Half Price Books

Extremely disappointed in cash return for books. I dropped off 2 large baskets overflowing with hard back books,-medical, kids, cooking. I got 30.00. This place is a huge rip off, will never go there again.

1. Asked if they carried crossword puzzles. Told they had whole case, next to humor. Had 2 books, I’m 5’6″, I could barely see top shelves, for some strange reason the top shelves are tilted up.
2. In clearance; looking at one case, which is thoughtfully placed directly in front of employee back room. 6 times employees came out of room, last time I was kneeling, man almost knocked me down when he accidently hit me in the head. Not one employee said, sorry, excuse me, by your leave, Damn this is a stupid place to put a bookcase, are you okay? I didn’t mean to kick you in the head.
3. Have books to purchase looking at front stand of books when 2 male employees walked up, one reached down and shoved whole stand in another direction. By this time I’m just stunned, I didn’t know the thing moved and the other guy starts laughing, says «she was looking at it», the guy doesn’t even look at me and tells the laughing guy, I didn’t notice anybody. still not looking at me he sarcastically says over his shoulder I can move it back, I’m now standing in an open spot.
Let me add these two fellows were not noticing me earlier either when they were making fun of management’s directions to clean up the place, make sure there was stuck in the under shelving, blah blah employee that didn’t notice me up front snorted through his nose. At managements directions, complaining he didnt have the stock, complaint about eveything.
Ya don’t have the stock because this brick & mortar is run by half price idiots. I would rather buy books from thrift stores, Amazon, libraries, yard sales, better world books, eBay, then donate them to the library for free.
I made sure the chief idiot noticed me as I left, dropped the books I had on the nearest shelf, gave him my best Army salute, because I served & know how, but Half Price Books has to get the last word in. He laughed at me and in the same whiny tone he used about management told me to have a nice day and to come back. If you’ve read this, I never said anything but «do you carry crossword books».

I came to this place looking to sell some records and books. I brought in two large boxes full of books and records. After an hour or so of waiting, they call me up. For all I brought I was given a lousy $ 5. All of those items were mint condiion. I don’t understand how I could get only $ 5 for a lot of good items. What a waste. Their books are cheap but the price value they give you for selling items is a joke.

Nice and quite with a lot of staff working all the time. A bit smaller than other locations but enjoyable all the same.

There are so few book stores in Westerville, it’s nice to have one that also sells movies, games, music, trinkets, and is in handy proximity to a Starbucks and Panera. It’s also very nice that they’ve got a convenient bike rack, so I have somewhere to hitch my bicycle (you don’t see too many of those even with a bike shop nearby).

One of my least favorite locations. I hate the parking here, the clearance books are $ 2 where other locations are $ 1, and it’s just kind of small and awkward. But it is filled with books and books are my favorite. It’s also in my hometown and next to Panera and Starbucks, so it’s fun to spend an afternoon picking out a cheap book and going to read it all afternoon with coffee and a snack.

i love half-​priced books especially the clearance area. my hubby loves the music and dvd area

Let me preface this, I really like half-​price books, I just detest this location. The prices seem to skew to the higher end, as opposed to other locations in Columbus. Also, their purchasing program is awful. I’ve sold to several different half-​price locations and never before have I felt so ripped off. I know I didn’t have to accept the offer, but for several reasons, I didn’t have that option. It was just incredibly disappointing. I wont be coming back to this location again.

What a great little bookstore! I now live in the city with the largest bookstore in the world, but I still find that I crave Half Price Books.
This location is a little smaller than most, but it’s still full of good finds and friendly staff. There’s always a pot of semi-​decent free coffee, and usually you can find a chair or two.

Also a great location, maybe not as good as the one on High Street or Upper Arlington, but still awesome like the rest!
Who can beat magazines at 50 cent each, free coffee, plenty of chairs to sit and lounge at, a nice CD selection for my husband and games and books for my son.
Always worth stopping by and can’t leave without getting something.
Good thing is, it’ll never break your budget and you feel good about «being green»
I stop by about once a month and am a happy camper everytime, the staff is so helpful and you always feel welcome here.

I would never go to this location as my main destination for a trip-​but I was in the area the other day (the Westerville BMV is the best one around IMHO) and decided to stop in since I was in the neighborhood. These types of used bookshops are really hit or miss, I could go one day and not find a single thing I was looking for, and go another day and find everything I was looking for, and then some. The other day was one of those trips where I found a few paperback versions of some books I’ve been looking for, you can’t really beat 3 books for just under $ 3. Especially a D.H. Lawrence novel and two books by E.L. Doctorow I’ve been looking for…
Anyway, the other day the store seemed really disorganized, which is kind of a bad thing when the store is not set up with a catalogue system. It just seemed like maybe it hadn’t been combed over and reset after a busy weekend though. I wouldn’t fault them too much on that. Overall the selection seemed pretty good, and the movie area looked to be well-​stocked. It’s Half Price Books! There’s nothing here not to fall head over heels for.

Maybe because they are a bit more out of the way than the more central locations, but on my most recent visit they had a decent selection of vinyl that was mostly reasonably priced! The other locations have had increasingly poorly depleted, and over-​priced, selection of vinyl LPs. Lots in the 2.98−4.98 range that I actually wanted, and a nice stack of surprises in the dollar bins underneath.
Nice, clean, new store and the staff didn’t seem snooty like the other stores have sometimes had a reputation for (though they have gotten better over-​all).

This is truly «Bargain Shopping» at its best.
I’ve been a big fan of Half Price Books ever since their arrival into the Columbus market. The Westerville store is especially dear to me. The management and staff bend over backwards to help me. (They’re very flexible — ha, ha :-)
You can call them up on the phone and ask them to find any book you desire to see if it’s in stock prior to making the trek over there. The key here is that they don’t have any books registered on their computer system. They will actually go through the store looking for your book selection while you wait on the phone. Now that’s service! Don’t worry. They usually take less time doing a search the «old-​fashioned» way than it would take most bookstores doing it the «new-​fangled» way with their fancy-​shmancy computers.
You won’t be disappointed with the book selection. They may not have the latest book releases, but they have most of the older ones. Name the category and they’ve got it covered. From recipes to religion, there’s something for everyone to read at Half Price Books. This store is nice and big and even more importantly, very well organized. Please remember, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, one of the «flexible» employees will be ready to help you in your search.
What’s the best part about Half Price Books? The name, of course. The books are CHEAP. I mean dirt cheap and most of them are in excellent condition too. Now that’s killing two birds with one stone, wouldn’t you say?
Half Price Books is the first bookstore I go to every time I’m looking for another bestseller to devour. I usually call first or I’ll stop in if I’m in the neighborhood. I try to call first, because if I pop into the store, I’ll get lost and won’t see daylight for hours!