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| Thread ID: 109962 | 2010-05-29 04:47:00 | NZ price $295 for ereader | leonidas5 (2306) | PC World Chat |
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| 889115 | 2010-05-29 04:47:00 | The Kobo eReader is now available in NZ but why is the price after currency conversion just on $nz50.00 dearer than in Australia and $nz70.00 in the USA and approx $nz60.00 in Canada? (These are the only places available so far) Looks to be a good device. Yet methinks I smell a rip-off! |
leonidas5 (2306) | ||
| 889116 | 2010-05-29 05:02:00 | They will probably argue that they need to cover the cost of freight etc. If you can get it from a good on-line store in Australia or the USA after including freight and after currency conversion at a better price then that might be the way to go. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 889117 | 2010-05-29 05:44:00 | It's still a great price for an e-ink based ebook reader, considering Dymocks or someone was selling their version for over $1000 not that long ago. | somebody (208) | ||
| 889118 | 2010-05-29 05:48:00 | Theres a Whitcoulls app you can get on the iPhone or iPod touch for free. The eBooks cost but there is a large amount of titles available (around 3000 I think). | davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 889119 | 2010-05-29 06:13:00 | There is over 8000 titles on the Whitcoulls site.. they are part of Borders and tie back into Australian company. In their blurb the kobo can access a heap of titles not just from Whitcoulls. My curiosity lies with a good product with wildly varying prices and NZ seems to be getting the worst of it. |
leonidas5 (2306) | ||
| 889120 | 2010-05-29 06:14:00 | 8000 is not a huge number of titles... | Erayd (23) | ||
| 889121 | 2010-05-29 06:40:00 | It is if they are all on your phone. ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 889122 | 2010-05-29 07:15:00 | I had a look at one today. Way too slow. It reminds me of running Windows 3.1 on a 286 PC also I would like to see a 9 inch screen.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 889123 | 2010-05-29 07:21:00 | Want free or nearly free reading material? www.gutenberg.org |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 889124 | 2010-05-29 07:42:00 | At $14.95 per book they are way too expensive! I'll stick to Project Gutenberg (free!!) and when I feel flush, eReader.com. They have huge numbers of titles, old and new, and although can be expensive if you want a recent release, they average about US$7 each... There are lots of cheaper alternatives out there than Whitcoulls' solution. |
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