Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion - Page 1112

Blue2u · 10-17-2018, 03:45 PM

I'm done with my Kobo accounts, every time I get a code it doesn't work, and most of the time the book is already higher priced at Kobo than Amazon anyways. IMO it's just not worth my time having an account with them anymore.

Anyways, over the years I've saved the codes my family has gotten and tried to use them, periodically one will work, but not worth my time anymore as I've said. If anybody cares to try them, here they are; [good luck]

90%
2GQZDM
2E7A8L
X3Y5XU
VB7JTB
682LMN
J6BNPA
3VJNW9
ZFEWP5
5MXE3B
D4Y7XY
LP2K45
MRWF8A
59SLXU
CF3755
U4Q4PF
Q76MFW
B6C6DP
8CBQGE
MZM5JB
98HX3X
BS4CEM
UQJL4F
8JY5GL
VFBND3
AE68EW
8AUGUD
9M3N76
SUXU48
LA5RNW
WC4EP9
96SKYD
2GASA7
G2PQ5N
L6EDNZ
S8ANUM
LBSGJG
XALT79
FZYS2K
NCEPP9
24AV9Z

50%
X6M4UK
6Y59HD
3SUV9A
M2DS6Z
ZW88GB
6UA7S6
DRWVTQ
9XUS5J
B22Z6S
KEGL9W
ARXEQL
UFJTH3
GVAJWS
LK6QCD
XKYC2B
XNFR84
UL7NQ6
HFX3J5
X2L4DR
CX9Z35
962LFB
FUHTPV

jimars · 10-18-2018, 08:37 AM

I tried a bunch of these -- none of them worked for me.

Purple Lady · 10-21-2018, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orangekiwi

So I just recieved an email from kobo saying they have topped up my kobosuperpoints to 4000 points. (the extra bonus points will expire on August 22 or 24 (not quite sure which as the main text of the mail and the details at the bottom have different dates)).
Anyway others may want to check their accounts and see if they got it too, and spend it before it expires :-)
It seems they want you to buy a VIP membership but you can also use it for books

I just got an email this morning saying they topped my super points to 2400. It gave me a link to free ebooks I could get, but one of the first books was $11.51. You can't get that with 2400 points. When I logged in it shows that I only have 1291 points. Can Kobo do anything correctly?

Hemmi · 10-21-2018, 10:13 PM

I actually got a 25% off coupon in one of my emails last week that worked! First working coupon I've gotten from them in a year.

ExpatVietnam · 10-23-2018, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue2u

I'm done with my Kobo accounts, every time I get a code it doesn't work, and most of the time the book is already higher priced at Kobo than Amazon anyways. IMO it's just not worth my time having an account with them anymore.

Anyways, over the years I've saved the codes my family has gotten and tried to use them, periodically one will work, but not worth my time anymore as I've said. If anybody cares to try them, here they are; [good luck]

90%
2GQZDM
...

50%
X6M4UK

I used the SUXU48 code just now and got 90% off a 32.99 book -- so even the 0.99 ending didn't preclude its use.

THANKS! It's a book I've wanted for a long time, just not for $33.

ppowell002 · 11-02-2018, 10:35 AM

This one worked for me. Thanks
LK6QCD

KjellM · 11-02-2018, 08:19 PM

This one worked for me - HFX3J5
Thanks

issybird · 11-06-2018, 08:04 AM

A HarperCollins book from my wishlist is currently $1.99 at Amazon, but I'd rather buy at Kobo. Search on author; the book's $1.99. Click on description; the book's $1.99. I've had problems with the "Buy Now" button at Kobo, so I add it to my cart. A good thing, because once in my cart, the book is $9.49. No matter how many times I repeat the steps, so it remains.

It's not worth the risk of buying it in my cart and hoping to be charged the "real" price nor the nuisance of contacting Kobo CS. I figure I'll try again later and ultimately will buy from Amazon if things don't right themselves, but buying a book shouldn't be this much trouble.

I don't love Amazon which certainly hasn't always done right by me, but at least I know that any issue with an ebook price can be undone immediately by returning a book.

bgalbrecht · 11-06-2018, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

A HarperCollins book from my wishlist is currently $1.99 at Amazon, but I'd rather buy at Kobo. Search on author; the book's $1.99. Click on description; the book's $1.99. I've had problems with the "Buy Now" button at Kobo, so I add it to my cart. A good thing, because once in my cart, the book is $9.49. No matter how many times I repeat the steps, so it remains.

