People who know me well,are my aware of my love-affair with reading.
May it be Fiction,Non-Fiction,Newspapers,Encyclopedias,Blogs….I need to keep reading something through the day to keep my mind rational and civilised.
I have about 300 books…most of them novels bought at old books store.(You see I am a student>>No Job>>No Money)
OK so getting to the point,I had seen Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece,A Clockwork Orange,about a year and a half back and was expectedly bowled over by the genius of the film.To date it remains one of the finest movies I have ever seen!
After a bit of ‘Googling’,I found out that it was based on the novel of same name by Anthony Burgess.I decided I had to have it.
I searched and searched for 18 months, scavenged every known book store(Old&New)in Mumbai but to no avail.
Then last week I found a copy at Landmark Bookstores at Andheri,but as fate had it,I was hard on cash ,the book’s print wasn’t so good…and the book was (uh-hum) ridiculously expensive …..
So I let go with a heavy heart and a crestfallen expression.My friend,noting my sluggish stride inquired.I told him my story and he recommended to me,Flipkart.com!
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Some Info on Flipkart.com
*Flipkart is an Indian online Book Store.
*Generally called an answer to Amazon.com.
*It is a Bangalore based company.
*Sachin and Binny Bansal-siblings,IIT graduates and entrepreneurs are the founders and the head of the company.They earlier worked at Amazon.com,but left their jobs to start Flipkart(God Bless!)
*Flipkart.com also sells mobiles,cameras,music,movies and all the other fun stuff.
*During financial year 2009-10, Flipkart reported a sales of 
20 Crores (200 million).
*It has 10 million books available for sale!!
*Flipkart’s advertisement-The Grandma and the Magic Mouse one,is amazing!
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Well,so the day before yesterday I went to their website,searched for A Clockwork Orange and found the copy I wanted.It retails for 199,but there was a discount of 40 on the list price >>>>and I got it for just 159(wooohooo)\m/
The most important factor which endeared Flipkart.com to me was they had COD(Cash-On-Delivery) option.I have no credit card,so this proves MIGHTY helpful.
Plus the shipping is absolutely free,if you purchase goods totaling 100 or more. 
I registered and ordered it on the 6th of April 2011. I was to expect the delivery within 3 days.But I am going out of town tomorrow,and won’t be back till Monday,so I sent them an email and asked them to make adjustments with their couriers partners and deliver by today(Friday),and if not possible then on Tuesday.
The customer care was really helpful and they assured me that I would get the book whenever I wanted.Both on the phone and in the email,they were polite and understanding.THUMBS UP!
And so,as the cliché goes”And The Rest Is History ……”I received the book in 40 hours after ordering,a book I couldn’t find in a single book store in Mumbai,even after searching for months.
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The following are a few pictures of the book and the package it arrived in 
1.Nice,Strong Card Board Packaging.
2.A Plastic cover within,keeps the book waterproof.
3.The Book I wanted for SOOO long>A Clockwork Orange!
4.The Tax Invoice was inside the packet.
5.Oh yes,and they sent a cute bookmark too 
Review-
Website Interface-5/5
Price-4/5
Delivery-5/5
Customer Care-5/5
Book Availability -4/5
Overall-4.5/5
Conclusion-Flipkart.com,is new,safe,fast and satisfying.Try it once and you will get hooked to it.Highly recommended.Spread the word to everyone!
P.S-The following are the novels I hope to buy in future,from Flipkart.com,when enough money silts in my pockets to form stalactites and stalagmites of books
Ring(Part 1)-Koji Suzuki
Rosemary’s Baby-Ira Levin
The Colorado Kid-Stephen King
Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk
The Satanic Verses-Salman Rushdie
and 200 more…..:)
Best of luck to Flipkart.
#1 by thesongremainsthesame on December 14, 2011 - 01:49
Man, you might read a lot, but you borrow too much from books. Try being a little less dramatic, and keep writing just as well.
#2 by Siddhant Parkar on December 21, 2011 - 14:33
Thank You for commenting.
I’ll keep in mind, what you have said.
Keep Dropping.
#3 by Anand Benegal on November 4, 2011 - 22:49
plus, amazing discounts!
I devoted a short paragraph thanking flipkart as well on my review. It’s impossible to find obscure books anywhere in Mumbai. I recently went to Strand, in the hope of picking up some gems. Seems they’ve sunk to new depths of mediocrity… Well, Flipkart is simply a novel idea! It’s cheaper to order books on Flipkart then to buy them from ordinary book stores as well.
P.S. Great to see updates on this blog, however infrequent they may be!
#4 by Jhansi Ka Raja on July 3, 2011 - 02:23
Agreed… Flipkart Rox…
#5 by Jalaj on April 12, 2011 - 14:33
Congrats mate!!
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I think I’ll buy that book too…
I watched the movie only a few weeks back and was truly amazed (and yeah, this time, NOT with my sister
Brilliant concept and presentation!!!!
Thanks for sharing
#6 by Siddhant Parkar on April 28, 2011 - 13:48
Sure
Did you buy anything?
#7 by Enigma on April 8, 2011 - 23:15
Hehe! Nice that you found your love after such a long/hard endeavor.
And thanks for sharing. I’ll dig in the site when I need to buy something *desperately*!
PS: Good to see you back! It’s been long since you last made an appearance!
#8 by Siddhant Parkar on April 9, 2011 - 09:53
Yeah I have been away………was studying you know?
Anyway thnx for reading!I haven’t checked your blog too for so long now.
BTW,yeah try flipkart.com sometime,it’s amazing