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summon · 04-15-2010, 03:31 PM

Hi,

I am currently living in the US but I'm moving permanently back to Europe soon. I wonder how I can keep purchasing books for the US price there. I know that I can just use a US adress and do so, but each time I pay a book in the US store, there would be a exchange rate fee due to my German credit card.
Even if I kept my US debit card, I need to fill up the checking account constantly, which also incurs a fee.

So how can I do it without the fees? Can I maybe purchase Gift Cards on the German Amazon.de and use it on Amazon.com?

Thanks!

04-15-2010, 03:31 PM	#1
summon Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle?	Avoiding exchange rate fees? (Buying books outside US) Hi, I am currently living in the US but I'm moving permanently back to Europe soon. I wonder how I can keep purchasing books for the US price there. I know that I can just use a US adress and do so, but each time I pay a book in the US store, there would be a exchange rate fee due to my German credit card. Even if I kept my US debit card, I need to fill up the checking account constantly, which also incurs a fee. So how can I do it without the fees? Can I maybe purchase Gift Cards on the German Amazon.de and use it on Amazon.com? Thanks!