Book token

[weecalf]

I was given a book token about year year and a half ago .The token was worth £20 .I bought a book for 14.99 leaving £5.01 as I thought .Today about approx one year on was going to buy book but said just run that through tell me whats on it and give pay the rest in cash .Ran it through card value £2.25 .How would that happen ?

[dotty.]

if it is a national book token the credit is vlid for 2 years from the load date but if you use it or even just check the balance within that 2 years it re-sets the validity to 2 years again.

[rowanwitch]

I wonder if the initial purchase was a cash discount price only and a full price (17.75) was charged against the token or the shop had a charge for processing tokens due to the delay in getting the cash for them

[bednobs]

i didn't even know you could still buy book tokens

[dotty.]

never heard of that rowan, if it's a national book token it can only be spent in person and possibly weecalf bought a giant bar of chocolate with it and has just forgotten. (the national book token giftcards can be spent on anything)

[rowanwitch]

There are so few independant booksellers its finding somewhere to use one that is the problem

[dotty.]

bednobs some independant stores still sell paper book tokens but most book tokens are pre-loaded electronic giftcards

[weecalf]

This is a gift card sorry should have said that .Never bought anything ,would remember. Noticing on card if card is not activated for a period of 12 months £1.50 service charge wil apply Maybe it was longer since I got book ..Might get paper and a couple of lottries before I owe them money

[weecalf]

now worth 75 p

[Hopkirk]

Sounds like a rip off

[weecalf]

Phoned company nice gent will get back to me and explain .He did say i was probably unlucky as their financial year ended inearly Feb so thats why it went down so much in 3 weeks .Was gonna fire it in the bin but now its got me interested .Actually a gentleman told me his sister got a £50 voucher for clothes in a shop which is in the proceess of closing .She was told the shop only takes cash now and the voucher is worthless .

[weecalf]

As yet we have not heard fron book token chap .This is exciting not as silly as doctors but weird