Canada gets International Kindle support, no longer feels inferior to Trinidad and Tobago

Good news for our Canadian brethren! While the realization that you'd been excluded from the International Kindle may have angered you, or frightened you, or engendered feelings of shame or lust, all hope is not lost! We have just got word that Amazon has added your fine nation to the list of countries it will now ship the beloved e-reader to. And if that ain't enough, a smattering of your native content is being offered, included a couple of publications that sound exotic and fanciful to American ears: The Globe and Mail and The National Post. Sound like something you'd like to get into? Yours for $250 USD (roughly $265 CDN). Hit the read link to get started.

[kajal Posted Nov 17th 2009 2:45PM]

hey the comparison is not good,

[Oli D Posted Nov 17th 2009 2:55PM]

Is that paul merton....?

[slurm Posted Nov 17th 2009 3:07PM]

I had the same thought even I knew it was Dave Thomas!

[Oli D Posted Nov 17th 2009 3:10PM]

It must just be the angle... weird.

[Dale P Posted Nov 17th 2009 3:35PM]

I swear, there are some psychics online today.

[Switchbitch Posted Nov 17th 2009 6:52PM]

I'm surprised to find out it isn't Paul Merton.

[tylersmyler Posted Nov 17th 2009 3:03PM]

No Toronto Star love? pffft....

[Steve2000 Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:11PM]

Thanks for the heads up Engadget; just ordered one. It was a close thing though. If it had been $1.11 more then I wouldn't have been able to get it until I put some more money on my Credit Card.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:13PM]

Yes, us Canadians are luck it only cost $60 to ship it so us...

You'd have to be nuts to pay that. Sorry Steve!

[asutton Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:27PM]

Yeah, it's about $50 to ship it to Canada. I had a big credit on Amazon otherwise I wouldn't have done it. $20 Shipping and Handling + $31 Import Fees Deposit.

[Steve2000 Posted Nov 17th 2009 6:05PM]

No worries dude. I have plenty of disposable income and it will pay for itself inside of 4 months.

[ethanlechcharles Posted Nov 17th 2009 6:41PM]

The $31 import deposit is in place of paying tax.


They could charge $20 to ship it and then you'd just get charged by Canada Post the $31 anyways.

So no, it cost $20 to ship it and then you're just paying taxes.




That's not to say paying Canadian taxes on something you bought out of the country doesn't suck.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 17th 2009 7:29PM]

Sorry but, GST on a $260 dollar item isn't $31

[decypherSMC Posted Nov 17th 2009 4:31PM]

National Post? pffft.


(disclaimer: I work at the Globe)

[Canucker Posted Nov 18th 2009 9:13AM]

This is the National Posts rescue plan from bankruptcy protection.....

[Seshan Posted Nov 18th 2009 12:14AM]

Interesting that you can only buy it from the US site, probably will end up getting charged duties on it.