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Old 08-03-2013, 09:00 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by TechniSol View Post
If I recall correctly, Australia recently enacted better consumer protection laws granting you automatic longer warranties for consumer goods. I suspect that is a good part of why they are costing you more. You can't even legislate a free lunch... Pity more lawmakers the world around have not figured this out.
The point is that the price is the same whether you buy it in a local shop (and so are covered by local consumer protection laws) or order it direct from Kobo (and so not covered). So why buy direct from Kobo?

(Of course if you use a US forwarding address then you can still buy at the US price, but whether the savings would make up for the loss of consumer protection coverage is something to consider).
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