# I loooooooove half.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026 "2004-06-07T01:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/1 "2004-06-07T01:51:58Z")
I am doing a correspondence math class this summer, the school wanted me to buy the text from them for $116.00. So i go check for the book on [half.com](http://half.com), thinking it will cost me about $65. People were selling it for $15-25, i bought a copy in good condition for $3. What is even better is after i bought it i found out that the person i bought it from lives in the same town as i do, so instead of waiting 3-5 days for it to be delivered maybe i can just drive out and pick it up from them in person in a day or two. Ah, my luck was good on this subject. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/2 "2004-06-07T02:16:46Z")
I looooooove it too. I’ve bought and sold so much stuff on there, I couldn’t even keep track of it anymore. If I have something really unusual that is hard to list conventionally, I’ll go to eBay, but you can’t beat half dot com for other stuff. No listing fees, no auctions. And I just got another direct deposit notice from them today. 🙂 I hope more students find their way to this site. There’s just no excuse for the gouging that goes on with textbook prices. I’m a prof, and even I get tired of publishers making teeny little cosmetic changes to a book and then announcing a new edition just so they can make more dough off of the students. Sorry for the mini-rant. ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/3 "2004-06-07T13:16:14Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > Ah, my luck was good on this subject. Be thankful you dealt with a responsible seller. I used [half.com](http://half.com) in September 2003 to buy textbooks from one seller who: [ul][li]never shipped the goods, despite my credit card having been charged[/li][li]had an invalid e-mail address associated with his account, thus making it impossible for me to contact him[/li][li]had a high seller rating, yet further inspection revealed many negative comments concerning his transactions.[/ul][/li]Luckily I was able to get my credit card charge refunded after lodging a complaint with the [half.com](http://half.com) buyer protection staff. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/4 "2004-06-07T14:36:30Z")
\biqu\, on Half, the seller doesn’t charge your credit card, Ebay does. Just FYI. But you do make a good point that one should always actually look at the seller ratings (both on Half and Ebay), because a ranking of 150 with only 1 negative (that’s about where I’m at) is probably a lot better than someone with a 2000 and 100 negatives. If there’s anyone with over about 1.5-2% negative feedback, I avoid them. But I love Half mostly because it allows me to sell a bunch of books that the local used bookstore won’t take - Getting $10 for old college textbooks that I’ve been lugging around for 10 years is great! ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/5 "2004-06-07T18:46:41Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > If there’s anyone with over about 1.5-2% negative feedback, I avoid them. A [half.com](http://half.com) seller called **merry\_mariam** is currently selling a book that I would like to have, but her feedback profile has 523 negatives compared to 9135 positives, or about 5% negative feedback. Would you consider it too risky to deal with this seller? ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/6 "2004-06-07T19:18:27Z")
I love it too. That’s wear I get all of my books. But ONLY books. Out of about a dozen cds and dvds I’ve bought, only 3 or 4 were worth the money I spent (and I got them cheap). I try to buy from individuals instead of the businesses that are just getting rid of their dammaged stuff. One of the new “improvements” I don’t care for, is the way they handle refunds. It used to take forever to get a refund, but you only had to contact [half.com](http://half.com) and they would ivestigate, and you’d be refunded. NOW you contact the seller, which is handy if you have a question, but not so handy if you want to know where you’re item is at. After about 30 days you can contact [half.com](http://half.com) BUT you have to have copies of ever single email you sent to the seller and their replies. And you can’t file a complaint after 60 days. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/7 "2004-06-07T19:29:19Z")
wear??? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/8 "2004-06-07T21:48:51Z")
> [@biqu](#): > > A [half.com](http://half.com) seller called **merry\_mariam** is currently selling a book that I would like to have, but her feedback profile has 523 negatives compared to 9135 positives, or about 5% negative feedback. Would you consider it too risky to deal with this seller? I wouldn’t risk it. Even at that low percentage, it still doesn’t sound good. ---
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loooooooove-half-com/249026/9 "2004-06-07T22:07:19Z")
Unfortunately, [Half.com](http://Half.com) is being swallowed up by eBay. [Half.com eBay Transition](http://half.ebay.com/include/transitionFAQ.jsp#1)