Fictionwise is having a sale

[FixB]

Arf, I missed the rebates : books appeared with 50% micropay in my wishlist, but when I was ready to check-out, they were back to normal
But it's strange : they still announce the rebates on their front page.

[Nate the great]

It's happening to me too. I hope they fix it in time for me to get the rebate.

[TheLongshot]

Originally Posted by gadgetguru

50% Micropay rebates on all ebooks at Fictionwise for credit card purchases, extended until 10AM EDT April 04, 2008, as per Fictiowise website.

That's nice of them, since I didn't get the E-Mail about that until 7PM yesterday and didn't get to my computer until after midnight.

Jason

[gadgetguru]

I emailed Fictionwise support. Hopefully, they will rectify this. I hope they will extend it further because of this boo-boo.

I got most of what i wanted, but went back in to buy a few more works from an author I discovered (from my purchases yesterday). But the 50% rebates are not there anymore, so I left them in my wishlist for another day. No hurry, if the promo didn't come back, I might get them from booksonboard.

[moz]

Originally Posted by -Thomas-

Have you heard of their library program LibWise?

Yeah, I was reading that. But it's MobiPocket only, and since I don't have a crack for that format it's worthless to me (Sony don't support the format).

[Lush]

Originally Posted by gadgetguru

I emailed Fictionwise support. Hopefully, they will rectify this. I hope they will extend it further because of this boo-boo.

I got most of what i wanted, but went back in to buy a few more works from an author I discovered (from my purchases yesterday). But the 50% rebates are not there anymore, so I left them in my wishlist for another day. No hurry, if the promo didn't come back, I might get them from booksonboard.

I also bought lots of books earlier in the week, but, when the sale was extended put another $50 worth in the cart.
I've also emailed support, & am desperately hoping the rebates reappear.
Unfortunately the closing time of 10AM in Eastern US is 2AM here in Australia.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to take advantage of the 5o% rebates even if they're reinsatated

[AdamGott]

Originally Posted by TheLongshot

That's nice of them, since I didn't get the E-Mail about that until 7PM yesterday and didn't get to my computer until after midnight.

Jason

Yeah, me too! I got the email late yesterday (april 3) saying that it WASN'T an April Fool's joke and that ALL books came with a 50% micropay rebate ending on April 2. I just chalked it off as an April fool's joke (which I am getting kind of sick of when it comes to 'reputable' internet sites).

I would have purchased a lot too!

[gadgetguru]

Under 20 minutes. Good thing I left those things in my cart.

As to these types of sales not being worthy of front page news, I beg to disagree. If the deal is good enough, then it's news. If it's run-of-the-mill, or the discounter implement it every month, then it's not.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by gadgetguru

Under 20 minutes. Good thing I left those things in my cart.

As to these types of sales not being worthy of front page news, I beg to disagree. If the deal is good enough, then it's news. If it's run-of-the-mill, or the discounter implement it every month, then it's not.

Our front page is also an RSS feed. It's seen by thousands of people. I am really not comfortable with giving retailers free advertising on MobileRead's front page. I only announced that the error had been fixed because I wanted to make sure that all the people who missed out could still get the ebooks they wanted.

I don't like advertising any sale at all. Discussing it, yes.

[gadgetguru]

It's a site policy issue. For a site like this, I do understand that it's almost like free advertising and since this site caters to all book sellers, it could reek of 'playing favorites.'

But as forumer, I feel that if it had been news, then a greater number of people could have benefited from a good deal. Not everyone reads posts in the forum everyday, but many do glance at RSS feeds or come to the site for news or updates.

It's a balancing act, and it's your call.

Sale at Fictionwise is now over, hope TheLongshot and all others who miss the deal yesterday was able to get in their purchases before it's gone. I will probably not buy new books using credit card for awhile. Had over $100 worth of Micropay rebates to spend. And all those books I bought would last me awhile too, I am not too prolific a reader.

[FixB]

The sale was lost on me : I wasn't online at the right time
Still, they did not answer my mail. I can only hope they'll do something for losers like me

[gadgetguru]

No reply to mine either.

[gadgetguru]

Fictionwise reply received. But won't satisfy those who declined to checkout because the total didn't display the 50% Micropay rebates. If you had bought books yesterday, they will credit your account with the appropriate credits. Wouldn't help FixB or others who noticed the problem and refuse to check out their purchases. Maybe they could nag Fictionwise further until they relent...

BTW, matching Fictionwise, Booksonboard had withdraw the 30% off across-the-board promotion as well.

[FixB]

Oh, well, too bad. Doesn't really matter : I still have lots of ebooks to read

[TheLongshot]

Originally Posted by gadgetguru

Sale at Fictionwise is now over, hope TheLongshot and all others who miss the deal yesterday was able to get in their purchases before it's gone. I will probably not buy new books using credit card for awhile. Had over $100 worth of Micropay rebates to spend. And all those books I bought would last me awhile too, I am not too prolific a reader.

Yeah, I got my books this morning. Between that and all the freebies that I have gotten, it should last me a while.

Jason