Book Outlet reply

Hello, my lovelies! Just a quick update on my Book Outlet/Fuzzy Nation rant from last week.  On Sunday I received a reply to the email I'd sent to Book Outlet regarding the condition of Fuzzy Nation in my Black Friday order.  Surprisingly, the response was quick and not at all antagonistic or combative.  They just wanted a pic of the damage and were then happy enough to refund the price of the book.  I would have liked the cost of shipping refunded as well (it's way more than the book was!), but I can't see that happening.

So I'll be about $4-5 richer in the coming days :-D - perhaps I'll buy a small Cookies 'n' Cream Chiller at Gloria Jeans with said refund to celebrate?

Until next time,

Book Outlet haul of disappointment

Well my lovelies, it looks like my final post for the year is a gripe.  Sorry bout that, but my Black Friday order finally arrived on the 29th December and I was so excited to open the box and put my new books up on my shelves.  That was until I examined my copy of Fuzzy Nation.  Now not only did the book have a weird call number sticker on the spine (which was a pain to get off!), but when I went to remove the dust jacket to have a look at the naked book cover it was stuck to the inner cover paper.  What the...?  Carefully I peeled back the dust jacket flap and found not only was this cover a replacement cover for the one that had obviously been ripped when removing it, but there was still glue in sections and the paper was torn.  So not happy!

The most annoying thing about it is that it wasn't only the front cover of the book that was affected.  No, same thing has happened on the back cover too!

Plus this big old hunk of glue that annoys me and I still have the problem of figuring out how to remove all this glue crap without damaging the cover.

Oh, and they also charged me a automatic amount for international shipping of $35 yet it only cost them $25 to send!

Not impressed Book Outlet!

Happy Holidays, and all the best for 2015.  I hope your final book hauls of 2014 ended better than mine did! 

Unitl next year,

 

My Big Fat (EPIC) September Book Haul

OMG!  I have spent soooo much money over the last month on books.  Really, I need help... mmm, perhaps some free ARC's would help {hint, hint ;-D}.  Anyway, my postie has been a regular visitor to my place and today she dropped off the last of my September orders.

New to the party is Booktopia, where I've had two recent orders thanks to no P&H specials {always a plus}.  They have a great range of books and some truly amazing bargains (The Demon King was only $3.35!).

Literary Lusts - Stella Hyde

Oscar Wilde Biography - Jeff Nunokawa/Amy Sickels

The Demon King - Cinda Williams Chima

Love Letters of Great Women - edited by Ursula Doyle

The Spellman Files - Lisa Lutz

  Another Book Depository order fulfilled

The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton {this has the most gorgeous cover}

Wickedly Dangerous - Deborah Blake

Copper Beach - Jayne Ann Krentz

Demon Child - Kylie Chan ---- still not published yet!!!!!!

Slightly Shady / Don't Look Back / Late for the Wedding - Amanda Quick

The Hot Zone - Jayne Castle

A Matter of Magic - Patricia C. Wrede

When Day Breaks - Maya Banks {for mum}

and today's mail brought me the items I'd been waiting for from Basement Books;

Unbreakable - Kami Garcia

Replica - Jenna Black

Wayfarer - C.E. Murphy

A Cook in Time - Joanne Pence

Vanished in the Night - Eileen Carr

The City's Son - Tom Pollock

 Then on the home front I went and raided all the shops that had even a hint of a book section...

Local discount chain store

different local discount chain store (4 for $10)

Big W (box set $30, others $12 ea)

local grocery store

local bookshop (3 for $14.95)

Big W bargain books $3.47 ea

And sadly this is still not all the books as I was given Dorothy Must Die by my mother.  

So much reading to do with the 20 plus other books I've bought locally (above pics) - I'm not even going to go into all the books I've bought from the local charity shops in September - and then there was the big Bookarama Booksale at the Town Hall where I bought about 45 books.  Then yesterday what did I do?... I went and ordered some books from Book Outlet.  Thankfully they were so cheap (for hardcovers) that I didn't mind paying the outrageous postage.  Luckily I managed to snag the last copy of Queen of Kings, as well as hardcovers of

First Grave on the Right / Second Grave on the Left / Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones

River of No Return - Bee Ridgway

Quiver - Holly Luhning {paperback only I'm sorry to say}

I'm so happy with the books that I've got heading my way, but as with all book addictions, as soon as my shopping cart was empty I was in there refilling it with books I'll get next time.  Why aren't books cheaper so I can afford to get the all? ;-D

In the meantime, I hope you've found something fabulous to put on your bookshelves and until next time,