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Just got this in the mail.
It's a 30% "books, CDs, calendars, stationery, And Kobo covers" from their online store.
It sucks because a bought a book recently from A&R recently too…
Enjoy!
Angus & Roberston 30% Off Online!
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Yea true. Unfortunately there aren't any borders close to where I live even before they started closing down!
I think its the other way around. Angus&Robertson bought Borders. In anyway, both brands are under instructions by administrators to close shop :(
what a joke. just did a test for a book i bought off amazon UK. Even after 30% off it's still twice as much as what i paid for at amazon after conversion.
I guess amazon is a great alternative but it's hard to find books from Australian authors in it's store. For international authors though, yeah sure! But A&R will provide faster shipping… Shows how bad the prices on imported products don't reflect the awesomeness of the Aussie dollar atm..
make sure you check wwww.booko.com.au for prices!
and to take 30% of the listed A&R prices ;)
The things I checked out were much cheaper through Borders.com.au using 30% BAU-CORGI code, so it's worth checking too.
Sukiya - Borders didn't buy out A&R, it was the other way around. PEP, owners of A&R purchased the Borders Australaisa arm of the Borders business from the US (The most profitable part of the US Borders chain). PEP then formed another company called Redgroup Retail to oversee their book businesses. At the time of the buyout, A&R were losing money, they purchased Borders to try and sure up the business. Within a very short time of aquiring Borders, they raised the price on pretty much everything (if I recall, was about 20% above RRP and was only the first stage of rises) in a Borders store to well above RRP. This was the start of the downfall of Borders Australia. Now Redgroup claim that the "online" sector is the reason for the closure of it's brands, thats rubbish, it is from mismanagement of funds. The amount of money that was wasted from the more senior managers (In Support Office) on pointless Manager meetings (600K+) and other useless exercises is the real reason!
Sorry, had to get that off my chest. And for the record, I was quite senior at the company in the early days of the takeover!
R.I.P Borders, and sorry to all the staff that will/have lost their jobs, it should never have happened.
it is a shame seeing so many stores closing down but lets be honest those books are three times more expensive than amazon and bookdepository. even with the 30%, 40% and 50% it is still expensive. I like to support Australian economey but not with those prices. hopefully other australian stores will reliase about the prices because online shopping is taking over
Poorly managed companies love having the internet to blame for their bad decisions. Plenty of other smaller bookstores are doing fine and are quite happy to see the likes of Borders come and go. Given Borders have had a multinational online presence for a long time they should be gaining any sales/$ there that they might lose from physical stores so should be making more money if anything. No one to blame but themselves. Maybe they should pay a visit to the business/management section of their book shops ;-)
Here's an example what Borders have to beat to be regularly competitive. Plain for all to see incl customers. If they can't be competitive then they shouldn't bother trying, failing and subsequently whingeing/blaming others.
Your kidding aren't you?
I've got a birthday voucher for Angus/Borders that they won't honour.
Why would you dream of buying from their online store.(wish I could neg the product - not the poster)
Just go walk into any borders, discounts being increased as each week goes by… In another week or 2 you'll probably see 40% off in stores at borders…
Remember they are closing down after all… (ALL STORES)
Funny how they bought out Angus and ended up going bankrupt few months later haha