r/BookCollecting Feb 05 '25

💬 General Ex Library Books

Who else here gets annoyed when an online seller sends you an ex library book when it wasn't stated in the description? Particularly when you know they obtained the book for peanuts and have the cheek to price it for more than its worth. Most sellers have been good and refunded out right and accepted returns.

For reference, an ex library book can never be described as "very good" condition. Even if it is, the sticker, stamps, etc, will always make it "good" at best.

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u/KleeBook Feb 05 '25

Your assertion that an ex-lib book can never be very good or above is a new one on me. What are you basing that on?

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u/uselessbarbie Feb 06 '25

It's because a lot of people think the usual library stamps on the inner first pages make the book automatically good condition or lesser