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Webuybooks Reviews

4.7 Rating 9,510 Reviews
95 %
of reviewers recommend Webuybooks
4.7
Based on 9,510 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier
Average Delivery Time
Next Day
On-time Delivery
Greater than 89%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
97%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
4.7 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Returns Process
Easy

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The app appears to lack consistency at times. Books "wanted" one moment are later not wanted. Also books "not wanted" on ane person's app are then shown as "wanted" on another app. Not a very good experience overall due to inconsistencies.
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Posted 7 months ago
We Buy Books pays a good price for non-fiction and comic books, etc. It has never lost a book I've sent unlike other companies. I've never had to email them after the rejection of an item to point out there is an actual ISBN or any of that waste of time stuff dealing with Ziffit involves. However, it routinely provides s such low offers on many non-fiction books and won't except so many titles, that it is impossible for me to trade with them as often as I would like.
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Posted 9 months ago
I like the app and the ease to see what is in the basket etc. Prices offered are often pitiful though. More 15ps than anything so I usually sell them with the rival company. Staff are always on hand and polite and helpful when I have ever reached out. Prompt responding as well
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Posted 9 months ago
A good way to get rid of books but they pay very little and won’t take most books I offer
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Posted 10 months ago
This is the second time that I have sold books though webuybooks and the same probleam as arisen again namely the bad service from there pickup company Evri. You book a pick up date and no body arrived on the date, so you have to book another appointment and hope that they arrive. On the first ocansion i sold books it took three attemps to get them to pick up, on the second two attemps. Prices given for books are also poor.
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Posted 11 months ago
Pleased to find a home for some of my childhood books.
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Posted 11 months ago
unfortunately it takes a long time to make a package for we buy books as there system prices are very low and the time it takes in comparison to other sites is alot longer and as a business seller time is money i have in the past sent over 1000 parcels but your system seems alot slower and your prices are lower than your biggest competers many thanks
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Posted 1 year ago
Process to price and send books worked reasonably well. Much easier when books have a bar code, which many older or niche books do not. Process to send and get paid was very slow. But its free so thats good. Prices were low vs E Bay but much less work required. Also around 70% of my books were not wanted, so I had to deal with those elsewhere.
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Posted 1 year ago
Not the best prices in the world offered and don’t want all books. Reasonable service and payment time. Shop around there are lots of these sights available.
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Posted 1 year ago
i m constantly reminded that we buy provide the best prices, when it is clear that they dont, average book price is currently 15p, cds abnd dvds 10p i can get more on rival platforms
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Posted 1 year ago
I had a frustrating start when Evri, the company who collect the books didn't take my books when specified. It was another week before we buy books arranged another collection. With the unpredictable weather and requests to leave cardboard boxes full of books in a safe place outside for the courier to collect, it made for a very frustrating week. We buy books kept saying I'd hear within 48 hours for another collection time, but it was nearer 72 hours before I heard. Finally it was all resolved and I received my money, but perhaps its time to rethink your courier service, when they know they're picking up 5 boxes and then refuse to take them because they don't have enough room in their small car!
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Posted 1 year ago
Very swift and easy setup and service. Was a bit disappointed there weren’t more of my books accepted but I guess that’s due to market demands. However pleased with results and will definitely use again.
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Posted 1 year ago
Just used Webuybooks for the first time to assess how effective it was. Process of listing and sending books very labour intensive for what is minimal financial reward. For that reason I won't be using it again. Will just donate books to preferred charity shops instead in the future.
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Posted 1 year ago
I found it really frustrating when I sat down with a large pile of books that I wanted to clear - most in near perfect condition, started scanning, then most not wanted. 10p offered for many books and need to get to £5 before the deal is done. I have decided that is is probably much better to donate to charity and they receive the profits.
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Posted 1 year ago
Sent in brand new books and got paid £12 for 58 books ! Do think they could offer more !
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Posted 1 year ago
Able to scan some of the books I had to sell but did not recognize or wish to purchase others despite bar codes. Got just over a 'fiver' for 5 books. Was expecting more.
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Posted 1 year ago
A way to reduce present book holdings, but pennies being paid, lots of not required notices, it took me a day to scan books and dvds for a £24 payment. Easy to use , payment quick but the above was my problem.
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Posted 1 year ago
Easy to use app, relatively fast payment. The only downside is they don’t take all books. Wouldn’t take over half of what I had which was mostly well known books like Harry Potter, the whitches etc
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Posted 1 year ago
Good points: an actual human you can speak to in customer service. Bad points: scanner started to play up after I had scanned over a hundred items and my account temporarily disappeared. Customer service couldn't help because couldn't see my account. Unable to choose payment by bank transfer only by cheque.
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Posted 1 year ago
The process is straightforward and this can be a useful way of finding new homes for old books that are too good to be thrown away. However, as the sums paid are trivial it takes some determination to reach the £5 minimum for a trade and I had to include a number of my own books in order to dispose of the house clearance items I was dealing with. The most valuable item in one trade (over £1 offered!) was rejected on the grounds of spine damage. This could easily have been repaired and I feel a price reduction would have been fairer than simply deducting the full amount.
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Posted 1 year ago
Webuybooks is rated 4.7 based on 9,510 reviews