Sainsbury's ebook store bites the dust

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by anonymoose

Josie you might want to see if that £5 is still valid... Kobo has MM Romance.

I've not had the email, but even if I had I doubt the £5 credit would transfer.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by auspex

LOL. I have been eyeing the Aura H2O... Hard to justify when my Sony just won't die, though, even though its software is shit.

Actually, it's very easy to justify. Bigger screen, better contrast, front light, faster, and more enjoyable to read. So just go for it and don't look back.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by anonymoose

Josie you might want to see if that £5 is still valid... Kobo has MM Romance.

I don't think we want Kobo to sell monkey monkey romance novels.

[Josieb1]

I found out today that Sainsburys now does sell some MM Romance but the £5 code they gave to new customers no longer works

[soulfuldog]

That's a shame, I always found them to be more competitive on price than Kobo. After BooksOnBoard went defunct, they were my 'other' option on the very odd occasion Amazon weren't the cheapest.

[DrNefario]

I liked having an alternative to Kobo for regular EPUBs. (I've never managed to figure out how to buy anything from Google, and I think they occasionally do weird things with the books?)

To be fair, though, I think I've bought about £9 worth of books from Sainsburys and £7 of that was free credit, so I'm probably not helping.

The big advantage to me was that I do my regular food shopping at a Sainsburys supermarket anyway, so I could accumulate the Nectar points to buy books. It looks like I might just get 1 book out of it.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Man, this was the only reason I signed up for a nectar card, and I'm a little short of being able to afford the book I want. I'm not sure I'll quite have the points by the end of the month, either. That's annoying.

At least you can use the point elsewhere, so they're not lost.

[DrNefario]

Originally Posted by HarryT

At least you can use the point elsewhere, so they're not lost.

I can afford a cheaper book. I was hoping to stretch to £5.99, since I'm not generally willing to pay that if it involves actual money. I currently have £5.70, I think, which means I need another £58 worth of spending before the end of the month. My weekly shop tends to come in at about £12. Maybe I'll throw in a few gift cards this week.

Honestly I haven't looked into any other means of using the points.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Honestly I haven't looked into any other means of using the points.

If nothing else you can use them (in units of £2.50) to get money off your food shopping at Sainbury's.

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by soulfuldog

That's a shame, I always found them to be more competitive on price than Kobo. After BooksOnBoard went defunct, they were my 'other' option on the very odd occasion Amazon weren't the cheapest.

Kobo price matches, I've not had occasion to test it, but others have reported it's fairly painless process. It does mean you'd probably have to delay buying the book right away though.

[chrisridd]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

Kobo price matches, I've not had occasion to test it, but others have reported it's fairly painless process. It does mean you'd probably have to delay buying the book right away though.

I've done it a few times, and the hardest part is finding the link (only on the homepage, just above the dark footer. In a disused toilet with "beware of the leopard" written on it, etc) But once you find it it all works very well.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

I've done it a few times, and the hardest part is finding the link (only on the homepage, just above the dark footer. In a disused toilet with "beware of the leopard" written on it, etc) But once you find it it all works very well.

Do not click the spoiler if you are scared of spiders.

Spoiler:

Never saw any leopards in a toilet but I did once find a park toilet (outhouse) that was covered in granddaddy long legs. Note, they moved off the seat and from in front of the seat if the person was brave enough to pee in there. Not once did any of them touch the human.

[chrisridd]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Do not click the spoiler if you are scared of spiders.

Spoiler:

Never saw any leopards in a toilet but I did once find a park toilet (outhouse) that was covered in granddaddy long legs. Note, they moved off the seat and from in front of the seat if the person was brave enough to pee in there. Not once did any of them touch the human.

The leopards thing is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4070...y-i-eventually

Spoiler:

Daddy long legs

aren't too scary, are they?

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

The leopards thing is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4070...y-i-eventually

Spoiler:

Daddy long legs

aren't too scary, are they?

Spoiler:

Not if you really have to pee. They were literally covering every square inch except for where the person was. They took that spot back over as soon as I left. They were on the walls, floor, ceiling and any other surface they could find. I wish I had a camera then. A picture would have been nice.

[sufue]

Leopards aside, the Kobo price match link is pretty hard to find, as chrisridd mentions, but I've done it several times also, and the process has worked as claimed for me. You buy the book from Kobo first (no need to wait), and then click to the price match form, where you have to provide them with your Kobo order number and the URL of the site with the lower price. They credit your account with the difference, plus 10% of the competitor's price, which seemed sort of odd...I think these sort of guarantees usually refund the difference plus some percentage of the difference, not the difference plus some percentage of the competitor's price. But that really is the calculation they used on each of mine.

It's also important to note that the price match does not generate a refund, but rather a Kobo credit.

Of course, the good thing (don't have to wait to buy) is also the bad thing (if something goes wrong, they already have your money for the higher price), but so far it has worked exactly as promised for me. And, although I've assiduously saved screenshots of the lower prices, I've not ever had to use them.

Originally Posted by chrisridd

I've done it a few times, and the hardest part is finding the link (only on the homepage, just above the dark footer. In a disused toilet with "beware of the leopard" written on it, etc) But once you find it it all works very well.