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E Readers in Spain. Now I´m really confused.
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wisechild | Report | 16 Aug 2013 12:42 |
Have spent several days looking at various Kindles. I live in Spain & it seems that if I order from the English site, not only will I be charged 25 pounds for delivery, but several of the apps are only available in England. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 16 Aug 2013 12:48 |
If you buy a Kindle and have to pay £25.00 for the delivery, I can assure you that the selection the price of the books, from free to full price for new releases by popular authors. You Kindle will pay for itself within months. |
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wisechild | Report | 16 Aug 2013 12:59 |
Thanks for that input. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 16 Aug 2013 13:46 |
Memory cells are not working......... a GR member (who posts regularly) lives in Spain, and has a kindle........ can't remember who. |
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wisechild | Report | 16 Aug 2013 13:49 |
Thanks. I´ll try that. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 16 Aug 2013 16:52 |
Tenerife Sun has a Kindle but I think she bought it when on a visit home. However she could advise you re downloading etc. |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 16 Aug 2013 17:44 |
Hi Wisechild, yes I do have a Kindle 3G not a Fire. I bought it from amazon.com so it was delivered all the way from America. I buy my books from them, charged in dollars via my english bank account, and they are usually cheaper than if i had bought them in pounds. I also get some free from them and from other sites as well, Kobo being one. What I can't do is buy from Amazon.co.uk which is a bit of a pain. The reason for this is although I do have an English bank account and debit card I do not have an English billing address. I emailed Amazon and pointed out to them that if I could use the .co.uk address they would get a more business from me as I have children and grandchilden in England who all have Christmas and birthday presents and Amazon would be useful for this. I was told that they are hoping to change this soon and I will be able to use the .co.uk site. When I don't know. Maybe I should try it again and see if it works. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 16 Aug 2013 21:09 |
Sorry got that wrong, senior moment, I forgot that you ordered it from America. |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 16 Aug 2013 21:46 |
No problem Ann, hope you two are well x |
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AnninGlos | Report | 16 Aug 2013 22:01 |
Yes fine thanks, just got rid of the grey hairs that seemed to leap out at me after my birthday :-) |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 16 Aug 2013 23:44 |
Ok Ann talk soon (Sorry Wisechild) |
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LadyScozz | Report | 17 Aug 2013 00:22 |
Tenerife ~ could you use a relative's address in UK? |
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wisechild | Report | 17 Aug 2013 07:22 |
Thanks all for your input. |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 17 Aug 2013 10:57 |
Lady Scozz, I used to use my daughters address for banking the only problem is that all my mail related to the bank went there too and st times this was a problem. We also had Sky that was registered in Wales but I have cancelled that now. This year I changed my UK driving licence to a Spanish one so at last I am fully legal. |
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UzziAndHerDogs | Report | 17 Aug 2013 12:16 |
I have a kindle but like wise mine was send to a UK address and then brought out here. |
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wisechild | Report | 17 Aug 2013 12:38 |
Wendy. |
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UzziAndHerDogs | Report | 17 Aug 2013 14:15 |
Marion I don´t think there is a problem but will have to check with OH as he registered mine and his. He is at work at the moment but will ask when he gets home ..it will be tomorrow before I get an answer as he won´t be home until after midnight. |
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UzziAndHerDogs | Report | 18 Aug 2013 08:53 |
OH said my Kindle is registered to a UK address as he wanted books on it before I got it. His isn´t registered and he is not sure if you register it to a Spanish address if when buying books it would send you to the es site. |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 18 Aug 2013 10:48 |
Mine is registered to a Spanish address ans it sends me automatically to .com in America. I thought this was because this was where I bought it from. Also when I bought it the .es site hadn't started up then. |
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wisechild | Report | 18 Aug 2013 12:53 |
Had a very quick look at the ES site, but the range of books available in English seemed very limited. Mostly childrens & textbooks, so I reasoned that if that´s the case, I might as well go for the cheaper Spanish version |