The Horrors of Used Book Shopping Online _ Book Chat

**My Experience with Online Used Book Shopping at Book Outlet**

I am not sponsored by Book Outlet, but I do love that Book Outlet always has very excellent deals and excellent quality books. I always order from the side of Book Outlet that is like the new good condition books. The prices are always in red, which seems to be a standard pricing system for their new condition books. Additionally, they have a scratch and dent section where all the prices are always in green. This section has the potential to be either really nice copies or more beat-up editions, you know like with vent covers, web pages, these kinds of things. You kind of take a gamble with those, but I always just stick to the normal priced ones. These I've never had any issues with, and they are often hardcovers from Book I love these, these I mean if you've watched any of my hauls, I've probably had books from Book Outlet so you guys can go back and check them out.

**My Experience with Hardcovers from Book Outlet**

I have to say that a lot of my hardcovers are from Book Outlet, and I've never had any issues with them whatsoever. The packaging is excellent, and they always come in pristine condition. I mean, what's not to love about buying used books online? It's like getting a great deal on a brand new book, but without the hefty price tag. I would definitely recommend Book Outlet to anyone looking to buy used books online. They usually have a sale going on at least once a month where you can get an extra discount off your purchase. This is a great way to score even more deals and discounts.

**Tips for Shopping Online Used Books**

My third tip is for shopping in general, and just to compare prices around the main places I buy from, our Aid Books Calm, and Thrift Books Calm sometimes also Amazon used book market. When you're looking for a book, type it in the ISBN that you want for your cover and everything that you would like in, and check it out across all the websites. You can get the best deal that way, and many of those places have free shipping, which is always a bonus.

**Comparing Prices Across Online Marketplaces**

A lot of times, a used book from online marketplaces will cost more than buying it new. I've checked prices on Amazon, our Aid Books Calm, Thrift Books Calm, and even the Book Outlet website, and often, the price difference isn't worth it. If you're looking for a specific title or edition, using an ISBN to compare prices is the best way to find the cheapest option.

**Cleaning Up Damaged Used Books**

One of my last tips is for cleaning up used books when they come in, which are usually in bad condition. When you ask for money back, usually they'll give you your money back, and then you get to keep the book. For books that are sticky or have spills in them or something like code name Verity, the best way to get rid of anything sticky is using a makeup remover. I use oil-free makeup remover, which can be found at Walmart for very cheap, like a few dollars. This will take off any stickiness and leave your book looking new again.

**Removing Stickiness from Books**

I was testing out my makeup remover on one of my books, code name Verity, and it came in really sticky. When I pulled it back, it was like I just taken off a brown smokey eye from my eye makeup, which is exactly what I needed to remove the stickiness. This product works well for matte covers as well, but be careful when using it on shiny covers, as it can temporarily dull the shine.

