Wob Reviews

4.6 Rating 2,385 Reviews
89 %
of reviewers recommend Wob
4.6
Based on 2,385 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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marketing@worldofbooks.com

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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
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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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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Unreliable. I'm £39.18 out of pocket. 2 DVD's failed to arrive. Apparently WOB think that sending a Rod Stewart DVD and a Tiesto in Concert will do. Whoever Tiesto is? Poor Communication. Lack of Customer Care. Why would anyone use this service.
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Posted 2 years ago
WOB are cretins. Their incompetent grading of DVD's and books, is beyond a joke! Items that are supposedly "Very Good" (which should mean they have been read/watched, but are still in a like-new state, with no markings or damage to them) often tend to be "Okay/Acceptable" (they are damaged/marked, and are barely useable for anything). If you complain, you'll either be told to return the item, and you'll get your refund, or you'll be sent an e-mail stating how sorry they are, and how their highly-trained staff are currently being retrained on how to grade films/books, and this one "must have slipped their high standards" Bulldung! This company couldn't grade a set of freshly-purchased notepads, let alone anything else. It's simply down to laziness and incompetence. Most people can grade DVD's/books with ease. It's hardly rocket-science, but WOB seem to have no clue at all, on even the most basic of stuff. Since when do heavily scratched DVD's or books with extensive highlighting and biro marks inside numerous pages, count as "Very Good"?! They're a deluded company, and despite having a great reputation and feedback, the negatives tell you all you need to know. Don't rely on anything they sell, to be what you will have paid for, and don't pretend for one second that what you get will have any resemblance to what condition they've claimed it's in! An absolutely useless company, that should be put-down!
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Posted 2 years ago
Delivery fast but books not as described. Ordered two books in 'very good condition'. They arrived and they were in well read condition. Customer Services difficult to deal with. I received contradictory advice and, at the time of writing, am waiting - probably forlornly - for them to send a postage voucher to return the books. Not impressed at all.
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Posted 4 years ago
Ordered a book, not delivered despite them sending me an Email stating it had been delivered! Emailed them as they have suspended their telephone service! What does that say about them? It speaks volumes to me! The return Email stated it will be delivered soon.. not good enough, they provided an erroneous Royal mail tracking number that does not exist, according to Royal Mail! They are not very good with refunding you either, despite the fact that responsibility of the book lies with them until it has been delivered to me! Next stop Trading Standards. Steer clear of this company, order via Waterstones or Amazon, trusted retailers not these pranksters.
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Posted 2 years ago
Book described as 'Very Good'. No where near! detailed scribbled notes on every page. Contacted WOB, not even a reply.
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Posted 2 years ago
Keep receiving emails advertising won keep asking to be in- subscribed but keep getting ignored and receiving emails getting fed up with lack of privacy being shown by WOB
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Posted 2 years ago
DO NOT TRUST!!!Likely scamming customers for nominal profits at a time. This business is as inefficient as it gets. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I made the online order for a couple of books. I got quick automated responses after making the purchase. I wait for the order. It doesn’t arrive on time, so I attempted to do a shipping query to customer service. After emailing, and using the proper channels to contact customer service, I received a very lackadaisical response. The response was different then the first set of emails I received. It was plain text and indicated that the books I purchased where not available and that I needed to select different books at equal value. The verbiage was a bit odd and made me feel like I made an error attempting to purchase from this business. This made no sense, as I received email saying these books were on the way 12 days before that. There was an order number and again that response was automated, fancy, so at the time I felt like the purchase was legit. In my confusion, I explained the situation again and simply asking for a refund, if they sold me books they didn’t have. Still waiting for a response, a package, a refund or anything that makes this purchase worth it. DO NOT WASTE TIME OR MONEY WITH WORLD OF BOOKS
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Posted 3 years ago
Warning about this company Do not buy from this company!! They are refusing to send my order because the book (Caroline flack storm in a c cup ) which I bought for £2.99 is now selling for a lot more. Absolutely disgusting behaviour!! Now will not honour my purchase . Shameful
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thank you for your review, we are sorry to hear this, please can you email customerservice@worldofbooks.com with the subject as REVIEWS along with your order number and we can investigate this further for you. Many thanks, World of Books
Posted 4 years ago
I had a terrible experience with World of Books. I ordered a CD. What arrived was an empty CD case. This CD was supposedly in excellent condition - but there's no way anyone even opened the case to check if the CD was there! My first complaint was met with a boilerplate response which made it clear no one had even read what I wrote. My second complaint generated another boilerplate response, but at least I got my money back. I won't be ordering from this company again.
