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post Nov 3 2022, 09:37 PM

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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 08:46 PM)
Not sure lol this is my first time buying from here.
It says Available. Takes around 23-28 business days. https://www.bookdepository.com/Mythographic...75638615&sr=1-2
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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 09:02 PM)
Does all books on BD already available at their warehouse like Kinokuniya or do they need to ship from US if the book publisher was from US?

I have no idea how BD operated.
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If it's in stock they have it in their warehouse in UK. I've bought books that may have been published in different countries and it made no diff

But oh yeah forgot to mention. The use regular mail. So no tracking option. So it's just wait and hope. But like most guys here mentioned, they will pull thru

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post Nov 3 2022, 09:40 PM

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QUOTE(blanket84 @ Nov 3 2022, 09:27 PM)
I always buy from them whenever the price is right.

Fastest was around 2 weeks, slowest around 6 weeks. If they ship the wrong book, they would ask you to just keep the book (probably only for cheap ones) and send you the correct copy.

The most important thing is, shipping is free thumbup.gif
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I actually don't mind paying abit more to expedite my shipping actually. Some titles they carry cant find locally or in Singapore. But I heard they have another fulfilment centre in Australia now so maybe things might be faster for us in MY
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post Nov 3 2022, 09:47 PM

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Just got mine last week. It takes about 1 month
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post Nov 3 2022, 09:59 PM

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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 09:02 PM)
Does all books on BD already available at their warehouse like Kinokuniya or do they need to ship from US if the book publisher was from US?

I have no idea how BD operated.
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I don't know how they operate but I think there is some sort of warehouse+fulfillment centre because all my orders are shipped from the UK despite the publisher being from other country. Plus, there are some books listed as "Unavailable" on their website so it seems they do operate in a way where they will keep their stock somewhere.

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post Nov 3 2022, 10:44 PM

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QUOTE(blanket84 @ Nov 3 2022, 09:30 PM)
Now they have promo. SINGLE10 until 14th Nov.
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Thanks but many coupon codes can't be used they're applicable to bestsellers or specific books only.
I think mine is the best price already since many other shops asking for at least RM90+.
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post Nov 3 2022, 10:45 PM

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QUOTE(9m2w @ Nov 3 2022, 09:37 PM)
If it's in stock they have it in their warehouse in UK. I've bought books that may have been published in different countries and it made no diff

But oh yeah forgot to mention. The use regular mail. So no tracking option. So it's just wait and hope. But like most guys here mentioned, they will pull thru
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Thanks for the info. 👍
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post Nov 3 2022, 10:56 PM

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1-2 months. Sometimes the books might arrive earlier and stay at pos office.

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post Nov 3 2022, 10:57 PM

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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 10:44 PM)
Thanks but many coupon codes can't be used they're applicable to bestsellers or specific books only.
I think mine is the best price already since many other shops asking for at least RM90+.
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Normally for generic discount they would have mastercard or visa 5% discount. But I don’t know if now that code is still valid or not.
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post Nov 3 2022, 11:28 PM

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It took like a month for my last Harry Potter book to get here from the UK. It was alright except they removed the plastic so the book came naked in their cardboard case which is kinda eh since I just bought it for my personal collection since all my original hardcovers went missing or just broke in half (literally) from too much reading.
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post Nov 4 2022, 12:06 AM

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Long enough for you to forget that you bought a book from them lol.

But hey everyone loves receiving surprise packages lol
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post Nov 4 2022, 01:08 AM

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took mine 2 month.. in 2017.
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post Nov 4 2022, 03:54 AM

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If your ordered from Book Depository, you need to be really patient. Mine arrived within 3 weeks-1 month

The price is just slightly cheaper. But depends on the genre of the book. Sometimes i dont feel worth waiting so long so i rather buy the book directly at bookstore

This post has been edited by xpole: Nov 4 2022, 03:57 AM
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post Nov 4 2022, 08:15 AM

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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 07:58 PM)
If buy from US publishers will delivery take around 2-3 weeks as well? There's no UK publisher for the book I want.
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I don't know about the shipping duration from the US. My guess is they source books from US publishers and ship them from the UK.
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post Nov 4 2022, 08:45 AM

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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 08:49 PM)
Oh no. The dimensions of the book I want is 249 x 249 x 12.7mm. I don't think it will fit inside my mailbox.
If the postman just throw it into the house gate that will be better.
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stay in condo bestest for this

we have mail room.

landed property, post man just simply dump anywhere.

I think wrapper is rain proof and well protected ?
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post Nov 4 2022, 08:49 AM

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QUOTE(leftycall9 @ Nov 3 2022, 07:13 PM)
Anyone here have bought books from Book Depository this year?
How long does it take before it reached you?

Currently I'm eyeing on one copy with 24% discount on it. Price at Kinokuniya way too high for my liking BD has the best offer. But I have never bought anything from there.

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But quite a number of books from Book Depository especially those rare ones that you could not source locally (physical shop and online store).

Yeah...need to wait for quite long...perhaps 2 weeks-1 month.

But all the books will arrive.
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post Nov 4 2022, 09:01 AM

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bought this year, 1 month+, reason being the books are not available in kino or local book store

if few bucks different, i would rather get it from existing book stores
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post Nov 4 2022, 01:19 PM

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QUOTE(tekkaus @ Nov 4 2022, 08:49 AM)
But quite a number of books from Book Depository especially those rare ones that you could not source locally (physical shop and online store).

Yeah...need to wait for quite long...perhaps 2 weeks-1 month.

But all the books will arrive.
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Damn it the price just dropped again today to RM63.16 which is around RM31.74 difference with Kinokuniya price.

It's very tempting to buy now.
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post Nov 4 2022, 01:28 PM

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QUOTE(xpole @ Nov 4 2022, 03:54 AM)
If your ordered from Book Depository, you need to be really patient. Mine arrived within 3 weeks-1 month

The price is just slightly cheaper. But depends on the genre of the book. Sometimes i dont feel worth waiting so long so i rather buy the book directly at bookstore
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My last month purchase from Kinokuniya was nearly 4 weeks as well. They had to back order the book I wanted from Japan it's very rare old title most online shops in the world all Out of stock.

This one is newly release last May but I noticed all books by the same author sold here at least RM90+ excluding shipping. Crazy expensive. shakehead.gif

Today the price dropped down again it's very tempting to get it.
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post Nov 4 2022, 02:45 PM

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If you're lucky - few weeks. But on average more like 6 - 8 weeks, especially these days. Contact them after 3 months if still no sign, but you'll eventually get it one.

You'll remember when they send you email asking if you received the thing or not lol
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post Nov 4 2022, 02:47 PM

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QUOTE(synical @ Nov 4 2022, 02:45 PM)
If you're lucky - few weeks. But on average more like 6 - 8 weeks, especially these days. Contact them after 3 months if still no sign, but you'll eventually get it one.

You'll remember when they send you email asking if you received the thing or not lol
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Oh they will send following up email? That's good.

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