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Old 04-21-2009, 03:51 AM   #5
Mike L
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Hi TallPaul8,

I've been successfully using the gift card ploy for several weeks now. I don't need to "pop over the border" (which is 3,000 miles away). I have two Amazon logins. I simply email a gift card from one of those to the other (the one I send it to is the one to which the Kindle is registered).

As you've discovered, you do need a US address to enable 1-Click for ebook purchases. There are also several other difficulties in using the Kindle outside the US. You can't directly download free samples (but you can do it to an iPod which is sync'd to your Kindle) and you can't get to the Setting screen.

But apart from those minor hassles, I'm delighted with my Kindle, and I hope you will be with yours. If you have any specific issues with using the K outside the USA, this is the place to ask.
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