Part four · the record
Announcements from Tomebuy, and this edition's own record
Two records in one place: what Tomebuy has announced, and what this edition has altered since the last time it was published.
The official notice list, oldest first
Tomebuy keeps a notice list reachable from its home page. Five entries carried real content when we read it on 21 October 2026; three more held test titles with nothing in them, which we leave out. Nothing has been posted since January 2026.
| Notice | Posted | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Logistics system upgrade | 31 December 2025 | A phased upgrade to the logistics coordination system. Warehouse work, inspection and dispatch were said to continue as normal, with some tracking updates possibly slow to synchronise. |
| Warehouse storage policy reminder | 31 December 2025 | A reminder that the storage period runs from the stored-in-warehouse status, and that orders left past it are handled under the warehouse rules. The notice does not give a number, which is the safest thing it could have done given the three figures elsewhere. |
| Quality inspection scope clarification | 31 December 2025 | States that inspection focuses on visible appearance, that colour variance and how an item wears are outside it, and that electronics and digital products get an appearance check only. |
| Combined shipping recommendation | 19 January 2026 | Encourages combining warehouse items into one parcel, with professional packing, and asks users to watch parcel weight and item count to avoid a commercial classification. |
| New year operations and event | 19 January 2026 | Announces a limited-time promotional event and operational changes over the holiday period, without publishing dates or terms. Anyone counting on a promotion should ask support what is running. |
Current promotions, coupons and rewards
There is no running campaign page to point at. What exists is three standing offers, none of them with published values:
- A coupon for entering an invitation code at sign-up. The help centre says you can receive some coupons; it does not say how many or what they are worth.
- Shipping coupons from occasional site activities. Described in general terms only. Some of the activities named in that passage look like boilerplate carried over from another service, so ask support what is actually running before counting on one.
- A review-video reward. Post a review of your experience on social media, submit it through the reward section, and Tomebuy says you could receive up to the full order and shipping cost back in cash. The conditions are not published.
Our advice on all three: treat them as a bonus discovered after the fact, never as part of the price you planned.
What changed in this edition
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | First edition published: fifty-four shelves counted, the ten stops written from the official Tutorial, and six errata entries opened. |
| 22 October 2026 | Catalogue counts read at 06:46 Beijing time: a total of 29,372 across six groups. |
| 22 October 2026 | Official policy pages re-read and screenshotted at 960 pixels wide for the figures used throughout this edition. |
| 21 October 2026 | Currency figures and the operating company details read from the live site. |
Every figure in this edition carries the date it was read. When a figure is re-read and has moved, the change is recorded here with both values, so you can see which way things are drifting rather than just the latest number.
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