Textbook ManiacReviews of textbookmaniac.com

Don’t do it!!! The first time I used them I had no issues. This last time after quoting me $80 for a book they tried to tell me my book was counterfeit. I purchased the book new directly from the university bookstore. Our bookstore confirmed that they purchase books directly from the publisher. I had a copy of my receipt which I sent to them. Their response was that the could not accept “my word” or the “word” of the bookstore. Ironic because I’m supposed to accept their word. They are crooks!! Don’t fall for it.

Here's how it works - you shop your used book online to sell and this company gives you an amount WAY better than anyone else (this should be your first red flag - too good to be true price for your book). You follow their instructions to ship your book and anxiously await your payment. A few weeks go by and amazingly, your book is damaged somehow and they won't pay you anything. And...if you want it back, you have to pay them to send it to you! If you don't, they'll "keep" it, which means they'll no doubt sell it at a lower price to someone, which amounts to them having basically stolen your book for the price of them paying media rate shipping. It the perfect scam...don't do business with these thiefs!!!

If I could give this 0 stars, I would. At first, everything went smoothly when shipping this to them. I even received a confirmation email that they had received my book. Only a few days later, they sent another email saying that my book had bad binding and the new quote on it was $0.00. My book, by the way, was almost brand new and in excellent condition. They said they could return it to me, but I would have to pay shipping. Even though they payed the shipping for me to send it to them??? THIS IS A SCAM!

TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE!!! I wish I’d read the reviews before doing business with this “company”. I sent in 6 textbooks to these incompetent liars to which they told me I’d receive ~$140. I sent the books in using the postage they emailed me, and began to become suspicious after I tracked the package and saw it was delayed. I continued to track it and by this point the package was delayed about 3 weeks. It was documented that the package had arrived at the facility but still needed to be signed for. It remained in that status for days. I decided to read reviews for them and saw that people were not getting the money they were told they’d get due to “water damage” or “missing books”. Low and behold when they FINALLY processed my order (a month after me sending them in) they say there were three books missing. LIE. Now the payout has decreased drastically to $50. Seriously? You mean to tell me that hundreds of people all decided to just send in only HALF their order? Please. These people are scammers, liars, incompetent, and deceitful. Find another more reputable and trustworthy place to sell your books back to!

Do not do business with this company!! I sent my book back in great shape, but then got an email saying there was water damage and damage to the binding. They will offer you less money or make you pay for return shipping to get your book back. Total scam. Please, please return your book to another buyer. This place will 'offer' you the most cash back, but you will end up getting way less than other buyers.

I bought a brand new textbook, never once opened it during the semester of my class and sent it to them and they claimed it had ripped and torn pages which is not possible. They will scam you, and make you pay money to get your book back.

SHAME on me for not checking reviews for this company. Shipped several books and the one that they offered me the most on was in GREAT condition. They reduced the offer ($30 less than quoted) because they said the cover was torn...it absolutely was not. Wanted me to pay for return shipping. DO NOT USE them. They will scam you!

Claimed it had water damage. They want me to pay for my own book to get it back. Complete scam. Do not use this place. Save yourself the trouble