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fountainofbeauty · 12-22-2009, 03:24 AM

Thank you both so much for the warm welcome. I am loving my kindle but not the extra charges! I had no idea I would have to pay extra to download the books I've already purchased from Amazon onto the kindle. Is there any way to do this via the USB cable or is there no other option by to download wirelessly? If so, I think that's a bit of a rip off.

I just subscribed to the trial version of the NY Times only to find I have to pay an extra $4.99 a week just to download. When the 2 weeks are over, I will have to cancel which is a shame.

I am on the far North Coast - near Byron Bay - so not far from Brisbane at all.

As I said, I am really loving reading on my kindle - but the extra charges seem more than a bit like discriminating against non-Americans (and I'm an American by birth! LOL) Hopefully, now that Amazon is trying to expand overseas, they will find a way to make a level playing field for their loyal customers.

All the best,
Meryl

PS - the download I made just before of the NY Times was pretty quick - but we don't seem to get any of the pictures you get in the US either so that would have sped things up for sure!

12-22-2009, 03:24 AM	#4
fountainofbeauty Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle	Thank you both so much for the warm welcome. I am loving my kindle but not the extra charges! I had no idea I would have to pay extra to download the books I've already purchased from Amazon onto the kindle. Is there any way to do this via the USB cable or is there no other option by to download wirelessly? If so, I think that's a bit of a rip off. I just subscribed to the trial version of the NY Times only to find I have to pay an extra $4.99 a week just to download. When the 2 weeks are over, I will have to cancel which is a shame. I am on the far North Coast - near Byron Bay - so not far from Brisbane at all. As I said, I am really loving reading on my kindle - but the extra charges seem more than a bit like discriminating against non-Americans (and I'm an American by birth! LOL) Hopefully, now that Amazon is trying to expand overseas, they will find a way to make a level playing field for their loyal customers. All the best, Meryl PS - the download I made just before of the NY Times was pretty quick - but we don't seem to get any of the pictures you get in the US either so that would have sped things up for sure!