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10% off at Book Depository
[1st] KingLouis on 21/05/2009 - 17:09 (www.bookdepository.co.uk)
SVVLV

If you like reading books, you’ll like this!

This Bank Holiday weekend (plus a few more days - Thursday 21st May and Tuesday 26th May) www.BookDepository.co.uk is offering an extra 10% discount on all their books.

Just use the promotional code SVVLV on Friends and Family Offer page to save an additional 10% on their (already really rather excellent) prices & don’t forget they have free delivery to over 90 countries around the world!

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Moderator TeaEarlGreyHot on 21/05/2009 - 17:33 ¶

Wow… 10% off the cheapest on-line bookshop around!!!

Live Long and Prosper,
Jean-Luc.
\_/7

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zhenjie on 21/05/2009 - 17:48 ¶

ohh bummers I just ordered 4 books the other day. Mad deal on the cheapest prices already!

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djkizz on 21/05/2009 - 17:50 ¶

Dang Nabbit! I just did my book order! :D Book Depository is seriously the best online shop for books! If you’re wanting to get a book, I highly recommend it! +ve For you

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t3chshopper on 22/05/2009 - 08:30 ¶

I just ordered last night too! Darn. Now I’ll just have to think of something else to order to take advantage of this offer! :)

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Moderator TeaEarlGreyHot on 21/05/2009 - 17:57 ¶

It’s always worth checking first on booko, but 95% of the time The Book Depository wins out.
\_/7

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KingLouis on 21/05/2009 - 18:14 ¶

Yeah I use booko all the time - and BetterWorldBooks and Book Depository are usually the winners in price.

Just got 8 paperbacks for $63 :)

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uder on 21/05/2009 - 18:18 ¶

Even more reason to love this excellent retailer!

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bel13884 on 21/05/2009 - 18:28 ¶

thanks for that, i’ve never heard of this site before! and i’m looking to buy a book, perfect!

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tantryl on 21/05/2009 - 18:32 ¶

Book Depository is so damn good already.

I ordered 6 books from them a couple of weeks ago, they came within 8 business days. A relatively similar priced cheap bookstore - Better World in the US - I ordered 6 books on the 17th of April… still no show.

Book Depository + 10% discount? Pure gold.

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Narodnik on 21/05/2009 - 23:16 ¶

Yeah, I got a delivery just last week from Better World Books - took every bit of the promised time - but they come with a nice surprise in them :)

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spo22a on 24/05/2009 - 14:39 ¶

fwiw i ordered two books from BWB on 3/4/09 and they arrived 12/5/09. .

Book Dep is quite fast so in future i think i’ll deal with them over BWB unless BWB has some crazy offer.

On the other hand BWB raises funds for charitable causes

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KingLouis on 21/05/2009 - 18:48 ¶

I used BetterWorldBooks when there was a 20% discount promotion. Got my package but it did take a while. No complaints though - was expecting the delivery to take a while. I think both services are pretty decent.

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jigglycho on 21/05/2009 - 19:00 ¶

How long did it take? Sometimes they can be very fast.

Great deal, by the way. Deserves to be one of the top deals.

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KingLouis on 21/05/2009 - 19:06 ¶

My BWB order took 2.5 weeks. Don’t know if that’s good or bad but I wasn’t expecting it to arrive soon at the time, so no complaints.

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SPYKE on 21/05/2009 - 18:57 ¶

does anyone know if this would work for pre-orders?

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GreenGuava on 21/05/2009 - 18:59 ¶

Wow, excellent post KingLouis! What a great deal!

Although I did buy a book a few days ago, I held off on a lot of other titles on my wishlist. This 10% discount came just at the right time, especially with the AUD on a little bit of a rebound!

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Autonomic on 21/05/2009 - 19:18 ¶

Pre-orders do work - just tried it.

