Terms and Conditions
1. What are your methods of payment?
We work with: PayPal, money order, Moneygram and Western Union and Argenper.
If you want to pay with your credit card or bank account you can do it by Paypal, if not follow instructions we will send you.
PayPal (www.paypal.com). Pay using your credit card (Visa, Mastercard o American Express) or by bank account transfer. It is fast, safe and they charge very reasonable prices for the transfer of money. You can pay with Paypal using our Shopping cart.
To pay with a money order of a bank of the United States, Western Union or Moneygram send us an email (libreria@libreriaboliviana.com) to get instructions..
Soon we'll be adding other methods of online payment.
2. Is there a discount for the purchase of 3 or more books, CDs or videos?
Yes, we offer now these discounts:
For de order of 6 or more articles | that would cost as much as $US40 (all should cost as much as $US40, so they should be less expensive than $US40) we offer a | discount of the 6% |
For de order of 12 or more articles | discount of the12% |
PAYMENT
3. Can I pay with PayPal ? And how can I do it?
Pay using your credit card (Visa, Mastercard o American Express as long as it is not a Corporate Edition card) or by bank account transfer from these countries:
(*)Argentina, Australia, Anguilla, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China , Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece , Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore , South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and many others..
PayPal is fast, safe and they charge very reasonable prices for the transfer of money. Their fee is 4% of the money to be sent.
How can I pay with PayPal ?
Just click on PayPal or go to www.paypal.com , follow the instructions to start a free and fast account with them. Then, send the money to our email: libreria@libreriaboliviana.com
4. How can I pay with a money order?
Buy a money order of a bank of the United States, the fee of the change here is 2% when the money sent is more than $US 50 and $US 2 when the money sent is less than $US 50.
Buy a money order of a bank of the United States in a change, that should be sent to the indicated person.
If you are interested in this method of payment we are going to tell you more details.
5. How can I pay with the courier Argenper?
Argenper is a courier with offices in Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay and Italia.
Cost of the service:
The shipment of $US 1 to $US 200 costs around $US 6.
The shipment of $US 200 to $US 500 costs around the 15%.
If you want more details we can give you the phone numbers of their offices.
6. How can I pay with Moneygram or Western Union?
We will send you a quotation, then enter to the web pages of these services to know where can you find their offices.
SHIPMENTS
7. How do you make the shipments?
We make the shipments by: a) aerial certified mail; b) DHL or Fedex.
The aerial certified mail is the service that we use more to ship orders, it has a reasonable price and it is fast.
8. How is the aerial certified mail and how long does it take to arrive?
The aerial certified mail is used to send some books, CDs, videos or videos. This is a reliable service where we have a certificate of the shipment, classified by a number that is use to follow the track of the package where it is. We send to our clients the number of this shipping and if necessary aditional information of it: number of the flight, airline company, etc.
9. How long does it take to arrive a certified shipment?
Working days that the aerial certified mail take to arrive:
Shipments to: | Working days |
Sud América | 12 |
Centro América | 15 |
Norte América | 20 |
Europa | 30 |
Asia, Africa y Oceania | 40 |
10. How much does it cost the aerial certified shipment?
Detail of the Aerial Shipment Price of the Certified Aerial Mail in American Dollars ($US):
Weight (gr) | South America | Central America and the Caribbean | North America | Europe | Middle East, Asia, Africa and Oceania |
0 - 250 gr. | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
250 - 500 gr. | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 54 |
500 - 1 kg | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
1 - 2 kg | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
2 - 3 kg | 47 | 48 | 65 | 83 | 103 |
3 - 4 kg | 54 | 57 | 78 | 101 | 128 |
4 - 5 kg | 61 | 65 | 91 | 118 | 152 |
5 - 6 kg | 68 | 73 | 104 | 134 | 177 |
The public company of mail service has the strategy to encourage shipments making the first kilo more expensive and the rest ones cheaper to encourage the shipment of heavy packages.
11. As a reference how much does it cost the aerial shipment of books from Bolivia?
Shipping prices in the public mail service range from 0 to 250 grams, from 250 grams to 500 grams, from 500 grams to 1 kg, from 1 kg to 2 kg and so on..
Reference of the cost of the aerial certified shipment of books from Bolivia:
Example:
Weight of the book used in this table: 250 gr., plus the weight of the packing (100 gr.) gives a total of 350 gr.
Books | Weight in grams | South America | Central America | North America | Europa | Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania |
1 | 350 gr. | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 54 |
2 | 700 gr. | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
3 | 1.050 gr. | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
4 | 1.400 gr. | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
5 | 1.750 gr. | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
6 | 2.100 gr. | 48 (no mistake here, prices are like that) | 49 (no mistake here, prices are like that) | 65 | 83 | 103 |
7 | 2.450 gr. | 48 (no mistake here, prices are like that) | 49 (no mistake here, prices are like that) | 65 | 83 | 103 |
8 | 2.800 gr. | 48 (no mistake here, prices are like that) | 49 (no mistake here, prices are like that) | 65 | 83 | 103 |
9 | 3.150 gr. | 54 | 56 | 78 | 101 | 128 |
10 | 3.500 gr. | 54 | 56 | 78 | 101 | 128 |
11 | 3.850 gr. | 54 | 56 | 78 | 101 | 128 |
12 | 4.200 gr. | 60 | 65 | 91 | 118 | 152 |
* Weight of the book used in this table: 250 grams., which is the average weight of the books offered in the page.
* Weight of the packing: 100 grams.
Then using this as a parameter, we know that the shipping of a book, from Bolivia to another country in South America costs $US20 and the shippment of 2 costs $US26, and the shipment of 5 costs $US49.
Besides sending 3 or 5 books costs the same as there is just one price for the shipment from 1000 gr. to 2000 gr.
The shipping of one book to the United States costs $US23, but the shipment of 3 or 5 of the same weight costs $US54.
The shipping price of 3 or 5 books to Europa costs $US63.
12. Is it less expensive to send many CDs or videos than just one?
Yes, the shipment cost of many CDs or videos is less expensive than the shipment of one CD.
For example, the shipment of one or two CDs to Europe costs 17 $US but the shipping price of 10 CDs to Europa costs just 47 $US.
CDs | Weight in grams | South America | Central America and the Caribbean | North America | Europe | Asia, Africa and Oceania |
1 | 100 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
2 | 200 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 28 |
3 | 300 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 54 |
4 | 400 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 54 |
5 | 500 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 54 |
6 | 600 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
7 | 700 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
8 | 800 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
9 | 900 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
10 | 1000 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 67 |
11 | 1100 | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
15 | 1500 | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
20 | 2000 | 48 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 99 |
30 | 3000 | 49 (no mistake here, the prices are like that here) | 50 (no mistake here, the prices are like that here) | 65 | 83 | 103 |
40 | 4000 | 54 (no mistake here, the prices are like that here) | 57 | 78 | 100 | 128 |
13. When can I cancel my order?
You may write us an email to cancel your order before it is sent. We will be liable for the refund if the client notifies us promptly (before the order is sent).
14. Can I send you my suggestions of books that should be offered in your bookstore?
Yes, send your suggestions to our email: libreria@libreriaboliviana.com
15. Since when is Libreria Boliviana working?
Libreria Boliviana was created in 1999, so we have been around a long time.
We are proud of being the first online bookstore of Bolivia.