10% discount for bookdepository (Irish customers only)

elaicah

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/eire?a_aid=fkw


Terms and conditions
1. The 'Irish customers' discount codes can only be used once per transaction.
2. Discount codes cannot be used with any other voucher or coupon.
3. Discount codes can only be used at time of purchase and not retrospectively.
4. The 'Irish customers' discount code is only valid until December 17th 2010.
5. Discount codes are exclusive of any applicable VAT.

they also have a competition for a $200 voucher on their facebook page but I guess somebody who has thousands of facebook friends will win this

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Book-Depository/169337713090451

elaicah

10% discount which works in all countries, but expires on 15th instead of 17th dec

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Referafriend/index?a_aid=fkw


Terms and conditions1. You will receive one 10% voucher for referring friends and then additional vouchers for those who buy, only one voucher can be received for introductions in the first instance.
2. Once a referred friend has bought from us we will send you a 10% voucher that can be used against your next purchase on bookdepository.co.uk or bookdepository.com simply follow the instructions on the email and visit the page we send you a link to, if you don't go via the route we suggest you will not see a redemption box in the checkout.
3. Only one voucher may be redeemed per purchase, per person.
4. Offer expires Wednesday 15th December 2010 and all vouchers will expire at midnight GMT on this day.
5. Vouchers are non transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.
6. Customers can refer as many friends as they like during the period, we will however monitor for unusually high use.
7. Vouchers cannot be retrospectively applied.
8. The Book Depository Limited retains the right to end this promotion without notice.
9. Emails will not be retained other than for the processing of the offer.

MickShamrock

Wish this had been posted before I bought a few books for Christmas! Oh, well. I can always buy more! :pac:

tantipie

it was posted a few weeks ago:) if you go through fatcheese it's even better value:D extra 5%

ciarawalsh

MickShamrock wrote: »

Wish this had been posted before I bought a few books for Christmas! Oh, well. I can always buy more! :pac:

Did you receive any book from this website? The prices seem very low compared to bookshop so not sure if I should risk placing a large order for xmas in case I receive nothing? also how could postage be free

Skerries

it's a well known and trusted website around here, i have ordered off them several times and received the books within a week
very cheap and yes the delivery is free

kindalen

i've bought off them too. very good to deal with.

jasonf9ace

bought off them a couple of times aswell can confirm there a 100% legit deliverys pretty quick aswell always less than a week for me

JohnMearsheimer

ciarawalsh wrote: »

Did you receive any book from this website? The prices seem very low compared to bookshop so not sure if I should risk placing a large order for xmas in case I receive nothing? also how could postage be free

Couldn't recommend them highly enough. They are usually far cheaper than the likes of Waterstones, Dubray, Easons etc. I've used them loads of times. They're a great outfit and they've never let me down.

Karen23

I recently purchased from this site for the first time, I bought 5 books and I've received 4 but I'm presuming the last one is delayed due to the weather.
Found them to be great value. One book was three times the price from Easons website and I had to pay delivery as well.

ciarawalsh

Karen23 wrote: »

I recently purchased from this site for the first time, I bought 5 books and I've received 4 but I'm presuming the last one is delayed due to the weather.
Found them to be great value. One book was three times the price from Easons website and I had to pay delivery as well.

thanks everyone for your answers, i'm going to go ahead and order from them, think I will save close to €85 compared to bookshop here in limerick

ciarawalsh

selina8099 wrote: »

where to buy cheap ugg boots with good quality?

i was reading another section of boards.ie where I see you answered a question about ugg boots and you recommended a website you used. So it doesn't make sense why you are now asking a question which you previously answered...

ciarawalsh

selina8099 wrote: »

where to buy cheap ugg boots with good quality?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69355187&postcount=15
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mcgovern

I've d bookdepository loads of times and never a problem.
One thing I will say though, and I'm not 100% sure its still true, but they add on a few % to prices if you have a non-UK IP address.

woolymammoth

ciarawalsh wrote: »

Did you receive any book from this website? The prices seem very low compared to bookshop so not sure if I should risk placing a large order for xmas in case I receive nothing? also how could postage be free

I'm going to back up the general consensus here and give a thumbs up to book depository. I've ordered off them many times before and found them excellent. Great prices, and always delivered.

dockc

woolymammoth wrote: »

I'm going to back up the general consensus here and give a thumbs up to book depository. I've ordered off them many times before and found them excellent. Great prices, and always delivered.

Agree with all the above - one bit of advise i always use paypal with them - i ordered one book last year by credit card cos i wanted a different delivery address and they put the order thru twice and sent the book twice - i got refunded eventually when i agrued that i only authorised my card the once and only got one confirmation email.

So just be carefull if any crashing in system when u going to pay cos it may have already gone thru.

