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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

*DO NOT USE*. Check was returned due to NSF. Communications were terrible. In trying to receive my money back, I receive the following email: BeerMoneyBooks is immediately shut down and closed. All... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Nothing really negative just a little slow in process and vague in explanation. Bear in mind I say this in comparison to other vendors I sell to. I have only sold once to Beermoneybooks. I didn't take... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing experience. Def would recommend and use again! I actually forgot my packing slip but got everything else right and the customer service reassured me everything would be fixed and work out fine... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They received my order on 2/16. Never received an email about them having accepted it. It's 3/15 and I have already filled out a request through their website a week ago and emailed them again today... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

They took care of my book appropriately

The customer service responded to me promptly and made a direct phone call to the publisher to verify if it is counterfeit. I guess nowadays even universities could get tricked by the copies. They wired me the book money the same day after they contacted the publisher. I sincerely appreciate it. I definitely would use their service again!

August 6, 2019
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I used this to sell my books for first…

I used this to sell my books for first time. At first I was concern after I read reviews, but I gave them a try. Ofc I got an email saying one of my books was forfeited and I got really upset. I e-mail them, they responded promptly saying we will wait for answer from editor. I was upset, but three days later I got another email that everything went well and I got paid!!! So I can say im happy now! I will definitely use them again!!!

June 11, 2019
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I had to contact them a few weeks after…

I had to contact them a few weeks after a sent my books in because I hadn't heard a word from them and hadn't recieved payment. They did get back to me in a timely manner and told me they had received my books but they had to be sent to the publisher for confirmation as they are often replicated. They only thing I would change is that they send an email out when they receive the books to let the customer know what the next step is.

March 2, 2019
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

After I sent the book in I heard…

After I sent the book in I heard nothing for a long time, so I had to contact them and then all of a sudden my book was approved and I received the money in my account.

February 28, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hi LuAnn,

Your book had been sent off for publisher authentication which you were emailed about end of January.

You emailed us February 4th and we got word back from the publisher February 5th after which we replied to your email and issued payment.

We are trying to workout a new process with the publishers were people are at least alerted to receiving their books, even though that information is available to them already via tracking.

BMB

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

STUDENTS BEWARE! AVOID BeerMoneyBooks.com

My experience is very similar to others here and I wonder if "suspected conterfeit" may be an excuse to delay or avoid payment.
Are they trying to sell our books while we wait?

I sent two books and heard nothing until I emailed them after a couple weeks. BMB responded that my books were "under review". Then, when a month had passed with no communication, I emailed again and BMB responded that one of my books was suspected counterfeit. I asked "Which one?" and Wendy wrote back that they can't "relish" any more information. So I wrote back "Why not? Don't you know which book you sent to the publisher?" and got no response.

I have photos of my books and the receipts from from my college bookstore. I called the bookstore manager and she assured me that they're very careful and have never sold a counterfeit textbook.

If they're delaying and avoiding payment to students, who send their books in on good faith, then that faith is misplaced. It's ridiculous that they never update anything on my order status and they won't tell me which book was supposedly sent to the publisher. Something doesn't smell right.

There are plenty of other book buying companies that communicate and pay promptly.

February 27, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hi Ron,

We issued your check for $42.98 as soon as we heard back from the publisher that your book was not a counterfeit.

If bookstore managers could actually pick out counterfeit textbooks Follett and other suppliers probably would not have sold tens of thousands of counterfeit textbooks through college bookstores nor been sued for millions of dollars for selling and distributing counterfeit textbooks.

Alas, you are entitled to leave whatever unsubstantiated opinion you like on this platform.

Please relish your payment.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They do not pay

They pay fast the first time. Then everytime after that you will have to email them to remind them that they owe you. They will then say they sent your books to the publisher and froze your account until the books return. They will not notify you of this until you email them to gollow up o ln your order. They are moving like untrustworthy ecampus.com now. CANCEL BEERMONEY BOOKS THEY ARE LIARS.

February 26, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Unfortunately, this platform doesn't require customer authentication so we have no idea if this is a real customer. Everyone that sends us authentic books get paid - scammers and cheats rightfully get nothing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible service

Took over a month to hear back, and even then the only reason was because I had to reach out and email them asking why I hadn’t heard anything yet. Its funny that as soon as I emailed them asking about my order it just so happened that that morning it was approved. Now looking at other reviews this seems to be a common problem. It’s been over a week since that email and still no payment received. Will not be using again.

February 25, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hi Ashley,

Your email on Saturday was replied to on Monday morning that your book was undergoing authentication. When we received your book your book was authentic you were promptly paid. Yes, counterfeit books is a common problem and due to the huge backlog of books being sent to publishers for authentication it is taking a long time. This results in buyback companies that don't want to get sued and possibly shut down by publishers to bear the burden of frustrated customers leaving frustrated reviews about a process that is outside our control. It's unfortunate you didn't receive the emailed response - unfortunately, email delivery is not 100% reliable - please white list our domain to avoid such issues in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Claims of Counterfeit Books Seem To Be Common

Mailed 2 books in about a month ago. Never got a response. Followed up today and was told one of my books was sent to the publisher for "authentication". This sure looks like a scam to me. Could have paid for the one book, could have returned both, could have informed me that you think the book I bought on campus was "counterfeit". You did none of the above.

