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Lynx-lynx · 10-19-2021, 11:09 PM

David I've bought UK products before, as you know they cater well to aus, and I've not paid local tax. I do pay gst however on those purchases.

But, the UK with certain exceptions is too dear an exchange rate for us.

The exceptions being when the UK store directly identifies and sells as aud. Eg book depository for paper books. And that price includes postage.

As for kobo UK, I buy regularly from the UK, at an excellent rate.

If you agree with the exceptional prices we pay here for some items, then yes you have the choice of buying here. As do I. I've got a good Ed discount with jbhifi, and that still comes in over $400 for the sage, btw. And no I won't be buying the Sage in the UK, not sure why you think anyone doing a comparison would.
I don't pay import duties, or need to for the products I buy.

(I also use the samsung ed store,.and that's not just for phones, but fridges TV's, etc etc)

As a curiosity David, are kobo gifting you ereaders these days? In my opinion they should for all the effort you have put in for coming up to a decade.

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Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,144 Karma: 94320195 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	David I've bought UK products before, as you know they cater well to aus, and I've not paid local tax. I do pay gst however on those purchases. But, the UK with certain exceptions is too dear an exchange rate for us. The exceptions being when the UK store directly identifies and sells as aud. Eg book depository for paper books. And that price includes postage. As for kobo UK, I buy regularly from the UK, at an excellent rate. If you agree with the exceptional prices we pay here for some items, then yes you have the choice of buying here. As do I. I've got a good Ed discount with jbhifi, and that still comes in over $400 for the sage, btw. And no I won't be buying the Sage in the UK, not sure why you think anyone doing a comparison would. I don't pay import duties, or need to for the products I buy. (I also use the samsung ed store,.and that's not just for phones, but fridges TV's, etc etc) As a curiosity David, are kobo gifting you ereaders these days? In my opinion they should for all the effort you have put in for coming up to a decade. Last edited by Lynx-lynx; 10-19-2021 at 11:21 PM.