09-02-2011, 06:56 AM
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Availability and pricing in Europe
According to http://www.the-digital-reader.com Kobo Touch will be available in the first of October and price will be 149€.
So in Germany price will be: 149€ = 212 USD. I believe VAT is 19% in germany so price without the tax would be around: 121€= 172 USD USA price: 90€ = 129 USD Does anyone know if Kobo Germany is going to ship the device to another European countries? ..In any case it still might be cheaper for me to import this from US to Finland and pay taxes+custom fees..  edit 9.9.2011 “The retail partnership with redcoon starts in Germany, but is going beyond this market”, Schröer explains. “As Kobo expands to additional European countries later this year, redcoon will offer our products there as well.” Additional leading retail partners will be announced shortly." Let's see where and when.. Last edited by amoult; 09-09-2011 at 01:21 AM. Reason: Adding more info |
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09-02-2011, 09:22 AM
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I've bought 2, from Swindon Books (Hong Kong) with 280HKD (about 25€) for shipping. Total of 139€ each.
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09-02-2011, 09:31 AM
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One possible caveat with buying outside of region... support costs! If you need a unit replaced, look at the shipping costs..
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09-02-2011, 10:02 AM
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Indeed you're right... that's my fear... but I also am a book-vampire: can't stay without reading books, but real books are a bit too expensive here in Italy and since I am able to read "the lord of the rings" in 5-6 days, you can imagine the amount of books I need...
 I' downloading right now the full 8GB ISO of Project Gutenberg... Reading in progress!
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09-02-2011, 11:00 AM
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09-02-2011, 11:25 AM
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Kobo has always left pricing up to the retailer. I assume that this is a big deal to their retail partners and a big reason why they do not sell readers themselves. In Canada, they have usually been sold for the same amount everywhere, but I know that at Christmas, Walmart has discounted them when other retailers have not. I'm betting that in Germany and elsewhere, retailers will sell them at whatever their particular market will tolerate.
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09-07-2011, 05:59 PM
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