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kjturner71 · 02-28-2011, 11:49 AM

I live in Canada but I will be traveling to the US in a few weeks and I was thinking of buying a Kobo eReader at Borders (if I can find one that hasn't closed down and has Kobos in stock). They are ~$50 cheaper in the US than in Canada, where Kobo is based and where the devices are manufactured, go figure. My question is this: when I return home, will I be able to buy books from KoboBooks.com, in CDN prices, or do I have to buy books thru Borders? Will there be any gotchas with buying an eReader from a foreign country?

02-28-2011, 11:49 AM	#1
kjturner71 Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Wireless	A question about cross-border Kobo shopping I live in Canada but I will be traveling to the US in a few weeks and I was thinking of buying a Kobo eReader at Borders (if I can find one that hasn't closed down and has Kobos in stock). They are ~$50 cheaper in the US than in Canada, where Kobo is based and where the devices are manufactured, go figure. My question is this: when I return home, will I be able to buy books from KoboBooks.com, in CDN prices, or do I have to buy books thru Borders? Will there be any gotchas with buying an eReader from a foreign country?