Half Price BooksReviews of hpb.com

Next time you're thinking about taking a load of books to HPB that you've spent time culling from your collection, maybe a life-long collection, packing up, hauling to the store then waiting for however long it takes them to look through your DONATION (to their inventory, because that's essentially what it is), remember that you are supplying their inventory and they are paying you practically NOTHING for your DONATION. I will NEVER darken their doors again. They really should be ashamed of themselves. Bad form, HPB, bad form.

I ordered a used book on Amazon from this seller and they canceled my order. The book was described as very good and the price was good as well compared to other seller. I suspect they canceled my order because they wanted to price it much higher like the other sellers. I remember bad sellers and will never do business with HPB again.

Should be overpriced crap not half price books worst resale vendor i have had the misfortune to purchase from. ordered an old game to play with my nephew came late and wouldnt play at all completly disapointing and if your selling books sell them anywhere else the give you nothing then turn around and sell it for twice what its worth

Half Price Books @ Fremont, CA are thieves and exploiters, who treat their workers terribly and offer terrible buy back deals and then reselling at inflated prices. It's better to go to the Catholic thrift shop or, better yet, everyday and seasonal library book sales.

They used to return any of the books you offered to sell if they were going to pay you zero for them. That was good. Now if you bring in books they say they only offer a bulk price. These are books, not pork bellies. People bring them in to sell them, not give them away. There are libraries closer to everyone for that. They used to put the books they weren't paying anything for in a pile and I would pick the ones I wanted to keep, and often times there were many I said I don't want, and as I said, that was good. All was right with the world. It seems to me that taking books and not paying anything for them is stealing, and that's what this new fangled so called bulk pricing does. I don't know about y'all, but if I go there it's to sell books, maybe to buy books, but certainly not to get my books stolen. Just my opinion. But... if they are going to do that they should be upfront about it. They aren't. They wait until you spend a couple of hours waiting for their processing and then tell you. That's not right. But I suppose you can't expect thieves to be honest. Again, just my opinion. I definitely will not be doing business with them anymore, and this is coming from a thirty year customer. And that my friends is not an opinion. That's a fact.

I recently visited Half Price Books intending to sell 14 books. Before going, I researched the used selling prices for 10 of those same titles at this store. The total resale value listed by the store for those 10 books alone was approximately $347. I was therefore shocked when I was offered just $5 for all 14 books combined. I understand that resale businesses need to make a profit, and I did not expect to receive the listed resale price. However, an offer this low feels unreasonable and lacks transparency. It gives the impression that customers are not being offered fair value for their items. I would strongly encourage others to carefully consider their options and do their research before selling books here.

SCAM ARTISTS. Purchased many books through their website. Several books were horribly damaged and unreadable and several books were the wrong books entirely. The return policy seems legit, but when you attempt a return you realize there is NO return process at all and the customer has to pay for returns. Even after you ship a return, there is no response. You have to end up calling them and their response is "There's no one in the warehouse to receive your return and/or we didn't receive your return." This is a total SCAM! I ended up speaking to a "manager" who was beyond arrogant and condescending and basically blamed the customer for returning items and claimed there was no return sent. I had to open a dispute on these SCAMMERS! Never again! Avoid these SCAM ARTISTS. They are only out to steal your money!

I had over 55 DVDs, mostly new and still in the wrappings along with 35 music CDs, all in excellent condition and another bag of books which were in pristine condition and new as well. It was shocking to see that they allotted about 25 cents for each item when they turn around and make a 3,100% uplift! It was sickening and wrong to take advantage of people.