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Originally Posted by Dwayne_Matheson
I know that I am in Canada, and we are so far away from the distribution point in the USA but how the hell are people in Germany and Japan getting their Kindles before me!
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A fair question- I wouldn't be surprised if my Japan-bound Kindle is originating directly from China. I know that Apple does this- Apple store orders come straight out of their factories in China to customers, without passing through Apples' hands. It obviously saves significant costs for the company.
It also might be because some countries are hubs for the couriers that Amazon uses to transport Kindles. To save costs, rather than forward those shipments to the States and then outwards again, they are simply dropped along the way.
It is not an inaccuracy to say that it is first come, first served, because in actuality, they very well might have filled a Canada order before a European or Japanese one. It is just an unfortunate truth that the logistics of shipping mean that there are differences as to when someone will actually receive the goods.