The book depository is my holy grail for a lot of reasons.
1. Prices:
If i went into a Dymocks or another book store here in Australia I would expect to pay anywhere from $20 - $30 for a simple paperback and even more for a hardback edition. At the book depository I can expect to pay under $15 for a standard paperback and under $20 for a hardback. Most of the time I hunt for the older editions of paperbacks that are under $10.
2. Free Shipping:
You read that right. Free shipping with no minimum purchase amount required. One of the down sides to online shopping is usually you're bargain is not such a bargain after the added shipping cost, but thats where the book depository saves the day with their free shipping.
3. Fast delivery:
So the only downside to free shipping is slow delivery, but once again this is where the book depository comes out on top. Delivery time is usually less than 2 weeks for us Australians which is amazing.
4. Choice:
At the book depository you can chose, (if theres more than one edition out) what year of the book you want. I love this because a lot of books have different covers for different editions and years so it's nice to be able to decide which one I want.
5. Great customer service:
I've ordered too many books to even count from the book depository and they usually all come on time, except once. It was a while a go now and it was a solid month before I contacted the customer service team at the book depository explaining my book hadn't arrived. I still had the emails from Paypal and the confirmation order from the book depository so I attached them and waited. I got a reply less than 2 days later apologising for the inconvenience and was told another copy was on its way. My new copy arrived a week later and I was so happy with how it was all handled.
Overall if you're looking for a reliable, cheap, easy to use site to buy books online then the book depository is the one for you.
-Tyla
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*All opinions are 100% my own. I am not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned above.
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