British Columbia Residents! E-reader dilemma! - Page 2

CRussel · 10-12-2011, 12:26 PM

Agree, ProfCrash. With the Amazon warranty on Kindles, you're covered well beyond the strict letter of the warranty, IME.

ScalyFreak · 10-12-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

The Kindle warrenty is supported across the globe. There have been reports on this site and others from a large number of countries where Amazon has honored the warrenty. It is one of the strengths of the Kindle. It is international, the WiFi and 3G work across the globe and the warrenty is honored across the globe.

Do you need to ship it to Amazon US for a replacement? If you do, and it was bought locally, there will be taxes and brokerage fees before your replacement is allowed to cross the border.

If the warranty is handled within Canada, ignore what I just said.

starrlamia · 10-12-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by frozennorth

I don't think it supports mobi drm though and according to this thread support for mobi is a bit iffy.

The Sony T1 allows you to download from the library directly to the reader. Someone even mentioned using the Sony T1 to log into the Kobo account and downloading a book directly to the T1.

thanks for pointing that out, havent had a ton of time lately to read reviews.

CRussel · 10-12-2011, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Do you need to ship it to Amazon US for a replacement? If you do, and it was bought locally, there will be taxes and brokerage fees before your replacement is allowed to cross the border.

If the warranty is handled within Canada, ignore what I just said.

When my wife's K3 WiFi Graphite had problems, Amazon handled the entire thing. No hit at customs. And a return label for the defective one.

ProfCrash · 10-12-2011, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Do you need to ship it to Amazon US for a replacement? If you do, and it was bought locally, there will be taxes and brokerage fees before your replacement is allowed to cross the border.

If the warranty is handled within Canada, ignore what I just said.

Everyone who has had a Kindle replaced by Amazon has been sent a postage paid label to return the Kindle with. A few international cases have been told not to worry about returning the defective device. No one I know or whose posts I have read have had to pay for shipping, regardless of where they live.

ScalyFreak · 10-12-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

When my wife's K3 WiFi Graphite had problems, Amazon handled the entire thing. No hit at customs. And a return label for the defective one.

In that case, definitely ignore what I said! And good of Amazon, not all companies go to that length for their customers.

ProfCrash · 10-14-2011, 10:19 AM

It won't be worth it if she has a problem with the Nook and BN does not honor the warrenty. Most people do not have problems with their Nooks, so she is likely to be fine, but if she is in that small percentage that does have a problem then she is not going to be happy.

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10-12-2011, 12:26 PM	#16
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,309 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Agree, ProfCrash. With the Amazon warranty on Kindles, you're covered well beyond the strict letter of the warranty, IME.

10-14-2011, 10:19 AM	#22
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	It won't be worth it if she has a problem with the Nook and BN does not honor the warrenty. Most people do not have problems with their Nooks, so she is likely to be fine, but if she is in that small percentage that does have a problem then she is not going to be happy.

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