Don't bother using Mighty Ape for books. Not only are they usually more expensive, but their shipping times for unstocked items is horrendous
(6-8 weeks for them to get it from their "supplier"!). I know Covid is causing worldwide delivery issues, but I can order the same book from BookDepository for a cheaper price and it only takes 3 days to get it
from the supplier and a couple of weeks to ship it (for free).
MightyApe would be better off simply ordering the book from
BookDepository and just pocketing the extra costs they already charge.
On 2021-07-16, BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> wrote:
Don't bother using Mighty Ape for books. Not only are they usually more
expensive, but their shipping times for unstocked items is horrendous
(6-8 weeks for them to get it from their "supplier"!). I know Covid is
causing worldwide delivery issues, but I can order the same book from
BookDepository for a cheaper price and it only takes 3 days to get it
from the supplier and a couple of weeks to ship it (for free).
MightyApe would be better off simply ordering the book from
BookDepository and just pocketing the extra costs they already charge.
How do you know that they are not doing this?
They probably order the book and then repackage it and send it on. No point in a book arriving from Mighty Ape with Book Depository all over it eh?
On 2021-07-23 04:55:59 +0000, Gordon said:
On 2021-07-16, BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> wrote:
Don't bother using Mighty Ape for books. Not only are they usually more
expensive, but their shipping times for unstocked items is horrendous
(6-8 weeks for them to get it from their "supplier"!). I know Covid is
causing worldwide delivery issues, but I can order the same book from
BookDepository for a cheaper price and it only takes 3 days to get it
from the supplier and a couple of weeks to ship it (for free).
MightyApe would be better off simply ordering the book from
BookDepository and just pocketing the extra costs they already charge.
How do you know that they are not doing this?
They probably order the book and then repackage it and send it on. No point >> in a book arriving from Mighty Ape with Book Depository all over it eh?
Because MightyApe takes 6-8 weeks while BookDepository takes about half that time. If MightyApe did
order them from BookDepository, then it would take only a couple of days longer than BookDepository
alone, not twice as long.
On 23/07/2021 6:13 pm, BungleBob wrote:
On 2021-07-23 04:55:59 +0000, Gordon said:
On 2021-07-16, BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> wrote:
Don't bother using Mighty Ape for books. Not only are they usually more >>>> expensive, but their shipping times for unstocked items is horrendous
(6-8 weeks for them to get it from their "supplier"!). I know Covid is >>>> causing worldwide delivery issues, but I can order the same book from
BookDepository for a cheaper price and it only takes 3 days to get it
from the supplier and a couple of weeks to ship it (for free).
MightyApe would be better off simply ordering the book from
BookDepository and just pocketing the extra costs they already charge.
How do you know that they are not doing this?
They probably order the book and then repackage it and send it on. No
point in a book arriving from Mighty Ape with Book Depository all over
it eh?
Because MightyApe takes 6-8 weeks while BookDepository takes about half
that time. If MightyApe did order them from BookDepository, then it
would take only a couple of days longer than BookDepository alone, not
twice as long.
False logic. MightyApe might have few staff and a backlog.
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