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Originally Posted by JanieB
I've never seen that website before. I've heard of forwarding services, but this sounds even better. Unfortunately though, that brings the price up beyond my budget. I'll also have to deal with taxes and customs, which makes the price even higher.
I think I'm going to go with the Kindle 2. CAD$ is at a par with the US$ right now, they'll ship it directly to me, so this seems like a good time to buy. I just want to read some books, not have to pack a bunch of them while traveling, and not have to buy more bookshelves to store everything I read. All the rest of the bells and whistles might or might not be used.
Thanks for the help!
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As a rule of thumb:
For me, in Germany, the original US price in $ leads to about the same amount in € after commission for the 3rd party, transportation, sometimes sales taxes in the US, taxes and customs in Germany.
I don't purchase in the US to save money. But some units simply aren't available here (Sony 900 still is US only, although working perfectly fine elsewhere - with the exception of 3G of course). In other cases I want to be early adopter and release in Germany sometimes takes one year longer.