|
Sadly, I deal with cross-border currency issues on a daily basis, and I don't work for a bank!
Kobo's web site uses the buyer's home currency for pricing, but Kobo uses a CANADIAN processor to handle credit cards on the back end.
The bank that holds your credit card charges a fee for international transactions (sometimes called transaction fee, sometimes called exchange fee, sometimes lumped into the transaction - every bank is different)). These are usually 1.5-3% of the transaction.
So if you, outside of Canada, buy from Kobo, you will pay for the book in the advertised amount, AND a fee of some sort. The only way around this will be if Kobo gets multiple credit card processors for the countries they do business in (which is what my company eventually did).
And if it is an agency book, you may also pay your local taxes.
Sadly, I stopped buying at Kobo, not because of the fee, which was marginal and still made their book deals affordable, but because Bank of America, who issues my credit card, shut down my card EVERY time I bought from them, because of the multiple small transactions. That is a fraud flag for Bank of America, and I got tired of calling to release my card every time.
If Kobo ever gets a shopping cart, I'll reconsider.
|