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This hilarious spoof owners manual from Haynes features the recipient’s name on the cover, and makes a great retirement gift!
Your chosen name appears on the cover
Write a special message on the title page
Name appears at top of every page
Hardback official spoof Haynes manual
Add a luxury gift box for a thoughtful finishing touch
If someone you love is approaching pension age, then this funny Haynes Owners Workshop Manual explaining pensioners could be the hilarious gift you are looking for! Filled with diagrams and jokes, this spoof of a classic Haynes vehicle manual deals with all of the funny aspects to getting older, and can make for a great gift for retirement or a birthday.
When you personalise a copy of Haynes Explains Pensioners, your chosen name will appear both on the cover, and at the top of every page. You can also add your own greeting or message to the title page.
How to Personalise
Personalise with any name up to 12 characters, and a personal message of two lines, up to 80 characters.
Check your personalisation: accents and other symbols cannot be used unless otherwise stated. Please be advised our Haynes spoofs are not the same size as Haynes car manuals. The books are personalised parody guides and measure 20.2 x 15.1 x 0.8cm (L x W x D).
In The Book wouldn’t be here without its terrific customers. That’s why we care about what you have to say.
We’re constantly researching new materials to create more personalised books, so what you think matters! Tell us your feedback. From finding the book you were looking for to how easy your chosen book was to personalise – every little detail is important, so we can perfect your shopping experience the next time you return!
Karen Aspinall23 Jan 2020
Good quality and lots of content
Penny West20 Jan 2020
Book was excellent, if a little pricey. Company was useless.
Martin T18 Jan 2020
Wasn’t as humorous as made out to br
Rick Siffleet31 Dec 2019
A good 20 minute giggle but much smaller than I expected and would have liked.
Stephen Eke9 Dec 2019
Not worth £15 paid. A5 size and thin
In the Book Team3 Jan 2020
Thank you for your review.
We are sorry to hear that you are not completely satisfied with your order with us.
On the product page prior to purchasing the book, within the description of the item we do state ‘Please be advised our Haynes spoofs are not the same size as Haynes car manuals. The books are personalised parody guides and measure 20.2 x 15.1 x 0.8cm (L x W x D)’ and we show an image of the book with the measurements next to this.
We do try to show as this clear as possible before the book is ordered as this is our personalised version however will pass all your feedback onto the team as can appreciate you were a little disappointed and we thank you for taking your time to leave a review.
If you need to contact the customer service team please do on 0330 058 0403 or contact@inthebook.com
Kind Regards, The In The Book Team
Glenda 25 Nov 2019
Fantastic book.very easy to buy. No problems at all. Quick delivery too
Susan Sadler21 Nov 2019
Good product
Linda Tyler19 Nov 2019
Very different present but very amusing and sure my other half will like it
It's the second one I've bought and both people loved them and thought they were really special gifts. Would be good if it wasn't just Mirror clippings but that's a small point.
Mary Beer11 Feb 2020
Very quick
Very quick, efficient service and an excellent product. Bought as a present for a friend and he was delighted with it.
harris 11 Feb 2020
not very good with updates on their…
not very good with updates on their shipments
J Walker11 Feb 2020
Haven't received my order.
Haven't received my order.
Karen Beale11 Feb 2020
Arrived in good time
Arrived in good time, beautiful presentation box. Really pleased with my purchase
E. Edwards11 Feb 2020
My great-nephew loved it
My great-nephew loved it! That his name and picture were in the book - PLUS the fact that he LOVES dinosaurs
Roseann Ryan10 Feb 2020
Beautiful book
Excellent service and the book is excellent, comes in a lovely gift box, bought for my only grandsons first birthday. I would highly recommend and it’s not expensive. Such a beautiful book.
Daphne10 Feb 2020
This is actually an 80th birthday…
This is actually an 80th birthday present but was very pleased with the quick service and presentation. I’m sure she will be very impressed with the gift
MRS WORTHING10 Feb 2020
Didn’t think the item was worth the…
Didn’t think the item was worth the original purchase price
Marilyn Deeming10 Feb 2020
Very pleased with my purchase it was…
Very pleased with my purchase it was exactly as described and came beautifully packaged, can’t wait to give it to my daughter.
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