Thread: New Kindle as low as $79!
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Old 09-28-2011, 11:46 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by SpeckledJim View Post
Nice to see the concept of Treasure Island is alive and well. $79 in the US, £89 in the UK (along with a 2 week wait). Forget the old idea of just replacing a $ with a £, this goes one better and ups the price.

For reference, $79 + UK VAT would be £60.54
It's not $79 because that's for the "Special Offers" Kindle (ad supported version).

The regular "new" Kindle (without the ads) is $109 which is just over £83 including VAT, resulting in a pretty reasonable price given how we usually get shafted.
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