Just to make this clear from the outset, I'm nothing more than a customer of Wordery with no other connection to them in any other way - but I think they're blimmin' brilliant to buy books from. I've been very, very happy each time and like to know that I'm giving money to someone other than mega-giant Amazon.

Yay for no VAT on books! :smile:

Yes flamdeer!

Hi everyone,

This promotion is open to existing members of Quidco. You need only opt in for the bonus and make your purchase by midnight on the 12th December. Your purchase must be of £25 or more excluding delivery.

Please clear your cookies before clicking through to the retailer as this will help ensure the successful tracking of your purchase. Within 24 hours your purchase will track into your Activity page (unless otherwise stated on the retailer's Quidco page). Your bonus is then paid once we have received the smaller amount of cashback tracking in your account and your transaction has updated to a 'confirmed' status. It's paid within 72 hours as a separate transaction within your Activity page, so don't worry if you can't see it till this time.

Should your purchase fail to track within 24 hours, you can raise a claim here https://www.quidco.com/new-enquiry/ to have the purchase manually tracking instead of automatically. Your bonus is then paid once the claimed amount of cashback has become available for payment, at the end of the claim processing period.

If after either of these periods your bonus hasn't appeared, get in touch with the support team either via the contact form or over Facebook/ Twitter and they'll be able to assist from here.

Kind Regards,

Jack
Quidco Company Representative

specific accounts only you must receive email
asking u to opt in

just log in and you should see your invite in the banner to opt in.. i just came to post this too

No mention of VAT, so only need to spend £25 total, or still £30?!

nice!

Yay for no VAT on books! :smile:

whsmiths do more than books, so will play it safe and do £30

P.S. Can this be used ONCE only at one of the retailers, or could you use it at all of them?

Just to make this clear from the outset, I'm nothing more than a customer of Wordery with no other connection to them in any other way - but I think they're blimmin' brilliant to buy books from. I've been very, very happy each time and like to know that I'm giving money to someone other than mega-giant Amazon.

i went for Wordery too:) Usually a speedyhen man myself :smiley:

went Whsmith but gift voucher tracked at 23.60...cancelled order and redo with a clearance book 8-)
I know it doesn't breach the terms of quidco, as it says nothing of VAT - but they are not the easiest cashback site to deal with! Better to add an extra gift for the family then deal with chasing up.

thank you :smiley:

Brilliant!! More Christmas presents ticked off the list. Also managed to use a code for £5 off £30 at the Book People, credit to TORS23 http://www.hotukdeals.com/vouchers/5-off-when-spend-30-plus-free-delivery-over-25-thebookpeople-2568703?p=29416423

Great deal thanks, still to do the big book order. Remember the £10 won't credit until the purchase cashback is confirmed

Thank you Flame deer

How long after do you get the cashback ?

I bought something using 1 of the previous cashback deals but no cashback has arrived yet.

How quickly can you check it has tracked?

Yes flamdeer!

Can you buy anything at WHSmith or is this just books?

no flamedeer

Great thanks :smiley:

But wtf do you do with the book?

wahoo :smile:

Great Dads girlfriend wants a book for xmas, Same price as amazon. Buy some cards and bits and pieces and hey presto quid's in :smiley:

Really glad you posted this. I saw the offer earlier and couldn't think of any books I really needed (even with this discount or for gifts) but as soon as I saw this I remembering something straight away.

Out of stock for ages and more expensive on amazon even without the discount - perfect.

Pity its not for Books etc have some books to buy for my sons university course and they are the cheapest at the moment

Thanks to the op - bought a great selection of books from Abe books at a total of £33.30 - these were well priced originally so will be great value with £10 off. Does it matter if they were from a few different sellers within Abe books?

Might pick up some books for stocking fillers

No flamedeer

I have an ISA and contribute to a pension, guess I'm a tax dodger too.

Got a flamedeer :sunglasses:

Probably good for second-hand books on Amazon? I`m no fan of Amazon, however they do have sometimes very cheap second-hand books, which Speedyhen and Wordery don`t have

Fantastic thank u

Are you being serious?

Thanks

I've never received the £10 cashback from the recent offer at Argos and have no idea how to chase it up, as there's no contact details or form on the quidco app.

FLAMEDEER. WHERE ART THOU?

