Can i trust buying used books from Amazon.com?

Question

i have a gift card to amazon and i want to buy some books. the used books are cheaper and i was wondering if i can trust buying the used books? there are some that say NEW, but its also the cheapest (4.74)

what should i look for and what prices should i chose? thanks

Answer 1

There is nothing wrong with the books unless noted I've bought several books from there and they were all a penny and then shipping and they looked just like I walked into a expensive book store and laid out the $15 for it brand new and yes you can always return it just read the sellers return policy hopefully this helps  

Answer 2

Amazon is straight up on the various conditions of their used books.  Higher the price, better the condition of course, but have gotten used books and cds from them and never any problem or doubt.  When buying used, I believe their policy is like every other used merchandise purveyor, you are buying as is, but Amazon is ethical.

Answer 3

I've bought used books from Amazon before.  It detailed exactly what was wrong with them, and the description actually made it seem worse than it was. ^^  I'd say you can trust Amazon.

Answer 4

I recently bought two books from Amazon and I had no trouble, and the books were in fine condition. However, they weren't used books, but I think that Amazon is pretty trustworthy.

Return policy:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/d...

This question was asked about buying used books from amazon. Look at it if you want some opinions about buying used books.

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Answer 5

You can trust Amazon! I buy used books of there all the time!(At least until I got an eBay account :P)

I never received a bad book, so I don't know how you could return it, sorry.

Answer 6

Amazon is a really trustworthy site. I'm not sure about returning them sorry. Maybe look for return policies on the site.

Answer 7

yes you definately can i buy used school books from them all the time amazon is the best place to buy from :)

Answer 8

i've bought used books from amazon before and they've all been good.  the key is not to order something from someone below 97% approval rating, and also read the description of the book on the buyers description box.  it'll tell you what kind of condition it's in.  but if you ever do get a bad book, contact the buyer or contact amazon itself and see about getting a refund.  

Answer 9

Yes, Amazon gurantees their sellers.  Though if there is a complaint the filing process is lengthy.  If you buy from people who have a 90% rating and above you'll be good.  Avoid ebay, they don't gurantee.

Answer 10

I have bought a lot of used and new books from Amazon.com . When you get on the site and find a book that you want look a the ratings of the seller .  click on the ratings page and check and see what kind of reputation the other buyers have given the seller. The only trouble I have had is sometimes things are not shipped as fast as I would like.  I have had to return one thing and it was refunded promptly.  

Answer 11

They are really great I just don't like that you can't see who the seller is like on eBay where I sell I have a few books but maybe not the ones that you are looking for but there are many books stores on eBay that I think are better than Amazon.