I hasnt deterried me from using the site cos ive used it loads of times since and no problems.

geecee

Hi dockc
Exact same thing happened with me from an order i put through on Sunday

Website crashed during the ordering process.
Basket however was still there when i checked
And received no order confirmation.

So i put the order through again
And have now been charged twice on my CC

Waiting to hear back from their "Help@" at the moment...
Are they usually quick in responding to help queries?

Fidelis

ciarawalsh wrote: »

The prices seem very low compared to bookshop so not sure if I should risk placing a large order for xmas in case I receive nothing? also how could postage be free

No one seems to have answered your question yet, so just to let you know, it's a very reliable site.

dockc

geecee wrote: »

Hi dockc
Exact same thing happened with me from an order i put through on Sunday

Website crashed during the ordering process.
Basket however was still there when i checked
And received no order confirmation.

So i put the order through again
And have now been charged twice on my CC

Waiting to hear back from their "Help@" at the moment...
Are they usually quick in responding to help queries?

Well it was last Jan that i was dealing with them and i had a bit of back and forth being honest - they showed that i had 2 orders in the space of 15mins and said that i could return one (at my own cost of postage) evenually i asked them the following:

Can you please advise why I only received one notification of this book purchase and I do not recall authorising my card twice?

and it was only after that that they emailed to say they had a problem with there system and said that they would refund which they did and i could keep the 2nd book.

Hope this helps

AnnyHallsal

Thumbs up from me too, just wish I could use my laser card on the site!

ciarawalsh

Fidelis wrote: »

No one seems to have answered your question yet, so just to let you know, it's a very reliable site.

thanks, I placed my order yesterday so hopefully i will arrive before xmas

Karen23

Karen23 wrote: »

I recently purchased from this site for the first time, I bought 5 books and I've received 4 but I'm presuming the last one is delayed due to the weather.
Found them to be great value. One book was three times the price from Easons website and I had to pay delivery as well.

ciarawalsh wrote: »

thanks everyone for your answers, i'm going to go ahead and order from them, think I will save close to €85 compared to bookshop here in limerick

Just to let you know , the last book arrived this morning

Reesy

ciarawalsh wrote: »

Did you receive any book from this website? The prices seem very low compared to bookshop so not sure if I should risk placing a large order for xmas in case I receive nothing? also how could postage be free

Hi Ciara,
My experience is that they are kosher, the only problem is that some books arrive real quick, & others take a good while to arrive. I think they probably carry less stock than Amazon, or something.

Asphyxia

Anytime I have shopped with them everything has worked out great, I am definitely going to take advantage of this

ciarawalsh

has anyone noticed that the prices change very frequently, maybe daily, theres a few more books I was thinking about getting once the 1st order arrives, so i've looked at them over past few days, 1 was 55% off during the week, now its just 7% off today:mad: but its gone the other way for a few others where the % discount has increased.

Fidelis

The prices fluctuate quite often. Your best bet is to create a wishlist and check it every now and again for the best % discount.

messinkiapina

Love the bookdepository but it only ever lets me order by credit card. Whenever I try using paypal it gives me a 'Paypal is currently unavailable' message.

Anyone else getting the same problem?

Kylo Ren

Lads where do you put in the discount code?

Oral Slang

Keno 92 wrote: »

Lads where do you put in the discount code?

You have to go to the website via the link given on the 1st page. Probably to stop people getting cashback from places like Fatcheese. I couldn't it out either, thought for a while it was 1 discount per customer. Have placed 3 orders now with the 10% off, so happy days!

ciarawalsh

most of my books arrived today, thanks for your replies everyone! I'm surprised they were all in separate padded envelopes

Thephantomsmask

Oral Slang wrote: »

You have to go to the website via the link given on the 1st page. Probably to stop people getting cashback from places like Fatcheese. I couldn't it out either, thought for a while it was 1 discount per customer. Have placed 3 orders now with the 10% off, so happy days!

I used fatcheese with it, just click on the link in fatcheese and then change the portion of the address after .co.uk to the corresponding part of the special offer page for the discount and order with the code. Fatcheese brings up an option to verify order for the book depository after a few hours where you just have to put in order number, address and total spent.

geecee

geecee wrote: »

Hi dockc
Exact same thing happened with me from an order i put through on Sunday

Website crashed during the ordering process.
Basket however was still there when i checked
And received no order confirmation.

So i put the order through again
And have now been charged twice on my CC

Waiting to hear back from their "Help@" at the moment...
Are they usually quick in responding to help queries?

Just to update this:
The Book Deposityory got back to me almost immediately and cancelled the "phantom" order

A credit refund was applied to my account the next day

I am very impressed that the issue was so efficiently sorted out...

davenewt

Got all excited (well, yknow) about the 10% off, went to order a couple of books, and promptly forgot about the discount code until after checkout. D'oh! Cheap enough all the same, and I spent under a tenner so no biggy. Thanks OP. Should've bought a memory improvement book, perhaps

bken1991

mcgovern wrote: »

I've d bookdepository loads of times and never a problem.
One thing I will say though, and I'm not 100% sure its still true, but they add on a few % to prices if you have a non-UK IP address.

yes thats true, its possible to get another few % off by using a UK proxy, but i wouldnt recommend using paypal/credit card etc on a public proxy.

