bol.com

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Disadvantages: Read Opinion

...in as quickly as possible. Bol.com appeared to be the perfect candidate as I had a growing list of “ must read’s” from ciao opinions. The website at www.bol.com takes you to their international portal and requires you to click on the UK button. This brings you to the home page and I was very impressed by the speed the site operated at. At first glance it is similar to Amazon with the exception of the colour. The ubiquitous editors ...
...caught my eye, but one book on his list was also on mine. Bill Bryson’s “Down Under” which is now out in paperback, looked very attractive at £6.39. I decided to buy this along with another editor’s choice, Minette Walters “The Shape of Snakes”, at £4. The cost of delivery is £2.95 per order. This makes the ordering of books cheaper than Amazon if you buy more than 3 at a time. Having ordered the books, I expected ... Read review

Advantages: easy to navigate and earn I points for every £10 you spend
Disadvantages: delays in the preordering service

...shopping they caught my eye. Bol.com was one of these promising 50 I points for joining and a further 10 I points for every £10 spent on site. Well I had nothing to loose so I clicked on the bol.com symbol and it took me straight to the site. First I had to registar which was simplicity itself you just enter in your email address which you use for I points and a password. Takes about a few minutes and away I went. My first love is books and I ...
...Beware this is where Bol.com let me down big time. Everything I had previously ordered arrived a few days later with no misshapps and the order was always correct in everyway and I was a totally satisfied customer until I diecided to place Lucy Talk on preorder due to be released on the 6th of September. I had ordered a few other things at the same time which arrived a few days later and impeccably packaged and on the invoice it informed me that ... Read review

Advantages: BIG discounts on certain books
Disadvantages: Slowish delivery

...the top left side is bol.com and their blue and white logo. Next are the, for want of a better word, folder headings [Bestsellers at 60% off – Bookstore – Software & Games – 3-4-£10 offer – New Year Sale]. The last two are the current special offers and liable to change. Hugging the left side are the categories within the main folders. For example the following are what you will find under ‘Bookstore’. Art, Philosophy and Poetry Biography Business ...
...Contemporary Fiction Crime & Thrillers Entertainment Food & Drink Health, Beauty &Self Help History, Politics & Society Home & Garden Reference Romantic Fiction Science & Nature Sport Travel Other folders have similar category lists, sometimes to a lesser extent depending what’s on offer. Soft ware & Games is very limited. It’s worth a look if you just want to browse, but don’t expect to get excited over it. That said, you might find ... Read review

Advantages: Very Fast Delivery, Cheap, Easy to use
Disadvantages: none

...and the other two were BOL.com and AMAZON.co.uk. I found that BOL.com and AMAZON.co.uk were considerably cheaper than their high street rivals. So, I investigated further. ** AMAZON.co.uk ** For delivery of books, Amazon charge £2.16 per order, which I only intended on having 1, and a further £0.59 per item within the order. So, £2.16 and 4 items came to a total delivery charge of £4.52 The availability at amazon was 3 to 5 weeks for one, and 24 ...
...difference. ** BOL.com ** For delivery of books, BOL.com charge £2.95 per order, no matter how many books you order. This gives a saving of £1.57 to start with. The availability at BOL.com was 24 to 48 hours for 2 books, and 3 to 7 days for the other two books. The price of the books at BOL.com were cheaper than amazon.co.uk ** The decision ** I now had to make the decision. Whether to go with Amazon or BOL. Well, BOL.com were the obvious choice ... Read review

Advantages: Good selection of books, CDs, games, videos and DVD's
Disadvantages: Not enough information

My mother has recently been diagnosed as being a diabetic and I decided that I wanted to get a cookery book in order to make her some cakes, biscuits etc. I looked first at Amazon, having already made a few purchases from their website and been pleased. The only ones I could see here were the ones that had 2 to 3 weeks delivery and, being an impatient sort of person, I wanted the book now. I then decided to take a look at www.uk.bol.com as I had ...
...It was easy enough to register with the site – just the usual questions, name, address and password. I did go via ipoints so hopefully I will get my 50 ipoints for registering plus a further 10 for spending over £10. Mind you knowing ipoints I’ll not hold my breath! There is a wide selection available on Bol including CDs, Books, Videos, DVDs, and Games and Software. Each range has it’s own section and search facility. There is ... Read review