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I promise I am not a shill nor affiliated in any way, just a happy customer. For the last year or two, I only buy physical books from ThriftBooks now. I used
by indigodaddy 5y ago
I promise I am not a shill nor affiliated in any way, just a happy customer.
For the last year or two, I only buy physical books from ThriftBooks now.
I used to use addall.com and do the whole comparison thing with Amazon reseller/used, Abe, and all the rest, but then I discovered ThriftBooks which is always cheaper and free shipping on over $10 orders. And I believe ThriftBooks often didn’t even show up on addall.com results for many searches.
So now I skip all that business and just go directly to TB. It’s rare that they don’t have any title I want, at startlingly cheap prices usually. The site is pleasing and easy to navigate. For me there’s no reason to look for a used book anywhere else.
Used of course, but like others are saying, even the “acceptable” grade (which I now pretty much only choose to save 30 cents to a dollar or more) books seem brand new or so lightly used as to think the previous owner either never read it or only skimmed through it.
They also have a great rewards program where you will get a free book fairly often.. forgot how many books you have to buy but it’s pretty generous.. simply put, TB is awesome and I love being a customer!
- kingcharles 5y agoI was in jail where you can only have physical books. ThriftBooks was one of my main suppliers for the years I was inside. I needed a huge number of books and new was just not affordable. The whole time I was locked up I wondered what their operation looked like and how they had cornered the market so well.
- indigodaddy 5y agoWow very interesting. Didn’t realize you could order stuff from jail/prison etc. In any case glad you are out and wish you the best!
- kingcharles 5y agoCan't order it directly, sadly! Had to phone my family and friends and get them to do it. Some jails and prisons do have a few magazines, books and newspapers that they sell on their commissary for highly inflated prices though.
- westoncb 5y agoI've heard similar about thriftbooks from others but I just don't see it. Seems to be very much on par with amazon: I can search for some old paperback you'd find super cheap (~$2 or $3) copies of in any real-life used book store, yet (typically) on thriftbooks or amazon the only way you're paying under $10 is if it's falling apart, water-damaged, etc. I just searched for a copy of The Brothers Karamazov to double check: cheapest on thriftbooks is $6.89 in condition "acceptable". Amazon has one in "good" condition for $6.71.
- indigodaddy 5y agoShipping is what pushes TB over the top of it’s competitors. Over $10 and shipping is free for the entire order. The other retailers build in a per book shipping cost.
- lupire 5y agoI see $6.59 on thriftbooks for Good. comparing pennies on books with a dozen different editions/formats isn't super interesting. Anyway, usually the cheapest book on Amazon is usually thriftbooks, but as parent notes, thriftbooks adds $1.30 for shipping if the book is under $10, which makes it a better deal if you can get free shipping on thriftbloks site
- lupire 5y agoFree Shipping is now (new in 2022) for >=$15 orders.