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mrsp · 10-28-2007, 01:39 AM

I have long been a lurker eagerly anticipating the gen3 but one look at the ordering page has totally turned me off. I live in Australia and the website forces me to buy in euros. 295 euros is $463 australian dollars while $350US is only $381 australian dollars. That means I am being charged an extra $75US or 52 euros NOT including shipping.

I won't be buying direct from bookeen while that policy is in place.

I also don't understand their pricing policy which states:

We decided to keep a constant price for all the countries without calculating the price from money currencies. On top of that some countries will pay a 19,6% VAT like all European countries, others won't. At last, we also considered the shipment price in mind, to keep an average cost more or less the same.

How is paying an additional $US75 keeping the price constant????

10-28-2007, 01:39 AM	#1
mrsp Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 28 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: palm T2	Outrageous Pricing I have long been a lurker eagerly anticipating the gen3 but one look at the ordering page has totally turned me off. I live in Australia and the website forces me to buy in euros. 295 euros is $463 australian dollars while $350US is only $381 australian dollars. That means I am being charged an extra $75US or 52 euros NOT including shipping. I won't be buying direct from bookeen while that policy is in place. I also don't understand their pricing policy which states: We decided to keep a constant price for all the countries without calculating the price from money currencies. On top of that some countries will pay a 19,6% VAT like all European countries, others won't. At last, we also considered the shipment price in mind, to keep an average cost more or less the same. How is paying an additional $US75 keeping the price constant????