Well, I decided is was too good an offer to miss. I'm already a buywise member, but only for the next few months, so I did need to buy a five year membership. For those interested in the numbers, here's how it went.
Outgoings:
Five year membership: $124.95
$80 Micropay (to take order over $200): $80
Books*: $299.51
Total: $504.46
Rebates into Micropay and other:
$80 micropay: $80
$5 bonus and 15%: $35.74
5 x $10 book vouchers: $50
Books: $299.51
Total: $475.25
It seems to me that by spending just over $500 now, I've bought $300 of eBooks for a net outlay of $29.21, as I now have $425.25 in my micropay account and 5 x $10 book vouchers.
I also have buywise club membership for the next five years, which will make fictionwise as cheap as anywhere else to buy eBooks, hopefully.
As I said, too good a deal to miss, provided Fictionwise don't fold before I've spent my micropay.
Paul
* 47 books in total, as I got one or two over $10. I chose books I hadn't read before, mostly by authors I know I like, but some new authors too. I was tempted by the Discworld series, but I've read them all in paper, and have most, if not all, still on shelves -- so that seemed a bad idea compared to getting new stuff.
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Originally Posted by llasram
Looks like the "simple" break-even point (for people who aren't already Buywise members) is buying $62.49 worth of book up-front. Any more than that and you save money.
Of course, you can make it crazier. If you're an existing buy-wiser then you get an extra $5 rebate. If you pad the order you make with your x-year membership in up to $200 then you get a 15% rebate on the order instead of just 10%. Those together give a break-even point of (membership cost) - $85.00, increasing the up-front cost by $200 - (membership cost), of course.
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