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thank you for your review, we are sorry to hear this, please can you email customerservice@worldofbooks.com with the subject as REVIEWS along with your order number and we can investigate this further for you. Many thanks, World of Books
Posted 4 years ago
Terrible company! Horrible customer service, they happened me when their system glitched and sent me an email with the wrong information. It was their fault and they blamed me! No apologies, no admission of fault until I got angry. As I got angry, more and more of the truth came out. What a joke! Loads of better booksellers out there. Don't use them!
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Posted 4 years ago
As a previous very happy customer of 'World of Books' I thought I would add to my son's book collection as I have loads of second hand books which are like new. So I ordered two board books described as "very good" condition. I was so shocked when they arrived in the post, one in particular was in really bad condition. The front cover was so tatty it had previously be bent in half and ruined and all the edges of every page were coming apart. I then opened the book to find someone had written in it as it had clearly been bought as present for a child (which to be fair I don't mind at all) but I did mind the fact that someone had drawn all inside the book!! I wouldn't of minded if the condition I had bought them in was listed as "acceptable" as you can technically still read them but it's the fact that this should never have been sold as very good condition as it is clearly not! I dread to think what would pass for an 'acceptable' condition judging by your idea of "very good"... I'll just stick to my local Oxfam book shop from now on! Cheers!
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Posted 4 years ago
I am very satisfied with the wide variety of books available. All the books I have ordered so far were in a good condition or at least as described. It takes about two months for the books to be delivered to South Africa, but I blame that on our very unreliable South African Postal Service.
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Posted 5 years ago
Hello, Many thanks for sharing your review with us, We look forward to seeing you again soon. World of Books
Posted 5 years ago
Recently received a bind but that was virtually new for under £3. I feel less bad about buying books when they are so cheap and support good causes
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Posted 5 years ago
Hello, Thank you for sharing your experience with us. World of Books
Posted 5 years ago
AVOID ordering from this company. Absolute disgraceful fraudsters, they will advertise a hard backed copy with dust jacket in very good condition for it's age. They then send you a paperback copy in appalling condition that is literally falling apart at the seems with the binding broken and pages so brown that the book was fit only for kindling for the wood burner. I am not the only one to have had this experience as so many others are saying the same thing about this company and they avoid them like the plague.
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Posted 1 year ago
Ordered a 2-volume dictionary. Quite pricey. They only sent volume 1. No phone number to chase. Now I have to waste time trying to get volume 2. Really, really poor.
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Posted 3 years ago
I've been using World of Books for years and buy about 5 or 6 books at a time. The books are always in the condition described, delivery is quick and the value for money is excellent. If you're buying a best-selling book for £2.99 and it comes with a bent spine then so what? You're buying it for the story, not to display in the background of a Zoom chat.
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thank you for sharing your experience with us! World of Books 📚♻💚💿
Posted 3 years ago
Excellent collection of books at great prices. Free delivery which is a bonus and really quick delivery. I just wish the packaging was paper/cardboard instead of plastic and they would have got five stars.
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thank you for sharing your experience with us! World of Books 📚♻💚💿
Posted 3 years ago
Appalling service! World of Books sent out 2 books described as Very Good which were water damaged and had mould on them. They agreed to send out replacements and they too were not as described with discoloration to the cover, worn/torn edges and severely broken spine. They do not appear to have quality control measures in place so do not use this company if you want quality second hand books.
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thank you for your review, we are sorry to hear this, please can you email customerservice@worldofbooks.com with the subject as REVIEWS along with your order number and we can investigate this further for you. Many thanks, World of Books
Posted 4 years ago
Sold me a book that was not as described, and refused to pay for return postage when I asked to return it. Item description stated that the book was "not marred by notes", but it did have some writing in it. I wanted to return due to this with the intention of getting another copy. They refused to pay return postage even though they were the ones at fault. As I bought it from them through Amazon's Marketplace, I am currently in the process of trying to get Amazon to step in. I'm sure they are great if all goes right, but it is how they deal with things when they go wrong that really defines a company, and on that basis this company has completely failed. I certainly won't be using them again.
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Posted 4 years ago
Hello, Thank you for your review, we are sorry to hear this, please can you email customerservice@worldofbooks.com with the subject as REVIEWS along with your order number and we can investigate this further for you. Many thanks, World of Books
Posted 4 years ago
This companies a joke,they send wrong version in a really bad state and then never reply to e mail or answer phone to return
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Posted 4 years ago
Thank you for your review, we are sorry to hear this, please can you email customerservice@worldofbooks.com with the subject as REVIEWS along with your order number and we can investigate this further for you. Many thanks, World of Books
Posted 4 years ago
Wob is rated 4.6 based on 2,385 reviews