Kindle in Europe

Luigino · 06-17-2009, 09:09 AM

Hello everyone!!

Anyone knows if maybe those Kindle 2 or DX would arrive in Europe through Amazon.de or Amazon.co.uk? So at least it would cut a bit down the douane duties to Europe countries I think....
I'm from Italy and I'm a bit interested to Kindle DX... that's why I'm asking... :-)

Ciao,
Luigi

yingwu · 06-17-2009, 09:45 AM

Not directly. rfog has tried this and provided detail information here.

olis · 06-17-2009, 12:57 PM

Hi Luigino, you can buy the kindle exclusively from amazon.com (the USA store). I live in Italy too, and I bought a kindle 1 from the States a year ago.
You'll have to add about 25-30% to the final price to account for VAT, import duties, etc. So I don't know how much it is convenient to do that.

kevindorsey · 06-17-2009, 02:09 PM

They probably have to get an equivalent of Whispernet in Europe first, before Kindle could catch on.

yingwu · 06-17-2009, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olis

Hi Luigino, you can buy the kindle exclusively from amazon.com (the USA store). I live in Italy too, and I bought a kindle 1 from the States a year ago.
You'll have to add about 25-30% to the final price to account for VAT, import duties, etc. So I don't know how much it is convenient to do that.

olis, sorry, I don't think so if you mean to buy the DX from Amazon.com directly, because I have confirmed this from Amazon and get feedback clearly that we can not do this outside of US at the current stage.

Alisa · 06-17-2009, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevindorsey

They probably have to get an equivalent of Whispernet in Europe first, before Kindle could catch on.

They would also have to have a large enough catalog of books to sell. Electronic distribution rights aren't always global. Amazon isn't legally allowed to sell all it's ebooks outside the US.

olis · 06-17-2009, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yingwu

olis, sorry, I don't think so if you mean to buy the DX from Amazon.com directly, because I have confirmed this from Amazon and get feedback clearly that we can not do this outside of US at the current stage.

Yes you can, but you'll have to use the gift certificate workaround and a service like myus.com.

06-17-2009, 09:09 AM	#1
Luigino Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 1950 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Nothing	Kindle in Europe Hello everyone!! Anyone knows if maybe those Kindle 2 or DX would arrive in Europe through Amazon.de or Amazon.co.uk? So at least it would cut a bit down the douane duties to Europe countries I think.... I'm from Italy and I'm a bit interested to Kindle DX... that's why I'm asking... :-) Ciao, Luigi

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yingwu Addict Posts: 227 Karma: 322 Join Date: May 2009 Device: 1000s	Not directly. rfog has tried this and provided detail information here.

06-17-2009, 12:57 PM	#3
olis Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 369 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Italy Device: prs-500, Nokia N810, Irex dr1000s, Kindle3	Hi Luigino, you can buy the kindle exclusively from amazon.com (the USA store). I live in Italy too, and I bought a kindle 1 from the States a year ago. You'll have to add about 25-30% to the final price to account for VAT, import duties, etc. So I don't know how much it is convenient to do that.

06-17-2009, 02:09 PM	#4
kevindorsey Evangelist Posts: 488 Karma: 258 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	They probably have to get an equivalent of Whispernet in Europe first, before Kindle could catch on.

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