PRS 600 JUNK - Page 5

Anne Marie · 01-09-2010, 11:17 AM

Thank you very much for the suggestion, but have you ever compared prices for books in Europe and the US? It is a major difference. Europe is at least 50% (yes fifty) more expensive.

Anne Marie · 01-09-2010, 11:20 AM

Same answer to you as to omk3. I have no problem finding the books I would like but prices are so much more expensive in the European stores. I did the test yesterday and a book that costs 9.99 dollar at Reader Store cost 1060 euro at bol.com = 16 $

Ea · 01-09-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Anne Marie

Thank you very much for the suggestion, but have you ever compared prices for books in Europe and the US? It is a major difference. Europe is at least 50% (yes fifty) more expensive.

Yes. I usually look for the cheapest place to buy them - that's why I start with Google, to make the search wide.

Over the last years, I've found that prices fluctuate enough in different shops that there's no one shop that'll always be cheaper (except perhaps if you can buy from Amazon at US prices).

ATM, I'm taking advantage of the offer of a 40% rebate on a purchase (up to 9 books) in exchange for a book review at cyberread.com. So far, I've not had any problems with geo restrictions there.

Ea · 01-09-2010, 11:28 AM

As for European prices, we have to take VAT into account when doing a fair comparison.

Ea · 01-09-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Anne Marie

Same answer to you as to omk3. ....

Have you noticed the 'quote' link? Then you can include ('quote') the post you're answering. You can also combine them if you use the little button in the middle to the right bottom oft he post, for multiple quotes

JUDITH866 · 01-10-2010, 03:50 PM

Read ur posting and really relate to the poor service Sony offers. Got my reader for Christmas and to date have not been able to purchase a single book from the e-store. Have been hold on the phone for two weeks and still no success.

nick101 · 01-10-2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JUDITH866

Read ur posting and really relate to the poor service Sony offers. Got my reader for Christmas and to date have not been able to purchase a single book from the e-store. Have been hold on the phone for two weeks and still no success.

Perhaps if you post some info about your situation here, we can help. There are plenty of happy Sony users here who've seen most of the problems before.

Importantly, it matters which country you're in. You can't buy from the Sony store except in the USA/Canada without being clever with your credit card address.

gwynevans · 01-10-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JUDITH866

Read ur posting and really relate to the poor service Sony offers. Got my reader for Christmas and to date have not been able to purchase a single book from the e-store. Have been hold on the phone for two weeks and still no success.

I assume you're in the US? There are other places you can buy ebooks from, e.g. Fictionwise or BooksOnBoard - look for EPUB format.

HarryT · 01-10-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JUDITH866

Read ur posting and really relate to the poor service Sony offers. Got my reader for Christmas and to date have not been able to purchase a single book from the e-store. Have been hold on the phone for two weeks and still no success.

Two weeks!

Goodness - that's a long phone call. Have you considered hanging up and phoning back? I rather suspect that if you've been holding for two weeks, something gone wrong.

RonF · 01-10-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nick101

Perhaps if you post some info about your situation here, we can help. There are plenty of happy Sony users here who've seen most of the problems before.

Importantly, it matters which country you're in. You can't buy from the Sony store except in the USA/Canada without being clever with your credit card address.

From her other post she is in Canada and looks like after having some problems she tried a new card with an American address and was getting a zip code error. The problem with switching locals midstream is that you need to do it with a clean sw install, cookies, registry ehtries, etc... Leave a trace behind from a previous address and it could get glitchy if the sw picks it up.

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Originally Posted by JUDITH866

Got Sony 600 for Christmas and cannot purchase any book from the sony e-store and have been two weeks on phone with them to get matter fixed. Even got a new card with American address(am Canadian), and they still tell me zip code is wrong. It is NOT. If not resolved tomorrow, am boxing up all product and sending it back to SONY.

Have been on hold on the phone every day, hour after hour. Poor service. Wish I had bought a Kindle.

Harry - got a good chuckle there, thanks

trout · 01-11-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

As for European prices, we have to take VAT into account when doing a fair comparison.

No VAT on books in the UK !!

omk3 · 01-11-2010, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by trout

No VAT on books in the UK !!

What about ebooks though?

Ea · 01-11-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by omk3

What about ebooks though?

As far as I know it's 15% because it's considered software.

amjbrown · 01-11-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

As far as I know it's 15% because it's considered software.

It is considered software, and alas the VAT rate is back to 17.5%.

amjb

Yottie · 01-17-2010, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

As far as I know it's 15% because it's considered software.

Just shows how little the Government understands about software !

01-10-2010, 03:50 PM	#66
JUDITH866 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: SONY READER PRS600	SONY---do NOT buy !!!!! Read ur posting and really relate to the poor service Sony offers. Got my reader for Christmas and to date have not been able to purchase a single book from the e-store. Have been hold on the phone for two weeks and still no success.

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01-09-2010, 11:17 AM	#61
Anne Marie Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS600	Thank you very much for the suggestion, but have you ever compared prices for books in Europe and the US? It is a major difference. Europe is at least 50% (yes fifty) more expensive.

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Anne Marie Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony Reader PRS600	Same answer to you as to omk3. I have no problem finding the books I would like but prices are so much more expensive in the European stores. I did the test yesterday and a book that costs 9.99 dollar at Reader Store cost 1060 euro at bol.com = 16 $

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Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	As for European prices, we have to take VAT into account when doing a fair comparison.