**Conclusion**

Overall, online used book shopping is an excellent way to save money and find great deals on books. Just know where to go and what to do, and you'll be reading like a pro in no time. My experience with Book Outlet has been positive, and I've learned to trust their prices and quality of their new condition books. If you're looking for a more affordable way to build your book collection, I highly recommend checking out online used book marketplaces and doing some research before making a purchase.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's Sam and today I'm gonna be talking about the horrors of online used book shopping so for those of you that don't know I buy the majority of my books used the majority of my books I buy from a books calm and thrift books with occasionally buying books from book outlet so I typically don't buy books new and I just want to preface this with saying that the majority of the time that I buy used books I have a very very positive experience and everything goes according to plan but there have been a few instances of me getting books that weren't to my expectation and weren't what I was hoping for so I just want to kind of run that down and one of those happen today's this is kind of being fueled by a little bit of that anger or whatever so for those me that don't buy used books online you might not know this but values books online is very very hit and miss typically speaking and go into a used book retailer and everything is listed out by price where it's coming from and the condition and it'll say usually the scale is like new very good good fair and then acceptable so typically speaking I will always buy in the very good or like new condition and so I expect my books to come pretty much in like new condition very very few scratches very no you know nothing spill on them anything like that very few stickers that kind of thing that is my expectation so putting it out there I will say that everybody has different ideas of what very good good fair acceptable whatever what those mean so I know that there can be some discrepancies there but I'm just going to give a few examples of times that I have gotten books that have not been up to my expectations condition wise so the first time this happened to me some of you might remember if you watch me for a little while but I actually bought ruby-red and didn't get what I was hoping for so I originally got this edition of ruby red by christian gear this was supposed to be in either good or very good condition and it came covered in library stickers which it didn't say it was a library binding typically speaking if it's a library binding they will say in the description is a library binding and then you can kind of take it hit or miss kind of thing they didn't say that their stickers covering it the plastic is peeling off it looks like there is marker on it the pages aren't horrible there's a few bed things bait like this is peeling back it was not up to my standards it was also not in the cover that I thought it was going to come in so I wrote the company and I got my money back which is awesome but if my first experience I really freaked out I didn't know what to do and I was not pleased since then I ordered another edition of it and this is ruby-red the Edition that I wanted it is beautiful and I got this from book outlet it is the perfect horror bag edition the cover I wanted in pristine quality the second time this happened was a book that actually came today and his code name Verity by Elizabeth Wien wine I don't know how to say her name this was supposed to come in very good condition again and when it came I was not pleased you can only tell right now but when I got it it was actually sticky like the whole book was sticky and it had like glitter stuck to it which is not supposed to be clear to recover and it was just it was gross and sticky it's kind of bent like you guys see it's kind of bent the there's parts of the spine that are kind of like beat up and bent back so it is not what I would consider very good condition this would be maybe like a good condition like a good you know there's discrepancies everybody like I said has a different opinion of different books the I just didn't feel that this was in very good condition I will also say that with used book shopping online typically speaking you will not get your books wrapped up very prettily like you will like Amazon in like a nice box with like bubble wrap or a book outlet with a nice box and like paper they'll typically come in what kind of appears to be almost like a thick bag kind of taped up and in a way that if you're ordering a paperback you might wanna be a little more careful because they could come a little more bent a little more damaged than they actually left in because it's not packaged really really well and that varies between bookseller so this is not me complaining about these different places like I said the majority of my books on my shelf are from different used booksellers or book outlet for example so I just want to give you a few kind of tips and things that you can look for and things you can do as far as used book buying number one you can always ask for your money back or even I'll even ask for my back just type an email up to the bookseller and let them know that you received a damaged book that was not up to your condition requirements that is usually why I always or books in very good and like new condition because that pretty much guarantees that you're going to get a pretty good book and pretty good shape and I don't feel bad about writing and saying that it's not in good condition because I feel like good as a condition can kind of go either way like people can think of good as being like just okay and some people can think of good as being like in really good condition so I always say very good about because then when i have toid these emails saying like hey i got a book that was damaged i don't have to feel bad and every time that that has happened i have always got my money back one of the books of some better World Books to have excellent customer service and one of them is from thrift books calm which also has excellent customer service they will not even question you you just say hey my book was damaged and they will refund you your money and it's no big deal so never feel bad you know letting them know that their books are damaged they're excellent when it comes to customer service the second tip I have is check out book outlet know guys I am not sponsored by book outlet but I do love that book outlet always has very excellent deals and excellent quality books I always order from the side of book outlet that is like the new good condition books all of those prices currently in this video is being shot always are in red they also have a scratch and dent section which all the prices are always in green when you're checking them out and those had the potential to be either really nice copies or more beat-up editions you know like with vent covers web pages these kinds of things you kind of take a gamble with those those are very much cheaper but I always just do the normal you know read priced ones those I've never had any issues