Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by HarleyB

I know this was supposed to be a joke but I just had a look at the Afghanistan store and got so nervous I had to go back to India.
My credit card company has enough problems dealing with that - I can't begin to imagine what they would do if I starting shopping in Afghanistan!

Have Kobo got a North Korean store?

[Kiya]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Have Kobo got a North Korean store?

I needed to check that!

And yes, you can choose Democratic People's Republic of Korea in drop down menu. And the shop looks like US shop. Prices are in $.

[doubleshuffle]

Why don't you make your NSA agent happy by shopping both in Afghanistan and North Korea within 10 minutes?

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by John F

I thought with the current court settlements (in the U.S.), discounting/couponing was allowed on big 5 books (as long as there isn't an overall loss for any particular publisher)?

There was a short time when Kobo accepted coupons for their ebooks, but it's not clear whether the decision to not allow coupons was Kobo's or the publishers.

40% off multiuse coupon: perkopolis

45% off:
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55% off:
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65% off:
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[JoHunt]

In addition to Afghanistan, many Kobo "stores" in the Middle East have prices in USD and also allow discounting of titles which are not discountable in the US store.

[tempest@de]

About shopping in Afghanistan, I tried it and it has the old checkout so I was able to buy 2 books with the same coupon within a 2-3 minutes interval.
I used the store credit to pay, not sure if it makes difference.
Didn’t try the multitab because I wasn’t expecting for it to work but thought I should try it just in case and I’m glad it did. Next time I will try to multitab, hope it works since the coupon I got were maximum 35%, this time I won’t bother to post them since perkopolis is higher and multiuse, but if someone wants some feel free to pm.

[samy2]

55%
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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by mgbino

If you want to buy books from the U.S. using a coupon (even non-eligible books), you can do it if...

1. You use payal
2. You don't multitab the order.

In this order:

Shop on the U.S. store, click to buy the book you want, select paypal as your payment option, change your country from U.S. to Afghanistan, relesect paypal, click continue, put in your coupon code, click checkout.

This method exploits a loophole in how the kobo website verifies which country you're shopping in. Multi-tabbing messes it up though, so don't do it.


... I assume Kobo will figure this out eventually and fix it, but it works for now.

I'll have to give this a try. Thanks for the info.

[John F]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

There was a short time when Kobo accepted coupons for their ebooks, but it's not clear whether the decision to not allow coupons was Kobo's or the publishers.

i believe it is Kobo's decision, due to the terms of the settlement.

http://www.wired.com/2012/04/doj-ter...tlement-ebook/

In particular:

...Terminate its current contracts with Apple within seven days of the court’s acceptance of the settlement;
Terminate any other contracts with e-book retailers that restrict the retailer’s ability to set final prices for books or contain a “most favored nation” provision prohibiting price competition, as soon as possible;
Renegotiate contracts with Apple and other retailers, with a two-year prohibition on any contract that*prevents retailers from discounting retail prices (see below);
Notify the Department of Justice before entering into any joint ventures between it and another publisher related to e-books;
Designate an antitrust compliance officer and provide the DOJ with a copy of its agreements with any e-book retailers quarterly for five years.
Furthermore, any future agreements between the settling publishers and e-book retailers will have to observe serious restrictions, at least for a time. For two years, e-bookstores must be permitted to discount retail prices of books at their own discretion. ...

IANAL, so I may be wrong.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I have one 'must buy' book that's coming out later this month on the 16th. If anyone has a 65 or 75% code going spare, a PM would be much appreciated.

Now sorted. Thank you very much indeed!

[mgbino]

BTW: If anyone comes across a 75% and doesn't need it, I'll put it to good use. I only got one and I threw it up here before I bothered to read the thread and realized that the distribution stinks.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Why don't you make your NSA agent happy by shopping both in Afghanistan and North Korea within 10 minutes?

I think I'll stick with Puerto Rico.

[Kiya]

Originally Posted by joehunt

In addition to Afghanistan, many Kobo "stores" in the Middle East have prices in USD and also allow discounting of titles which are not discountable in the US store.

I believe that most smaller Kobo "stores" allow discounting for all books in the store. For me that was never the problem. I yet have to found book that is not discountable. Even the books from big five were always discountable for me.

The reason I "travel" are geographical restrictions. And, really tempting 90% unlimited coupon.

[evening-green]

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[issybird]

I was going to sit this contest out for the sake of my wallet, but Kobo has just added a wishlist book that's only been available on Amazon. I'm having no luck getting a 65% or 75% coupon; if anyone has a spare I'd be grateful for a PM.