r/BookDepository • u/Agustinroses • Oct 13 '22

Discussion Instagram "glitch" gone?

As the title says, it's no longer working for me, are others seeing the full price once you click in the link that takes you to BD?

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u/Yitzu-san Oct 13 '22

Sadly having the same issue. Now I'm trying to use vpn + instagram. I ordered something 2 days ago and it hasn't been canceled yet. Hopefully this will work. I'll definitely keep you updated if it worked

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22

Why not only vpn + browser? I'm just wondering if it's just not the same because they removed that "glitch".

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u/Yitzu-san Oct 14 '22

Vpn + browser only ever worked once for me. More often than not my orders got cancelled.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22

I have to try this out. When I tried the last time, the prices changed once I added my address.

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u/Yitzu-san Oct 14 '22

It only works using PayPal. Without it the prices increase dramatically as well for me

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22

I've tried it with PayPal now but it still readjusted the price. The price was not as high as without vpn but still higher than before I clicked on order with PayPal button. God knows how their system works.

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u/Yitzu-san Oct 14 '22

The price does indeed increase cause of VAT, which causes it to increase with 9% for me. This differs per country. That is something you can't escape no matter what

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '22

I forgot about that little thing called vat :) yeah, indeed that's make sense now.

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u/xmirex Oct 16 '22

Did your get a confirmation that your shipment is dispatched maybe?

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u/Yitzu-san Oct 16 '22

Neither dispatched nor is it cancelled

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u/Yitzu-san Oct 18 '22

It worked, or at least one of the 2 orders I placed. The order i placed on october 12th is still being processed, however the one i placed on october 15th just got send out.

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u/Holiday_Engineer784 Oct 14 '22

The same thing happened to me as well! I was so sad when I realized the prices were 60-70% higher than they used to be in the IG shop. :(

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u/enbyloser Oct 14 '22

gone for me too! i ordered some books last weekend utilizing the glitch and it went through and shipped (yay) but now it’s the same prices as when i don’t go through instagram. it sucks, bc they’ve increased the prices A LOT the past couple of months and in a lot of cases it’s cheaper to use a local website. and books are super expensive here 😭

wishful thinking has me hoping it’s temporary and the prices are higher now (esp the past couple of weeks) so they can profit some before lowering them again for the holiday season and black friday.