1968

Thanks OP.

The Book Depository is significantly cheaper than Easons and other Irish bookshops.

Did some price comparisons and wrote up a short piece on ma blog: http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/shop-around/

bken1991

1968 wrote: »

Thanks OP.

The Book Depository is significantly cheaper than Easons and other Irish bookshops.

Did some price comparisons and wrote up a short piece on ma blog: http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/shop-around/

very good!

Doodlebug

Thephantomsmask wrote: »

I used fatcheese with it, just click on the link in fatcheese and then change the portion of the address after .co.uk to the corresponding part of the special offer page for the discount and order with the code. Fatcheese brings up an option to verify order for the book depository after a few hours where you just have to put in order number, address and total spent.

I used fatcheese for this too - makes the deal even sweeter (every little helps)!

Renn

I wanted to order a book from this site tonight - chances of it making it here before Christmas?

freebee23

Renn wrote: »

I wanted to order a book from this site tonight - chances of it making it here before Christmas?

Just a heads up to all you avid readers out there, I have been using the book depository over the last few months as well, but wouldn't hold my breath to get a delivery before X-Mas if you order at this stage.
I ordered a college book on 27th November, dispatched 30th November and still no sign of delivery yet.
Contacted them on Wednesday of this week and got the following response:

Dear Sir,

I can confirm that this title was dispatched to you on the 30th November and should be arriving with you shortly. We are advising customers to allow a maximum of 7-14 working days for delivery due to the Christmas period being upon us. In this instance, please allow until the 20th December for this to arrive with you.

elaicah

Renn wrote: »

I wanted to order a book from this site tonight - chances of it making it here before Christmas?

if you havent ordered by now[5pm friday], I think its very unlikely you'd have the books by next friday

btw today is the last day for using the 10% discount code

Zxc

freebee23 wrote: »

I ordered a college book on 27th November, dispatched 30th November and still no sign of delivery yet.
Contacted them on Wednesday of this week and got the following response:

Dear Sir,

I can confirm that this title was dispatched to you on the 30th November and should be arriving with you shortly. We are advising customers to allow a maximum of 7-14 working days for delivery due to the Christmas period being upon us. In this instance, please allow until the 20th December for this to arrive with you.

Freebee, have you contacted your local An Post parcel office? It could be sitting there waiting to be collected. It's worth a call to check it out.

A lot of deliveries of all kinds, not only postal, have been held up by weather problems this month.

paddyp

Book depository are always this slow in our experience. We buy mainly academic book and its usually at least three weeks for delivery. I assume they don't actually stock the books and order when you place your order. They must be using the lowest possible priority shipping too as how else could you offer free shipping on a 4kg manual like the one my dad just ordered.

Sarn

From my experience it takes, on average, ten working days to get books from them. Well worth the delay.

1968 wrote: »

The Book Depository is significantly cheaper than Easons and other Irish bookshops.

My experience, three books for €13 from tBD compared to €32 in Eason's and €22 in Waterstones (on a 3 for 2, missing one of the books I wanted). I have an Eason's voucher that I've been trying to use for the past year. I'm all for supporting local business (where reasonable) but I just can't bring myself to pay the prices they charge.

Oral Slang

I placed 3 orders recently with them - 3 books went to family in Australia, free shipping to them so happy days. They got the books within 2 weeks, quicker if I remember.

I sent 3 books to the Uk, presuming they've arrived at this stage (must check)

Last order of 11 books to me in Dublin. Order placed on the 9th & shipped between the 13th & 15th. 2 books arrived on the 16th, 7 arrived yesterday & 1 arrived this morning, so only waiting on 1. 9 days after ordering & they all only shipping this week, so very quick shipping I think!

lindtee

10% discount code still working, just put an order in there.

Manach

Delivery times fairly fast to Ireland I've found: 4-5 Working days.

ciarawalsh

Manach wrote: »

Delivery times fairly fast to Ireland I've found: 4-5 Working days.

received the last of my order today, very happy with service and price.

click_here!!!

I ordered 4 books from them in two batches.

I think it's a great company. You will probably save time and be safer if you pay through your PayPal account.

Also, the website dioesn't have loads of pithy reviews, unlike Amazon. You can get lots of information about a particular book if you search it's ISBN number on Amazon.co.uk.

Update: it seems that surfing through a UK proxy may save you moeny on this site: http://www.lecraic.com/2009/08/21/should-bookdepository-co-uk-say-that-shipping-is-free-worldwide/ .

Update: it's a good idea to search boards.ie or other websites for discount codes.