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Originally Posted by wdreamsmaycome
Is there any way anywhere to say 'do not charge me these $2, I will d/load on my pc and sync over usb'?
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No.
However, and I can only speak for Canada and someone who actually have a Kindle 2i and a Kobo ... Amazon is slowly rolling back the Whispernet charge. It no longer applies to anything offer for free; it is not always applied to lower priced items (Identity Crisis by Debbie Mack was $4.99 and is now $2.99 because the delivery charge is gone); and sometimes the charge appears to be some fraction of Whispernet. It's always built in so this is speculation.
It used to be many titles at Kobo in Canada vs Amazon Kindle were around $2 difference ... now that gap is sometimes closed or close to closed.
Actually, I don't have a problem with a "delivery fee" so long as it is reasonable and transparent -- like 15¢/MB, the charge for personal docs converted. War and Peace would be more than a pulp fiction; but it would still be modest vs the price of whatever was purchased.
If the same title is available at about the same price for Kobo or Kindle, I'll buy the Kindle so I have the opportunity to directly participate in the online community -- even if I probably won't. But I see no reason to spend $6.99 for an Agatha Christie at Amazon when the same title is $4.99 at Kobo.