Book Depository

[digs]

I only discovered Book Depository about a month ago, and since then I've been ADDICTED. Most of the prices are 40-50% less than RRP in Australia, and the free worldwide delivery only sweetens the deal! Only problem is that orders can take a little while to come in, but I've ordered about 8 books so far and all have come in great condition, so I'm usually happy to wait. My friends are now all sick of me going on about how amazing it is.

 

[GOLLUM]

LOL! An Aussie and a fan of The Book Depository OH yeh...and into World Lit too. Sweet....

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I should have followed up on my previous post by saying that the books I ordered arrived within a reasonable time frame. I was very pleased.

 

[The_African]

I recently bought some novels and comic books from them. I didn't know that delivery was free.

 

[hawker]

bookdepository

thebookdepository and bookdepository customer service telephone number is: UK (44) 01452 307905
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Ask yourself why they DON'T have a customer Service telephone number on their website.
They don't, infact, have any telephone numbers on their website!
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Problems do occur and any returns are postage at your own expense.
I won't be using them again.

 

[Cayal]

Problems occur at all online stores whether it be Borders, Amazon, eBay etc. I'll happily pay for 50%+ less than retail and put up with the odd issue.

 

[Culhwch]

I've used them a few times now without issue. But as Cayal says, I'll cop the odd screw-up for the kind of value they offer.

 

[Cayal]

I've never had a problem with them either.

 

[Anne Lyle]

I'm sure at least some of my purchases through AbeBooks came from the Book Depository, and I've had no problems either...

 

[stevemann]

Has anyone around the chrons/world bought any books from the Book Depository, I find it quite hard to believe that they deliver free worldwide. Don't they make a loss because they are covering those costs? Are they legit?

Yes the Book Depository is a very popular website in UK/US/Australia/NZ, used them many times for university textbooks. The reason they give free shipping is the shipping cost is included in the advertised price. So if you check a certain book when you are in the UK, it could be $10 (if you converted from £), but if you checked the same book in Australia it might be $13 with free delivery. But the prices are excellent compared to bookstores, sometimes I save 40-50%.

Also if anyone is buying from the Book Depository, you can usually get a 10% discount code on their facebook page.

They are also very quick to respond to customer questions on twitter.

 

[Sargeant_Fox]

I've been using Book Depository since 2008 and can't complain. The prices are reasonable and I don't pay shipping fees. Sometimes they can take almost two weeks to arrive, but this is rare; and when a book gets lost they send you a free replacement without a fuss. They've also quickly replied to every e-mail I've sent them.

Also, there is a bookdepository.co.uk and a bookdepository.com. I buy books in euros and it pays to compare the prices of the same book on each website before ordering because sometimes there are differences. Why, I don't know. Sometimes one has the book out of stock and the other has copies. So always check both. They're effectively the same website and you can log on both with the same account.

 

[Somni]

Just bought another two and no problems at all. It seems that the book depository has access to one of those fancy new machines that prints books on demand as my e-mail said that my books were 'being printed'.

 

[Menion]

I heard about them about a year back, but I hesitated because I didn't think it was famous/used allways using Amazon insted, but your comments have convinced me.
Does anybody know if they deliver to Spain?

 

[Cayal]

Yes they do:

Help at The Book Depository
Which countries do you deliver to?

We currently ship to the following countries free of charge:
A - Andorra, Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria
B - Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darrusalam, Bulgaria
C - Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic
D - Dominica, Dominican Republic
E - Estonia
F - Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France
G - Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadaloupe
H - Hong Kong, Hungary
I - Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy
J - Jamaica, Japan, Jordan
L - Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
M - Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco
N - Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway
O - Oman
P - Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puertorico
R - Reunion, Romania
S - Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre And Miquelon, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland
T - Taiwan, Trinidad And Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands
U - United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Islands
V - Vatican City

 

[chrispenycate]

Does anybody know if they deliver to Spain?

Well, if Sargeant Fox above is getting them in Portugal, I'd say the odds were pretty god, wouldn't you? European Union, check, Iberian peninsular, check…

 

[Menion]

Thanks, I'll give them a try.

 

[CyBeR]

I'm a big fan of the site. Sure, I've had some screw ups where my books took almost a month to arrive whilst on other occasions they were with me in 2 days (though the postal office screwed up here and I kept checking back there for a whole month until someone finally spotted my envelope with the book).

 

[Cayal]

I'm a big fan of the site. Sure, I've had some screw ups where my books took almost a month to arrive whilst on other occasions they were with me in 2 days (though the postal office screwed up here and I kept checking back there for a whole month until someone finally spotted my envelope with the book).

I bought 2 books last December, at the same time, one came in 2 weeks the other arrived yesterday.