AbeBooks Free Shipping to Australia on Many Titles

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Received an email about free shipping from AbeBooks:

"With free shipping on millions of titles, the price you see is the price you pay. Just choose the "Search Free Shipping in Australia" button."

Maybe useful to some people. First post so please be nice.

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  gevidian on 16/08/2011 - 08:32

  +2

  Beware of stating "First post so please be nice." As proven in the past here, people are nice to the quality of the post and not the fact that it is a first post.

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  the discombobulated… on 16/08/2011 - 08:53

  Suddenly I can't think of a single book that I want. What's wrong with me? :/

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  djones145 on 16/08/2011 - 08:57

  +2

  also when buying books
  use booko
  and check which place is cheapest!

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  SirFlibbled on 16/08/2011 - 09:06

  Abe books was always free postage. Every time I've used them it's been free.

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    the discombobulated… on 16/08/2011 - 09:14

    No free postage for the no-longer-available stuff I've managed to look up from my wishlist. :/

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    nfr on 16/08/2011 - 09:45

    Many books do not have free shipping.

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  zzyss on 16/08/2011 - 09:26

  Nothing to see here. SOME booksellers offer free shipping to Australia, and others offer free worldwide shipping.

  Well duh.

  So it's not as if anything's changed - by and large, most of them are still charging shipping.

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    KBZ on 16/08/2011 - 09:47

    Can you list some, I'd rather not pay for shipping from Amazon.

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      SirFlibbled on 16/08/2011 - 13:23

      Amazon UK is free shipping over 25GBP

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      zzyss on 16/08/2011 - 13:24

      I don't think your comment was directed at me, even though you're replying to my comment?

      Couldn't list any if I tried. As scan06disk notes below, it seems to be nothing more than a marketing blurb designed to make the service look more appealing to Australian customers, whereas in fact there's no deal here at all.

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  muzzamo on 16/08/2011 - 09:46

  +3

  as always, use booko but remember if you are spending more than 25 pounds amazon.co.uk shipping is free also. I find that often if i'm over the 25 pounds its cheaper than book depository and abebooks (unfortunately all the same company now)

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    A Banana4scale on 16/08/2011 - 19:24

    you mean Amazon owns Abebooks but both still work on different principles, somewhat similar but still very different practices

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    Lego Spaceman on 17/08/2011 - 10:53

    Amazon = BookDepository = AbeBooks

    …and the regulators were where? How is this not a danger to competition?

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  [Deactivated] on 16/08/2011 - 11:21

  I get this offer almost every week, marked it spam !, as books I need or a popular are NEVER in the FREE Shipping section or are quite expenisve ! Just a Gimmick to get people to buy something…, NOT A BARGAIN !