Half Price Books — Local services in Apple Valley

I visit this location once a month usually. Pricing varies depending on what you are looking for. Collectibles, antique items, some novelty merchandise and anything behind a display case tend to cost higher amounts of money (but there are exceptions). I shop here as an alternative to retail prices for movies, books and cds mostly. I would not recommend selling any old materials here as you will receive next to nothing in exchange.

The layout is like countless other Half-Price locations, the inside has been clean every time I have visited, sections are fairly well arranged save the occasional unusual sorting and genre placement of a movie. Hours of operation are accurate and reliable! I encourage everyone to take advantage of any sales!

A perfect place to purchase gifts, text books for college and cross off titles for your summer reading list! Even during the moments of heavy activity, it remains a peaceful and fairly quiet environment which I love. I only wish HPB stores were massive like Barnes and Noble -- by far one of my favorite businesses in the world (HPB).

Overall my shopping experience has been pleasant, though I also have experienced a bit of profiling. Stares and or looks typically but nothing else. In other instances I pick up a sense of awkwardness from the staff directed at me (this could be my social anxiety presenting in a noticeable way). I admit it does cause me discomfort, and in those cases I either make my purchases quickly or simply leave.

I am unclear if this store has dealt with shrinkage in the past ,and explains why this has been my experience. Customer service is nearly always timely and polite, with a few transactions where the cashier may have been moody or just focused on the transaction.

I understand everyone has a life wherever it be at work or outside of it, but my morale and reception of the interaction tends to be better when I don't feel like I am being a bother or my presence seems...

Wow! They definitely rip you off at this location. I just brought in three bags of almost all Blu-Ray movies in ‘like new’ or ‘brand new’ condition and a lot were unopened and still wrapped. I upgraded to 4K before ever opening them. A couple were film sets. We are taking about 30+ Blu-Rays. The Star Wars set alone goes for $89 on Amazon. I also had Spanish learning software, screenwriting software and a bunch of pristine hardcover books. I was expecting $80-$100 on the low end. The guy offered $30. THIRTY. I was stunned. They will turn around and sell the movies alone for a profit of $300+ . You know you are going to get low balled selling here, but I never expected them to take advantage of people this badly. There is one longtime employee who knows the value of items and is honest with buying, but he wasn’t here today. He often has blue hair-try to sell to him. UPDATE: They put one of my self help books with the matching workbook on the shelf for sale. They are charging $35.98 for the two. They are recouping the $30 they bought all of my stuff with by selling just TWO of the books. WOW. I am an idiot. I bent right over for this place. I won’t make the same...

I would give them zero if I could. I just took 5 boxes of books there. Mostly hard cover. Of course you have to wait in the store while they go through all the books, probably so you spend money. All the books were spine side up in the boxes, because I thought it would be easier for them to give me a price. They took all the books out, and after a 20 some minute wait, guess how much they were going to give me for around 100 to 120 books (including a hard cover from half price books that was $19.99)? FIVE DOLLARS! REALLY Half Price Books......$5 and you're going to turn around and make $400-$500. That is rediculous!!! Oh and thank you for taking all my books out of my boxes thinking I wouldn't want to pack them all up and take them to Goodwill. Well played! I WILL...