Where oh where have the books gone? We ordered a whole bunch of books for a baby shower and sent them from New York to Delaware. I contacted them because they never arrived. It took almost two and a half months to figure out that the books were lost. They were good about refunding and said the books will probably appear there sometime down the road... but something was a little off. The tracking said they were in Philly but no one could find them on either end. Here it is a year later and still no books.🤦🏻‍♀️

Wouldn't buy from them online again. I received a book that was heavily damaged in one corner (the dust jacket had two 1” tears and was crinkled up, the cover board was scrunched in, and the last 60 pages were folded up). It was a “bargain” book, not a “scratch and dent,” so it wasn’t supposed to have damage. I wanted to return the book for a refund (or exchange it if they were getting more in stock), but Book Outlet only offered a 50% refund since they didn’t think the damage warranted more. They said their books are always going to have additional shelf wear, and that most companies would not take liability for products that arrive damaged. There’s a big difference between normal shelf wear and actual damage, and I don’t know any companies that wouldn’t take full responsibility for not packing their products adequately for shipment. Seems disingenuous for a company to boast about the great condition of their books but then dismiss damage as “shelf wear” you should have expected. They offered a full credit for the book to my Book Outlet account after multiple messages, but by then I was fed up. They have cheap prices, but if they’re sending damaged books that have to be repurchased elsewhere at full price it means spending extra money and dealing with extra hassle.

Not Bad At All Honestly, I was extremely hesitant about buying from this company due to the amount of bad reviews I saw but something just told me to go for it, and I'm very glad I took that chance because I plan on buying from this company again in the future. The shipping was overall great, but could have been a little quicker. All of the items were in pretty good condition. However, I got a couple small items in boxes and the boxes were a little beat up but not awful. Overall, my experience was very great. You also have to put into the consideration that you get what you pay for and every single thing may not be perfect, so I understand the 2 little boxes weren't completely mint. As stated, I plan on buying from again. I just hope that the shipping is faster next time. Since it's the holidays, I understand why the shipping was on the slow side.

Don't order from this company! Don't order from this company! Disaster from beginning till the end. Ordered a book before x-mas because the site said it was in stock and I was in a hurry. After a couple of days I got a notice saying that it was not. I contacted them on Messenger, where they said they would cancel the order and the invoice. Sounded all good. HOWEVER - neither happened. The book and the invoice both arrived (a lot later than promised) and when I tried to contact them to correct this I had no luck. Not till I a couple of weeks later managed to find the address directly to the CEO I received a reply (after another weeks waiting), who first said that they never approved cancellations. After proving our previous conversation they sent me a return card for the book. I returned it, but it was a return card that did not give me a receipt. And guess what, two weeks later they claim that they haven't received the book back, and that I should pay for it after all...

Horrible Customer Service I have purchased over $350 worth of books recently, and used many of the coupons I've saved from my recent orders. Upon receiving damaged items, I contacted the Book Outlet Customer Service. I was told that they would give me credits for the books that were damaged. Then, I received a message saying that because I had used multiple coupons, this would "need to be looked into". No response from customer service since then, as it appears I am being entirely ignored. While they were investigating my use of multiple coupons, they should've investigated their obvious lying about the condition of books on their site. Denying me a return/refund/credit for items that were NOT AS DESCRIBED is ridiculous. My family visits the Book Outlet retail store at least once a week (has been since it was literally opened), and I make many purchases myself. But my business will be going elsewhere, as will the rest of my family's, and all of my 5 star reviews will be changed to 1 star because this kind of behaviour is juvenile and uncalled for and I won't purchase from a company that can't own up to its own quality errors and instead tries to turn it around on the customer.