Price column & loyalty points

ownedbycats · 01-06-2023, 08:49 PM

For a few reasons (and wanting to see how much money I've wasted spent), I created a price column for my Calibre library.

Currently filling it out and noticed that Kobo lists the books 'purchased' with Kobo Super Points as 0.00 in the purchase history. Which makes sense but now I'm wondering how to handle those books.

Would it make sense to put 0.00, or the cost I would have paid?

Poll coming!

theducks · 01-06-2023, 08:57 PM

You said SPENT, not valued at, so waste away on all those 0.00 books

ownedbycats · 01-06-2023, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

You said SPENT, not valued at, so waste away on all those 0.00 books

The last 'loyalty' purchase I'd actually gone to the page intending to buy it with actual money... then noticed my points covered the cost of it.

Sirtel · 01-06-2023, 09:37 PM

No loyalty program for ebooks is available in my country, but if it was, and I got a book for points, I'd put the price at 0.00

Smitmiller · 02-01-2023, 01:54 PM

I have a price column too, and if I don't have to shell out money for a book because of credits and loyalty points, that book's price is $0.00. Hello, fellow detail oriented person!

Tarana · 04-20-2023, 05:06 PM

I put .01 to indicate it was a loyalty purchase and not a freebee. It was just a choice I made back in 2012 so that I could track the actual outlay of unread materials that I have. There was no easy secondary way to indicate that I used loyalty cash. Our goals may be different as I'm only concerned about unread materials. Once it's read, I don't care what I paid. That outlay has now been used.

View Poll Results: What price would you put for a book purchased with loyalty points?
0.00	11	64.71%
The retail cost of the book	5	29.41%
Other (describe)	1	5.88%
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll

01-06-2023, 08:49 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,965 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Price column & loyalty points For a few reasons (and wanting to see how much money I've wasted spent), I created a price column for my Calibre library. Currently filling it out and noticed that Kobo lists the books 'purchased' with Kobo Super Points as 0.00 in the purchase history. Which makes sense but now I'm wondering how to handle those books. Would it make sense to put 0.00, or the cost I would have paid? Poll coming! Last edited by ownedbycats; 01-06-2023 at 08:54 PM.

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01-06-2023, 08:57 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You said SPENT, not valued at, so waste away on all those 0.00 books

01-06-2023, 09:37 PM	#4
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,457 Karma: 239219453 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	No loyalty program for ebooks is available in my country, but if it was, and I got a book for points, I'd put the price at 0.00

02-01-2023, 01:54 PM	#5
Smitmiller Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	I have a price column too, and if I don't have to shell out money for a book because of credits and loyalty points, that book's price is $0.00. Hello, fellow detail oriented person!

04-20-2023, 05:06 PM	#6
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,038 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	I put .01 to indicate it was a loyalty purchase and not a freebee. It was just a choice I made back in 2012 so that I could track the actual outlay of unread materials that I have. There was no easy secondary way to indicate that I used loyalty cash. Our goals may be different as I'm only concerned about unread materials. Once it's read, I don't care what I paid. That outlay has now been used.

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