Thank you for the insight.
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... as Kobo and Amazon are bringing their ebookstores and business model over there. Expect blood to flow...
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The blood has started to flow the moment that Amazon started delivering Kindle 3 to Europe for $139 + $21 shipping. With no VAT on top of that if you get lucky in some countries (the price being under 150Eur that is, in some countries, the threshold for importing things without having to pay customs and/or VAT).
Do you remember times when Illiad - the 8.1 inch e-ink reader from iRex - was selling like hot cakes for 800 Euro, despite being beta-quality model, with the battery life that never reached the promised parameters?
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unsold US certified readers they can't legally sell in other regions (regulatory regimes being so prolific and diverse) and have to move at any cost.
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Well, I never looked at it from this point of view. But I think that the units are identical.
You might, hoverer, have provided a hint about the availability of the PB360PLUS model
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Economics is a cruel science and its not much fun to be on the wrong side of its cold equations
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... and bitching customers ;-)