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Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by sedachv on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:09PM (#21466623)
BWB is also the only online bookseller that seems incapable of delivering their orders consistently. I have given up trying to order from them.
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by sitkack on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:17PM (#21468642)
You should try Thrift Books they also offer inconsistency as a service.
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by phy6 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:49AM (#21473109)
Ebay is where I get my out of circulation library books for really cheap. I just picked up a never loaned "Toward Artificial Sapience : Principles and Methods for Wise Systems" for $3.73. On Thriftbooks it's $156. Looking back, the seller was "BetterWorldBooks"!
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by sedachv on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:09AM (#21471372)
I have ordered from Thriftbooks dozens of times. The only two things that happened was one package theft (obviously not their fault, but they re-sent the books for free, no questions asked), and one extra shipment of books I had not ordered (this was probably someone else's order that they sent me).
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by mindcrime on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:19PM (#21466724)
Interesting... I've bought probably two dozen books from them over the past couple of years (via their Amazon storefront) and I've never had a problem with them.
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by jjgreen on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:38AM (#21472030)
I've ordered quite a few from them (novels, maths textbooks, ...) and never had an order cancelled. :-/
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by ckrusk on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:15PM (#21466681)
do they cancel your order or take forever to deliver?
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by m0xte on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:47PM (#21467045)
Cancel order after about 4-5 days from experience. Had it on several books!
Re:Better World Books and the Internet Archive Unite to Pres... by sedachv on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:52PM (#21467862)
Order cancellations here as well, after books have been sent out and returned as undeliverable. Have not ever had that happen with any other shipment to my address, so I suspect they have a recurring issue with label printing. Their customer support just ignored me when I brought that up (several times) and issued a refund without any explanation.