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It may be possible, at the moment, to find a work-around that would enable me to buy Kindle books from Canada. But one has to wonder, is it really worth it? Not only that, but will it always work?
Amazon may decide that gift cards purchased in Canada cannot be used to buy Kindle books, and then I'm right back where they started. Or they may indeed track my IP, and deny it for that reason. Yes, in theory I could use an anonymous proxy server, but that seems like an incredibly risky way to make credit card purchases. Also, who's to say that Amazon won't block all such proxy servers?
Just think about what I'd have to do. I'd have to violate Amazon's stated policies, thus voiding my Kindle warranty and setting myself up to be banned from the Kindle service or Amazon as a whole. Some of this may very well be illegal, or at least in a grey area which might open me up to litigation. I'd have to maintain a U.S. address for a credit card, which would mean being dishonest with the credit card company -- really not a good idea -- as well as either imposing upon a friend or paying a stranger to forward my mail. I'd probably have to use a proxy server or anonymizer or what-have-you for Amazon purchases, which strikes me as an incredibly bad idea. If I decided not to use a credit card, I'd have to set up an additional, falsified Amazon account and a separate email address so that I could buy gift cards and email them to myself. And I'd have to go through this mess every time I want to buy an e-book.
Really, is there anything the Kindle does that's worth all that trouble?
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