New Harry Potter book - who is selling it the cheapest?

vibrant

Thread title says it all really - which bookshops (or supermarkets!) around the country are selling the new Harry Potter book for the cheapest price?

Cionád

heard Tesco are selling for half RRP

Tar.Aldarion

Tesco and smyths for 13e
Eason are doing full price but with a free tshirt, two free books and some other crap at their midnight opening

biko

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-Deathly-Hallows-Childrens/dp/0747591059/ref=pd_zg_hp_mc_lg_dp_img/026-2496777-0570049?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=0GJGBBZDTBXR1WJHJ92Y&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=145016591&pf_rd_i=468294

£8.99

Tar.Aldarion

9 pound is over 13e and you would still have to pay packaging. I would say Tesco is the best.

phasers

according to the paper yesterday, Tesco is full price, Easons and waterstones are doing about half price if you preorder and a few other shops are doing fairly good offers, check out Reads I'm pretty sure it's only 12.99

http://www.buy4now.ie/eason/ says it's 13.41

Mr E

Yeah heard it on newstalk this morning. I think easons are €13.49 (but I heard rumour of first few thousand for a fiver), and Reids are €12.99.

RRP is €26, so shop around!

MrSquishSquash

Play are selling it for e15.49 as far as i know with delivery!

Mr E

Most people won't want to wait 10 days to read it, so I think high street shops are the best bet for this one!

Endurance Man

Yahoo news says asda is selling it for £5 which is about 7 euro.

highlydebased

As posted before easons selling first 2000 copies at a fiver

Tesco/Dunnes usually tend to be cheaper than actual bookshops

brian_rbk

for the sake of a few euro, support your local book shop (who i'm sure will also be doing some special offers) and go buy it there!

littlehedgehog

The first 200 in Reads are free, I've heard.
I'm getting mine in Hughes and Hughes 'cause they've a price promise!

vibrant

brian rbk, my local bookshop went bust recently! oh, the irony....

loyatemu

various newspaper reports that no bookstores are going to make any money out of this book and also that some small bookstores were planning to buy their stock in Tesco.

bugler

When I worked for a bookstore a few years back, I heard legal action (by some bookselling body) was being taken against Reads for selling titles below RRP. Was there any truth in this? And under what conditions is it allowable/prohibited to sell under RRP?

For those interested the rationale as I heard it was that Reads were not a bookseller as such, but relied on the sales of stationery, magazines and other supplies to get by. Therefore they did not seek to make a profit out of selling books, but by hoping to drag in other business for their primary products by luring customers into the shop to buy said cheap books.

Sorry for going OT - not sure if this merited another thread

Jip

Tescos haven't released their price yet and won't until later tonight, they're keeping an eye on what everyone else is doing first so I don't know where the paper got the idea they're selling it full price or where any other price came from for that matter.

vibrant

bugler wrote:

For those interested the rationale as I heard it was that Reads were not a bookseller as such, but relied on the sales of stationery, magazines and other supplies to get by. Therefore they did not seek to make a profit out of selling books, but by hoping to drag in other business for their primary products by luring customers into the shop to buy said cheap books.

The heavily-advertised "loss leaders" are a very commonly used practice... think about the HMV sales - their ads show popular DVD's for a fiver, so Joe Public goes in to pick up his bargain, and drops another €20 or €30 on products he sees while he's wandering around.

So, Tesco might be selling it the cheapest, but also count on each customer also buying snacky treats/coffee/smokes at midnight to get them through the novel.

Also, Read's was bought by Eason's recently (well, a few years ago), so I reckon the two shops will have the same price. Also, possibly because Eason/Read's would be buying the book in such huge quantities, they could possibly have worked out a discounted price with the publishers. I don't know the ins and outs of the whole thing, obviously!

Sorry for going soooooo off topic!

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chump

Won't necessarily have the same price. Two different brands, two different marketing strategies - helps them to cater for the budget-conscious in 1 shop, and less budget-conscious in the other!

mr.snrub

Hey Superquinn are selling it at 11.79 eurons if you present a clubcard If you dont have one you can apply for one there and then and avail of the discount.
Also they can be collected from 12.00am tonight.Now gotta get back to work...

Amigaman

vibrant wrote:

Thread title says it all really - which bookshops (or supermarkets!) around the country are selling the new Harry Potter book for the cheapest price?

superquinn is selling it for 11 euro with your clubcard.......

neonitrix

just back from Tesco there selling it for €10.90

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shepthedog

yep think all tescos nationwide are selling for 10.90.. crazy to think the biggest book of the year is being sold at a loss! Healthy competition i suppose..

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Yep. I was at Artaine castle last night at about 12.20 to get a book for the sister and there was a small bookshop just inside the door which was empty while there was 200 or so queueing to get their books from Tesco.
Felt sorry for the woman in the small bokshop, but then remembered she'll make her money from the school book lists next month !

TarfHead

We queued last night outside our local bookstore and paid €17.99 for it.

So what if I could have saved a few quid by going to a supermarket, or to one of the bug multiples ? Small independents, in anything, are never more appreciated until they're gone.

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inode

but people would pay it if they all charged that price. im suprised they only charge 10.90 in tescos

deRanged

that's odd - it was 12.99 in Easons in Cork this morning.

The_Hustler

What happened to the first 2000 for €5 in Eason's? Would they really all be gone that early?

pissed

I got a copy in Easons in Talbot St. in Dublin this morning for €12.99

Tar.Aldarion

They were 12.99 in Eason, 12.89 in Smyths, 10.90 in Tesco, 19.99 in Dubray.
Sold out in Dubray and Tesco fast.

phasers

I got mine free at easons midnifht opening.... sorry just needed to brag

Tesco seem the best but hard to get your hands on, sold out in my local one anyway

ponderer

More bragging.........I got mine 1 week before the official release!! I downloaded the electronic version from the internet! cant believe people had to queue for hours !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never read a Harry Potter book but all this publicity has made me curious..anywhere I can get the first book cheaply? (besides my local library)

More bragging.........I got mine 1 week before the official release!! I downloaded the electronic version from the internet! cant believe people had to queue for hours !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah but isn't it completely made up and false?

Mimikyu

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Tar.Aldarion

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Yeah but isn't it completely made up and false?

Nah, it did leak, although nit was in bad quality.

Mr E

It was 12.99 for the childrens edition (same book, crap cover). I think the sealed adults version was more expensive.

Doodah7

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It was 12.99 for the childrens edition (same book, crap cover). I think the sealed adults version was more expensive.

You should never judge a book by its cover


sorry!!

Tar.Aldarion

What was 'sealed' about it?
Both versions seemed to be the same price.

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