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I recommend Loot.co.za for online book purchases

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I regularly buy books online. It’s much cheaper and often easier than buying books in stores. The best site for buying books online in South Africa is Loot.co.za. Definitely better than Kalahari.net.

I still browse book stores all the time. This is my process:

  1. Find interesting books in a store. Take a photo with my phone to remind myself later
  2. Look up all interesting books on Amazon to read reviews
  3. If I want a book add it to a wishlist on Loot.co.za
  4. When I have a few books on the wishlist I put through an an order

This process helps to ensure that I get great books. Using Loot ensures that I get EXCELLENT prices. I highly recommend these guys – they run an excellent operation.

Price
Until recently I would always shop around the find the cheapest prices before buying books. I soon realised that was a waste of time – Loot is always the cheapest. Every single time.

Take my latest book order. I saved R116 (about 20%) by ordering through Loot.co.za!

Item Kalahari Loot
Out of Africa
(Karen Blixen)		 R173 R113
A History of South Africa
(Leonard Thompson)		 R153 R140
The pig that wants to be eaten
(Julian Baggini)		 R105 R93
Tales of the Unexpected
(Roald Dahl)		 R105 R93
Overnight delivery* Free R8
TOTAL R563 R447

 

Delivery
Loot has several delivery options and they stack up well against Kalahari. On my last order overnight delivery to me costed R8! Post office delivery is normally free.

I’ve had no problems with deliveries from Loot.co.za

Disclosure
I highly recommend using Loot.co.za. In the process of writing this blog post I found that I can get vouchers for referring Loot. I thought it only reasonable to disclose that if you click the Loot.co.za links in this post (and make an order) then I’ll get a R8 voucher… Trust me, that’s not why I wrote the post.

NetFlorist – very useful

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Buy flowers and gifts online from NetFloristI love getting stuff done online. These days you can conveniently get quite a lot done online – pay traffic fines, tax returns, book holidays, etc, etc, etc.

NetFlorist is a very useful website that makes sending flowers (and other gifts) pretty easy to do. I use NetFlorist regularly to send flowers to family members and it’s always been a pleasure.

Their site is well organised and they have many sections, but I normally just use the specials on the front page. Delivery is R40 and they will deliver the flowers to the door on the right day.

Another cool feature is that they remember anniversaries/birthdays and will remind you again next year. Nice.

EasyGIS – Great SA GPS shop

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I recently decided to treat myself to a heart rate monitor. After lots of research I ‘justified’ getting one with a built in GPS so that I could track speed, distance, etc while out running in the mountains. To cut a long story short I used the excellent jump.co.za to find the cheapest source.

I found that I could get the Garmin Forerunner 305 from a shop called EasyGIS for a LOT less than anywhere else. It was more than R600 cheaper than Sportsman’s Warehouse or Kalahari.net! Amazing.

Only problem was that EasyGIS is a small outfit that has little reputation, so I was a little worried about problems. I got a good feeling from the guy on the other side of their emails so I took a chance. I have to say that I was very happy with the results:

  • Best price available anywhere by quite a margin
  • Free setup and delivery (to the door) of the item
  • The item arrived 1 working day after ordering!

In short, if you are considering buying a Garmin GPS item then I recommend checking out EasyGIS.

If you are looking into EasyGIS then rest assured – they are a quality outfit.

Garmin Forerunner 305I can’t wait to try this baby out!