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I've just done a few rough calculations of the price of the 650 in NZ compared to the US price.
The Sony website has the Touch Edition listed for 399.95 NZD incl GST.
GST in NZ is now at 15%.
Therefore the price of the 650 sans GST is 339.95 NZD.
At todays exchange rate of 1 NZD = 0.75 USD, the price of the 650 in NZ sans GST is ~255.70 USD.
The price of the 650 in the US is 229.99 USD. US buyers will probably have to add ~6-8% sales tax to that price.
IF US buyers had to to pay sales tax of 15%, the US price would be 275.99U SD, which works out to 366.90 NZD.
In conclusion, we are probably getting a fairly reasonable deal in NZ, considering that we are a tiny little country of ~4 million, and ebook reading devices are almost unheard of.
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