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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
Exactly. But now Kobo is "forcing" their pricing in your supposed home currency. I live in France, so all their pricing is now in euros when I access the site. This puts me in a tough situation, because I have a US credit card which I pay through my US bank account and which I use for my e-book purchases.
I've put in a question to Kobo customer service asking if I can have my account denominated in US dollars, and the answer was no. (I suspect their software is the culprit, though they refer back to the Agency agreement and geographical restrictions.) I can accept the geographical restrictions and the need to charge VAT based on the tax rules here in Europe, but being quoted prices in US$ was one of the big advantages of dealing with Kobo.
Just bought something from the Kobo site to see what is going to happen. What I'm afraid of is that I'll be charged a conversion fee because they are making the charge in euros on my US credit card. If I use my French credit card, I'll get hit with a "foreign transaction fee" even if the charge is done in euros because it comes from outside the EU.
One of these days someone will figure out that the business model for e-books has got to change...
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Wht do you mean by "forcing?" It's not truly in the currency they list?