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Originally Posted by wdreamsmaycome
I don't think the Amazon help folks understood my question, but hopefully people here know what I'm talking about: for global kindles when you buy on the Amazon store as far as I know you pay $2 extra per e-book for the 'wireless delivery' (which can add up pretty quickly).
Is there any way anywhere to say 'do not charge me these $2, I will d/load on my pc and sync over usb'? I am totally fine if this is a convenience charge where people wanting to use whispernet will pay it, I am not so fine if this is a 'tax' that one has to pay whether one uses whispernet or not.
I am very much on the fence between Kobo and Kindle and this is definitely one of the differentiators between the two (no extra surcharges in the Kobo store). Of course I could just buy a kindle and buy everything in kobo and read it on the kindle, but it seems a hassle in this world of e-babel walled gardens.
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"Important Reminder About International Delivery Fees" on my Kindle DX Graphite:
"Due to internationals costs, additional fees apply....
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For subscriptions...a weekly fee of $4.99. If you have subscriptions, you will receive more details...in a separate letter on your Kindle when you travel outside the U.S.
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or personal documents...while outside the U.S.,
the fee is $.99 per megabyte...
There is no charge for wirelessly receiving books, receiving single periodical issues, browsing the Kindle store, or using the experimental web browser while traveling internationally."