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I & many of my colleague come across fact that Book deal trading operating in sharjah at bohaira cournish & dubai trap 98 % young people having least education & commit them that they will provide better future and within one year they will be promoted to manger's rank.

Hereby, there criteria is to sell one year old version books in uae door to door on cheap prices.

Firstly, a person works on his/her visit visa till expiry. Being employee they commit you for salary, you also sign the agreement but when job commence they behave in a such a way that, that signed agreement is just a formality. we will pay you commission only & to surprise a employee has to work up to 12 hrs a days even sometimes Fridays are not off.

This is worst example of greediness the executives of companies are following & treat like animals with employees without caring Labor laws. No medical, No salary, No Allowances, No other benefits. Hence playing with emotions giving them mental torture. Only & Only they provide is motivation in morning meetings just like brain washing showing them bright future.

Employee ties to work with the company because of their families & most of them leave company earlier as they get better opportunity or they realize the cruel aim of executives

Ministry Of labor should take strong action against Book Deal Trading & must review its licencing. Employees are bound not to complaint because if they go against with the company they will lose their jobs & a little money they earn with hard.

Update by Asif Anwar
Mar 29, 2010 2:56 pm EDT

MR HEMDEEP ( SHJ BR)

I READ UR COMMENT, IF YOU HAVE COURGE CAN YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ?

1. WHO LAUNCHED COMPLAINT AGAINST UR OFFICE IN COURT
2. WHO SUBMITTED REGSIGN. LETTER TO YOU
3.WHO OFFERED ME TO WITHDRAW COMPLAINT & WE WILL MAKE ASST.MGR
4. WHO WAS BEHIND ME DAY N NIGHT TO CANCEL COMPAINT

NOW PUBLICLY U SAY I WAS DISMISSED ! STILL I HAVE ALL PROVE TO PUT YOU BEHIND, & AGAIN YOU WILL BEHIND ME TO WITHDRAW

ANSWER ME...

WHERE IS OUR CONTRACT COPY . WHERE IS OUR SALARIES ?

IF I AM WRONG THEN ABOVE COMMENTS OF Britto, truthtobetold, Nahsir & Shahab Arabi ARE ALSO LIERS ? I DONT KNOW THEM BUT THEY VISITED UR OFFICE, THEY WROTE WHT THEY OBSERVED.

& MOREOVER I WILL UPLOAD SCAN COPPIES OF PROVE AGAINST UR OFFICEI
HOPE U UNDERSTAND ALL.. BETTER TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS LIER

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Chamare
, AE
Aug 17, 2020 4:40 pm EDT

Thanks allot asif anver... I read all reviews not only your comments... 99% comments tells they are fraudsters. they not change our visa & they not give salaries properly. but almost 10 years they are working at uae how is possible?.. why the police not taking any action against them. still how they recruiting peoples?..

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Chamare
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Aug 17, 2020 4:41 pm EDT
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mafaz
, AE
Sep 18, 2019 11:39 am EDT

Tomorrow i have interview on this company. now iam ******* because i read all the comment all bad revise

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Phillipe
, BR
Nov 15, 2018 1:46 am EST
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I bought some books in the bookdepository, but already passed the deadline and still have not received. Do not rely on bookdepository, they don't deliver the books sold.

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Sharmistha B
, US
Oct 31, 2018 11:09 pm EDT

I pre-odered Kyle Gray's Oracle card deck on the 4th of September, it's 25th of Oct- 52 days today and I have not recieved it till date.

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Naschkatze PanPan
, US
Oct 28, 2018 7:04 am EDT

They just offered me 20% refund if the book.

Please see the attached emails and the photo of the torn book.

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Yo-Han Cha
, US
Oct 21, 2018 6:09 pm EDT

I ordered 2 books but 1 hasn't arrived yet.

They responded to my emails for about a week and now I'm getting no response from them.

Does anyone have telephone number for their UK office?

All the numbers I've found online don't work!

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nisha doyle
, US
Oct 14, 2018 12:09 pm EDT
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I ordered 78euro worth of books on the 16th of September the money has been taking from my account although when I tracked the order I was tod it was cancelled even though the money has been taken from my account.. Order number BDM-380-[protected]

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Cristina Valeria
, US
Sep 18, 2018 9:02 am EDT

I ordered my books on 6th of August from UK to Denmark, it was supposed to get them in a week. Today is 30th of August I still do not have them.

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Noeleen Corrigan
, US
Sep 10, 2018 11:23 am EDT

Purchased 3 books for my sister as a birthday present. Was unable to change delivery address. Site very unhelpful.
No phone mumber listed is an active phone number.

