Tesco World Book Day books

littleredhen

apologies if this has already been posted but i have just been into my local Tesco to pick up some books with my World Book day voucher and they were on bogof - basically i got 8 books for 4 vouchers - albeit they didn't have the whole selection but i was very pleased - these are the ones advertised at £1 each by the way and have 2 books in one but good value nevertheless

trynsave

littleredhen wrote: »

apologies if this has already been posted but i have just been into my local Tesco to pick up some books with my World Book day voucher and they were on bogof - basically i got 8 books for 4 vouchers - albeit they didn't have the whole selection but i was very pleased - these are the ones advertised at £1 each by the way and have 2 books in one but good value nevertheless

I know it isn't down to the OP to decide what Tesco puts on BOGOF, but I think to put these BookDay books on is just plain mean!

There are only 6 titles to choose from and the small stock that most retailers get disappears really quickly. Many people don't even get the opportunity to get 1 free book before all the stock has gone, especially as not all schools are prompt getting them out.

http://www.worldbookday.com/one_pound_books.asp

In my opinion it is a little bit like stealing from children - probably just so Tesco can clear them out asap. Yes, I know that the vouchers can be redeemed on other titles over £2.99, but that is not really as good as a freebie is it, especially when like me you have more than one child who are all expecting to come away with a new book!

For the OP to come away with 8 titles when not all of the six available were even in stock means that a degree of duplication must have occurred. Was that really necessary?

littleredhen

funnily enough Tesco had them for the whole month after World Book day last year so i would hope that this year they are trying to shift them a bit sooner but not before you get what you want:)

littleredhen

sorry i should have said that the reason i came away with 8 books was that i work in a school and we had 10 vouchers left over as they come in packs - the teacher asked me to get a couple of extra copies of each title available for our library - i work in a very small school where the children are unlikely to use the book vouchers given to them sadly but if the books are in our library they will read them - i was not getting them to be greedy or for my use:o

gghh

My son's school hasn't even given out any vouchers and World Book Day was yesterday!!! I guess we'll be missing out on these special books too as they'll all be gone by the time we get our voucher!

littleredhen

i would ask the school if they have any - funnily enough my own kids school have not given them out either and as i said i have not used the vouchers for my own use but for the benefit of my school - my own kids arn't too happy

sezzie24

I got given a voucher at my baby club. It says it's worth 1.50 Euros though which I thought was a bit odd. Do you think I can still use it?

jetty

WHSmih were also selling these books for anyone who can't find them in Tesco, they had a bigger selection too! (altho they weren't BOGOF there!)

mishkanorman

littleredhen wrote: »

sorry i should have said that the reason i came away with 8 books was that i work in a school and we had 10 vouchers left over as they come in packs - the teacher asked me to get a couple of extra copies of each title available for our library - i work in a very small school where the children are unlikely to use the book vouchers given to them sadly but if the books are in our library they will read them - i was not getting them to be greedy or for my use:o

dont apologise, no one here has to justify what they buy and why,

trynsave, was it really necessary to question someone who shared a deal with others here ? its not as if they cleared the shelves, i have 2 kids who like to have the same things so i would purchase duplicates !

if your kids want more books to read at no cost why not try the library
:money:

madderrose

I can't help but think it's a real shame that Tesco feel the need to do this. (Not having a go at the OP at all btw, thanks for post). The World Book Day vouchers provide a great opportunity for parents to get their children into a book shop, at no extra cost to themselves, but promotions like this at Tesco (who obviously won't be content until they rule the world!) - just seem particularly greedy and mean-spirited.

We'll be going out of our way today to go to a proper book shop, have a browse and spend the vouchers.

My kids got their vouchers yesterday and also came home with a brochure from the Puffin Book club which the school do for fundraising. You can put your vouchers towards their books (don't think they had stock of the £1 books, though) - I guess that's a good option for people who don't necessarily have a high street bookshop nearby, and is a bit better IMO than buying from Tescos.

Victoria_Meldrew

No need to worry about getting these £1 books, whether they are free or not. Much better to invest in your child's future and take them to the local library. It's also free and they have access to a world of books, most much better than the ones they dish out for World Book Day.