a lot of these a lot of my hard covers are from book I love these these I mean if you've watched any of my hauls I've probably had books from book outlet so you guys can go back and check those out but those always come in pristine condition I have no problems with them whatsoever and the packaging is excellent so if you really don't want to take any Gamble's when it comes to like used or bargain book buy I would definitely check out book outlet and they usually have a sale going on like maybe once a month where you can get you an extra off so I really highly recommend them check them out my third tip is for shopping in general and just to compare prices around the main places I buy from our aid books calm and thrift books calm sometimes also Amazon used book market so when you are looking for a book type it in the ISBN that you want for your cover and everything that you would like in and check it out across all the websites and you can get the best deal that way a lot of those places have free shipping you can kind of compare that way and also check out the new book price a lot of times a use book of especially if it's only like a year old isn't really much less than the new price so I would always check that out if you're trying to get used books because sometimes it's just not worth it and it's just better just buy the new book and get it in really good condition from like Amazon Barnes available wherever you buy your books it's just easier to do it that way so my last tip is for cleaning up a use book once it comes in it's in bad condition so like I said when you asked for money back usually they'll give you your money back I've never had any issues like I said and then you get to keep the book so for books that are sticky or have spills in them or something like like code name Verity the best way to get rid of anything sticky like if they had a bunch of stickers on them you peel off the stickers or if there's something sticky on there like this one was oil free makeup remover you can get it anywhere you can use the stuff you have you can get it from Walmart for very cheap like a few dollars that will take off any of that stickiness and then you just kind of like wipe off the rest of it like get a paper towel only slightly slightly wet and wipe off the stickiness and then really wipe off the cover and it's in good condition now there's no stickiness left and that is awesome because I hate when there's stickers on books I'm sure all of you do so it's really good for moving sticker goo or any kind of goo or anything that appears on your books this one like I said came really sticky and what I took my makeup remover to it when I pulled it back it was like I just taken off a like brown smokey eye from my eye makeup like that's how Jordy was so it'll take off anything and especially works well for these kind of like matte covers the shiny covers I'm gonna have to be really careful because it will kind of like dull the shine temporarily if you're not worried about that then you know don't worry but it's really easy with these matte ish covers these like set any matte covers to do that alright guys that is it for my different experiences with online used book shopping and the different tips you can use for making it a really good experience for yourself comment down below and let me know if you buy your books used online if there are any sites that I didn't mention that you use frequently and any kind of tips you have for helping damaged books that do come but like I said overall use book buying is an excellent rants online you just need to know where to go you see know what to do so never feel bad about getting a used book a lot of my books like I said are used and they are in perfectly the condition and I will continue to buy use books from here on out so thank you all for watching guys and I will see all of you guys soon bye you youhey guys it's Sam and today I'm gonna be talking about the horrors of online used book shopping so for those of you that don't know I buy the majority of my books used the majority of my books I buy from a books calm and thrift books with occasionally buying books from book outlet so I typically don't buy books new and I just want to preface this with saying that the majority of the time that I buy used books I have a very very positive experience and everything goes according to plan but there have been a few instances of me getting books that weren't to my expectation and weren't what I was hoping for so I just want to kind of run that down and one of those happen today's this is kind of being fueled by a little bit of that anger or whatever so for those me that don't buy used books online you might not know this but values books online is very very hit and miss typically speaking and go into a used book retailer and everything is listed out by price where it's coming from and the condition and it'll say usually the scale is like new very good good fair and then acceptable so typically speaking I will always buy in the very good or like new condition and so I expect my books to come pretty much in like new condition very very few scratches very no you know nothing spill on them anything like that very few stickers that kind of thing that is my expectation so putting it out there I will say that everybody has different ideas of what very good good fair acceptable whatever what those mean so I know that there can be some discrepancies there but I'm just going to give a few examples of times that I have gotten books that have not been up to my expectations condition wise so the first time this happened to me some of you might remember if you watch me for a little while but I actually bought ruby-red and didn't get what I was hoping for so I originally got this edition of ruby red by christian gear this was supposed to be in either good or very good condition and it came covered in library stickers which it didn't say it was a library binding typically speaking if it's a library binding they will say in the description is a library binding and then you can kind of take it hit or miss kind of thing they didn't say that their stickers covering it the plastic is peeling off it looks like there is marker on it the pages aren't horrible there's a few bed things bait like this is peeling back it was not up to my standards it was also not in the cover that I thought it was going to come in so I wrote the company and I got my money back which is awesome but if my first experience I really freaked out I didn't know what to do and I was not pleased since then I ordered another edition of it and this is ruby-red the Edition that I wanted it is beautiful and I got this from book outlet it is the perfect horror bag edition the cover I wanted in pristine quality the second time this happened was a book that actually came today and his code name Verity by Elizabeth Wien wine I don't know how to say her name this was supposed to come in very good condition again and when it came I was not pleased you can only tell right now but when I got it it was actually sticky like the whole book was sticky and it had like glitter stuck to it which is not supposed to be clear to recover and it was just it was gross and