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Sike on 21/05/2009 - 19:32 ¶

I found this code works too: TD7EE7

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Moderator TeaEarlGreyHot on 21/05/2009 - 19:47 ¶

What benefit does that code provide please Sike?
\_/7

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Sike on 21/05/2009 - 20:28 ¶

Hi teaearlgrey, I think it’s for the same offer, so no benefit. It’s always useful to have another code though :)

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Moderator TeaEarlGreyHot on 21/05/2009 - 21:07 ¶

OK Sike, so that code also gives a 10% discount then, so the same “benefit” as SVVLV.
All good!
I just don’t understand why I haven’t rec’d an e-mail about this promo’.
Oh well, OzBargain to the rescue again.
\_/7

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megaloman on 21/05/2009 - 22:43 ¶

I like bookdepository for its price and speediness but lately they shipped some of my books using normal envelopes instead of the ones with hard card box. The books arrived in pretty bad shapes.

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zhenjie on 22/05/2009 - 08:44 ¶

Interesting. All my paperbacks have come in bubblerwrapped envelops. Dont think I’ve ever got on in hard card box.

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jigglycho on 22/05/2009 - 16:16 ¶

Hmm…same

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amanda84 on 22/05/2009 - 00:00 ¶

what is paperback, what it is diff from normal one??

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bluerinse on 22/05/2009 - 12:50 ¶

it’s the opposite of hardcover lol

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jennkei on 22/05/2009 - 04:40 ¶

@megaloman: Were they single books? I never got mine in anything bigger than single envelopes — even when my order had multiple books. The envelopes were the bubble wrap padded kind, though, so unless the postman was extra careless with yours… :(

Awesome deal! Was just thinking about buying some stuffs. ^^ Will definitely have to do it, now, hehe..now the question is whether it’s cheaper with 2.5% (Commbank) credit card international charge, or using the weaker USD in my paypal account…

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megaloman on 22/05/2009 - 09:47 ¶

my last order was 2 weeks ago for 5 books. The books were pack individually (one book per pack). The first three arrived at the same time within 8 days; two with hard card box and one with bubble wrap. The rest of the books came later in the week inside bubble wraps. By the way, they were all paperback photography books, quite heavy and about A4 size. Perhaps they use hard card box because of the size?

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mobius on 25/05/2009 - 09:17 ¶

Get a Wizard Clear Advantage Credit Card - no annual fees, and no international charge! Just load it up with credit! Great CC for travelling and purchasing online.

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jennkei on 25/05/2009 - 13:09 ¶

Thanks for the suggestion, sadly, though, maybe cos I’m a poor student…-wry-

“We’re sorry, but based on the information you’ve provided, we’re unable to offer you a Wizard Clear Advantage MasterCard, as your application doesn’t fall within our current acceptance guidelines.”

Sigh. :(

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flameinfiren on 22/05/2009 - 09:24 ¶

awesome deal, hmm didn’t think about the charge with credit card and paypal being usd, i just used paypal, it was easier.

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GreenGuava on 22/05/2009 - 11:04 ¶

If you prefer to be charged in USD, you can set Book Depository to display and charge in USD via the drop-down menu in the top right corner of any page on the Book Depository website.

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zhenjie on 22/05/2009 - 11:31 ¶

Dont go USD though, AUS is strongest against the Pound.

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GreenGuava on 22/05/2009 - 12:28 ¶

That blanket statement can be slightly misleading given the fluid nature of international currency. In any case I have had a look at what works out better in the past and a lot of the times the conversions tend to be fairly similar.

eg: Currently: Tom Clancy Splinter Cell
In GBP = £5.33 = $10.8868378 AUD (@ 1 AUD = 0.489582018 GBP)
In USD = $8.42 = $10.8589115 AUD (@ 1 AUD = 0.7754 USD)

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zhenjie on 22/05/2009 - 12:40 ¶

My bad then.

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Marlboro Man on 22/05/2009 - 12:53 ¶

True, although it is also worth pointing out that with Mastercard and Amex (maybe Visa too) all transactions processed in a currency other than USD or AUD are converted into USD before being converted to AUD. This is using the current rate as set by the card provider though and this maye be better than the Book Depository rate.

