Thread: PRS-900 Using outside U.S.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:37 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by jladie View Post
I would have thought that someone would have figured out how to open up a US account from another country. Anyone else have any ideas?
It might be different opening up an account from just "next door" - but I bought my PRS 600 in the UK (through Amazon, no less) and just registered it as a US unit from here in France. A friend buys me gift cards at Best Buy (they're available at Target, but she doesn't have a handy Target in her area) and e-mails me the codes to activate the cards in my account.

So far, so good, but they do seem to be in process of making changes to how the Sony store in the US "checks" for things. On my latest purchase, they asked for my "home" address, so I gave my friend's address. No problem.

I figure I have been making semi-annual trips to the US where I buy lots of books to take back with me to France and no one seems to have any problem with that. Technically, I suppose, they ought to set up a way to collect VAT on the book prices like they do for software now, but until they figure that one out on their own, I'll continue to do things the way I'm doing them and if necessary, I will look into changing the billing address on my US credit card to allow me to buy directly.
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