New Kobo Aura HD eInk eReader 1440x1080

[david_e]

I've never been charged a transaction fee, not for books or egift cards. I don't know what the terms of the card are, DH handles that, but I did check last month's statement to be sure. If I were buying from a Canadian website, .ca instead of .com, and prices were in Canadian dollars, a transaction fee would make sense.

Also, when I made my Aura purchase today I was charged local sales tax. I wouldn't expect a Canadian company to have to collect that. I might be completely wrong, but I wouldn't expect them to.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does anyone have a phone number for Kobo? I'd like to call them. Their website does not allow a US purchase to be made via PayPal. So in order to buy an Aura HD, it will cost extra as we will be charged a foreign transaction fee.

Plus applicable tax.

[bookwurm70]

Originally Posted by Fbone

My card charges 3% foreign exchange fee. This is along with the 7% sales tax.

For the Kobo Aura it would be $7.06 + $15.40 = $22.46

Total cost with cover would be $242.44

What are you talking about?

I live in Illinois and use Chase Visa and I was charged $169.99. I've been a Kobo customer for years and have never been charged a foreign transaction fee. And Chase does charge those fees, believe me.

[Lbooker]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

Your rooted Sony doesn't refresh? What is this amazing rooting technology that you're using?

Several solutions are listed here :
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PRST...o-refresh_mode

I use this one :
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...0&postcount=33

[robko]

Originally Posted by bookwurm70

What are you talking about?

I live in Illinois and use Chase Visa and I was charged $169.99. I've been a Kobo customer for years and have never been charged a foreign transaction fee. And Chase does charge those fees, believe me.

Now that I think about this, way back when Kobo 1st started this was an issue since the everything went to a "Canadian" company so people were getting dinged with foreign transaction fees and blaming Kobo for taking that money even though it was their credit card company (and .com vs .ca means nothing in terms of whether you'll get charged this or not). It took them a while to get it set up so that they had a "U.S." presence so that US customers stopped being charged foreign transaction fees. There are probably a bunch of really old threads on this.

[pidgeon92]

Here's the transaction on my credit card. I don't anticipate seeing a foreign fee on this as it clearly says "Kobo US."

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by bookwurm70

What are you talking about?

I live in Illinois and use Chase Visa and I was charged $169.99. I've been a Kobo customer for years and have never been charged a foreign transaction fee. And Chase does charge those fees, believe me.

Yes, you will initially only see the $169.99 charge from Kobo. If there is a transaction fee it will be calculated and added by the bank and appear on the next statement, typically in a location where one sees credits and miscellaneous charges.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

Here's the transaction on my credit card. I don't anticipate seeing a foreign fee on this as it clearly says "Kobo US."

Well, that makes sense and explains why I was charged sales tax.

[evanft]

I bit the bullet and ordered one.

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Yes, you will initially only see the $169.99 charge from Kobo. If there is a transaction fee it will be calculated and added by the bank and appear on the next statement, typically in a location where one sees credits and miscellaneous charges.

Chase charges the foreign transaction fee the day after the transaction, and it appears on the same statement as the charge. At least, that is what they did on my last Canadian purchase in September.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Well, that makes sense and explains why I was charged sales tax.

I did a pretend order and I wasn't charged sales tax. For ebooks I am charged tax. Unable to determine about foreign transaction fee.

In any case, they should permit Paypal for ereader purchases. And Amex too.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

Here's the transaction on my credit card. I don't anticipate seeing a foreign fee on this as it clearly says "Kobo US."

Kobo US... That's new. Thank you. I might just go for it without calling then since Kobo seems to have a US presence.

[Prestidigitweeze]

Originally Posted by paola

on the other hand, i find the Kepub format that Kobo uses quite good, especially with footnotes (that you can preview in pop-ups) in non fiction books.

Now, that is a really nice feature.

Having said that, I totally understand your point, it is a pity we have to compromise, we can only conclude that we on mobileread are not that representative of the market at large!

What I'm hoping is this:

Independent devs will want to create more options for the Kobo as it rises in popularity. Given Kobo's potential commitment to our sort of interests -- as shown by the release of the Aura HD -- they might as it might.

[Ken Maltby]

I just ordered one at the Kobo USA site, it showed the tax for Texas (I guess), but
none of the transaction "fees". I would expect to see that later on my Credit Union
statement.

Luck;
Ken

PS; Not really a fan of e-Ink displays, or a touchscreen as an ebook user interface
but hoping that the great screen resolution makes up for that.

[Prestidigitweeze]

Skydog:

My apologies if my previous post sounded impolite. I assure you it wasn't intended that way.

My response actually mentioned the idea you might not want to list every device you'd ever owned, but perhaps I didn't sound apologetic enough (and I say that without irony) about bringing up the idea of past devices.

The key to my entire post, and the sole reason I asked you about this, was because I myself didn't know how important many PRS+ options would become to me until I used them.

I had to point this out because people have been talking about features in the abstract: Dismissing them as unimportant without -- in some cases -- actually having tried and benefited from them.

When someone says that features I find important are unnecessary, and that person seems not to own a device that offers them, my next logical question is whether that person has owned a reader that did in the past. The question is not meant in any way to discredit the person I'm talking to. It's only meant as a reason to suggest that familiarity with those features on a daily basis can make their usefulness more apparent -- and not just to people who are "picky" (to use a recurring word on this thread).

Originally Posted by Skydog

Actually, I have but it was back in the Dark Ages. (I do not list every device I own, only those being used) But that has nothing to do with my post. I was replying to a post that gave the impression that, while the Kobo can easily take custom fonts and change page refresh rates, one would need to jailbreak the PW (that would be Kindle Paperwhite) to do so. I was pointing out that is not the case. That's all.

How on earth that prompted your question regarding my previously owned devices or the limitations of Sony is beyond me.