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Originally Posted by JediNight
Belated reply: A pure debit card won't work, but most nowadays are branded with either Visa or Mastercard and will work ran as a credit transaction. If yours does, it SHOULD work.
The Japanese are still primarily cash, and don't have a good grasp on how US Debit cards work IMHO. When I tried to rent a phone in Japan, they told me they couldn't do it because my card said Debit on it. I pointed to the Mastercard logo and explained to them in Japanese that it also works as a credit card and not to worry. She absolutely refused to even attempt to run the card. Sigh.
I will say that my Mastercard-branded debit card works just fine through Honto.
Buying frequently with Honto
Something I've only recently become familiar with abusing: If you make purchases from Honto relatively frequently (Every 4-8 weeks), you can really keep some nice discounts rolling that really push them ahead of using Kinokuniya. Between the Point Bonus sales, Coupons, and Point Bonuses for orders over X amount; you can get up to like 30% off some orders. (They also offer 10x Point bonus for all orders over 10k yen. Which was boosted to something silly like a 35x bonus up to some total point amount for orders over 10k yen for Xmas)
IE: Last order was 5800yen for me, minus 600yen coupon, minus 850 points spent from my loyalty rewards -- order total became only 4400, AND I forget which I get ... but either 900 or 1250 point bonus for future purchases from the holiday sale, plus 370 points from 10x points on comics. So basically $58 of stuff for $44, and I have about $14 in credit towards future orders.
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Thanks for the added confirmation. Unfortunately, it seems my visa debit isn't considered valid; I'm thinking of trying out for a mastercard debit, one that was confirmed to work with honto.
Yeah, abusing honto's rewards, whether it be via points, coupons or over x amount is the way to really keep raking in the discounts. It's one of the reasons why honto is the best, when it comes to purchasing reading material.
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Originally Posted by SigUp
Does honto send out a confirmation mail if an order has been placed? And where on the website can I check for that order? I've placed an order there, but I'm not sure whether the transaction was confirmed.
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honto will send you a confirmation email. It'll be sent to the email you registered with. They send you confirmation emails when you've placed an order, when you cancel an order/items in an order, and when they've shipped out the order.
They also send emails regarding coupons, promotions and other such things when they're on-going. It's in your best interests to keep track of said promotions!