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Secondhand books online

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  • 30-05-2005 11:18pm
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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I hope this isn't against forum rules, but mods please delete if it is. I am not at all affiliated with this site whatsoever: The site is www.abebooks.com and acts as a directory for loads of 2nd hand bookstores. If you are looking for out of print or hard to find books, or just don't mind getting already read books, then I would recommend this crowd.

    The books themselves tend to be quite well priced - usually about a dollar each, but the shipping can be 4 dollars - you are best off ordering a load of books from the one store to get reduced rates.

    I ordered about 12 books from a shop in the states, and got them in about a week and a half - many of these books were hard to find on amazon etc, or were just too expensive. I think it ended up costing about $4 each including shipping. Remember though, that these books are used, and are not in "collectors" condition - but the condition of each book is given on the site.

    Apologies again if this is against the forum rules, but I thought it may be handy for people looking to bulk up their home library.

    Eoin


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,101 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Ooh, might be worth a look. Might be easier than searching for treasures in Oxfam, etc :)


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    Mr.Whistle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭Mr.Whistle


    Alibris is also good value; $7.50 per book for shipping.


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    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    abebooks is a great site. You can spend a lot of money there


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    wasted_winter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭wasted_winter


    ABEBOOK'S is fantastic! :D

    I'd definitely recommend it to anyone, I was introduced to it at the end of last year and since then I've had orders in every couple of weeks (my poor credit card!).

    I have yet to actually recieve any second-hand books... that's the really bloody weird thing! The quality is beyond excellent - all the books I've recieved are in perfect condition and the price! :eek:

    I try to justify my addiction by only thinking about how much I'm SAVING.... I just forget about the actual spending part :p


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    wasted_winter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭wasted_winter


    The main advantages are the fact you can set up your account to read prices in euro, you can then find sellers by location... I'm really bad when I order from Amazon, etc.... I create this huge shopping list, convert the currency and keel over! I did use Easons for a long time but I got really p!ssed about the waiting time, the prices, the poor selection, the bad website and finally... ordering a book and phoning up and emailing the company to eventually find that the book they have advertised actually hasn't been publish... or won't be for many months!

    WHY?!?!?! Agh! :mad:


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