e-readers in SA?

[Subversion]

Hey guys,

I was looking at getting one of these overseas and wanted to price them in SA. I've been looking at the online stores but could only find a couple at Kalahari, and some at WantItAll (no doubt imported, which kinda defeats the point).

Are these just not very popular in SA? Anyone know anywhere else online I can find them?

Thanks

 

[cleask]

They are much cheaper from overseas, ie Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook

For a full comparision of e-readers, check out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers

 

[herbertk]

get a kindle on Amazon mine is I got one in November and have had no issues...

 

[oronte]

Get a kindle directly from Amazon, last year mine came to about R2500 total (and Amazon handles all the charges and give you a final total).

 

[BigAl-sa]

There is an eReader thread full of useful info here:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?207151-The-Official-ebook-Reader-Thread


Also, it maybe useful to check out the later pages of the books thread:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?63230-Books-Books-Books

 

[rrh]

Kindle purchased direct from Amazon

Get a kindle directly from Amazon, last year mine came to about R2500 total (and Amazon handles all the charges and give you a final total).

Ditto - purchased a Kindle direct from Amazon in December for around R2,500, which included (as prepaid) airfreight, import duty, VAT & local door-to-door courier charges.

Having imported from Amazon in the past I looked at the courier's invoice & found that it was more than the amount charged by Amazon. Called to courier to ask if I was responsible for the difference: 'no' said the courier !

The absolute cherry on the cake: in February (?) I found that my MasterCard had been credited with just over R300 - as an 'over-recovery' [by Amazon] of delivery charges. I couldn't see any 'over-recovery' but hey, I'm not one to complain ...

The price of the Piel Frama Kindle case that I purchased also came with reduced prepaid airfreight and other charges.

 

[cerebus]

With e-readers there's basically Kindle and everything else. Nook is the closest runner up in the e-ink wars. Sony is fast becoming an also-ran. The others are more or less generic. Which one specifically are you looking for?

 

[BigAl-sa]

The absolute cherry on the cake: in February (?) I found that my MasterCard had been credited with just over R300 - as an 'over-recovery' [by Amazon] of delivery charges. I couldn't see any 'over-recovery' but hey, I'm not one to complain ...

I got an email from Amazon this morning saying they are refunding $54.89 on the "export charge" for my Kindle. That's a few more books!

 

[herbertk]

Yea I got about 400 bucks back...