Textbook ManiacReviews of textbookmaniac.com

My preferred seller is amzn. Since they were not accepting couple of my books, I had to use this vendor. After receiving the book, they said 'water damage' and reduced the price by 57%. We do not have a choice as we need to pay for shipping to get the book back. That may not be worth sometimes. Once I accepted their reduced price, they paid it promptly.

They will quote you a fair price and then change it once they have books in hand. Additionally, they lie about the condition of the book when received. I sent new, never used textbooks to them and was the emailed that the cover and pages were ripped so that they could give a price lower than quoted. They do give the option of returning the (now damaged?) book, but the shipping charge is higher than the deducted buy back price. Total scam.

Stole my books! These people claimed that my book was an instructor's copy and then said I'D have to pay for the return shipping. Don't sell to them they will steal your books and you won't see a penny!

I don't recommend selling to them. The shipping label they send is for Media Mail, which is notoriously unreliable. They quoted me an unbelievably high payout, so I picked them over other options. Well, Media Mail made it all the way to Huntsville AL, which is where Textbook Maniac is located and then... stopped updating tracking. I'm pretty sure the package was delivered without being scanned, but Textbook Maniac told me they never got it. I emailed them several times and got contradictory responses.

I shipped the book and it got to them within two days. I then got four emails all at the same time (exact same minute). First email said they got it and were processing it. The next email said they couldn’t pay me for it because their “superiors deemed it a fake book” and I could pay them to return it to me or they’d recycle it within ten days. Then an email with the book deducted from my total (now $0) and then another email saying they got my order and were now processing it. The book was brand new, hardly used, and definitely not fake. Horrendous company/service. Unfortunately sent them a rude email back.

Do not sell to them! I sold two books to them a couple weeks ago and they claimed that they both had water damage (which they did not) and only gave me half the money. They also acted like they were doing me a favor by accepting them. I would not have sold it to them, except the other option was to pay for the shipping back to me. Do NOT sell to them!

Sold 2 textbooks and got a fair price for both. Had a great experience. I boxed books and sent them, got a check within a month. They bought one textbook back when other sites asked me to donate it!

The company is a scam. BEWARE! I sent my textbooks to this company on 5/10/2018 and have not received any payment (today is 6/7/2018). I have emailed the customer service three times now, each time they respond saying that my order is "processing." At this point, I do not expect to realistically receive any payment. It's disgusting to me that this company has created a business based on taking advantage of students.