20% cash back offer at cash rewards today only, and ends 11:59pm tonight.
Addendum added by CR rep:
During the 12 hour promotional period, cash back for this store is capped at $15 in total per member account, irrespective of the number of transactions made. Valid 12pm to 11:59pm AEST 08/05/20. Cashback will not be paid if a coupon code is used that is not listed on this site.
$10 for referee and $10 for referrer, after referee makes $20 purchase within 14 days.
Yet it is still cheaper than most Australian book stores except Big W, Target & Kmart's range of books. Although I do believe it is best to support local retailers where possible.
Well of course, our local stores have to pay the "Australia Tax" to the local distributor.
It's a shame Mr Harvey couldn't push to fix the real problem with retail, instead of charging us GST on imports
'free shipping' is hidden in higher prices for .au users
it's showing for me and i'm not using a vpn
Worldwide shipping is always free, but if you buy the book on the .uk site, it is cheaper.
Hence "free shipping"
Did anyone ever adapt a new work around for it?
Used to be that you could adjust the way the site loaded to think you were in the US or UK (without using a VPN).
Alternatively: anyone succesfually using a VPN to order from book depository while their pc is located overseas? Any recommendations for the best pricing options?
this site is gold
actually its grey/orange
If my quick math is correct, you need to spend $75 to get the full $15 cash back.
They normally don't count GST. so it would need to be $82.50 I think.
Good deal except that i don't really trust CR now after the Liquorland 25% cashback offer. They didn't register my $30 cashback initially and then said I have to wait up to 90 days for my request to be confirmed.
It's pretty standard with cashbacks to have a wait.
Cash rewards are good in that they follow up on things which didn't register.
Yes but they stated cashback should be registered within 5 business days. Over 2 weeks later and still nothing so I did have to follow up. Their customer service was nice enough but whatever protocol that requires a further 90 day wait to confirm is just ridiculous when it can obviously be done within minutes (when it does work).
But did they confirm it has tracked? I had the issue with Shopback & BWS, it didn't track and they didn't help…..even though it showed a click through on their website. Annoying, but oh well I just see it as bonus money.
That is true, it should be thought of as bonus money but its hard to when a lot of deals are posted around it being guaranteed otherwise it isnt a deal at all. So then if you actually dont get the cash back, you ended up just paying standard prices.
I've just put an order of 3 books via this deal and it tracked within minutes in my case.
same here! Really fast tracking
Are pre-orders eligible? Realised the book I wanted ships in 85 days.
i think they should be, i mean, you are spending the money anyway. There is nothing about it on the T&C. Maybe you can try, i just bought 3 books and got confirmation from CR in like 10 minutes.
Yeah you're right, I went ahead with the order, didn't get confirmation from CR yet though.
Just be wary of postage times, I waited 6 weeks for part of my last order. When contacted the customer service reps were so swamped they asked me the name of the book I was waiting on rather than look it up themselves.
Damn missed this!! Was this 20% cashback for existing customers?
One of the reasons i turned ofd from cashrewards is their marketing always has a bloody great % then you dig in and it's only for nee customers not existing. So hence why i gave up.
It was for existing. Above someone shared shopping on the UK site with a vpn. I'll try that next time.
Drats! Such a small window…. :(
This was such a good saving . Was hoping it would be repeated for frenzy but will have to hold out longer
FYI
Book depository has geo pricing, 'free shipping' is hidden in higher prices for .au users