Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

If you are paying by credit card then you should have 30-55 days to pay without incuring any interest cost, so if you plan to buy another ebook in that time you would have used your credit before the payment is due and so you won't have lost anything at all by accepting store credit instead of a lower initial price.

Even if you are paying with cash and didn't plan to buy another ebook for a whole year, the amount of interest you would lose by having the £1.14 refund sitting in your Kobo account as a credit instead of in your bank account earning (say) 3% interest would be about £0.03, much less than the £0.42 you saved by using the price match.

Geoff, I want to thank you for all the effort you put into your various posts where you calculate out the advantages/disadvantages of situations. Numeracy is not a strong point of mine, and your contributions have done so much of the ground work for me.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

I'm not that bothered, and I'd rather have the smaller payment than a kobo price match in store credit. Regardless of where I get it the book ends up in Calibre.

I understand.

I use Kobo gift cards so the credit just gets added back.

[Blue2u]

I realize the month isn't over, but this is the first time in ages [years!?] that Kobo hasn't had a contest. Generally they run once a month, usually ending at the end of the month, so this is a first I believe.

I guess we knew it would happen sooner or later. It just surprises me they're doing it now, I figured they would have ended it the end of 2015 and seeing as they had a contest in January, just assumed they'd continue the tradition.

Oh well. More Amazon buys for me then.

[Lynx-lynx]

Yeah, it's hard to tell whether kobo has ceased doing the Contests, or if it's a stuff up.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Fbone

I understand.

I use Kobo gift cards so the credit just gets added back.

I need to look into that, thanks for the prompt.

[Josieb1]

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[JudiL]

A couple of we missed you 50% off codes. Says they expire Feb 25 but maybe they will still work? LUGYHQ and 3NTHBT

Hope the work for someone

Originally Posted by GeoffR

then why not use Kobo's price match and get it for £3.02? No promo code needed.

If you value your time at £10 per hour then your break-even point is investing 6 minutes 50 seconds in applying for the price match.

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by shall1028

If you value your time at £10 per hour then your break-even point is investing 6 minutes 50 seconds in applying for the price match.

If I valued my time at £10 per hour then most books would cost me about £100 to read, and I probably wouldn't be concerned about paying a few pounds more or less for the ebook itself, let alone the few seconds it takes to fill out the price match form.

Edit: Sorry if that sounded a bit short, it is fair enough to consider the time needed to get a discount, convert the book format, fix the mistakes in the book, etc. But unless I've foregone earning money to spend that time (e.g. taken time off work to do it) then I'm not sure it makes sense to assign it a money value and count it as a loss.

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Chapter One

Please could someone give me an example of a VAT number for South Africa? I want to move there but it keeps telling me the VAT number format is wrong.

Its now been 11 weeks since I had a confirmation email from Venus Pun saying the Kobo I had won would be sent within 6-10 weeks. I've never heard anything else or received anything from them. I have emailed and messaged them on Facebook but have had no reply. Its fair to say I'm not very happy

Did you ever get it?

[Chapter One]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

Is there a way to avoid this 14% tax?



Did you ever get it?

Yes, but only after I complained publicly on their Facebook wall. Emails and private messages on Facebook got no response. So the key is to go public; that gets a response.

[tempest@de]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

I only read MM romance. Unless it's a contest the sales never have those books in them even though there are plenty of books in the genres they feature. I'm after one coming out on Monday, it's a thriller/mystery novel, costs £4.16 on Kobo or £3.44 on Amazon. Guess I'm getting it from Amazon.

Josie could you tell me what book it is? I like MM romances with suspense and mystery in them.

[Mura35]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

I realize the month isn't over, but this is the first time in ages [years!?] that Kobo hasn't had a contest. Generally they run once a month, usually ending at the end of the month, so this is a first I believe.

I guess we knew it would happen sooner or later. It just surprises me they're doing it now, I figured they would have ended it the end of 2015 and seeing as they had a contest in January, just assumed they'd continue the tradition.

Oh well. More Amazon buys for me then.

I just checked my library. I think the last contest was at the end of January. And then we got 50% off a few days later, Jan 31st. So it's really hard to complain. My average discount in Kobo contests is 35%, there are some stray 55%, but 60 and higher? I honestly have a better chance at bumping into Ben Affleck downtown Boston. I would rather they do another store wide sale.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by tempest@de

Josie could you tell me what book it is? I like MM romances with suspense and mystery in them.

The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon, more crime thriller than romance but I thought it was very good.

If you like Paranormal or historical I can recommend everything by KJ Charles. She is an amazing author.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Mura35

I just checked my library. I think the last contest was at the end of January. And then we got 50% off a few days later, Jan 31st. So it's really hard to complain. My average discount in Kobo contests is 35%, there are some stray 55%, but 60 and higher? I honestly have a better chance at bumping into Ben Affleck downtown Boston. I would rather they do another store wide sale.

We might get something for Easter.