Our 24-hour sale is back and it's bigger than ever. We now have 100 books on offer over 25 hours. A new bargain will be up every 15 minutes instead of one per an hour.
Starts on Thursday 21 February 11PM AEDT.
100 Books on Sale, 1 Every 15 Minutes for 25h from 21 Feb at The BookDepository.co.uk
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He or she just copied it from the website and is most likely not a rep.
Err… sorry, yeah that's what I did. I'm not a rep. Just a bargain book fan :)
Woah really negged for this? Good job ozbargain..
Steady! It't just a friendly Ozbargainer trying to help out. Geez…..
It's just tough love, OzBargain style.
Should post this like 2-3 days before the sale actually starts cause this is just gonna get lost into the abyss. Plus you got my hopes up.
Got me worried that I missed a few books. Good that it hasn't started yet.
Well someone has to remember 2-3 days before to post it! I thought that was the point of the start/end dates - so you can set reminders and plan around bargains if you're interested. That's why I like to know in advance anyway.
Can't wait to buy that one token book I never read and don't really want, like I do every time BD has this sale.
still got mine sitting at home unread from the last one. its just nice recieving things in the mail these days. the packaging makes it seem like someones got you a present and theres part of you that knows that your really going to like this present.
Annoying. Please don't post these until the deal is actually available (or just before).
- No titles (and they've been crap titles in the past)
- Deals only last 15 mins (why do they do this? Do they think we want to stay up all night?)
- Not even available (and won't be for weeks)
If you have an issue with the post, use the report link, do not neg vote. OP has correctly provided the correct start date.
Sorry. I thought a negative vote was like, well, a negative vote on every other website where you can vote on things.
What purpose, exactly, do neg votes serve, then?
No problem. On OzBargain the negative vote mainly serves to warn others users that there is a problem with the product, or merchant, or if you can find a cheaper price elsewhere. We've got a wiki page with heaps of examples.
I gave 2 examples of problems with the product.
You are way too harsh on negative votes here - everywhere else, reporting is much more serious, a neg is nothing to get excited about.
OzBargain seriously needs a way to add a mild "buyer beware". A famous example:
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/72418
Nightmare reviews about serious reliability and speed issues in the comments, but nobody can warn anyone who doesn't read the comments because the downvotes get annulled by overzealous anti-downvote OzBargainers and mods.
Ruins a lot of the biggest deals; most people don't read through the comments, think it's the best deal ever (no downvotes! Must be awesome). Makes Ozbargain look unreliable - completely unnecessarily.
I can't be the only one that sees the need to address this (even if you reject the obvious, intuitive solution of allowing negs, something needs to be done).
You're complaining about someone posting a deal that will subsequently save you money?
Jeez, some people will complain on just about everything…
oh MAN .. i'm guno forget by then!! :P
You can use the 'Add a reminder' link under the deal description.
+1 to mod
reminder done. quite handy
oh w00t, learn something new everyday. Thanks !
Posted 3 weeks before the sale :\, kinda pointless.
surprised with the comments that hint at short attention spans when the post is about reading books.
it's ozbargain — people buy stuff they don't care about just because it's cheap :)
I don't think this post deserves any + votes. We don't know what the books are, what the prices are and if those prices are actually the lowest… It's a bit misleading
have you been on the book depository page? most of the books are cheap on a daily basis. Previous 24 sale had great prices on book. I have high expectations for this one too.
I'm not sure this is really a bargain till we know what books and at what price….
have they given good deals in the past, ?
The deals are hit and miss - some of the posts are listed here http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/bookdepository.co.uk. They have quite a mix of stuff and the prices in these sales are really good for these books (if you want them that is), but it is a bit of a lottery. Some sales I find something I like, and others, not so much. But they are a bit of fun and I love buying books.
I would greatly prefer it if they has a 10% off everything coupon code. The last time they had a general code was mid-2012 from memory.
Personally I find The Depository is usually cheaper for lighter items (short novels, tarot cards, etc) and dearer than Amazon for heavy items (art books, enccypedias, dictionaries). If you have the time it always pays to compare sites and use comparison engines like Booko.
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It's good that they'll have a book up every 15 mins instead of every hour. Last time, I found there were some duds, but I got The Slap, that was great.
has anyone been buying up books? any good gets?
current book for sale is Lego City with 11 mins to go, so I guess we are meant to go back in 11 minutes?? wow that could be quite frustrating, is there any way of getting an idea of what is coming next?
Lego City sold out
nothommus on 07/02/2013 - 12:41 Comment score below threshold.