sellbackyourBook - Sell books Reviews

by LindsayLouV

I am pleased with the number and variety of my items they are willing to buy, but sellbackyourBook is infuriating. There is no way to edit your cart (delete items I don’t wish to sell because they don’t all fit in the box, confirm that my items are not duplicates after having to scan everything all over again). I literally cannot use sellbackyourBook to sell anything to them right now, and my box is all ready to be shipped.

by Atriplett05

I spent a good amount of time scanning each book in, granted it was a fairly easy process just time consuming, and the most they wanted to give me for a book was $.19. I know your probably thinking they were not good books but there was a lot of Nora Roberts and Kristen Hannah, which are both huge selling authors. I guess I’ll just do a little more work and go to my local book store to sell my books

by Cravehart

I was hopeful for this re-design when I got the email notification but it falls flat on its face. First, only the introductory screens fill the larger iPhone X display (I’m even being forgiving of the misspellings like ‘not “metting” strangers’). Then the core of sellbackyourBook , once passed the introductory screens, isn’t optimized for the iPhone X or larger displays at all. It’s such a half baked effort to make sellbackyourBook compatible with new versions of iOS while still dragging their knuckles when it comes to actually updating the UI. It’s rushed, sloppy and unprofessional. It isn’t even a real effort. My recommendation: take your chances with “metting” strangers who might actually pay you a fraction of what your books are worth.

by Mia Monster Mondays

It won’t let you delete your account and the privacy policy “doesn’t exist anymore for sellbackyourBook”. Don’t know if it legitimately gives you money— they only take certain books for pennies on the dollar. They will only pay you out after $25 has been reached.

by Mountain_lover111

I was trying to sell some books to earn back some of the money I spent on them. I scanned on that was $17 and it was going to pay me 0.47 for the book?! The highest value I got was $2 for one of my books. They’re definitely selling these books for more and sellers are getting ripped off.

by Rep. Truth

I’ve been selling books on eBay for four years now with over 700 sales. 100% custom satisfaction. Four weeks after receiving my books, still no payment. Three inquiries later no payment. Threaten to give a bad review. Partial payments. Claim to have not received every book. My record Stands for itself.

by Reviewer-ee

The scanner tells you how much you’ll get, then they send you half of what you’re quoted and tell you the books were damaged. They don’t send pictures of the books they aren’t paying you for, and they don’t send the books back. Don't waste your time on sellbackyourBook. They’ll take your books and run.

by Sorriest App

sellbackyourBook seems to scan the bar codes most of the time, but trying to check out is a nightmare. It keeps saying there’s an error and you need to sign in again. Others complained about this issue a year ago and apparently the company either doesn’t read their reviews or they don’t care because it’s not fixed.

by Dkrackers

I never received payment for the books I sent them. They sent confirmation that my books were received. I even received an email stating that payment was being sent to my PayPal account. However, the payment was never deposited to my PayPal account!!! I've also sent three emails inquiring about this matter and received ZERO response.

by Ericaa Bnntt

I couldn’t afford the FedEx shipping option they offered, so I dropped my package off at the nearest USPS. It’s a cheaper and more convenient method. That was back in January and apparently they still haven’t received them. The tracking number that was given to me doesn’t work as well. So either my books are stuck in limbo somewhere or they have them and haven’t paid me. I contacted customer service but I’m still waiting on a response.

by 0l1\/1@

They will only pay you 10-20 cents for most books, but won’t even let you checkout until you have over $7.50 in books. Unless you have dozens of books you’re selling, you can’t even checkout. Stupid and scammy.

by Adkr123

Have seven or eight books that I bought second hand and each had a piece of paper hyping this company. Downloaded sellbackyourBook and scanned each ISBN and lo and behold, there was only one that they would buy back ($.18). Some people may fare better but I certainly think it’s a joke.

by RobbieB76

Will not scan the barcodes. FAQ page is blank. If I enter ISBN manually it does give prices. Then when you try to set up PayPal as the payment option and proceed it just says an error has occurred and doesn’t say what error and nothing happens. Useless.

by Sapdoug

I just spent waaay too much time scanning and entering ISBNs for low value books. The second time it dumped my completed shopping cart is the last time. I will look for another book service. Maybe I will check later in 2023 to see if sellbackyourBook improves. Good luck, folks.

by Mjf2000

Offered $0.12 for the norton reader.. 2019 edition. This book is $30 retail. They guaranteed to pay the highest amount but my college is offering more. I just thought that they should not claim to offer a fair amount if it’s less than a quarter.

by LibbyLoveGreen

They offered me $3.75 for a brand new totally unused lab manual which costs over 100 new. It’s still in the shrink wrap. Don’t use this it’s a waste of time might as well go to the bookstore I’d prob get more money and that’s just sad.

