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Black Friday: 40 Books for A$100 ($2.50 Per Book) + Free Delivery @ The Book Grocer

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Black Friday: 40 Books for A$100 ($2.50 Per Book) + Free Delivery @ The Book Grocer
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AssociatedLcolinhunt on 24/11/2020 - 14:32 bookgrocer.com (1976 clicks)
Last edited 24/11/2020 - 16:24 by 1 other user

From the website:

Enjoy a handpicked selection of 40 amazing books from various categories around the store. You'll receive a range of fiction, non-fiction, history, cookery, lifestyle, mindfulness and so much more. There won't be any children's books in this box. Selection varies from box to box.

There's a free book bag with every order, shipping is free Australia-wide and it all works out to be $2.50 per book.

Full disclosure: I am affiliated with the store, but thought you guys might still like to know about the deal :)

This is part of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals for 2020
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  • life is suffering on 24/11/2020 - 14:34
    +5

    a 50 dollars one would be a good option too

  • MJ1 on 24/11/2020 - 14:42
    +7

    OzBargain book deals should include "$ per 1000 words" in title so we can compare value. I think this deal would do very well.

  • wolfazrael123 on 24/11/2020 - 14:56
    +1

    so many free books from FB market place …

    • Associatedcolinhunt @ The Book Grocer on 24/11/2020 - 15:10
      +21

      Hi syousef, totally fair enough to assume that. Because of the pandemic we have a massive excess supply of books that would have gone into our stores, but hadn't been able to. Thankfully we're getting back up and running in our Melbourne stores again, but we still have way too many books in our warehouse. We figured we could offer a good Black Friday deal and clear some room - two birds one stone. Rest assured that the selection in the box is good. We also have boxes with visible booklists on the website, if you'd rather know what you're getting (again, totally fair enough!).

        • staceyasinme on 24/11/2020 - 18:25
          +8

          Have you considered that it could be your attitude/time that's getting you downvoted?

          • syousef on 24/11/2020 - 18:32
            -6

            @staceyasinme: Yeah horrible attitude warning people not to waste their money on a bargain site buying something that's obviously likely to be low quality..

            Have you considered that once you annoy someone for any reason, legitimate or not, they can follow you around and downvote?

            Have you considered that the attitude on this board sucks? The last deal I posted was for a router. I included a review. I had one guy argue with me again and again that the review was useless and unnecessary, and another argue that the review wasn't detailed enough. I don't post deals anymore.

            But yeah my fault for bothering I guess. I'm still seeing some upvotes from time to time and I'm still seeing some people find my comments useful, so I'll keep commenting at least for them.But the effort of posting a deal. Not worth it to be abused.

            https://youtu.be/Y7tHsaPFDUc?t=100

            • gdiddy7 on 24/11/2020 - 19:21
              +1

              @syousef: The problem is that your warning was based on nothing else but your own assumption. You could have phrased it as if it was an assumption because maybe you bought from them before or similar mystery book deals rather than implying you actually know they are random junk books. Hope you can see the difference.

              • syousef on 24/11/2020 - 19:31
                -6

                @gdiddy7: Everything that can be used to pass the time has been selling for much more than it was worth before, with the demand outpacing supply. From computers to consoles to board games to puppies, IF you can get one it'll cost you much more than normal. That's no assumption. Now out of the blue come books at bargain prices in a lucky dip with very little detail on the kind of book included. Do you think they're going to be wonderful books, or do you think they'll be whatever dregs can't be sold? But go ahead, roll the dice, and if you have any money left over, come see me about buying a bridge.

                • gdiddy7 on 24/11/2020 - 21:30
                  +3

                  @syousef: I don't know you and I have nothing against you personally, but man you sound like you have a very cynical view of life in general

                  • syousef on 24/11/2020 - 22:23
                    -3

                    @gdiddy7: Yeah, nah. Look up toxic positivity, because your one liner is a textbook example. Not wanting to get ripped off is not at all cynical. What is cynical is bundling a bunch of crap you can't sell individually and suckering people into buying it. Or taking a dump on someone for pointing that out.

                    Oh and btw when the store added new bundles that listed the books I commended them on it. How does that fit in with your narrative of me being cynical?

                    But keep on downvoting, people. I hear it warps reality to be what you want it to be when you downvote enough.

  • Gandalf the Thrifty on 24/11/2020 - 15:02
    +4

    handpicked selection… fiction, non-fiction, history, cookery, lifestyle, mindfulness

    Trump biography
    Pete Evans cook books
    ….

    • syousef on 24/11/2020 - 15:05

      Sounds better than hand thrown, but I bet a computer was used to work out how likely they were to sell.

  • RocketSwitch on 24/11/2020 - 15:07
    +2

    Nah, rather know what I am getting. Good for someone who has an empty bookshelf.

    • Associatedcolinhunt @ The Book Grocer on 24/11/2020 - 15:14
      +4

      Yeah definitely see where you're coming from, it isn't for everyone. The majority of our book boxes on the website aren't mystery boxes, if you'd rather choose by genre and know what you're getting. Have a good one!

  • Gaz1 on 24/11/2020 - 15:38
    +4

    If you had $50 for 20 books & could select the genre (eg Adult Fiction) I think it would be very successful.

    • fefris on 24/11/2020 - 17:33

      this is a good idea. Not remotely interested in the randomness of this…. who the hell uses cooking books still

      • Associatedcolinhunt @ The Book Grocer on 24/11/2020 - 18:15
        +1

        Noted re: $50 boxes! And in terms of not being interested in the randomness of this item, that's super understandable - we do in fact have boxes in the same vein as this one but organised by genre/topic if that's more your style. You can find them here: https://bookgrocer.com/c/stay-at-home-specials__2 (let me know if I shouldn't be posting other links in the comments and I'll take it down)

      • Mickslan on 01/12/2020 - 11:27

        I don't use cooking books anymore, but they are lovely to look at :D Sad I missed this deal!

  • Mokr on 24/11/2020 - 15:57
    +1

    Hint at some of the books…..

    • Winston100s on 24/11/2020 - 16:21

      Guess the book
      For Dummies

  • Wampus on 24/11/2020 - 16:38
    +1

    Took a chance and ordered, thanks OP

    • syousef on 24/11/2020 - 17:41

      Will be interested to see if your gamble pays off. Report back when you get them.

  • Benoffie on 24/11/2020 - 17:47
    +1

    Could be suitable for local libraries, high school and aged care donations.

  • Thesinc on 24/11/2020 - 18:20

    Do all boxes contain the same 100 books?

  • Fotato on 24/11/2020 - 20:24
    +1

    Thanks for alerting me to the other bundles, they are great value if you are interested in that subject matter.

    I got the gastronomy bundle. I'd been eyeing some of those cookbooks for a while now but was unwilling to pony up $50+ each for some of those books (eg. Igni, Orangum etc.).

    https://bookgrocer.com/p/stay-at-home-specials-gastronomy-ba…

    • syousef on 24/11/2020 - 22:36

      See now THAT is better. You can actually look and see if there are enough books that you want that you should buy. You can even look up reviews, page counts etc.

    • Associatedcolinhunt @ The Book Grocer on 25/11/2020 - 09:07

      No worries and thanks Fotato, happy cooking :)

  • HardQuiz on 24/11/2020 - 21:00
    +1

    Include "A Promised Land" and I'll buy a mystery box as long as I get Obama's book.

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