Well I've just risked it. Lets see :smiley:
Heat added, thanks!

:confused:

Thanks OP used Wordery for first time - less than amazon - have to remember to go over the £25.00, not showing in Quidco yet but I guess its too early.

Hi
What happens if my purchase doesn't track?
https://www.quidco.com/activity
so 24 hours need to pass

Thanks

Alright for book worms or if you're buying textbooks

I bought 2 x Paul Temple audio cds for £29.00 less the £10 = £19 amazon are £24.00 just for one of the items so £5.00 less PLUS free extra cd audio book. @Wordery
I'm assuming here that Quidco pay out.

As usual this comes out just after I spend £25 at one of these places -.-

"Please note: We'll add your £10 cashback bonus to your account once your purchase has been confirmed."

Note whsmith says gift experiences - no cashback on gift vouchers!

That's if it actually tracks through quidco! I've got about £50 untracked at the moment

​Thanks, I'll keep an eye on it.

I'm not after the cash back, but would like the £10 for a £30 spend.

sorry to say, but the 10 is a bonus to the cashback - if there is no cashback, there will be no bonus I fear.
However, whether theater counts as activity or gift voucher is anyone's guess.

On another note does anyone know where Quidco customer service is based? Half the time they respond with answers which do not address the question asked, but rather related issues that other people might have had. I cannot tell if this is simply an automated system which picks out key words, or whether the customer service has been outsourced to a far flung support centre where English is not the first language...

Either tweet them or there should be an online chat. I have used both and have found them equally effective. Use which works for you

We need to set up a post for this alone - lost count how many times this q has been asked!! :smile:

Can you use the discount code on book people?

If we want to get accountant-geeky it's charged VAT at 0%, but isn't VAT exempt! A fun fact to whip out at christmas drinks. :confused:

Does this work on WHSmith vouchers? :-)

If only i had time to read books!

What's the best book price comparison site nowadays?

Can you actually buy anything (several items) to the value of £25 (minimum) at WH Smith to get this offer - or, does it have to be just books? Thank you.

Just read the T&C.. and this one may disappoint some people ...

Quidco holds a list of account holders eligible for this promotion. Ineligible account holders will not receive communications regarding the promotion from Quidco and will not be entitled to receive the £10 bonus.

Its also says in the t&cs that

Participation is by eligible account holders making a cashback qualifying purchase at either Book People, The Book Depository, AbeBooks, WHSmith, Wordery or Waterstones, and opting in via email link or link on homepage

So as it says you can go through link on homepage too i think if you are able to opt in you are eligible :smiley:

Hi, Think VAT is charged on books that have something bundled with them. Might be mistaken though. Voted hot.

I hope you are right... but I think you are wrong..
"eligible" refers to the list of the people they have emailed.. those people can either click on the link in their email or on the website..

...yet you're happy to contribute to HUKD who are owned by Quidco and incorporated in the Seychelles?

I don't think so as it would have said "received an email and opted in" rather than "opting in via email link or link on homepage". The crucial word is or, meaning you can opt in via email or via the homepage!

A week late for me but great offer!

thanks OP, hot from me. thinking to buy the audio collections from the book people for the kids. silly question, but what about VAT there? thanks x

I have a TCB account. Can I also join Qudico and benefit from this offer? Sorry if it sounds silly. Newbie here with the cashback thing.

Sure, use whichever one gives the best cashback for that retailer, but you might want to clear cookies if you are using the same browser for both.

does this work with other products bought from whsmith or is it only books?

how long did it take to track

Sorry if this has already been covered I tried to read the responses but does this include eBooks (eg kindle version) purchases of books? Also, just a side note - I think there is VAT still added to ebook products.

How long does it take to show up as £10, so far my purchase from the book people is only showing as £2.33. My argos one I did the other day still isn't showing up either

first thing is for it to track, if it hasnt after a few days you should go here and open an enquiry. Your bonus will appear within 3 days of your cashback being confirmed. All in the t&cs! :smiley:

Quidco owns HUKD????? Are you absolutely certain?

Got a contract on EE and it was quite appealing because of the £70 cashback. Initially i received a message saying that cashback was tracked but later on the status was saying declined. Contract is still on and i didn t receive a particular reason for the decline.
So Quidco cashback didn t worked for me so it s the last time i am using it. One by one....this is how a business loses trust...one by one ....

