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The price difference is probably due to the fact that the US has a bigger market than Canada.
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A Kobo bought in Canada is cheaper than a Kobo bought in the US and shipped to Canada ... a Kobo Touch at $139 (vs $129.99 ... note the difference is $9.01 not $10) is very good value. It is considerably cheaper than a Kindle 3 shipped to Canada; or a Sony PRS-350 bought in Canada; and you can't buy a Nook here anyway.
This is a silly argument and posturing for the sake of trying to find a flaw. Kobo Touch at $139 in Canada, no shipping fees, is excellent value and either appeals to you as a good ereader or not ... the $10 (or $9.01 as the case might be) has no bearing on it. Last edited by SensualPoet; 05-29-2011 at 12:27 AM. |
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No--they were cheaper in the US except in the beginning when, waaaay back in time, they were priced the same in US dollars (and the CAD was worth less).
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I preorder one, and it's like 155 dollars with tax. So yeah, it's still cheaper than buying an ereader from the USA thanks to customs.
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Everything is cheaper in USA all the time. Especially gadgets.
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From what I know of pricing in most other countries though, the list price already has their VAT baked in, usually 20+%. Not sure if Australlia does the VAT thing or sales tax like Canada/USA. ...and oh yeah, these things ARE made in PRC, and if you hunted around you could dig up the ODM, but apparently unlike MANY other small time ebook sellers in NA, Kobo is actually doing their own firmware v. contracting the ODM to slightly customize their stock firmware... Last edited by cutterjohn42; 05-31-2011 at 02:18 PM. |
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It is $179 here from Borders!
If ordered from the USA no tax would apply as it is under $1000 |
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oops, they're made in Taiwan, says right on the Kobo 2 at least...
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More in Canada
This is common in Canada. A product will cost more in Canada than in the United States, notwithstanding the fact that the Canadian dollar is currently higher than the U.S. dollar.
Retailers in Canada have a litany of excuses as to why this is the case (some valid, some excuses). They usually vaguely claim that the expense of running a store in Canada is higher than in the United states (often pointing to labour costs), and that the economies of scale in Canada are less (e.g. higher distribution costs for a smaller population spread over a larger area). If goods are imported from Asia, not all retailers will import separately for the Canadian market, which means that the goods will be subject to duties when the retailer brings them into Canada (free trade does not apply to goods manufactured in third countries). I have no idea if a Kobo made in Taiwan was imported into Canada through Vancouver, or through some U.S. port. The main reason, though, is because they can (as a number of posters have stated above). The retail market is generally less competitive, and Canadians are accustomed to higher prices from the days when a Canadian dollar was worth 63 cents U.S. |
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