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Poster: | Prince-Of-Dorkness | Date: | May 15, 2024 9:16am |
Forum: | general | Subject: | Re: Better World Books |
However, I have bought a boatload (a shipload? – say it out loud to get the joke) of used books from Better World Books (BWB). They appear to be a HUGE corporation with vast warehouses of old books, especially ex-library. Given how cheaply library systems are selling old books, I can see how BWB has managed to acquire such mass quantities. The last local library system sale near me saw all the old books going for 25¢.
Given the low profit margins on reselling old books, BWB obviously has to employ low-cost labor, and you can probably blame one of those Dane-bred peons for overlooking the condition of your book purchased from BWB.
I had a professor (from waaay back when) who used to say, “never jump to conclusions based on limited data.” That is, don’t judge a bookseller of vast numbers of used books based on one book purchase, or on one customer rep experience. That’s lacking in scientific accuracy.
If you’re worried about being able to return a used book bought from BWB, then buy it on eBay as BWB has a vast number of old books listed there, typically at the cheapest price of any seller on eBay. eBay stands behind purchases a bit better. Granted, they are a pain to deal sometimes in that shove automated systems down your throat before they’ll allow you the privilege of actually speaking to a real human, and then that human will barely speak your language (welcome to the 21st century).
Just my 2¢.
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Poster: | TomSFO | Date: | May 15, 2024 11:35pm |
Forum: | general | Subject: | Re: Better World Books |