​How long does it take to confirm a purchase? It was 3 weeks ago. The ordinary % tracked at £1.33 after a few days.

​How long does it take to confirm a purchase? It was 3 weeks ago. The ordinary % tracked at £1.33 after a few days.

Cheers!

Be very wary if Quidco. I joined last month specifically to get the 25% off CDKeys purchase of any game on Saturday 11th. Nothing appeared in my Quidco account so I contacted Quidco. I have yet to even get a reply................

never got payment of argos 1 won't bother again

I didn't say I wasn't 'happy' to buy from Amazon either (although I avoid them whenever possible). I was pointing out the fact that Amazon is a tax-dodger. All tax avoidance is wrong, whether it's Amazon, Quidco, HUKD or whoever. But Amazon, with about £6bn of sales in the UK alone, is one of the biggest in history and they deserve to be shamed for it.

I haven't received the £10.00 bonus from my Argos purchase, although my Cashback has tracked. Unfortunately, Argos still need to confirm the purchase, after which Quidco will will give me the bonus £10.00.

Anyone know how to search by price on Wordery? I only need to spend a little over £1 to get to £25, but can't seem to filter by price.

I didnt receive an email, but I logged in to my account and the banner was there saying to opt in, I clicked on it and it said successfully opted in now shop which I did, but when i log in again it still has the banner saying opt in? Is this the same for everyone after they have already done so? or does it likely mean that without the email even though you click the banner and it says your now accepted, it wont actually pay out?

I found WHSmith to be the cheapest for all the books I wanted and for people asking, it wont pay out till your tracked cashback reaches confirmed which can take months on Quidco.

Hi
Its 99p over but this may help:
https://wordery.com/only-dull-people-are-brilliant-at-breakfast-oscar-wilde-9780241251805?cTrk=MzIyMTExMTR8NTg0OWY2ODk0MjMwYzoxOjE6NTg0OWY0NzVkMjRiODMuNTg4MjI3NTQ6ZTg1ZTVkYTY%3D

Hi
What you have said sounds like what happened to me and mine is tracking.

Amazon pay a small fortune in VAT, wages, employers NI as well as giving work to folks in areas where work is needed which overall helps the economy.
Agreed they need to look after staff as does sports direct.
I'm sure amazon are working hard to create a happier workforce.

Tracking with the £10 showing? It will track at the normal 5% or whatever but that doesnt mean you qualify for the extra if its the case that you needed to receive the email specifically to qualify. Just wondered if anyone who received the email sees the banner still asking you to opt in and shop even if you had already done so.

Hi
My £29.00 order with Wordery resulted in this e-mail from quidco this afternoon:

which makes no sense at all, but I'm not worried at this stage as at least its tracked, I'm sure I will get the tenner in the end.
Hope this helps

They may pay a 'small fortune'. But they should be paying a large fortune, rather than hiving money off through Luxembourg and the like (although they seem to be making small steps to change this). Paying a lot doesn't excuse them for not paying what they should be paying. People and companies who dodge tax often point to the amount they pay, as if they get to choose the amount. And yes, I know that what they do is within the law etc etc, but that doesn't make it right. And you could argue that criminals provide jobs for police 'in areas where work is needed'. Is that a good thing?

Frankly i'm quite surprised by how many people on here seem to be supporting Amazon's dodgy tax structure. Since when did not paying your fair share into society become acceptable?

If you are comparing amazon UK to criminals then you should report them to the police and or HMRC.
If they are breaking the law they should be prosecuted.
I estimate amazon pay approx £500M to £1B in tax and employ over 10,000 staff in the UK.

I doubt that. They would need a kick up the **** to start paying their delivery drivers a fair wage, as was the case with Uber.

Was your order for printed books only, or did it include audio books? Cos audio books have VAT added and according to Quidco's Wordery page "Cashback may not be paid on VAT, delivery, card payment fees, taxes or any other additional charges".

12 hours and no sign of my wordery purchase tracking yet. These bonus deals are terrible for the old blood pressure :wink:

Hi everyone,

This promotion is open to existing members of Quidco. You need only opt in for the bonus and make your purchase by midnight on the 12th December. Your purchase must be of £25 or more excluding delivery.

