# Has anyone here ever worked for Better World Books?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-worked-for-better-world-books/733012
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 30, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-worked-for-better-world-books/733012 "2015-09-30T04:21:30Z")
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-worked-for-better-world-books/733012/1 "2015-09-30T04:21:30Z")
They’re one of the organizations that leaves bins in parking lots, and they are very controversial, especially among those of us who are booksellers.
The library where I volunteer sends books to them too, although we do it because they provide the boxes and also pick them up at no cost to us when we have a pallet load, and send us a check when our share of the proceeds reaches $50. Since they sell a lot of their books for a penny, that takes a while, and we don’t mind because like I said, we send them our extra books at no cost to the library. It would cost us money to store and/or otherwise discard them.
Unlike (I’m sure) some other people or entities, we DO NOT send them garbage. Things that are really, truly garbage go into a recycle bin, and probably account for less than 1% of our donations.
So, has anyone here ever worked for them, and if so, what is your experience?
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-worked-for-better-world-books/733012/2 "2015-09-30T14:17:41Z")
Since the OP is asking for personal experiences, let’s move this to IMHO.
Colibri
General Questions Moderator
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-worked-for-better-world-books/733012/3 "2015-09-30T17:35:28Z")
Some of my fellow Amazon booksellers are bragging about throwing their moldy or vermin-eaten books in those bins. :rolleyes: If that is true, the employees who screen the donations probably suit up in protective gear rivaling that of an Ebola caregiver.