Kobo price dropped (at least for a while) - Page 2

sabredog · 05-15-2011, 11:05 PM

The price needs to be $99 locally (Australia) for it to be equitable. There is no excuse when the Aussie dollar is so strong against the greenback currently.

I imagine that the Kobo would also sell well in bricks and mortar bookstores (thinned out Borders and A&R) at that price also.

taming · 05-16-2011, 08:00 AM

I don't know who has control over the device pricing. So, for example, it may be that one of the international "partners" contractually gets to set the price for hardware sales to/in that country. Kobo is (mainly) a Canadian company, with Chapters-Indigo owning a majority share of the business, but the device is not manufactured in Canada and I assume there are different import duties paid here than in other places.

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05-15-2011, 11:05 PM	#16
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,630 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	The price needs to be $99 locally (Australia) for it to be equitable. There is no excuse when the Aussie dollar is so strong against the greenback currently. I imagine that the Kobo would also sell well in bricks and mortar bookstores (thinned out Borders and A&R) at that price also.

05-16-2011, 08:00 AM	#17
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	I don't know who has control over the device pricing. So, for example, it may be that one of the international "partners" contractually gets to set the price for hardware sales to/in that country. Kobo is (mainly) a Canadian company, with Chapters-Indigo owning a majority share of the business, but the device is not manufactured in Canada and I assume there are different import duties paid here than in other places.

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