Emailed via help and replied to confirmation. In 12 hours have not received a reply. Can't cancel the order.

Totally fed up with them. Sorry book depository reverting to amazon.

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m. isabel labarcak.
, US
Sep 11, 2018 3:24 am EDT
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BDU-132-[protected] order placed on the 29th of august
BDU-555-[protected] order placed on the 12th of Serrtember

Hi; customs of Chile is requesting the invoices of these purchases; otherwise they will not release these two orders; only other option is the receipt of these purchases; please help me me.

M. Isabel Labarca K.
T:+[protected]

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adeliag006@gmail.com
, AU
Sep 10, 2018 7:51 am EDT
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I am complaining about why the book cover is not displayed. It would be good to have

picture of the cover as I think it may interfere with sales.

Having to look at the product on another online site is not really a good thing.

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Sus8
, ES
Sep 02, 2018 7:18 am EDT
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October the 17th I did my order
They had an error with my address
I don´t have my books and my money
I deman the refund

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kteo
, NZ
Aug 21, 2018 2:38 am EDT
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Order No.: BDU-371-[protected]

I ordered 3 books at the same time. I received Hong Kong Food City but there is no sign of the other 2: Meatmen Cooking Channel: Zi Char at Home and Meatmen Cooking Channel: The Meatmen Favourites,

Order placed: 9th Apr 2018, dispatched (all 3 books): 11th Apr. Today is 4th May and still no sign of the 2 books.

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Vijia Sivanasan
, MY
Aug 20, 2018 6:42 am EDT
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I would like to write the complaint regarding books that I've ordered which amounted to over rm1000. And none of the books have arrived after 3 weeks, with no tracking number, and poor reply from the customer service

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annemarie kittler bazelaire
, GB
Aug 20, 2018 4:20 am EDT
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This book ordered on 17th of July never arrived.
Moreover I tried to contact you by phone but the number you provide does not exist. Could you please send me a refund as soon as possible.
yours
anne-marie Kitler Bazelaire

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Rita000
, AU
Aug 15, 2018 11:44 am EDT

I purchased four books from The Book Depository and it's been two weeks now and I haven't received a confirmation email with my order number so I can't check the status of my delivery and money has been taken out of my account. I should have checked the reviews before purchasing anything from the Book Depository. I'm extremely disappointed

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Snobrd
, US
Aug 15, 2018 2:49 pm EDT
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Order number BDU-475-[protected]

Ordered 7/3/18

Did not receive my order

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Silvia Campos
, AR
Aug 14, 2018 2:40 pm EDT
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My ordered appears as dispatched but never arrived since June. I don't know what to do. Could you find out where it is or send another book if it has gone missing?
Thank you
Silvia Campos

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annemarie kittler bazelaire
, GB
Aug 15, 2018 2:36 am EDT
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why do you give a phone number which does not exist

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ragy
, AE
May 23, 2018 4:05 pm EDT

Impulse HR
to me
8 days agoDetails
Call letter for Interview

Date:16-05-18

To,

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Dear Candidate,

This letter is written for your application of job for the post of Sales and Marketing in our company. We thank you for the same. We would like to meet you personally for a discussion on

17-05-18 (Thurday) at 10:30 am at the following address:

Book Deals Trading LLC,

Gold Building M-9,

Opposite Canadian Specialist hospital,

Land mark: Ground floor merry foot spa and Alshamsi grocery,

Abu Hail, Dubai U.A.E.

OFFICE TELEHONE NO:- [protected].

Please come on time.We hope this time and venue is suitable to you and if you are busy at this time then we request you to get in touch with and provide us the suitable date and time for the same.

( If you’ll come by Metro, get down at Abu Hail Metro station exit 2. Back side of Abjar Grand Hotel and City Bay business centre is the Canadian specialist hospital )

Regards,

R

For the further information please visit our company’s website www.impulsegroup.in

**Please note it is not a consultancy company. We are not charging any money from candidates. Don’t pay any money to anyone on our behalf**

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Impulse HR
to me
16 hours agoDetails
Dear Candidate,

First we apologies for the late mail.We would like to inform you that, you are short listed for the second round of interview. Your scheduled time for the second round of interview is today morning 7.45 am to 3.00 pm. If you have any inconvenience to come today, please inform us.