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GreenGuava on 22/05/2009 - 13:30 ¶

Yeah I’ve read something about that. That means that Book Depository GBP prices are first converted to USD and then finally to AUD, right? Just seems a bit convoluted to me, plus it makes the final AUD price a bit more variable given that the final AUD price depends on the cross conversion rates between GBP-USD and USD-AUD, which may be better or worse than the direct GBP-AUD rate. Bloody banks!

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KingLouis on 22/05/2009 - 16:16 ¶

Surely the prices can’t be all that different even if the conversion is done twice?

Unless books sell for thousands of dollars each, this should just be a difference of a few dollars at most, since most of the paperbacks there are around $8-10AUD and the hardcovers are like $20-30AUD

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Moderator TeaEarlGreyHot on 22/05/2009 - 16:37 ¶

Except that every currency conversion transaction has a profit margin (charge) built into it…
I do know that international M’card transactions used to be all converted via USD to AUD in years gone by, but I’m not so sure that that is still the case.
Perhaps someone out there that has current knowledge of these international banking transactions could please clarify/verify???
\_/7

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Marlboro Man on 22/05/2009 - 16:40 ¶

I got a “change in your T&C” booklet this week and it’s still in there.

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epicwin on 22/05/2009 - 10:48 ¶

fantastic! top bargain here and a fantastic site. iv bookmarked this one!

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cuteduck on 24/05/2009 - 10:02 ¶

+1

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GreenGuava on 25/05/2009 - 01:20 ¶

Just placed three orders, discount worked each time. Might place a few more orders before it expires! Thanks once again to KingLouis!

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mobius on 25/05/2009 - 09:24 ¶

Are the prices on BWB in AUD or USD?

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zhenjie on 25/05/2009 - 13:45 ¶

USD

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mobius on 25/05/2009 - 21:57 ¶

Um any one else now not able to use the additional coupon codes on checkout??

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GreenGuava on 25/05/2009 - 22:15 ¶

Coupon still works for me.

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mobius on 26/05/2009 - 08:54 ¶

arhg I can’t seem to find where to put the additional 10% coupon code! I did it yesterday without issue.

It’s during checkout right?
http://yfrog.com/0kcheckoutj

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KingLouis on 25/05/2009 - 22:01 ¶

sigh I just spent $140 on this site lol

My epic fail @ saving :(

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GreenGuava on 25/05/2009 - 22:16 ¶

Or, you could say that you saved 10% more than you would have without the coupons :D

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lmh86 on 25/05/2009 - 23:21 ¶

Just spent over £240—that’s ~AUD$488—on 39 paperbacks. Do I have any contest?

Loving the already-cheap prices, free delivery, and additionally this discount code saved me almost $50. Thanks KingLouis, and thanks OzBargain!

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KingLouis on 26/05/2009 - 01:55 ¶

lol $488AU for 39 paperbacks… I really thought that I would be the one at the top, but I spent no where as much as you lol

I’m getting 14 paperbacks and 1 hardcover :D

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GreenGuava on 27/05/2009 - 09:49 ¶

The ‘best’ I could muster was $365. Oh well, they were all titles that were on my wishlist anyway, so I would have bought them somewhere down the track. Just feels a bit thrifty because it was all in one hit. At least I saved 10% :)

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jennkei on 26/05/2009 - 01:09 ¶

Wow. Very nice. Book overload~ :)

I spent what USD I have, which is a modest under $100, but I’m happy with those I got, and definitely looking forward to getting ‘em in the mail. ^^ First time preordering a book, too..

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Esmam on 26/05/2009 - 11:18 ¶

I should point out for those that are wondering how to actually use the promotional code, go to http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/fandf (friends and family) and then select the link to “go shopping”. At the checkout page you’ll see a textfield for the promotional code.

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mobius on 26/05/2009 - 15:06 ¶

Thanks mate I was wondering how to do that!!
Ok time to buy books!

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cronic on 26/05/2009 - 22:46 ¶

thanks!@

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GreenGuava on 27/05/2009 - 10:02 ¶

If you’re still looking to take advantage of this offer, you better get in quick. Technically it should be expired (it is now 27 May in the UK) but the website still seems to be accepting the code, though who knows how long it will continue for.

Edit: It’s over.

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