The Book Depository - 24 hours of offers starting noon tomorrow

saleda

As the title says, 24 hours of offers starting tomorrow 10th November at noon on http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/

Basically, they have one special offer on their home page every hour for 24 hours.

sce88

I read on the page above:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/

Oops. In all the excitement I bought a book I don't want.

That's fine. Don't panic - just let us know via the form or via our live chat system on our contact us page and we'll cancel the order for you.

I guess that means if they have a book I want its best to buy it straight away, then later pricecheck other websites and if I find it cheaper, just cancel the bookdepository order.

Hope the books which are on offer are recent books or bestsellers, and not books which are normally on sale in bookshops.

sce88

actually the offers mightn't be too bad as seen this on their webpage - looks like publishers are covering some of the cost of this promotion

Yes - we've done some very special deals with some very special publishers to get the Christmas shopping season off to a bang.

Irishchick

Saw this myself. Hope its good!

blankblank

Starting twelve noon tomorrow?

Irishchick

Davie89 wrote: »

Starting twelve noon tomorrow?

Yep

Just noticed them putting a10 euro increase on The Silver Spoon. Wonder if it be reduced again tomorrow.

sce88

Moonbaby wrote: »

Just noticed them putting a10 euro increase on The Silver Spoon. Wonder if it be reduced again tomorrow.

i also noticed that with another book I was thinking about buying

Mr E

The first book will need to be a really good one (with a big price drop), or people aren't going to check the site past the first offer.

sce88

Mr E wrote: »

The first book will need to be a really good one (with a big price drop), or people aren't going to check the site past the first offer.

yea you're right, if the first doesn't have a massive price drop I doubt I'll keep checking every hour

TimTom

First book is Sorry, this item is now sold out!!!!!!! Notice how they changed their background to snowflakes.

jayteecork

What a joke, was there on the dot and it said "this item is now sold out"

tantipie

complete joke,,sold out already and i never even got to see the title!!

Ste-

jayteecork wrote: »

What a joke, was there on the dot and it said "this item is now sold out"

Likewise. Must be getting hammered.

sce88

yes same here, not a good start to it

holidaygirl

Did anyone even get to see what the first book was? Was on-line & logged into my account, then "this item is now sold out"

Jessica Fletcher

Yeah me too. Site taking forever to load and I can't even see what the first book was. Doesn't bode well :mad:

chris85

jayteecork wrote: »

What a joke, was there on the dot and it said "this item is now sold out"

Same here.

jayteecork

There's no way they could have sold out instantly, another scam to get people onto their site.

alastair_doom

Sounds like they're having issues:

http://twitter.com/#!/bookdepository

vicwatson

As I figured, the website can't cope with the traffic.

I can get to the home page but don't see the discounted book anywhere !

schemingbohemia

alastair_doom wrote: »

Sounds like they're having issues:

http://twitter.com/#!/bookdepository

can you write what's on there as twitter blocked in work.

same thing happened to me as others, logged in waiting to pounce, then it just went to sold out without seeing what it even was!

Saint_Mel

Wasnt worth the wait ... for me anyway ... its a book on cupcakes for €4.71

alastair_doom

schemingbohemia wrote: »

can you write what's on there as twitter blocked in work.

same thing happened to me as others, logged in waiting to pounce, then it just went to sold out without seeing what it even was!

bookdepository bookdepository

@sharmillag not yet some load issues on the server, one minute!
2 minutes ago

bookdepository bookdepository

@spitfiretommy no not yet, load issue one minute
3 minutes ago

bookdepository bookdepository

@cteresa no not gone yet - is a load issue, give us one minute
3 minutes ago

bookdepository bookdepository

@Miss_Kylie1403 no - hold on
5 minutes ago

bookdepository bookdepository

@caro_swinburne no not gone yet, bit of a load issue, give two ticks
5 minutes ago

bookdepository bookdepository
...offer still loading sorry quite a few people refreshing the homepage...
6 minutes ago

first offer:
Special Cupcakes
(Hardback)
Wendy Sweetser

€4.71
Save €10.22

meh

Travel is good

I thought this might happen all right. I got a message last week to keep the wishlist updated, so I was presuming that the special offers would be from that list.

Not a hope today though, I might look later. Though I'm not hopeful of getting anything. Why don't they just bring back the 10% discount code, it's so much better.

jayteecork

"special cupcakes"

LOL

Jessica Fletcher

last few tweets:


@sharmillag not yet some load issues on the server, one minute!
2 minutes ago

@spitfiretommy no not yet, load issue one minute
3 minutes ago

@cteresa no not gone yet - is a load issue, give us one minute
3 minutes ago

@Miss_Kylie1403 no - hold on
4 minutes ago

@caro_swinburne no not gone yet, bit of a load issue, give two ticks
5 minutes ago

...offer still loading sorry quite a few people refreshing the homepage...
6 minutes ago


Clearly it's us customers fault for refreshing the page :P

tweenie

Yep first book a let down. I hope they get better

sce88

yea not what i expected

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Cupcakes/9781847738554

TimTom

1st book available until 13:00

Toto Wolfcastle

I love baking but that book looks a bit meh.

jayteecork

You must be jesting.

Theis is just a masquerade for getting rid of old stock that no one wanted.

tantipie

feckin cupcakes after all that,,:rolleyes:

paddyh117

well that was a waste of time - you'd imagine the 1st few books would have been the best to hook people in and get them coming back every hour

newo

The same book is £7.01 on Amazon, I know it's a price difference but hardly the deal of the century.

Sid_Justice

but is the basic premise very simply every day (or other time period) there will be a book on sale at smashing value? Like a bestseller instead of being 10 euro is now 1 euro. Or will it be a generic voucher.

I genuinely don't see the benefit of the former, you'd have to be very fortunate to want the book but the saving isn't massive to me.

ednwireland

422 remaining

jayteecork

And the cupcakes are gone it seems!

Next hour better be good...

chris85

What a let down. Will check back for the 1pm book. If no good wont waste checking it out later so they have one more chance for me.

flp9

sce88 wrote: »

I read on the page above:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/24?a_aid=offers

I guess that means if they have a book I want its best to buy it straight away, then later pricecheck other websites and if I find it cheaper, just cancel the bookdepository order.

Hope the books which are on offer are recent books or bestsellers, and not books which are normally on sale in bookshops.

the 'View current Offer' button doesn't work for me, is it the same for everyone else or how to I see the special offer?

flp9

nevermind i found it on the front page

jayteecork

Fight Club for 2.50 delivered.

Toto Wolfcastle

Latest one is Fight Club for €2.53.

flp9

good price i think

www.bookdepository.co.uk/Fight-Club/9780099765219

TimTom

2nd book available until 14:00

Rooy

nearly gone , v. good book , read it a few years ago ,but i guess book preference is a personal thing !

Basq

TimTom,

Please remove the affiliate id (i.e "?a_aid=rootuid") from the end of your links before submitting them.

Thanks!

TimTom

Basq wrote: »

TimTom,

Please remove the affiliate id (i.e "?a_aid=rootuid") from the end of your links before submitting them.

Thanks!

affirmative!

flp9

€10.23 instead of €22.99, not a book i'm interested in though

vicwatson

WTF?? It's €10.40 on Amazon, hardly a bargain

Edit - sorry it's £10.40 on Amazon, still hardly a bargain.

Ceist_Beag

Meh, deals so far have been quite disappointing, nothing out of the ordinary compared to their usual deals. That said it was worth it just to see the pop up of who is buying what, where it showed someone in Greece just bought The Ultimate EU Test Book - wonder is it Georges' new replacement?