2 prices for the same Kindle Edition of an ebook?

Pookeysgirl · 05-16-2012, 10:46 AM

I've been waiting patiently for Ghost Story by Jim Butcher to come down in price. I checked my recommendations page on my Amazon account and saw that the Kindle Edition is now $14.99, but when I clicked on the book to purchase it the price was changed to $18.51 which is what it has been for a while now.

Does anyone know why the price would be so different from the recommendations page and the buy page?

andreabc · 05-16-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

Does anyone know why the price would be so different from the recommendations page and the buy page?

$14.99 is the price for buyers in the US. (I guess sometimes the recommendation pages show the US prices...)
$18.51 is the price for Canadian users.

Pookeysgirl · 05-16-2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by andreabc

$14.99 is the price for buyers in the US. (I guess sometimes the recommendation pages show the US prices...)
$18.51 is the price for Canadian users.

oh, ok thank you.

ProfCrash · 05-16-2012, 11:01 AM

Use a ISP blocker and and American Address. Save yourself the money.

sucah · 05-16-2012, 09:43 PM

In my experience, no need for ISP blocker, just use account with US valid address. Or you can add US valid address to your account and change country setting to US under Manage Your Kindle.

Mayr · 05-19-2012, 11:56 AM

So we could use a macdonalds address for example?
But what about when you have to pay for the book? If you use a non US credit card will Amazon authorize the sell? Or will it say you can't pay with a outside US card?

hellraiser06 · 05-19-2012, 10:11 PM

If you just change the address to an us address and use a non us credit card, you will receive a warning after buying a couple of books. They all you to call them so they can verify that you are an American. I know this because I am in India and I used to do this..buy an ebook from Amazon using a fictitious pizza hut address in Indiana... I could not buy more than 4 or 5 books before they won't let me..then I would ask my American girlfriend to buy me a book on my account from us..this unblocked my account for another 4 or 5 books... Rinse and repeat...lol.... If I show them I am Indian, I have to pay them 2 dollars extra for every book I buy from them.....so yeah use isp blocker...I have an option of my girlfriend so I don't use it but it might work for you...good luck...

JSWolf · 05-19-2012, 10:45 PM

Or get someone from the US to gift it to you.

Cdesja5 · 05-19-2012, 10:59 PM

Or buy a kindle gift card from Amazon.com following suggestions in post 5, and this one purchase will allow subsequent purchases when you find other books you want without re-using the credit card.

HarryT · 05-20-2012, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Or get someone from the US to gift it to you.

You can't give eBooks as gifts to someone in another country.

andreabc · 05-20-2012, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

You can't give eBooks as gifts to someone in another country.

Yes, you can - as long as that exact edition is for sale in the recepient's country (even if it's more expensive).

HarryT · 05-20-2012, 08:30 AM

But the point here is that it isn't. The Canadian and US editions, as is normal, have different publishers.

andreabc · 05-21-2012, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

But the point here is that it isn't. The Canadian and US editions, as is normal, have different publishers.

The book mentioned by the OP is the same edition in the US and Canada, as is the case for many other books - not all of them, of course.

It's probably more common for it to be "normal" in the UK to have different publishers, but it's normal in other international stores (definitely in many non-English speaking regions) to see US editions available.

CRussel · 05-23-2012, 01:23 PM

There are a tonne of workarounds to having a US Amazon account while living full time in Canada. But the simplest is to create the account with any valid US address, and then buy yourself an Amazon gift card (make sure it's an Amazon US gift card, not an Amazon.ca one!) Apply the gift card to your US account, and when it starts to get low, buy another one. Rinse, repeat.

If you ever physically go to the US, set up an account with one of the mailbox destinations in a border town and actually have something shipped there from Amazon. You'll never get questioned again. (Since I regularly go to the US for work, we often have stuff shipped to our PonyExpress box in Redmond. I have never had Amazon question a purchase for my Kindle. And I do not use any IP address masking for buying eBooks.)

wl. · 05-25-2012, 01:52 PM

hmm... if you search the ways to cheat amazon, why don't download a books for free? torrents for example?

05-16-2012, 10:46 AM	#1
Pookeysgirl Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 12696746 Join Date: May 2010 Device: K3, Kobo Mini	2 prices for the same Kindle Edition of an ebook? I've been waiting patiently for Ghost Story by Jim Butcher to come down in price. I checked my recommendations page on my Amazon account and saw that the Kindle Edition is now $14.99, but when I clicked on the book to purchase it the price was changed to $18.51 which is what it has been for a while now. Does anyone know why the price would be so different from the recommendations page and the buy page?

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ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Use a ISP blocker and and American Address. Save yourself the money.

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sucah Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 485235 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Asia Device: KK 3G, KT 3G, KPW, Odyssey HD, T1, 350, Glo, Mini, Aura HD, KPW2 3G	In my experience, no need for ISP blocker, just use account with US valid address. Or you can add US valid address to your account and change country setting to US under Manage Your Kindle.

05-19-2012, 11:56 AM	#6
Mayr Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 16 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Porto, Portugal Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone 3Gs	So we could use a macdonalds address for example? But what about when you have to pay for the book? If you use a non US credit card will Amazon authorize the sell? Or will it say you can't pay with a outside US card?

05-19-2012, 10:11 PM	#7
hellraiser06 Yaabbaa dabba doo Posts: 76 Karma: 5348 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: India Device: Kindle Touch wifi, Kindle 3 Wifi, Asus Transformer TF101	If you just change the address to an us address and use a non us credit card, you will receive a warning after buying a couple of books. They all you to call them so they can verify that you are an American. I know this because I am in India and I used to do this..buy an ebook from Amazon using a fictitious pizza hut address in Indiana... I could not buy more than 4 or 5 books before they won't let me..then I would ask my American girlfriend to buy me a book on my account from us..this unblocked my account for another 4 or 5 books... Rinse and repeat...lol.... If I show them I am Indian, I have to pay them 2 dollars extra for every book I buy from them.....so yeah use isp blocker...I have an option of my girlfriend so I don't use it but it might work for you...good luck...

05-19-2012, 10:45 PM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,103 Karma: 144284184 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Or get someone from the US to gift it to you.

05-19-2012, 10:59 PM	#9
Cdesja5 Wizard Posts: 1,117 Karma: 2094306 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Device: Lots and lots of electronic gadgets...	Or buy a kindle gift card from Amazon.com following suggestions in post 5, and this one purchase will allow subsequent purchases when you find other books you want without re-using the credit card.

05-20-2012, 08:30 AM	#12
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	But the point here is that it isn't. The Canadian and US editions, as is normal, have different publishers.

05-23-2012, 01:23 PM	#14
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,282 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	There are a tonne of workarounds to having a US Amazon account while living full time in Canada. But the simplest is to create the account with any valid US address, and then buy yourself an Amazon gift card (make sure it's an Amazon US gift card, not an Amazon.ca one!) Apply the gift card to your US account, and when it starts to get low, buy another one. Rinse, repeat. If you ever physically go to the US, set up an account with one of the mailbox destinations in a border town and actually have something shipped there from Amazon. You'll never get questioned again. (Since I regularly go to the US for work, we often have stuff shipped to our PonyExpress box in Redmond. I have never had Amazon question a purchase for my Kindle. And I do not use any IP address masking for buying eBooks.)

05-25-2012, 01:52 PM	#15
wl. Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 5790 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: moscow, russia Device: Kindle Touch, Sony PRS-505	hmm... if you search the ways to cheat amazon, why don't download a books for free? torrents for example?

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