Kobo Price Match experiences - Page 4

pdurrant · 04-08-2026, 06:09 AM

I've still been price-matching successfully in the UK.

Biggest recent one was £7.10 refund on a £7.99 purchase on 4th April.

pdurrant · 04-08-2026, 11:06 AM

And just today I also get an email asking me to confirm my email address before a price match request can go through.

In some ways, this is a good thing. Companies should check that they're not being used to bombard some poor soul with emails they never signed up for.

OTOH, I'm a pretty regular Kobo customer who's done lots of price matches in the past.

I'm not too concerned about it yet.

JSWolf · 04-08-2026, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by salty-horse

After filling Kobo's form, I got an email asking to verify my email address. First time that's happened.

It could be that too many people have made a mistake typing their email or too many people are using the rebate form to spam others.

DNSB · 04-08-2026, 03:40 PM

For what it may be worth, I priced matched a book last Thursday. Since it was a short term price drop, I took a screenshot of the price on Amazon and Kobo and offered to make it available if needed. The $5.49 Cdn refund landed in my Kobo account on Tuesday which considering that for most Canadians, it was a 4 day weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday, was fast service. There was no request to confirm my email address.

sufue · 04-08-2026, 06:10 PM

What did they want you to do to verify it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by salty-horse

After filling Kobo's form, I got an email asking to verify my email address. First time that's happened.

Aleron Ives · 04-08-2026, 08:02 PM

It sounds like you have to click a verification link that gets sent to your e-mail address. That's the way it usually works.

salty-horse · 04-09-2026, 12:52 AM

It was a regular verification email with a link to click.
We update if it asks me every time I fill the form, or if it remembers me.

salty-horse · 04-09-2026, 04:15 AM

They're asking for verification each time.

sufue · 05-05-2026, 04:09 PM

Okay, so I have now had problems with four Kobo US price-matches. I haven't even gotten the "we'll pick up your ticket soon" email for any of them.

I have sent an email directly to Kobo help, after the first three, which were in pretty quick succession, and they came back and suggested trying a different browser. Which I did a couple of days later, when I had a price-match I wanted. And that one also never even got the "ticket soon" email.

So I've now emailed back and told them that the different browser thing didn't work, and waiting for a response.

And I've had the same thing happen with one price-match for my alternate Kobo UK account, but haven't started trying to address that singleton yet.

Has anyone else had this issue - not with a rejection of the request, but with the submissions apparently not even getting submitted?

pdurrant · 05-06-2026, 02:56 AM

Not so far. I have had the email asking for confirmation every time recently.

I've also had to start downloading with Chrome, because their server apparently doesn't like the http headers sent with Safari!

salty-horse · 05-06-2026, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I've also had to start downloading with Chrome, because their server apparently doesn't like the http headers sent with Safari!

Discussed here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=371492

IIRC I cleared my cookies and it never happened again.

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04-08-2026, 06:09 AM	#46
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,603 Karma: 320245568 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I've still been price-matching successfully in the UK. Biggest recent one was £7.10 refund on a £7.99 purchase on 4th April.

04-08-2026, 11:06 AM	#47
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,603 Karma: 320245568 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	And just today I also get an email asking me to confirm my email address before a price match request can go through. In some ways, this is a good thing. Companies should check that they're not being used to bombard some poor soul with emails they never signed up for. OTOH, I'm a pretty regular Kobo customer who's done lots of price matches in the past. I'm not too concerned about it yet.

04-08-2026, 03:40 PM	#49
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 51,984 Karma: 180003020 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	For what it may be worth, I priced matched a book last Thursday. Since it was a short term price drop, I took a screenshot of the price on Amazon and Kobo and offered to make it available if needed. The $5.49 Cdn refund landed in my Kobo account on Tuesday which considering that for most Canadians, it was a 4 day weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday, was fast service. There was no request to confirm my email address.

04-08-2026, 08:02 PM	#51
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,886 Karma: 17565272 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	It sounds like you have to click a verification link that gets sent to your e-mail address. That's the way it usually works.

04-09-2026, 12:52 AM	#52
salty-horse Wizard Posts: 2,543 Karma: 24350082 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	It was a regular verification email with a link to click. We update if it asks me every time I fill the form, or if it remembers me.

04-09-2026, 04:15 AM	#53
salty-horse Wizard Posts: 2,543 Karma: 24350082 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	They're asking for verification each time.

05-05-2026, 04:09 PM	#54
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,352 Karma: 68235384 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	Okay, so I have now had problems with four Kobo US price-matches. I haven't even gotten the "we'll pick up your ticket soon" email for any of them. I have sent an email directly to Kobo help, after the first three, which were in pretty quick succession, and they came back and suggested trying a different browser. Which I did a couple of days later, when I had a price-match I wanted. And that one also never even got the "ticket soon" email. So I've now emailed back and told them that the different browser thing didn't work, and waiting for a response. And I've had the same thing happen with one price-match for my alternate Kobo UK account, but haven't started trying to address that singleton yet. Has anyone else had this issue - not with a rejection of the request, but with the submissions apparently not even getting submitted?

05-06-2026, 02:56 AM	#55
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,603 Karma: 320245568 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Not so far. I have had the email asking for confirmation every time recently. I've also had to start downloading with Chrome, because their server apparently doesn't like the http headers sent with Safari!