Easons -horribly expensive

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Bought a book for my daughter in a local bookshop €5.00 - went to get the next one in the series in Easons today €9.75 :eek:

(all books in the series are the same price)

even a different independent store was only €7.25

back to the first shop i go................................

BornToRun88

That's why I buy my books online through Amazon. Shops like Easons are a rip off.

Brussels Sprout

I noticed this as well recently when I was browsing in one of their stores. Given the choice I would pay slightly more to support and Irish business rather than going to amazon but I'm not going paying twice the price for a book. They're shooting themselves in the foot with their pricing policy.

christmas2012

I never go into EASONS,O mahonys are bad enough,but some places online do charge for it..

bureau2009

IDEALLY I would like to support Irish businesses and bookshops in particular...............

BUT when they are too expensive I shop online.

My favourite book website is www.bookdepository.co.uk

Reasons: The price you see is the price you pay. No delivery/service charges * worldwide * and they price books in EUROS.

Have to say I really like O'Mahony's bookshop in Limerick - Ireland's largest INDEPENDENT bookshop and some excellent sections in it.

JDAWG90

Yes I have to say that the book depository is the best online store for books.
Amazon is much cheaper than the likes of Easons but they give a poor exchange rate on the £. I don't understand how Easons and other book stores in Ireland can get away with charging way more than online book stores when you consider that there isn't even VAT on books in Ireland, it's 0%!!

I'm all for supporting Irish business but at what cost? How dear can they make books before people will look elsewhere? The people of Ireland need to be shown this! And when the people act with their purses Easons may get some sense and stop ripping off the Irish people.

JTMan

JDAWG90 wrote: »

Amazon is much cheaper than the likes of Easons but they give a poor exchange rate on the £.

Amazon do not apply a FX rate, unless you opt-in.

Buy in GBP and your credit card company will apply a more GBP/EUR favourable FX rate.

JDAWG90

That's aside from the point, but yes I'm aware of that but then you have the charge for making a £ payment on a € account. Book depository is better, it's prices are in € and usually just that bit cheaper than amazon. Also they have free postage and no minimum purchase.

It baffles me how Easons and other Irish book stores can justify their rip off prices!

baboo800

Is the book depository not owned by amazon?

JDAWG90

It seems that they do! I'd imagine that the reason for higher prices on amazon for books compared to the depository is because amazon sells other products also. So when someone is purchasing items on amazon they may decide to buy books also and end up paying that bit extra just for "convenience" of having all in the one order. I'm sure amazon know what they're doing anyway. It pained me to see overpriced Irish bookstores full of shoppers over the holidays, I felt like telling them all its way cheaper online! :P

mikeym

Most of the people I see that go into Easons use it as a library.

snubbleste

Use bookfinder.com to get the best price
One should shop around

run_Forrest_run

baboo800 wrote: »

Is the book depository not owned by amazon?

I believe they do, yes.

mountcisco

JDAWG90 wrote: »

That's aside from the point, but yes I'm aware of that but then you have the charge for making a £ payment on a € account. Book depository is better, it's prices are in € and usually just that bit cheaper than amazon. Also they have free postage and no minimum purchase.

It baffles me how Easons and other Irish book stores can justify their rip off prices!

Kennys of Galway is an excellent Irish online bookstore, very like bookdepository,with free delivery and euro prices.

http://www.bookshop.kennys.ie/

bureau2009

baboo800 wrote: »

Is the book depository not owned by amazon?

Yes it is.

But Book Depository have a different pricing model to Amazon - no order or delivery charges - so smart people use Book Depository!

L1011

bureau2009 wrote: »

Yes it is.

But Book Depository have a different pricing model to Amazon - no order or delivery charges - so smart people use Book Depository!

Except when its significantly dearer for the same product, which is often. Smart people check both, plus other retailers, always.

JDAWG90

Can honestly say I've never seen a book on depository that was dearer than amazon but I have seen increases in some book prices and then the raise the quoted rrp and then say it's actually a bigger discount which it ain't! But I'm not willing to complain because they are cheapest around unless u buy second hand

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bureau2009 wrote: »

Yes it is.

But Book Depository have a different pricing model to Amazon - no order or delivery charges - so smart people use Book Depository!

I find, even with the delivery charge, Abe Books or Amazon often work out a lot cheaper than Book Depository. Their prices can be extremely high.

JDAWG90

Zahir Stale Xylophone wrote: »

I find, even with the delivery charge, Abe Books or Amazon often work out a lot cheaper than Book Depository. Their prices can be extremely high.

there are 2 bookdepository websites, .com and .co.uk, the UK version is often about 20% cheaper than the US. The differences are down to the differing RRPs between the UK and US and exchange rates.