by HatsuneMiku<3

I’ve tried to scan books three times, and always towards the end it deletes my entire cart and starts over. I’m just going to use the website now, but it’s incredibly frustrating.

by Kathy1923

Takes like three weeks for your books to get there using their label. I think they put them on the back of a snail. Then they claim payment is issued but you never get it. Better off donating your books.

by LadyCPR

Took a day and a half to go through my books to find a box I could finally send. Spent two days trying to create an account with no ability for customer contact. Went in today and now my cart is empty and still cannot create an account. So over sellbackyourBook.

by Gwfquvqfqu

They sent me a check that was unreadable by my mobile deposit. So I went to the bank to cash it. Today I got charge $20 from my bank because THEIR check bounced!! Unbelievable! I had used them before, but never will again.

by Asia Sketches

It scans but it only took 5 books for less than 2 dollars I don’t feel that they are giving enough bank for your buck

by Ferdiemag

sellbackyourBook is allowing me to scan my books but when I go to checkout, its says that they're are no books in my cart!!! Please fix this If everyone has this problem this business will fail!!!

by Gin Na Juice

It takes 2-10 days for them to receive the items, then it takes another 2-4 days for the “inspection” and then another day for the payment to be process to your account. So it’s not a fast or reliable way to get some extra money. It takes WEEKS not days to get paid.

by JJkfdujjv

I gave three star because of the convenience but really the price they offer is like 1-10% of the worth of the current market price. Which was shocking to me.

by Charlie Eagle

This update changes the layout of the results of scanning. It puts the result on the side of screen and you can’t see the results. Can you fix please. We love using sellbackyourBook.

by Higlandia

When checking prices there is no means to delete an item if I decide I don’t want to sell.

by Ayeshah_Rose_Ifran

I used sellbackyourBook already. Scanning my books is easy to do and deleting the books I don’t want to sell is easy as well. It does take them a while for processing but they do pay as agreed. The only thing I would like is if they are little more fair in prices offered. Some books are worth more than just a few cents. Regardless, it is up to the person selling their books if they want to sell it at the price they are offering or not. I recommend sellbackyourBook. My only suggestion is double checking your book value before selling them. They may be worth your time to try to sell them on your own.

Side Note: Keep a copy of your shipping label. I was unable to locate it in my orders or in any email received when trying to track it. Good thing I had saved a copy on my computer. Due to COVID 19, my package was delayed an extra 2 weeks since it was lost a bit in transit. Eventually, it was delivered and I was paid via PayPal.

by Meechie2

Something happened to sellbackyourBook, there are a few changes that were not for the better. I’ve found that the scanner works great (almost too good, as frequently it scans my book, adds it to my cart, then scans it AGAIN and says “this book is already in your cart” before I can move the phone away from the book).

But now I can no longer see the total $ amount of all the books in my cart- kind of important, since there is a $7.50 minimum for sell-back.

Another change I dislike is the ability to swipe-and-remove a book as soon as I’ve scanned it. Instead I have to leave the Scanner, go into the Cart, and remove from there. Why change what worked?

Also, I too have experienced the anguish of being logged in and having a full cart, then getting the “please log in” error message when I try to Complete Sale.

One other bug is scanning a book, being told it is worth “$0.48”, then later sellbackyourBook not wanting that book after all. “$0.48” seems to be the kiss of death- beware if your book has that value! It might not be true.

I still use sellbackyourBook/service very frequently, but would be happier if some of the bugs were fixed.

by Ex_fm

Swipe to the left and you can delete the book. Easy to use.

by BookyDooky2

I just tried sellbackyourBook and had no problem thus far except the PayPal connection. I followed the instructions so not sure why that did not work. I’m waiting to see if I get a check but everything else so far has been on point and the scanner worked great.

by Britsburg

It didn’t really take that long in my eyes to get paid. I did take my time waiting to send the books because I was really pregnant and it was heavy but overall my experience was wonderful and I made $120 selling books I was about to throw on the curb. Now I can get some Christmas gifts with it!

by VaneG🇨🇴

I have use them two times and I’ve never had an issue tbh be aware of the conditions of your books before you send they do take about 1 week to review once the receive them but they follow throu on their quote

by Gu9ille

sellbackyourBook is fine. Overall, I had a decent experience. I was able to scan and ship about $21 worth of books. They paid the shipping. The whole thing took maybe 2 or 3 weeks.

The biggest downside is that they didn’t want to buy most of the books I scanned. But since I was going to donate all of them anyway, at least sellbackyourBook was able to get me $21. I would definitely use it again. I’m already working on my next shipment to them.

by Re5880

Easy to scan, and they buy more books compared to other book reselling companies