ThLT Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Book Depository (https://www.bookdepository.com/) in the UK offers free shipping, and I'd like to start ordering books from there to here in Bangkok, but I don't want to get hit by custom duties. Does anyone have experience ordering from them—with no custom duties or anything like that? How large are your orders (or does Book Depository ship books separately)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Klink Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 1. Books are not dutiable in Thailand. I have bought many from Amazon and in significant quantity, with no duty.2. You should compare the total price from Amazon vs the total price from Book Depository. When I have done that in the past, they ended up being pretty similar in price. Indeed, I believe Book Depository is owned by Amazon. There may be some differences in specific books.Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farangwithaplan Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Last book I purchased from the Book Depository was on 14 August. The book was noted as being in stock. I received an email on 23 August that the book had been dispatched. I received it in Bangkok on 9 September. No duty was paid on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 (edited) I use Asia books online & they ship DHL @ n/c for orders over 1000B = 4 or 5 books..... Usually received within a week... Edited September 10, 2019 by pgrahmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThLT Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Updating thread regarding experience with order: - Emailed BookDepository regarding if they ship orders separately, and they confirmed they prefer to ship each book from an order separately. - Ordered 3 books, two of them took around 8-10 business days, the last 14 business days. - Free shipping, large selection, all three made it, no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 You might be interested in having a look at DASA book cafe in BKK. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 One year back I ordered and paid for 5 books from this shop, 3 turned up, the other 2 have never arrived. E-mails to their office in UK waste of time, kept getting comments like 'maybe you should visit your local PO and check' etc. Never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 23 hours ago, scorecard said: One year back I ordered and paid for 5 books from this shop, 3 turned up, the other 2 have never arrived. E-mails to their office in UK waste of time, kept getting comments like 'maybe you should visit your local PO and check' etc. Never again. What shop are you referring to ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, malt25 said: What shop are you referring to ? Book Depository. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 23 hours ago, scorecard said: Book Depository. Ok. Thought you might have been referring to DASA book cafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutz Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 2:33 AM, scorecard said: Book Depository. One of orders didn't arrive. I checked with neighbours and the local PO here in the Netherlands (who won't have it, stuff is either delivered or returned to sender). I told BD that I did all that and no books yet after a month. They shipped the order again without charge or questions. Those arrived swiftly. And somehow half a year later the original order lay on my doormat. I contacted their customer service if they wanted me to return it or something, it was all fine. I gave the duplicate books to a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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