Please clear your cookies before clicking through to the retailer as this will help ensure the successful tracking of your purchase. Within 24 hours your purchase will track into your Activity page (unless otherwise stated on the retailer's Quidco page). Your bonus is then paid once we have received the smaller amount of cashback tracking in your account and your transaction has updated to a 'confirmed' status. It's paid within 72 hours as a separate transaction within your Activity page, so don't worry if you can't see it till this time.

Should your purchase fail to track within 24 hours, you can raise a claim here https://www.quidco.com/new-enquiry/ to have the purchase manually tracking instead of automatically. Your bonus is then paid once the claimed amount of cashback has become available for payment, at the end of the claim processing period.

If after either of these periods your bonus hasn't appeared, get in touch with the support team either via the contact form or over Facebook/ Twitter and they'll be able to assist from here.

Kind Regards,

Jack
Quidco Company Representative

Thanks, but others have said no cashback is paid on vouchers, so I'll assume this doesn't track?
How do you claim the £10 for a £30 purchase? I believe I've met the terms and conditions by making a £30 spend at WH Smith.
No mention that you can't buy anything, or have I missed something?

Sh#t my order was 2 audio books.
I missed out on nearly £9 because my order was 68p under
So anyone reading this if you get audio books its £25 plus VAT so £30 (my order was £29.32).
I'm not too upset as wordery was a lot less than amazon - the order would have been £37.29 with amazon prime.
Plus just got my £5.00 for the TCB Radio Times offer where the was a clear profit for £1.00 outlay

It isn't Amazon's tax structure. Amazon pay the tax that HMRC bills them for. If our government have set up dodgy holes to encourage big businesses to be successful here, at a cost to the average Joe, then you should be mad at the government, not the businesses.

But that isn't trendy, is it?

Hi @backinstock

You will need to make a purchase eligible for cashback, you can find cashback rates on a retailer's Quidco page and you'll need to make a purchase which would fall under one of these rates so that your purchase tracks into your account. As stated on the majority of retailer's Quidco page terms and conditions (which can be found towards the bottom of each page) cashback isn't paid on vouchers and gift cards.

Also you cannot make a purchase using gift cards and voucher codes. You may only use voucher codes listed on a retailer's Quidco page.

I hope this helps clarify.

Kind Regards,

Jack
Quidco Company Representative

Similar issue to me. I bought just over £25 worth of books from abebooks and made sure all books had free delivery and were all books but tracked just below £25 so Quidco could avoid paying the £10. Are there any type of books that do have VAT? Saying that there is no indication of VAT on my order information. Seems suspicious to say the least.

Ordered Wednesday night and nothing yet. Should this be showing under the activity bit? I usually get a tracking notification within a few hours.

Hi
My order was for audio books I paid £29.32 fogetting the £25 rule
hey ho!

Although the standard cashback is based on the order total excluding VAT, it doesn't say anything about VAT if you look at the terms & conditions for the £10 bonus offer so I think they should really give you the bonus. You may well still get it once the retailer has confirmed the purchase, however long that takes.

Hi
Thanks so much for replying to my post. That has cheered me up a bit I do hope it tracks for the £10.00 will follow your advice and quote the T&C not mentioning VAT
thanks again

Make sure you have screen shotted everything. I have more screen shots than photos in my gallery at the moment!

I am mad at the government, unfortunately too few are, but I guess that's democracy, well sort of.

Is this open to everyone who opts in? I didn't get an email or a banner on my account about this but it let me opt in on the page that this thread links to. It says on that page

"Great news! You've qualified for your £10 cashback bonus

Offer activated! Nice work, you're part of an exclusive group."

but I didn't receive an email or an invite to it so does that mean, according to your terms, i am not eligible?

Terms say:

"Quidco holds a list of account holders eligible for this promotion. Ineligible account holders will not receive communications regarding the promotion from Quidco and will not be entitled to receive the £10 bonus."

So can you confirm this is open to everyone who opts in via the link in this deal and not just those that got an invite/email?

Yes I would like to know also is it open to new sign ups ie today.
thanks

quidco has been hit and miss for me. Mainly miss.

My friend wanted to buy me an Xmas present sent Quidco recco link all good.
She clicked on this deal "Not eligible"
shame.

