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Borrowing from the USA????

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Offline runner Reading Summit Harry Farthing, Mr Mercedes Stephen King
05 Jun 2012, 07:41 PM | Post: #1

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Borrowing from the USA????

I presume the facility to borrow a kindle book is not available in the UK....I was sent a book via amazon.com but could only accept if I had a USA address...ie I had to de register and re register with a usa address?....is there a way around this...a little cheat Undecided
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Offline Orlando Reading Andrew E. Kaufman - The Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted
05 Jun 2012, 08:07 PM | Post: #2

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RE: Borrowing from the USA????

Amazon knows where you are - for example it will not let me buy books from the US Kindle store or even show the prices. And your ID is valid on all Amazon sites. So what puzzles me is why Amazon didn't pick up the fact that you are in the UK and stop the lender from lending you the book. Any ideas, folks? Is Amazon slipping up?
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Offline runner Reading Summit Harry Farthing, Mr Mercedes Stephen King
05 Jun 2012, 08:32 PM | Post: #3

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RE: Borrowing from the USA????

(05 Jun 2012 08:07 PM)Orlando Wrote:  Amazon knows where you are - for example it will not let me buy books from the US Kindle store or even show the prices. And your ID is valid on all Amazon sites. So what puzzles me is why Amazon didn't pick up the fact that you are in the UK and stop the lender from lending you the book. Any ideas, folks? Is Amazon slipping up?

That is a valid point...why does amazon.com offer me the opportunity to buy and then when I go to accept says...uh..uh...you are in the UK...yes of course I am..so why offer me in the first place?????
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Offline Orlando Reading Andrew E. Kaufman - The Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted
05 Jun 2012, 09:19 PM | Post: #4

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RE: Borrowing from the USA????

Hmmm... wondering if your Kindle was bought from a major supplier or whether you got a bargain somewhere that might have been imported unofficially from the US? Just a thought, in case it was bought on eBay. No idea whether this would make any difference, especially if you can buy/download books from amazon.co.uk without problems.

I suppose, though, that borrowing will come to the UK eventually.
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