Comments on: Amazon Launches Kindle Service in Argentina

By: Cristina

Cristina — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:15:00 +0000

I’m trying to find the Argentina version of Amazon.com. Does anyone have the website? Thsi probably sounds like a stupid question, but I have no idea how to order books from Argentina on the internet. Any Argentinian websites for searching nad ordering books would be great!

By: sam

sam — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:49 +0000

In response to my request for clarification, I received this from Amazon:
Hello,

“I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

We are unable to ship the Kindles to Argentina due to the high import fees and customs department and moreover Kindle orders are not successfully delivering to the customers.

We are working to make Kindle available to Argentina and we hope the shipping would be available to Argentina very soon.

Anyhow, we consider this as a feedback and try to make Kindle available in more locations in the future.

Strong customer feedback like yours helps us continue to improve the service we provide, and we’re glad you took time to write to us. I’ll send your comments to the Kindle team.

We look forward to seeing you again soon. Thanks for your interest in Amazon Kindle.”

How embarrassing!

By: sam

sam — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:06:37 +0000

Just got this from Amazon:

Hello,

I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

Previously, we have been able to ship Kindle’s to Argentina, but effective immediately we will no longer be shipping Kindle’s to Argentina.

The addition of Kindle and Kindle DX (Global Wireless) models to the Kindle family allows us to offer Kindle to many customers outside the United States. Currently, Kindles and Kindle content are unavailable in ARGENTINA.

Visit the Kindle (Global Wireless) detail pages and select countries to see if Kindle and Whispernet wireless service are available:

Kindle (Global Wireless): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015T963C/
Kindle DX (Global Wireless): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015TG12Q/

We value our international customers and hope to make Kindle and related content available in more locations in the future.

Thanks for your interest in Amazon Kindle.

I GUESS THEY SHIPPED TO ARGENTINA FOR ALL OF 5 MINUTES!

By: sam

sam — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:29:55 +0000

When I try to order a Kindle on the Amazon website, I get this message (on February 2):
“Unfortunately, we are currently unable to ship Kindles to Argentina.”

TIPICO!

By: sam

sam — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:56:46 +0000

Thanks to your advice, I waited and now I will buy an I-PAD. Hopefully Argentina will have 3G I-PAD service by June or July. CHEERS.

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By: Scott Valdez

Scott Valdez — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:39:10 +0000

Picked one up while I was back in the States for the holidays and its working great so far. Definitely a great product for people living here that want to be able to quickly and easily buy books in English. Another nice thing is knowing I’ll be able to take all the new books I buy back with me if I decide to move back Stateside.