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Originally Posted by samosa
Been using the Aussie giftcard then buy in India method - and there is still a bit weird.
I realize that Kobo charges a transaction fee each time when I purchase a book. Not sure how it is calculated but it looks to be proportionate. I paid for a transaction which should have costed 374 RS but turned out that 470 RS was deducted from the giftcard. Then I bought another book again and this time the book is supposed to costs 431 RS but after the transaction the balance of my giftcard actually increased!! I am losing the plot!!!
Don't get me wrong though - I love this giftcard idea as it helps me to limit my spending!
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The checkout seems to be constantly changing and different countries have different versions it seems. At one point the checkout would show the store credit balance on the first page of the checkout, i.e. it showed the balance left after the undiscounted value of the books in the cart had been deducted, but the promo code was entered on the second page, so it would appear that the store credit balance had increased by the amount of the discount after the purchase.
I haven't used the Indian checkout, but I haven't had any transaction fee* charged when using my NZ purchased store credit to buy books in France.
* Edit: There might be a fee included in the currency exchange rate, but if so it was no more than 1-2%.