I've had to submit a claim for this one due to not tracking :disappointed:

Hi
I have ordered with Wordery and its tracked.
Can I put another order in with Book Depository?
ie 2 x £10 bonus but different retailers
or is this a one off.
It just that I click "Get" and it keeps saying I'm opt in
Thanks in advance.

"We have reached the maximum opt ins for this promotion"
Looks like i left it too late :disappointed:

Bought 5 books from WHS yesterday (£50.35)
Quidco tracked ~ 30mins later at £2.77
Waiting now for the £10.00 bonus

Who said I was mad at anyone?

Frankly I'm not bothered what you say or when you said it.
But for you information I would guess amazon paid 10%+ VAT on those £5B sales re the Summer '15 link you posted (which is probably more £6B and £600M VAT now in 2016) making £500M / £600M PAID, plus all the other taxes previously mentioned but I think I'm wasting my time on you.
Good night and bye.

I notice that the Book Depository are not charging for Delivery.

>A qualifying purchase requires the member to opt in and make a cashback earning purchase through the Quidco site, via the specified retailer pages, by 23:59pm on 12 December 2016.

I simply don't see the "Opt In" offer anywhere on the page when I search for Book Depository on Quidco!

:stuck_out_tongue:

Books same price on Book Depository as amazon, ordered one , head added

I purchased 3 books from wordery totalling £27.62 but quidco has tracked it at £21.77. WTF

I opted in on Thursday but haven't made my purchase yet - is there any way to check I'm still 'opted in' or do I just have to trust it?

Just ordered, thank you :smiley:

Click on the link :smirk:

Once you've opted in you're good as long as you make a qualifying purchase before the end of the 12th

Thank you Jack. The terms and conditions aren't that clear to be honest and I thought you just had to make a £25+ spend at any of the merchants listed.
I wasn't expecting both cashback and the £10 offer, but thought the £10 would kick in for making the purchase.
I'll see if I can get a refund, but more clarity please for similar offers would be helpful. Seems like this offer was rushed?

Printed books or audio books?

I've done two of these offers at Quidco over 2 weeks ago and no bonuses have appeared in my 'activity' so dont hold your breath..

Have your purchases been confirmed?

Sadly, this offer is not appearing for me..... No idea why as I'm a long standing member of Quidco. Am I doing something wrong??

deal has expired

No it hasn't - still working for me

I took too long to try this one - now get "We have reached the maximum opt ins for this promotion" message :disappointed:

Ye Its not working for me.
I'm still able to use the £50 pound spend one with very,Nike etc (while some folk can't?)

Anyone still waiting for wordery to track?

I'm still waiting for it to track, I'm assuming it will once there's been some movement from Wordery.

I've got the 5.5% tracked but nothing about the £10.

The £10.00 will only only show up once it's been CONFIRMED

I'm slightly concerned about choosing wordery to redeem this offer now as I've had a look at all their reviews on Quidco, not just the best 3 that are displayed on their page :disappointed:

I've had a couple of programming books from them without issue, but I'm starting wonder about this one. Not heard anything since Wednesday. I'll give them another couple of days.

Seems Wordery take a long time to pay out. Over on TopCashback it gives an average payment speed of 17 weeks. Abebooks and The Book Depository, on the other hand, take 4 weeks.

Donkey plums :disappointed:

I'm not bothered if it takes a while, but it looks like they don't like to pay out at all!

Amazon own The Book Depository.

What do you mean by Amazon "paid" VAT?

Surely you're not referring to the VAT they collect from customers and pass on? That money is paid by the customer.

• VAT paid by customer - 20%

• approx 10% will go to HMRC

• Also amazon have created over 12,000 jobs in the UK https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/22/amazon-creating-more-than-2500-new-uk-jobs-2016?client=safari many in 'depressed' areas.

• Also Jeff Bezos despite being the 3rd most wealthy person in the world INVESTS ALMOST ALL PROFITS back into the company ie Corporation tax that they are said to avoid would be on the low side anyway.
cheers

That doesn't help I'm afraid.

1) When you refer to VAT Amazon "pay" are you referring to the VAT they collect from customers and pass on,

or

2) are you referring to some other VAT that they pay as an end customer - in which case what is that charged on given that they are a business.