It's not worth the risk of buying it in my cart and hoping to be charged the "real" price nor the nuisance of contacting Kobo CS. I figure I'll try again later and ultimately will buy from Amazon if things don't right themselves, but buying a book shouldn't be this much trouble.

I don't love Amazon which certainly hasn't always done right by me, but at least I know that any issue with an ebook price can be undone immediately by returning a book.

That's up to you. If you don't have a problem with store credit (and I don't because I'm an ebook hoarder who buys too much anyway), it takes a minute to fill out the Kobo price match request, and take a screen print of the Amazon price. In a day or two, you'll get an email from Kobo Customer Service, and they'll credit you with store credit so that your effective cost was $1.79 plus local taxes on $1.79. Sure, I get it, if you're someone who buys 1 ebook a year, you're not going to want $8 in store credit sitting around forever, or if Amazon puts a boatload of books on sale for a day, and you would end up with $60 in store credit for $5 of books at Amazon. But, if you're someone who buys at least a couple books from Kobo a month, it's really no big deal to price match once in a while.

Cootey · 11-06-2018, 05:42 PM

3SUV9A Worked for me. 50% off. Thanks!

Here’s the thing about Kobo discounts. First of all, Kobo’s business model is different than Amazon’s. Amazon gives things away to lure people in. They make up for it by hiking the prices on other things. Secondly, Kobo’s discounts are almost never global. They are trapped by agency pricing. The codes work for certain books from certain publishers for certain periods of time. This is clear in the emails the codes arrive in, complete with link to the select books on sale, but gets confusing when the codes are shared in forums like this. Thirdly, all of this is annoying, especially the price discrepancies, but Kobo has limited clout to dictate prices. I’ll pay an extra buck or two to buy from Kobo for the convenience of ordering straight off my Kobo. If you strip DRM, however, it makes more sense to buy where the prices are lowest.

ottdmk · 11-21-2018, 11:47 AM

Kobo Canada is offering a very limited selection of books @ $4.99 for today only. Of more interest in these parts I'm sure is the promo code VIP5 that will give 50% off VIP membership for a year.

library addict · 11-22-2018, 12:15 AM

The VIP5 code worked for me in the US as well. So I was able to "renew" my membership (which I let lapse on Oct 16). So thanks!

lkmiller · 11-22-2018, 12:02 PM

Thanks. I got the membership discount too. I let it lapse and was going to wait until I had the points to renew. Too bad they don't let you pay in points with the half off code.

ottdmk · 12-07-2018, 09:20 PM

So, Kobo Canada is having a VIP sale. 25% off with the code VIP25.

Thing is, this sale is bigger than anything I've seen from Kobo in a long, long time. I've only looked at the "Otherworldly Sci-Fi and Fantasy" list... but that list is 99 pages long!

Also, the sale is on a lot of Agency books. If you want to top up your Stephen King or Raymond E. Feist collection, this would appear to be the sale for you!

sufue · 12-13-2018, 08:25 AM

If you use Ebates when you buy from Kobo, Ebates is showing a special of 12% cash back when shopping at Kobo, for today (13 Dec) only.

No link or anything - it just pops up (for me, at least, YMMV) when I open the Kobo site.

11-02-2018, 08:19 PM	#16672
KjellM Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 155580 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: Kobo, Glo HD, Aura ONE	Worked For Me This one worked for me - HFX3J5 Thanks

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10-17-2018, 03:45 PM	#16666
Blue2u Wizard Posts: 1,964 Karma: 5700925 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I'm done with my Kobo accounts, every time I get a code it doesn't work, and most of the time the book is already higher priced at Kobo than Amazon anyways. IMO it's just not worth my time having an account with them anymore. Anyways, over the years I've saved the codes my family has gotten and tried to use them, periodically one will work, but not worth my time anymore as I've said. If anybody cares to try them, here they are; [good luck] 90% 2GQZDM 2E7A8L X3Y5XU VB7JTB 682LMN J6BNPA 3VJNW9 ZFEWP5 5MXE3B D4Y7XY LP2K45 MRWF8A 59SLXU CF3755 U4Q4PF Q76MFW B6C6DP 8CBQGE MZM5JB 98HX3X BS4CEM UQJL4F 8JY5GL VFBND3 AE68EW 8AUGUD 9M3N76 SUXU48 LA5RNW WC4EP9 96SKYD 2GASA7 G2PQ5N L6EDNZ S8ANUM LBSGJG XALT79 FZYS2K NCEPP9 24AV9Z 50% X6M4UK 6Y59HD 3SUV9A M2DS6Z ZW88GB 6UA7S6 DRWVTQ 9XUS5J B22Z6S KEGL9W ARXEQL UFJTH3 GVAJWS LK6QCD XKYC2B XNFR84 UL7NQ6 HFX3J5 X2L4DR CX9Z35 962LFB FUHTPV

10-18-2018, 08:37 AM	#16667
jimars Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 3040238 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: iPad, Thinkpad	I tried a bunch of these -- none of them worked for me.

