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Originally Posted by JSWolf
A Kindle can be a registered with a valid Amazon account. You don't need an Amazon.com account to register a Kindle bought in the US.
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No, you don't. That isn't what I was suggesting.
My point is that buying it in the US (in store or Via Amazon on line) won't give you a a US Kindle account. The Marketplace for the Kindle ebooks depends on the address of your payment method, though sometimes they care about IP address too.
The only potential advantage for someone from Europe to buy in store in USA is once off price, but at cost of no warranty and risk of customs / VAT when going home (might be no risk).
Personally I'd only buy an item in store on a USA visit that might need warranty if it was unavailable otherwise. It's not unlikely to have a Kindle defect some weeks later. Or if it was a disposable amount of money.
We also had the problem here with in store Kindles that they all have the adverts. You could only buy an ad-free model online. Also I've had to return various top brand items for refund or replacement, locally and online. It seems too common.