So, after all the hand-wringing over the non tracking, I get an email 7 days after my order telling me both my items are out of stock! FFS :disappointed:

Hi
Advice please
I placed two orders
One over £25.00 books zero VAT
One over £25.00 audio books, order was under £30.00
No mention of VAT as an exclusion - delivery was mentioned.
Both orders tracked for under £2.00!
So I'm at least £16 out of pocket.
Putting in a claim but only give a % option not £10.00 claim option.
What do folks advise.
thanks

Hi Jack
Can you reply to my post #155
thanks
ps
no meantion of VAT being an excusion - delivery was mentioned- therefore I assume the £29 order inc VAT @wordery for audiobooks should track at £10.00
• wordery on claim says 'don't worry if cash back is lower'
• book depository no mention 'not to worry if lower' (this was over £25 and for hard back books)

I advise that you just wait. The bonus doesn't show in the tracking. It is not supposed to. Only when it turns from "tracked" to "payable" will the bonus be applied (actually it's 3 days after this event). That can take weeks (in the case of Wordery, 13 of them on average!). You will only have a reason to submit a claim when the two cashback amounts become payable and the £10 bonus doesn't show.

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to write your helpful post.

Never tracked and no £10 bonus, anyone get that?

When did you order?

11th Dec.

Sounds like its not tracked unfortunately - I got a sub £2.00 track quite soon after purchase.
Its very frustrating when this happens, the could be a number of reasons why it didn't track.
I prefer TCB but both are far from perfect.
I made two purchases but one with VAT and no mention of VAT being not included so I'm hoping both pay out.
I doubt whether I'll use Quidco again if both dont pay the £10

I purchased some books on 8 December from Wordery via Quidco for £41.88 ie. within the £10 promotional Quidco bonus offer which ended 12 December. Wordery were one of several book companies specifically mentioned where a £10 Quidco bonus would be paid for purchases over £25 and before the 12 December deadline. Shortly afterwards I received an email confirming my claim had been tracked but only at £1.21. I queried why with Quidco who gave me the same blurb as others have received i.e.. not to worry if cash back has tracked lower than actual purchase price etc etc. I've just checked my account to find Wordery has even denied the incorrect lower tracked claim of £1.21! I'm totally fed up with Quidco and have told them so. Either Wordery are not playing fair or Quidco, or probably both! If the £10 Quidco bonus isn't paid (and I doubt that it will be) I intend to cancel my account and I suggest others do likewise. Only then will Quidco perhaps start taking notice. It will interesting to hear from others if they have had similar experiences with the other recent bonus offers that have been bounded about lately. Has ANYONE actually received the amount promised?

Declined, thats appauling after being tracked. I'm in the same boat sub £2.00 tracked and told 'its normal'
There doesn't seem to be a way of querying properly like TCB unless we have 'plus' membership.
So far not impressed at all with Quidco who own the hotukdeals site.
I will follow this thread with interest and update as time goes on.
I would complain to Quidco but not entirely sure how you can do that is there a complaints e-mail address?.

Yup done that just there now with Quidco and Wordery via their contact links . Don't hold out too much hope though with either.

Thanks for the heads up re Quidco owning this site. Wasn't aware of that. Dare say both will blame the other and I'll get nowhere but I WILL cancel my Quidco account after this and stick with TCB from now on. Incidentally I had a similar problem with Quidco a year ago with a £450 purchase which never materialised either.

PS: In my haste the actual track was for £1.09 (not £1.21 as I indicated earlier) for a £21.87 purchase even though I actually spent £41.88. So if the (declined) track is is not resurrected I won't be receiving the £10 bonus offer from Quidco either! Ever felt you've been stitched up (especially after what you said above)?

Hope you have better luck than me.

Thank you, I hope we both have good luck.

Only remembered to check today, and no, £10 bonus not paid either, just cashback amount of £1 for a transaction of over £30. I'm not even sure who to raise a claim against, wasn't it Quidco who promised the £10 bonus as opposed to The Bookpeople?

Finally got paid paid out by Wordery AND also received £10 QUIDCO bonus but it took a few emails to both to do so. For those still waiting for theirs I suggest you take it up with both Quidco and the seller (as I did) and perhaps then you'll also receive what you're entitled to. Good luck.