10-21-2018, 10:13 PM	#16669
Hemmi Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,349 Karma: 15987608 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Sonys, Nooks, Kobo Libra, Forma, Mini, Paperwhite	I actually got a 25% off coupon in one of my emails last week that worked! First working coupon I've gotten from them in a year.

11-02-2018, 10:35 AM	#16671
ppowell002 Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 1422 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Toronto Device: kobo glo hd	This one worked for me. Thanks LK6QCD

11-06-2018, 08:04 AM	#16673
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,209 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	A HarperCollins book from my wishlist is currently $1.99 at Amazon, but I'd rather buy at Kobo. Search on author; the book's $1.99. Click on description; the book's $1.99. I've had problems with the "Buy Now" button at Kobo, so I add it to my cart. A good thing, because once in my cart, the book is $9.49. No matter how many times I repeat the steps, so it remains. It's not worth the risk of buying it in my cart and hoping to be charged the "real" price nor the nuisance of contacting Kobo CS. I figure I'll try again later and ultimately will buy from Amazon if things don't right themselves, but buying a book shouldn't be this much trouble. I don't love Amazon which certainly hasn't always done right by me, but at least I know that any issue with an ebook price can be undone immediately by returning a book.

11-06-2018, 05:42 PM	#16675
Cootey Absentminded Reader Posts: 1,100 Karma: 6463851 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: Kobo Mini, Clara HD, Elipsa; Kindle Paperwhite 3 & 4; iOS eReader apps	3SUV9A Worked for me. 50% off. Thanks! Here’s the thing about Kobo discounts. First of all, Kobo’s business model is different than Amazon’s. Amazon gives things away to lure people in. They make up for it by hiking the prices on other things. Secondly, Kobo’s discounts are almost never global. They are trapped by agency pricing. The codes work for certain books from certain publishers for certain periods of time. This is clear in the emails the codes arrive in, complete with link to the select books on sale, but gets confusing when the codes are shared in forums like this. Thirdly, all of this is annoying, especially the price discrepancies, but Kobo has limited clout to dictate prices. I’ll pay an extra buck or two to buy from Kobo for the convenience of ordering straight off my Kobo. If you strip DRM, however, it makes more sense to buy where the prices are lowest.

11-21-2018, 11:47 AM	#16676
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 3765734 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M8 HD	Kobo Canada is offering a very limited selection of books @ $4.99 for today only. Of more interest in these parts I'm sure is the promo code VIP5 that will give 50% off VIP membership for a year.

11-22-2018, 12:15 AM	#16677
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,878 Karma: 35535698 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	The VIP5 code worked for me in the US as well. So I was able to "renew" my membership (which I let lapse on Oct 16). So thanks!

11-22-2018, 12:02 PM	#16678
lkmiller Laura Posts: 1,300 Karma: 22770070 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Elipsa, Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8", Kindle Oasis 2	Thanks. I got the membership discount too. I let it lapse and was going to wait until I had the points to renew. Too bad they don't let you pay in points with the half off code.

12-07-2018, 09:20 PM	#16679
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 3765734 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M8 HD	So, Kobo Canada is having a VIP sale. 25% off with the code VIP25. Thing is, this sale is bigger than anything I've seen from Kobo in a long, long time. I've only looked at the "Otherworldly Sci-Fi and Fantasy" list... but that list is 99 pages long! Also, the sale is on a lot of Agency books. If you want to top up your Stephen King or Raymond E. Feist collection, this would appear to be the sale for you!

12-13-2018, 08:25 AM	#16680
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 7,528 Karma: 52353822 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	If you use Ebates when you buy from Kobo, Ebates is showing a special of 12% cash back when shopping at Kobo, for today (13 Dec) only. No link or anything - it just pops up (for me, at least, YMMV) when I open the Kobo site.