sticky it's kind of bent like you guys see it's kind of bent the there's parts of the spine that are kind of like beat up and bent back so it is not what I would consider very good condition this would be maybe like a good condition like a good you know there's discrepancies everybody like I said has a different opinion of different books the I just didn't feel that this was in very good condition I will also say that with used book shopping online typically speaking you will not get your books wrapped up very prettily like you will like Amazon in like a nice box with like bubble wrap or a book outlet with a nice box and like paper they'll typically come in what kind of appears to be almost like a thick bag kind of taped up and in a way that if you're ordering a paperback you might wanna be a little more careful because they could come a little more bent a little more damaged than they actually left in because it's not packaged really really well and that varies between bookseller so this is not me complaining about these different places like I said the majority of my books on my shelf are from different used booksellers or book outlet for example so I just want to give you a few kind of tips and things that you can look for and things you can do as far as used book buying number one you can always ask for your money back or even I'll even ask for my back just type an email up to the bookseller and let them know that you received a damaged book that was not up to your condition requirements that is usually why I always or books in very good and like new condition because that pretty much guarantees that you're going to get a pretty good book and pretty good shape and I don't feel bad about writing and saying that it's not in good condition because I feel like good as a condition can kind of go either way like people can think of good as being like just okay and some people can think of good as being like in really good condition so I always say very good about because then when i have toid these emails saying like hey i got a book that was damaged i don't have to feel bad and every time that that has happened i have always got my money back one of the books of some better World Books to have excellent customer service and one of them is from thrift books calm which also has excellent customer service they will not even question you you just say hey my book was damaged and they will refund you your money and it's no big deal so never feel bad you know letting them know that their books are damaged they're excellent when it comes to customer service the second tip I have is check out book outlet know guys I am not sponsored by book outlet but I do love that book outlet always has very excellent deals and excellent quality books I always order from the side of book outlet that is like the new good condition books all of those prices currently in this video is being shot always are in red they also have a scratch and dent section which all the prices are always in green when you're checking them out and those had the potential to be either really nice copies or more beat-up editions you know like with vent covers web pages these kinds of things you kind of take a gamble with those those are very much cheaper but I always just do the normal you know read priced ones those I've never had any issues a lot of these a lot of my hard covers are from book I love these these I mean if you've watched any of my hauls I've probably had books from book outlet so you guys can go back and check those out but those always come in pristine condition I have no problems with them whatsoever and the packaging is excellent so if you really don't want to take any Gamble's when it comes to like used or bargain book buy I would definitely check out book outlet and they usually have a sale going on like maybe once a month where you can get you an extra off so I really highly recommend them check them out my third tip is for shopping in general and just to compare prices around the main places I buy from our aid books calm and thrift books calm sometimes also Amazon used book market so when you are looking for a book type it in the ISBN that you want for your cover and everything that you would like in and check it out across all the websites and you can get the best deal that way a lot of those places have free shipping you can kind of compare that way and also check out the new book price a lot of times a use book of especially if it's only like a year old isn't really much less than the new price so I would always check that out if you're trying to get used books because sometimes it's just not worth it and it's just better just buy the new book and get it in really good condition from like Amazon Barnes available wherever you buy your books it's just easier to do it that way so my last tip is for cleaning up a use book once it comes in it's in bad condition so like I said when you asked for money back usually they'll give you your money back I've never had any issues like I said and then you get to keep the book so for books that are sticky or have spills in them or something like like code name Verity the best way to get rid of anything sticky like if they had a bunch of stickers on them you peel off the stickers or if there's something sticky on there like this one was oil free makeup remover you can get it anywhere you can use the stuff you have you can get it from Walmart for very cheap like a few dollars that will take off any of that stickiness and then you just kind of like wipe off the rest of it like get a paper towel only slightly slightly wet and wipe off the stickiness and then really wipe off the cover and it's in good condition now there's no stickiness left and that is awesome because I hate when there's stickers on books I'm sure all of you do so it's really good for moving sticker goo or any kind of goo or anything that appears on your books this one like I said came really sticky and what I took my makeup remover to it when I pulled it back it was like I just taken off a like brown smokey eye from my eye makeup like that's how Jordy was so it'll take off anything and especially works well for these kind of like matte covers the shiny covers I'm gonna have to be really careful because it will kind of like dull the shine temporarily if you're not worried about that then you know don't worry but it's really easy with these matte ish covers these like set any matte covers to do that alright guys that is it for my different experiences with online used book shopping and the different tips you can use for making it a really good experience for yourself comment down below and let me know if you buy your books used online if there are any sites that I didn't mention that you use frequently and any kind of tips you have for helping damaged books that do come but like I said overall use book buying is an excellent rants online you just need to know where to go you see know what to do so never feel bad about getting a used book a lot of my books like I said are used and they are in perfectly the condition and I will continue to buy use books from here on out so thank you all for watching guys and I will see all of you guys soon bye you you\n"