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Originally Posted by darryl
There is a lot of misinformation in this thread. It is not limited only to multiple accounts on K4PC. Just about everything claimed to be impossible to achieve or nearly so is far from it. Even some things which some posters claim to have tried without success in fact work. It is easy to buy US e-books at US prices. I only buy e-books from Australia on the rare occasions that they are cheaper in Australia and/or unavailable overseas. Australians are indeed price gouged relentlessly. The Publishing industry here is a disgrace. And yes, we have only ourselves to blame.
So far as a fair price is concerned, it seems very clear to me that objectively there is no such thing. Subjectively, of course, we each decide whether we think a price is fair and then choose to pay it or not.
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Can't really comment on prices or publishers in Australia, but yes, it's very easy to get past geo restrictions with a little bit of research. The only thing holding anyone back is either lack of willingness, or personal morals (some consider it immoral to do something that is against the rules. I tend to view rules more as general guidelines.
) Several years ago, Amazon was a lot more diligent about enforcing Geo-restrictions. I suspect that's where all the comments about needing to use VPN or use an Amazon gift card come from.