Regards,

R

I got these emails from the same company. I came for the first interview. I was surprised because when I entered the office, there was a receptionist. She asked me if I was scheduled for the 10:30am interview. I said yes. She asked me to sit down and wait. She asked me to enter the room and to my surprise, she's the one who interviewed me. She told me that she is looking for enthusiasm of a person in selling. Luckily, I passed the first interview. She told me that the second interview will be a whole day interview and training. She will just email me and inform me on when I can undergo the interview and training.

On my second interview, I was expecting an interview inside the office. We were 3 and the other guy was asking about the feedbacks and reviews about the company. He was telling the same thing what everybody's telling here. To cut the story short, there was no interview that happend on the second interview. Instead, I was asked to join 2 guys and go out of the office. We went to a hotel building in Dubai with offices. They were pulling a big stroller bags. When we were at the building, we went to the highest floor and looked for the stairs. They pulled out another small bag with books. Inside the big stroller bag, there were lots of books. They left the two big stroller bags at the top floor of the stairs. Then we went to office after office offerring books with a National Geographic logo as the cover page. If you buy that for 210aed, you will get free 15 books for the kids. First office we came in and we were able to sell to the manager. Then we go to other offices. The guy who was working with the company for 3 months already was really very pushy. He will insist on talking to managers of the company. If thecompany receptionists told him that the managers are busy, he will ask for other employees. In short, if I put my self on those people whom he was talking to, I find him very annoying.

Lastly, when we were on our way to our destination, I was asking him about how we go about the visa and salary. He told me that he will tell it to me later. I asked him again and looks to me like he does nit want to talk about it because he always tells me later he will talk about it.

So what I did was I pretend to go to the toilet. I went out of the hotel because I dont want to get involved with his fraud and fake pretending that he is from National Geographic. Hope this helps you a lot guys.

2nd interview 23 May 2018

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sojo joseph
, AE
Jul 18, 2017 2:40 am EDT

Guys.. thanks for the valuable report against the company,
once i faced an interview at the same company and the didn't allow me to get the job coz my visit visa was on the end stage. They need us to work on visit visa. by god i just scooted from the biggest trap.
And today in the morning the connected me for the interview at 4;00. i decided to be in the home with a coffee. Then i lose only 5 AED only.
Thanks make your voice louder cause nobody gonna lose their career with this [censor]...

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MuktharPVK
, US
Mar 07, 2016 2:37 am EST

All Praise is to Allah

I saw their ads flying all over the internet and newspaper just like some fake companies

offering entry-level management positions for more than 75 candidates in an MNC

Straight away I knew at this is a trouble as I have come across this kind of frauds in the internet

so I decided not to apply.

But today when my brother saw the advertisement in a newspaper he told me to apply.

So I called them first before applying and they asked me to forward cv when I asked for more details.

3 minutes, Just 3 minutes after I sent the email they called me back and told me that you are selected for the interview.

fastest hr system I would say. And I got suspicious when they asked the status of my visa and expiry of my visit visa.

And told me to get there at 3 pm today itself.

Straight away I searched their details on internet and found this.

all Praise is to allah.

I decided not to go.

Friends never go for this company.

They want to exploit you as i can see from above comments.

No MNC is going to select you within 3 minutes.

Don't believe this kind of companies.

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Joseph Omojuwa
, US
Feb 27, 2016 12:05 am EST

please does anyone know the current status of this company as I get a job interview message from them?
as at yestaray 22/02/2016?

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Unknown visiter
, AE
Oct 21, 2015 12:38 pm EDT
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Mr Asif Anwar u r 100% right i readed ur complaitrn before going for second interview and i determined to gather proof if u r right and i found ur complain 100% right and they forced a guy to start working on visit visa status when he asked.about work visa and i gathered proof now i need a place were i can complain, anyone can suggest me how to compalin about any company in UAE

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Aary
, AE
Jun 01, 2015 1:33 am EDT
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oh god I was just to contact them... anyway thanks alot... :)

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Ashik Kunnath
, AE
Apr 15, 2015 12:31 am EDT

Hi friend, Thank you so much for providing the details that they are fake. God bless you.

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BIH CLARIBEL
, AE
Jan 26, 2015 11:46 pm EST

hi people, I have read the comments about this book company. The last comment that was available for me to read was on 16th august, 2014 and I just received a mail for an interview tomorrow 28th January, 2015. The time gap between the last comment I saw and the schedule for my interview is very big and much could have happened in the company. Please I need to know if it is still a fraud company or if they have changed positively, maybe because the government intervened on behalf of people like me. Please help.

