. How do you sell a book you don't have in stock ? Total cowboys AVOID !!
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Posted 4 months ago
They use the highly inefficent Royal Mail to deliver books. My delivery was returned to them because of insufficient address, but there was no way to contact them to check whaty address they used. The chat facility is wholly inadequate and there is no phone number on their website (always a bad sign). When you use AI to get the phone number you are unable to speak to anyone or leave a message. All told a very unsatisfactory experience.
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Posted 5 months ago
Warning!. Books look like they're stolen from a library in terrible condition. Don't waste your money on this site. You have been Warned.
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Posted 5 months ago
Ordered a book described as very good condition. Received a book that must have been in a flood: cover boards, pages, dust cover warped and water stained. Poor condition.
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Posted 5 months ago
Only 3 of the 5 Early Readers I paid for arrived. Of the 4 books I received one was not an Early Reader. Over a period of a week, 5 Customer "Heroes" (complete misnomer) replied asking for same information repeatedly and suggesting conflicting solutions. Finally, as requested, a Manager became involved and offered 1 replacement - not possible to authorise 2! so I will still have one less book than I ordered!
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Posted 5 months ago
I recently placed an order and realized immediately that my phone had autofilled an old address, completely my mistake. I contacted customer service right away, but was told the address could not be corrected. What’s frustrating is that your website specifically instructs customers to contact support to change an order address, yet this service is apparently not actually available. That’s misleading and creates unnecessary issues for customers trying to fix a simple error quickly. I understand policies exist, but this experience was disappointing and not what I expected from your customer service. I won't buy from this retailer again!
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Posted 6 months ago
⭐☆☆☆☆ – Very poor customer service and communication I had a very disappointing experience with World of Books. My order arrived with a book missing, so I contacted them to resolve the issue. I first tried reaching out by email but never received any reply. Since there was no response, I contacted them through Instagram. The replies I received there were confusing and unprofessional. At one point I was even told to “pass the item to a local charity shop or recycle it,” which made no sense because the problem was that a book was missing from my order. After raising this again, they later clarified that the item had apparently been lost in transit and that they would issue a replacement. However, they also stated that they do not send email confirmations for replacement orders and that a tracking number will only be generated once the replacement has been dispatched. This information was only provided after I had to repeatedly question the situation. On top of that, the web chat on their website is completely useless. It leads you in circles and provides no real help, just dead ends. If you are unlucky enough to have an issue with your order like I did, be prepared for a very frustrating experience trying to get a proper response. Overall, the lack of response by email, the confusing communication on social media, and the ineffective web chat made this a very frustrating experience. Unfortunately, because of this, I would not use this company again and would not recommend their customer service.
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Posted 6 months ago
Do not order from world of books I have ordered so many and then I tried to cancel an order and no one would ever ever help me. They made it impossible.
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Posted 6 months ago
Ordered 4 books for my daughter 3/4 was meant to be "very good" 1/4 was "Like new" The "like new" book was covered in teeth marks, rips, stains and damaged pages. 1/4 of the "very good" book was ripped, stained and bent pages. They clearly do not check the books and seems to be luck of the draw if it is damaged or not. The condition summary means nothing. Customer service is awful, i asked for a return due to me being unhappy with the books and wanted the whole order returned. "You have to pay postage" and lots of copy and pasted messages. AVOID!!!!!
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Posted 8 months ago
Wob is rated 4.5 based on 2,444 reviews