Do yourself a favor and avoid this company.

Update: company tried to get me to edit this review. No, it is factual and accurate and it took 6 weeks plus you accusing me of fraud. I'd rate you zero stars if I could. Your threat of "this is a legal matter" was asinine!

February 20, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hi Patrick,

Yes, counterfeit books are common and numerous in the marketplace, which is why we are trying to educate students on how to avoid them:

https://beermoneybooks.com/is-my-book-counterfeit/

As we've emailed you, once we hear back from the publisher you will be updated. I'm sorry the process doesn't work like you think or want, but the legal agreements with the publishers dictate what process we have to follow. Hopefully, we will hear from the publisher in question shortly and all is well so we can issue you payment.

2/25/19 Update

This morning we received word back from the publisher that the book in question was authentic. Payment was promptly issued to you for your full order will we are waiting for the book to be shipped back to us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

This was a great company to do a book buyback with! Competitive prices and fast customer service.

February 18, 2019
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM

Edit 3-14-19
mailed my books jan 28th, just got paid in full yesterday March 13th.
UPDATE 2-4-19 Still no money for my books but they said there was an issue with payment. I will keep you all updated until I receive some kind of payment for my books.
I emailed once after weeks no money regarding my books. They emailed and said there was a hold up, and then emailed and said all was clear and payment should be issued soon. Still nothing. Emailed again, and they denied ever getting my first email although they replied to it. I screen shot and sent the first email to them and their response. Now they say it was the wrong customer they sent the email to and that my books were “definitely under investigation for counterfeit”. I bought them from my college book store. I have sold many textbooks after using them for classes and have never once had this problem with any other website. I read other people’s reviews having the same issues and NEVER thought this would happen to me, I bought them from the college bookstore. Now I’m wondering if I will ever see the money, or my textbooks without having to pay $15 per book shipping trying to get them back like other reviews have mentioned. $164 worth of college books gone. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do your research on companies and sell them somewhere reputable like Amazon or EBay.

February 18, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hi Roberta,

We've received word from one of the two involved publishers that one of your books was deemed authentic. Therefore, payment has been issued for that order as emailed to you originally.

Once we hear back about the other book we will update you.

It's unfortunate there are so many counterfeits in the marketplace, to help protect yourself we recommend an article we published:

https://beermoneybooks.com/is-my-book-counterfeit/

As you didn't update your review once you've been fully paid, we wanted to update this case that you have been paid in full. Payment was issued immediately after we heard back from the publisher on your books even before the books had been returned to us.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam Company

I wouldn't even give this company one star. I mailed in my books about two months ago and have not gotten a confirmation email or any communication from them. I also emailed them several weeks ago and have not gotten a response regarding my payment. I have emailed them again but I am guessing I will not hear from them again.

Edit: After writing this review, I received an email that my books were processing by the publishing company. I then received another email shortly after that my check would be mailed. I have received my payment. However, I think this review had a lot to do with the email communication I received and payment that came shortly after.

February 14, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hi Abby,

We have no record of your first attempt to contact us and your first email to us sent last night was answered promptly this morning. As soon as we have authentication of your book from the publisher we can issue payment, but until we know whether or not your book is counterfeit we can not issue payment unfortunately. As we have emailed you directly, as soon as we hear from the publisher we will update you.

Beer Money Books

Edit:

Your book was judged authentic by the publisher and payment has been issued as promised.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bad Business

Process was easy and cost nothing. I then received a notification saying both my books were counterfeit and if I want them back it would cost $15 each. I emailed the company explaining these books were bought from the University I was attending and were used for on line classes. I have pictures and one book even has an unused scratch off for an online code. I have not received an email back.....

February 9, 2019
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Reply from Beer Money Books

Hello Joseph,

1) You received a prompt reply several days ago on February 9th, but it was bounced back with your mail provider:

"The response from the remote server was:

550 5.5.0 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable."

2) Counterfeits are a huge issue - just Google it and you'll find multiple large cases of companies like Follett supplying "new" books to Universities across the USA being sued by the major publishers for supplying counterfeits.

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/04/09/publishers-win-big-fake-textbook-lawsuit

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/75028-follett-settles-counterfeiting-suit-with-publishers.html

3) In the future to avoid counterfeits, this article might help:

https://beermoneybooks.com/is-my-book-counterfeit/

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Best price

Easy shipment process and higher price paid than other used book sites. The payment took a bit longer than expected. It was a little longer than 2 weeks from the time I shipped it to the time I was paid.

February 1, 2019
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Long Process

Sent in my textbook, never got a confirmation email that it was received by the company. I waited a few weeks, then emailed the company about the status of my transaction and never got a reply back. So I emailed them again and eventually got an update from someone. Recieved payment after 4 weeks I sent my textbook in.

January 30, 2019
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