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lenor
, PH
Aug 16, 2014 8:14 am EDT
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already done for an interview. about an hour ago here in abu dhabi branch.she told me about the company's overview.then after i got home i'd tried to search more backgrounds about this company until such time that i dropped by in this complaintsboard. and i read and read all the comments here.thanks for the information

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tolaa
, AE
Jul 23, 2014 1:19 am EDT

Thank you guys, while I am going for the interview I just read this page and went back to my home. I was going to be in trouble

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husthekool
, AE
Jun 17, 2014 5:04 am EDT
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I received a call this morning for an Interview in their branch here in Dubai. she said are you interested for outdoor sales. So i agree.
and i ask her for the location because i am a new here in dubai. she said i ll mail you the address.NOW IAM SEARCHING A MAP OF THIS BOOK DEALS TRADIG LLC. SO I AM HERE AND READ THE BLOGS. I AM TOTALLY CONFUSE. WHAT I DO ?
so after 5 minutes i check my e-mail. and the address is " BOOK DEALS TRADING LLC, 2ND FLOOR, ROOM 208 CARAVAN RESTUARANT BUILDING, NEAR DNATA, EMIRATES AIRLINES GROUP.DIERRA.
NEAREST METRO STATION CITY CENTRE 15 MINUTES WALK TO DANATA AND 5 MINTURES WALK TO CARAVAN RESTUARANT.
THE REQUIRMENT DOCUMENTS.
1. RESUME
2.PASSPORT COPY
3.VISA COPY

GUYS I AM CONFUSE PLEASE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT COMPANY
I AM WAITING.?

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Ajaz740
, US
Jun 08, 2014 12:18 am EDT

I was suppose to go for the interview today but Thank to Allah that I came across this blog which has saved a lot of time money and energy. The only thing that makes me believe on these blogs is that the guy I spoke to over the phone asked me if I'm on visit visa and when is it expiring and whether I can extend it. I mean what do they have to do with my visit visa and weather I can extend it or not, this means that they probably want to exploit and use my visit visa for their job and later may be they want me or they don't, and even if they want me its point less working b'coz there's no salary, only commission.

Initially when the conversation started on the phone this guy seemed to be very busy and was sounding as if he did not even want to talk to me, but the moment I told him I'm on visit and can extend my visa, this guy became so sweet and started showing great willingness to help me as if I was the most desired candidate. But he did not send me any confirmation email or SMS regarding the address, he simply asked me to write it down, as mentioned by others in their blogs. So basically all these things regarding no email confirmation or SMS and asking about visa extension makes me believe that BOOKS DEAL TRADING LLC is not trust worthy.

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Rizvan Syed
, AE
Jun 01, 2014 6:04 am EDT

Thank you guys, these blog is so helpful. I will no longer waste my time for my interview tomorrow. God Bless us all

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Rizvan Syed
, AE
Jun 01, 2014 6:03 am EDT

Thank you all, Today morning I receive an email from book trading company for an interview. Already I hoping an opportunity from other companies. So I quite the interview of book trading co. I was thinking that I should give him a call but after reading this blog I surprise what type of people they are.

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rakesh141
, BH
May 29, 2014 4:36 pm EDT

hi guys

the book deals have opened in bahrain too...and their advt are filled all over the popular media in bahrain...they are such a ### liars and make uu too sell books in family or visit visa and do not pay salary . beware bahrain expats ...and dont fall in their trap.

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moinuddin123
, AE
May 20, 2014 1:41 pm EDT

Can any one tell me tomorrow I have interview shall I go r not urgent reply bro's.

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phillipb
, AE
Apr 14, 2014 2:52 pm EDT

jocie, was your family member able to get the promised visa? is he now working with book deals? thanks

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jocie
, US
Mar 17, 2014 11:10 pm EDT

This is ridiculous company if all your news about them are right . my family member just start with this company as they said visa they will provide after 10 days and in this case if they will not do their promise then they need to stop this kind of business cheating people.

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elite hunter
, AE
Feb 24, 2014 8:49 am EST

Hello friends,
I am an MBA Graduate from Singaopre with 3 years of marketing experience,
came to Dubai to start me carrier.

I was just called upon for interview from the impulse ... (book deals)..
Reading the above comments, I guess I will not go for it...

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KHAN143
, US
Aug 04, 2013 9:59 pm EDT
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Hi Guys please help me with resent updates of this company. I have a interview tomorrow with this company i have to go or not ?
Please help me i don't want to waste my money and time .

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KHAN143
, US
Aug 04, 2013 9:52 pm EDT
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Hi Guys please help with resent updates of this company tomorrow i have an interview with this company. is the management is change has changed or still is same.? Please help me i don't want waste my time and money..

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