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Seeking an alternative to Amazon.co.uk

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  • Ganapata
    Ganapata Posts: 51 Forumite
    JAG wrote: »
    www.find-book.co.uk

    Yep, I should have guessed really, thanks
  • Ganapata
    Ganapata Posts: 51 Forumite
    rileyzara wrote: »
    You can try E-Bay UK.

    Yes, as I said, I want a proper registered merchant where I could buy a lot of stuff, merchants on EBAY (whether it is EBay France, Uk, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc) are often more expensive due to the Commission they have to pay to Ebay and Paypal
  • Ganapata
    Ganapata Posts: 51 Forumite
    cdam wrote: »
    For books I use the "book depository" for people outside of the UK as they have free world-wide delivery and are very reliable.

    http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/

    Thanks, I might just try this. Do you know if packages are ok. With Amazon, most of the time, my books arrive damaged due to the poor packaging.

    Do you know how the bookdepository handle claims in this kind of situation should it arrise?
  • Haffiana
    Haffiana Posts: 733 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    The Book Depository are actually a part of Amazon. Since I have never received a damaged book from either of them, I suggest you order one and see what happens.
  • blue-orchid
    blue-orchid Posts: 57 Forumite
    https://www.dvd.co.uk

    will deliver to france
    You can always earn more money, but you can never buy more time
  • Ganapata
    Ganapata Posts: 51 Forumite
    blue-orchid wrote: »
    www.dvd.co.uk

    will deliver to france

    Yes they will, but they are incredibly expensive. So I'll pass, but thanks
  • Ganapata
    Ganapata Posts: 51 Forumite
    Haffiana wrote: »
    The Book Depository are actually a part of Amazon.

    I doubt this very much. If this was the case they will not registred in the UK but in Luxemburg.

    Haffiana wrote: »
    Since I have never received a damaged book from either of them, I suggest you order one and see what happens.
    Lucky you if you never had a book damaged by the poor packaging of Amazon, I cannot say the same thing. However I hope the book depository takes more caution about this. We'll see anyway.
  • Locky
    Locky Posts: 1,019 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 10 January 2013 at 10:33PM
    Do any of these comparison sites have companies that could be useful?

    http://www.gamecrawler.co.uk/
    http://www.bluraycrawler.co.uk/
    http://www.dvdcrawler.co.uk/
    http://www.bookcrawler.co.uk/

    BlahDVD ship to France: http://www.blahdvd.com/
    I didn't know they were still going! Not sure how cheap they are though.
  • Haffiana
    Haffiana Posts: 733 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ganapata wrote: »
    I doubt this very much. If this was the case they will not registred in the UK but in Luxemburg.



    It is clearly listed at the bottom on the home page of every Amazon in every language and country. But you strike me as the sort of person who will find objections to all suggestions. Why don't you try to find an alternative to Amazon and come back and tell us?
  • Ganapata
    Ganapata Posts: 51 Forumite
    Haffiana wrote: »
    It is clearly listed at the bottom on the home page of every Amazon in every language and country.
    Yes, you are right, this is very strange however !!!


    Haffiana wrote: »
    But you strike me as the sort of person who will find objections to all suggestions.
    No, not really, please read my first post, I explain clearly what I am looking for, so obviously when suggestions are different to what I am seeking, I state it.
    Haffiana wrote: »
    Why don't you try to find an alternative to Amazon and come back and tell us?
    Really? Why would I have created a post in the first place then?
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