20/20 hindsight!
This WOULD have been a fabulous app if all had worked according to plan. I should have read these App Store reviews before downloading. What an incredible adventure in frustration! This app came highly recommended from an article I read as a means to sell my CD/DVD collection by simply scanning in the UPC codes and receiving offers from as many sources as I was willing to accept. All went well as I managed to scan in the first bin of about 150 CD’s. I was given an estimate of how much I would be offered by various vendors (sometimes pennies; sometimes dollars; sometimes nothing; sometimes multiple vendor offers for one item; sometimes one vendor; often no offers at all). Then I went to the Bonavendi website (where you MUST go if you actually wish to process ANY sale), and I watched the original number of possibilities dwindle in the blink of an eye. Ok, it was a day later than the original scan; maybe those sellers were no longer interested in a particular item (I’m trying to remain positive about this). But the total for 15 CD’s dropped in one day from $30 to $.10! Across any of the 15 potential vendors/buyers! Even if I were to live with and accept this as is, and say that tomorrow is a new day (being Monday and the start of a new business week), I now have hit another snag: I am unable to scan any of my remaining discs in a second storage bin (error message: item unrecognized)! Additionally, an error message has been coming up for the last two hours in different areas of the app: “The server is not reachable. Make sure you have a working internet connection and try again.” I have zero question regarding my internet connectivity, so I attempted to reach out to the support team, where I was automatically shunted over to their website, and again, I received that error message. They are clearly having some sort of technical difficulties, but there is no indication as to how long the system will be down or whether or not this is even a temporary situation. After all that time I spent scanning those discs, I will NOT be happy if I’m back to square one. It clearly DOES pay to read reviews first. (This was the first time ever where I blindly jumped into downloading an app because of a good article review, but without reading consumer reviews. Lesson learned.) I hope someone else learns from my misadventure, but more so, I hope that tech support contacts me to advise what to do to correct the problem! While I don’t mind donating these CD’s and DVD’s, I really could use a few extra $$ in my pocket right now (who couldn’t?!?). UPDATE: two days later: everything SEEMS to be fully functional. (I gave back one star for increased functionality, but I am holding one back for the fact that the UPC codes do not always scan correctly! (How does Boston’s first album 💿 become “Ethnic Groups in Comparative Perspective”?!?) Many times I’ve had to sit and type in the UPC numbers manually until the disc was correctly recognized. Ridiculous! I’ve no idea what happened over the last couple of days to the Bonavendi system or why it took so long to be remedied, but there was no explanation or contact from developers. I will update one last time when I jump through the final hoop and brave the attempt to process a sale. The ease of the sale process will determine whether I give one or two stars back (if any at all). Fingers crossed. 🤞🏼
Edit: 10/7/26
Six years later, we are all finally hearing back from the developer. Well, better late than never, but my discs are LONG since gone by now. I couldn’t wait for six years for the app to function properly. I do hope the next generation of users has considerably better luck. Wishing the developers luck, as well. I know a great deal of hard work goes into making these apps available for us.
Edit: 10/7/26
Six years later, we are all finally hearing back from the developer. Well, better late than never, but my discs are LONG since gone by now. I couldn’t wait for six years for the app to function properly. I do hope the next generation of users has considerably better luck. Wishing the developers luck, as well. I know a great deal of hard work goes into making these apps available for us.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the detailed account, and sorry it was such a frustrating ride. A lot has changed since: there's no separate website step anymore – you sell right in the app, and Bonavendi adds your items to the buyer's cart for you, with live prices. No account is needed. We'd love for you to give it another try. – Ben, Bonavendi
just use the web site
i use bonavendi to check if cds, etc are really common... the mobile website, via regular safari, is good and fast... this app requires login etc... don't waste your time
Response from developer
Thanks for the honest feedback – you were right, the login wall made no sense. The app no longer requires an account: open it, tap "Start scanning", and scanning and price checks work right away. If you give it another try, we'd love to hear what you think. – Ben, Bonavendi
Geht nicht
Funktioniert seit Monaten nicht, ich kann mich weder registrieren, noch die AGB lesen. Ohne die Scan Funktion in der App ist es allerdings viel zu aufwendig, Bücher über Bonavendi zu verkaufen. Das ist mega schade.
Einfach schlecht
Dass die App langsam ist und jede zweite Abfrage fehlschlägt, mag noch hingehen. Dass man gut 50% der Artikel, die man minder App in den Verlaufskorb gelegt hat und die dort auch angezeigt werden, auf dem Computer nicht wiederfindet, ist nicht vertretbar. Es wäre nicht übel, wenn sich jemand bei Bonavendi diese App mal anschauen würde. So ist sie unbrauchbar.
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Registrierung benötigt und AGB‘s nicht möglich
Um diese App nutzen zu können ist eine Registrierung nötig und ich kann auch nicht die AGB’s einsehen, denn dann stürzt die App ab. Gab auch seit 2 Jahren keine Updates mehr. Ich denke mal das der Entwickler nur mit den Daten sein Geld verdient und nicht wirklich etwas mit der App macht.
Für mich ein Suspekter Punkt und werde mich nicht registrieren.
Für mich ein Suspekter Punkt und werde mich nicht registrieren.
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