Fiction

bif

(23,889 posts) Fri Mar 10, 2023, 12:43 PM Mar 2023

For used books, avoid Discover Books!

Here's my story: I use Biblio or Alibris for used books to avoid Amazon. So I found a book I was looking for on Biblio, for under $5. And free shipping. I live in Detroit and Discover Books had it. I chose them because they were supposedly in Toledo, and I figured Id get it pretty quickly. Well, after a few days, I checked on the tracking. An independent shipper was waiting for the book almost a week after I ordered it. And the facility was in Rhode Island. Then after a few days it went to York PA. Now it's on it's way to Glendale, IL where the USPS is waiting for its arrival. Almost two weeks after I ordered it! I could have ridden my bike there and back in less time than it's taking!

5 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

For used books, avoid Discover Books! (Original Post) bif Mar 2023 OP

Thx for the heads up! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #1

Suggestion: they split the cost with a local bookstore of your choosing cbabe Mar 2023 #2

+1 CentralMass Mar 2023 #3

Update bif Mar 2023 #4

That could happen for a lot of reasons ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #5

SheltieLover

(59,462 posts)

1. Thx for the heads up!

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Mar 10, 2023, 01:03 PM

Mar 2023

cbabe

(4,106 posts)

2. Suggestion: they split the cost with a local bookstore of your choosing

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Mar 10, 2023, 01:12 PM

Mar 2023

https://bookshop.org

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. $25,096,826.15 raised for local bookstores slide 3 of 3 Bookshop.org Best Sellers of the Week by Bookshop.org View all (15) New Releases This Week by Bookshop.org View all (8) 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists by PEN America View all (54) The Dial Magazine The Wolf Haunting Europe

CentralMass

(15,492 posts)

3. +1

Reply to cbabe (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 10, 2023, 11:15 PM

Mar 2023

bif

(23,889 posts)

4. Update

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 11:42 AM

Mar 2023

Well, the book finally arrived two weeks after I ordered it. This will certainly be the last time I use Discover Books. Even if I have to pay more for a book.

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)

5. That could happen for a lot of reasons

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Apr 10, 2023, 08:49 PM

Apr 2023

Most of them stupidity on the part of the shipper. Or maybe because whatever retailer is working through Discover had a wonky printer that caused the bar code that's used for auto sorting to freak out.

I've ordered through Discover and gotten books in better condition than expected, and in a timely manner. So doesn't that negate your negative experience?

One bad shipment ≠ a bad retailer. Shipping snafus can happen to any package. It's a random thing, in the vast majority of cases.

Really.

Reply to this discussion