Just Good Books

Lured by the generous extra points from mypoints, I signed up for membership to Just Good Books. Odd though it may seem, I very rarely read books, as I have the attention span of a ... ........................................​........................................​.......................... where was I? Oh yes, goldfish. Nonetheless, I did feel the need of a few cookery books. They had a good selection and the prices seemed very reasonable. As always the 'Recommended Retail Price' that they had undercut so drastically was ridiculously high. I don't think I've seen these books anywhere for that ... more

I love books. I love getting them, reading them, and having them. I will even dust them … well, sometimes. I love a bargain too, so when Mypoints directed me into the Just Good Books site (www.justgoodbooks.co.uk) which advertises “75% off every book” I thought I’d found the equivalent of the everlasting bottle of whisky, and when I was offered 500 Mypoints for buying in I thought it was too good to be true. If things look too good to be true, they probably are, but there was this screen in front of me offering the latest P. D. James, “Death in Holy Orders” ... more

Just Good Books blatantly advertise that they beat anyone on the price of thousands of books and not just any old books, but the best books money can buy. After viewing such a statement it was only natural that I was pretty interested in finding out more. First you will need to become a member. This is free and you will be required to provide your full name, address and credit cards details. Just Good Books (I will refer to them as JGB) offer all the latest books including bestsellers, cookery, sporting, history, reference, home & garden and other ranges that one would expect from a book ... more

Just for books is a really crap service, to be quite blunt! Im a big fan of books so when I saw the offer 6 books for a fiver and get them delivered in time for Christmas. What a great idea I thought. Many of the books also had 75% off which I thought was a good deal for Christmas, I hadn’t seen any other book clubs do such as offer, so I went onto to click the hyperlink within the email to have a look at what was on offer. I was quite surprised at how many books there was on offer, many of them just being released in places such as Whsmiths, so I was more than happy with what I saw ... more

* * UPDATE 18/1/2002 * I managed to get through on their phone line after waiting for about ten minutes in a queue on an 0870 number. They were apologetic, sad that I wished to cancel my account , but managed to track down the rogue credit card debits which, amazingly were sorted out on my account today. I always though things like that took about a week. The trick it seems is to get through to them on the phone (if you can), even though it may cost you a fortune. I think I'm finally rid of them Mike ***************************** ********************************* I am writing this because I ... more