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Old 09-10-2016, 12:11 PM   #16
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I thought Tesco's would have added it though, they seem to sell a lot of Kobo's on Tesco's Direct, not sure about in-store though.

I guess we probably have the answer that it's going to be at least 2 weeks probably longer before they appear and are available for sale. I wonder whether it would be worth ordering direct from Kobo but so far I don't like the sound of their ordering system. Once you've ordered you get complete dead air and no updates at all about the order.
Tesco sell Kindles now - not Kobo''s!

As well as the vagaries of the Kobo ordering system you also don't know where it in the world it is being dispatched from - so you could get clobbered with Custom fee''s, Vat fee''s and Royal Mail handling charges as well.
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Ah I wondered why Tesco's were only showing cases. Maybe they had far too many returns on Kobo's.

Yeah that was my concern too ordering from Kobo. My guess is they are shipping from Canada which means you'll get hit by about £12 customs fee from Parcel Force for processing the Customs Duty and 20% on top of the price. Unless they are shipping from UK and using something like WH Smiths to fulfill orders? Kobo's website does say £189.99 VAT included, but if it's shipping from Canada that could be interesting if you end up paying double VAT. I would hope that they fulfill orders from somewhere in the UK.
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Ah I wondered why Tesco's were only showing cases. Maybe they had far too many returns on Kobo's.

Yeah that was my concern too ordering from Kobo. My guess is they are shipping from Canada which means you'll get hit by about £12 customs fee from Parcel Force for processing the Customs Duty and 20% on top of the price. Unless they are shipping from UK and using something like WH Smiths to fulfill orders? Kobo's website does say £189.99 VAT included, but if it's shipping from Canada that could be interesting if you end up paying double VAT. I would hope that they fulfill orders from somewhere in the UK.
If it's saying VAT included I would presume they are collecting VAT and remitting it to the UK government so it shouldn't get double collected no matter where they shipped it from. You'd still potentially have customs on top of that price.
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Ah I wondered why Tesco's were only showing cases. Maybe they had far too many returns on Kobo's
I think they are just not selling the quantities that they need to. Same for WH Smith''s - they are not going to devote space to it in store or in the warehouse if they are not selling the quantity of units. What doesn't help is that even when WH Smith's had the big play displays the staff knew little to nothing about them - I remember when I bought my H20 I knew more about it before seeing it than the staff did. And there is no promotion over here of the Kobo''s - so unless you do serious research before buying, most people are going to head straight to Amazon.
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I think they are just not selling the quantities that they need to. Same for WH Smith''s - they are not going to devote space to it in store or in the warehouse if they are not selling the quantity of units. What doesn't help is that even when WH Smith's had the big play displays the staff knew little to nothing about them - I remember when I bought my H20 I knew more about it before seeing it than the staff did. And there is no promotion over here of the Kobo''s - so unless you do serious research before buying, most people are going to head straight to Amazon.
I know most of the Smiths I walk past used to have big signs in the windows for Kobos, but they've vanished recently too. The staff I spoke to in Holborn Smiths said they still sold a reasonable amount of Kobos (much to my surprise actually), they at least used to have a member of staff there who knew what he was talking about.
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not recieved mine yet... annoyed or any shipping info

ordered whsmith online
i dont think any store has had any physical stock
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Ordering from Chapters to the UK would cost roughly £188.£199 This includes shipping, a 3% conversion fee and 20% VAT added. But then, I cannot be 100% sure I did it correctly. But even still, it's not bad. If I did it wrong, chances are it's on the high side.
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Ordering from Chapters to the UK would cost roughly £188.£199 This includes shipping, a 3% conversion fee and 20% VAT added. But then, I cannot be 100% sure I did it correctly. But even still, it's not bad. If I did it wrong, chances are it's on the high side.
You also have to add the £8 Royal Mail handling charge for custom parcels

Also factor in if you have a problem with it and need to exchange it/send it back!
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I think, for a change, I'm willing to wait and get it locally for £190
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I think, for a change, I'm willing to wait and get it locally for £190
Me too, at least you can send it back or get it swapped out locally. Not sure what WH Smith's return policy is like if we don't like it. Personally I've always been on Kindle with Kindle Keyboard, PaperWhite, Voyage and now Oasis but would like to try a larger screen although doubt I would read with it out and about, more at home.

Ideally I'd prefer to order from Amazon, they do stock some Kobo's but not the Aura One yet. They have a no quibble return policy.
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Just letting people know it's up at Argos now too though out of stock: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/6044211.htm
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Just letting people know it's up at Argos now too though out of stock: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/6044211.htm

Ooooooh!

I expect it won't be too long before they get some in . .
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Ideally I'd prefer to order from Amazon, they do stock some Kobo's but not the Aura One yet. They have a no quibble return policy.
Are kobo devices sold on Amazon subject to Amazon's return policy or kobo's?
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