Anyone bought books from Books Depository before?

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Yeah, bought a lot of books from there! Relatively cheap and also it's easy to use! Very convenient!
 

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How to know the status of the delivery? There is no tracking number and according to BD, the books are with my local postal office
 

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BD is my recommended choice for books. No problem with them so far. I ever cancelled an order via FB with refund immediately.
 

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Finally bought 3 books off BD! Got my books slightly beyond 2 weeks. Quite satisfied lah. No problems from when I start searching for the book to the time when I received it. And ya, cheaper than ebay and amazon (although the second hand ones are much cheaper) and I got use shopback for cashback.

Thanks for all your reviews. Really helped me. Gonna be using BD for all my book purchases... unless I feel like going to Kino hahahahahaah
 

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Finally bought 3 books off BD! Got my books slightly beyond 2 weeks. Quite satisfied lah. No problems from when I start searching for the book to the time when I received it. And ya, cheaper than ebay and amazon (although the second hand ones are much cheaper) and I got use shopback for cashback.

Thanks for all your reviews. Really helped me. Gonna be using BD for all my book purchases... unless I feel like going to Kino hahahahahaah

Hi, how did you receive your books? Was it by registered mail or normal postal mail?

I have yet to receive my books and there is no tracking number. I dont even know which postal service vendor they are using...
 

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Hi, how did you receive your books? Was it by registered mail or normal postal mail?

I have yet to receive my books and there is no tracking number. I dont even know which postal service vendor they are using...

Unless your book is super big,they usually can fit into your mailbox. And in sg,its usually delivered by singpost as a normal postal mail,not registered.
 

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Not a fan of BD if you want your books to be delivered to you soon!

Reason being it takes about a month for the books to be shipped to you.

Packages get lost quite frequently. :(
 

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Not a fan of BD if you want your books to be delivered to you soon!

Reason being it takes about a month for the books to be shipped to you.

Packages get lost quite frequently. :(

Yah but its free shipping after all. But so far all my books arrived and not get lost b4,how many times did u suffer through that?
 

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Once an order is placed, it takes 1-3 working days to process the order. Thereafter it will then be dispatched and will only reach your mailbox fastest 2 weeks later.

Also it seems the air mail is now processed by Asendia, located at Changi South.
 

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Hi, how did you receive your books? Was it by registered mail or normal postal mail?

I have yet to receive my books and there is no tracking number. I dont even know which postal service vendor they are using...

Ya, it was normal postal mail. I wasn't home when they delivered it so they sent me the card to retrieve it from singpost. Had to take bus 912 to take it from woodlands civic centre singpost.
 

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hi does anybody know how to ask singpost if they have any parcels for us due to wrong address cos when i check with bd they said my books with singpost
 

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hi does anybody know how to ask singpost if they have any parcels for us due to wrong address cos when i check with bd they said my books with singpost

Call Singpost. Do you have any reference or tracking number? Singpost will be able to tell you whether its still w them at their headquarter paya lebar or not.
You gave the wrong address to BD?
 

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Used it a couple of times with no issues. Shipping takes about 2 weeks but I'm fine with that because it's free!
 

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My first order of 4 books came 3 weeks later. Individual package and in good condition. I ordered another 10 more books (10% discount) and hopefully all will arrive safely.
 

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I ordered from them, they have super lots of offers too. bought my light novels from them instead of kino at a good price!
 

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Bought from them 3 times already.

First time, the package was lost so I consulted the CSO and they immediately sent a replacement. Overall, if you don't mind the waiting time, they are pretty decent. At least I don't have to forcefully rack up to $120 and order from Amazon.
 

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Buy from there regularly. Really more worth it. I compared prices for some fiction novels and it's cheaper from BD. Even with Popular card still more exp to buy here.
 
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