Comments on: Comment: More on the “International” Amazon.com Kindle http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2009%2F10%2F08%2Fcomment-more-on-the-international-amazon-com-kindle%2F&seed_title=Comment%3A+More+on+the+%26%238220%3BInternational%26%238221%3B+Amazon.com+Kindle Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Crime Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A This and That Post « Me and My Books http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2009%2F10%2F08%2Fcomment-more-on-the-international-amazon-com-kindle%2F&seed_title=Comment%3A+More+on+the+%26%238220%3BInternational%26%238221%3B+Amazon.com+Kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 A This and That Post « Me and My Books Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:28:20 +0000 http://nextread.co.uk/2009/10/08/comment-more-on-the-international-amazon-com-kindle/#comment-1074 [...] those UK readers considering the Kindle (and yes, that would include me), NextRead has an excellent post summarising what you will and won’t get.  After shipping and taxes, the cost is around $387 according to this MobileRead [...] [...] those UK readers considering the Kindle (and yes, that would include me), NextRead has an excellent post summarising what you will and won’t get.  After shipping and taxes, the cost is around $387 according to this MobileRead [...]

]]> By: Ole A. Imsen http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2009%2F10%2F08%2Fcomment-more-on-the-international-amazon-com-kindle%2F&seed_title=Comment%3A+More+on+the+%26%238220%3BInternational%26%238221%3B+Amazon.com+Kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Ole A. Imsen Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:52:57 +0000 http://nextread.co.uk/2009/10/08/comment-more-on-the-international-amazon-com-kindle/#comment-1075 "Important Product Information for Your Country Your international shipment is subject to customs duties, import taxes and other fees levied by the destination country. We will show you these fees upon checkout." -So instead of Amazon selling books from their UK store to their UK customers, and Amazon paying customs duties, they will have customers importing from the US and paying those duties and taxes. Sounds like an excellent idea, if you're Amazon that is. Haven't checked how this will relate to Norway, where I live, but I think it's going to be similar. -And I prefer to read my books on paper anyway. "Important Product Information for Your Country
Your international shipment is subject to customs duties, import taxes and other fees levied by the
destination country. We will show you these fees upon checkout."

-So instead of Amazon selling books from their UK store to their UK customers, and Amazon paying customs duties, they will have customers importing from the US and paying those duties and taxes.
Sounds like an excellent idea, if you're Amazon that is.

Haven't checked how this will relate to Norway, where I live, but I think it's going to be similar. -And I prefer to read my books on paper anyway.

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