Kindle price increase? (UK)

Tomsk · 05-05-2011, 12:30 PM

Just seen this on another forum. No other info available.

Amazon.co.uk are still listing prices as £111 & £152

HarryT · 05-05-2011, 12:37 PM

I'd be surprised to see Amazon increase the price, personally.

tubemonkey · 05-05-2011, 12:37 PM

That is strange.

On a side note, I didn't realize you guys paid so much for these. Do those prices include VAT?

HarryT · 05-05-2011, 12:38 PM

Yes. All prices quoted in the UK have to include VAT.

kjk · 05-05-2011, 12:40 PM

A response to the crappy exchange rates right now?

HarryT · 05-05-2011, 12:42 PM

Crappy exchange rate? The exchange rate is currently £1 = $1.64. That's pretty much where it's been for last couple of years, give or take a few per cent. What exchange rates are you referring to?

kjk · 05-05-2011, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Crappy exchange rate? The exchange rate is currently £1 = $1.64. That's pretty much where it's been for last couple of years, give or take a few per cent. What exchange rates are you referring to?

Just the crazy exchange rates in general-I just know that we've been getting killed with exchange rates on our overseas contracts recently-and had to make some unhappy adjustments.

stickybuns · 05-05-2011, 01:12 PM

Where did the picture come from? Amazon.co.uk still shows the 3G model at 152.

Raising the price doesn't make any sense. My guess is that someone in Amazon's graphic design department was working on a new splash page based off of something already done for the American site, and the price just hadn't been updated yet.

ETA: Scratch that... apparently the VAT increased from 17.5% to 20%.
ETA again: Scratch that... the VAT increase would only take the price up to 155. So I'm standing by my original theory.

Tomsk · 05-05-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by stickybuns

Where did the picture come from? Amazon.co.uk still shows the 3G model at 152.

The other guy doesn't specifically state where the pictures is from, but he implies it's on Amazon's home page.

stickybuns · 05-05-2011, 01:45 PM

There's a discussion thread over on Amazon UK... apparently the 189 price appeared momentarily.

Raising the price would be illogical. I mean, yeah, I suppose they could still do it, but it would just be very dumb.

189 is the 3G price in both U.S. dollars and euros... somebody uploading a new splash page after the currency symbol was changed but before the price was updated--that just seems like the most logical explanation to me.

HarryT · 05-05-2011, 01:59 PM

That certainly seems like the most likely explanation, I agree.

DMB · 05-05-2011, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

That certainly seems like the most likely explanation, I agree.

And the VAT increase happened a while ago.

HarryT · 05-06-2011, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMB

And the VAT increase happened a while ago.

... at which time the price did increase, so that's already happened.

Sweetpea · 05-06-2011, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjk

Just the crazy exchange rates in general-I just know that we've been getting killed with exchange rates on our overseas contracts recently-and had to make some unhappy adjustments.

Actually, the exchange rate is very good, if you're European and want to buy something in the US, and very bad if you're an American and want to buy something in Europe...

Mike L · 05-06-2011, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjk

Just the crazy exchange rates in general-I just know that we've been getting killed with exchange rates on our overseas contracts recently-and had to make some unhappy adjustments.

Just because the rates are unfavourable to you at the moment, it doesn't make them "crazy".

For every buyer, there's a seller. If a rate is high for you, it's low for someone else.

05-05-2011, 12:30 PM	#1
Tomsk Womble Posts: 120 Karma: 4505298 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Device: KFHDX8.9, Fujitsu S1300, Voyage, K7	Kindle price increase? (UK) Just seen this on another forum. No other info available. Amazon.co.uk are still listing prices as £111 & £152

05-05-2011, 01:12 PM	#8
stickybuns Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 479729 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Paperwhite 2	Where did the picture come from? Amazon.co.uk still shows the 3G model at 152. Raising the price doesn't make any sense. My guess is that someone in Amazon's graphic design department was working on a new splash page based off of something already done for the American site, and the price just hadn't been updated yet. ETA: Scratch that... apparently the VAT increased from 17.5% to 20%. ETA again: Scratch that... the VAT increase would only take the price up to 155. So I'm standing by my original theory. Last edited by stickybuns; 05-05-2011 at 01:19 PM.

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05-05-2011, 12:37 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I'd be surprised to see Amazon increase the price, personally.

05-05-2011, 12:37 PM	#3
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,477 Karma: 158151390 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	That is strange. On a side note, I didn't realize you guys paid so much for these. Do those prices include VAT?

05-05-2011, 12:38 PM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Yes. All prices quoted in the UK have to include VAT.

05-05-2011, 12:40 PM	#5
kjk . Posts: 3,408 Karma: 5647231 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: never enough	A response to the crappy exchange rates right now?

05-05-2011, 12:42 PM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Crappy exchange rate? The exchange rate is currently £1 = $1.64. That's pretty much where it's been for last couple of years, give or take a few per cent. What exchange rates are you referring to?

05-05-2011, 01:45 PM	#10
stickybuns Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 479729 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Paperwhite 2	There's a discussion thread over on Amazon UK... apparently the 189 price appeared momentarily. Raising the price would be illogical. I mean, yeah, I suppose they could still do it, but it would just be very dumb. 189 is the 3G price in both U.S. dollars and euros... somebody uploading a new splash page after the currency symbol was changed but before the price was updated--that just seems like the most logical explanation to me.

05-05-2011, 01:59 PM	#11
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	That certainly seems like the most likely explanation, I agree.

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