Powell's BooksReviews of powells.com

The Powell's website states that they will buy your books..."Thank you for your interest in selling your books to Powell's! You can sell your used books online or in our stores at the used book buying counters." But below it states they will give you credit for your books..."Payout method: Store credit only (No cash or PayPal)." Buying means paying money for books, not giving credit for me to use that amount to put toward a book I want to buy from Powell's. Basically you are donating your books and getting a gift card to buy more books at Powell's.

The best part of book buying is wandering but since it's closed I can't do that. The online ordering functioned well and I was able to pick it up curbside so I have no complaints. I did hear about them not carrying a certain book because of twitter-verse pressure. That's not cool.

The best part of book buying is wandering but since it's closed I can't do that. The online ordering functioned well and I was able to pick it up curbside so I have no complaints. I did hear about them not carrying a certain book because of twitter-verse pressure. That's not cool.

I have sent them around 10 orders. The books arrive at Powell's in about 4 days. It takes them about 2-3 weeks to acknowledge them. They are fair about getting back to you. Overall they rate about a C among the 25 or so book buyers. There are several that are much smoother and faster, yet there are some that are far worse. So you get about average service here.

They are very slow. I sent them 3 orders of books. They paid me after about 2 1/2 weeks of receiving for one order. They say the other 2 have not been received. After checking with the carrier they have had both orders for some time. They may or may not get back to you in e-mail. There are several that are much smoother to deal with. Use this as last resort.