Nice job Amazon, now I have to go through the hassle of sending it back and I imagine any replacement will likely arrive in similar condition anyway. So very done with Bezos' sweatshop, it's not even cheap for books any more. When a Waterstones card works out at 10% off over time, I'd rather pick a nice copy off a shelf myself for £20 than have one arrive in the same condition I'd expect from a £5 second hand copy for £18.97.
I'm afraid I cannot say I have had a positive experience of WorldofBooks. Even if they do return your money easily, the fact their descriptions of the condition of their books were, in my experience, (and there's really no other way of putting this) outright lies put me off ordering from them ever again. Maybe they've changed. I hope they have. But either way my experience with them and ThriftBooks made me never want to buy another second-hand book online ever again unless I can see pictures of the actual copy.World of Books
I'm afraid I cannot say I have had a positive experience of WorldofBooks. Even if they do return your money easily, the fact their descriptions of the condition of their books were, in my experience, (and there's really no other way of putting this) outright lies put me off ordering from them ever again. Maybe they've changed. I hope they have. But either way my experience with them and ThriftBooks made me never want to buy another second-hand book online ever again unless I can see pictures of the actual copy.
I'm not a fan of WOB either. It's a lottery on what the condition of the books will be like.
I ordered a hardback from there relatively recently which was described as being in 'very good' condition - the book was fine for the most part, aside from the fact that the dustjacket had been completely sellotaped down to the book itself and so couldn't be removed without removing the sellotape and ultimately damaging the book!
I've stopped buying from them after that - I much prefer eBay or Vinted for secondhand books where you can at least see pictures of the book you'll be getting.
Both your comments are fair - I only buy hardcovers from these sites typically and I guess I'm not that picky about condition but I have complained and received much nicer replacement copies when I've not been happy with condition before