What would it cost to Buy a kindle in Canada?

Always being on the run, feeding my fishes and now getting married, I never had time to read, so when Amazon had the idea to make a Kindle, I thought a couple hundred bucks for a book reader was too much.  Recently though that price has come down a lot!  And I have a laptop filled with pdf files that would be a lot easier to read on a small device like the Kindle instead of me lugging around my laptop all day.  Plus the batteries on a Kindle last days as opposed to the hour or so I can get out of my laptop and books for the kindle are about half the price as the same book from a book store.


Dont forget that this is why I buy a kindle in Canada and it doesnt matter that I found a few actual stores that said they sold it I found they were just ordering them from Amazon on my behalf and charging me for the privilege.  So the only real place to get one is from the US Amazon site.  But what is the actual cost?

If you live in the US you can get one for as low as $139 with free shipping but Canadians don't have the free shipping option.  Also Canadians have to pay import taxes.  Fortunetly the Amazon site calculates everything for you and includes the taxes.

Where can you buy kindle in Canada
So if your not sure about where to buy a Kindle in Canada but are wondering about the very real cost...  I've done the research for you.

The base model Shown here is $139

Add $12.98 for shipping and handling and another $18.63 for the import taxes and your looking at $170.61 for your total price.  That's also in US dollars but when I checked we are currently so close to par that US and Canadian dollars are pretty much the same.  The actual conversion is currently better, $170.61 USD = $167.13 Canadian however rates fluctuate daily so If your curious where to buy kindle? at the amazon website, heres a quick link: Amazon Kindle Store

The prices quoted were current as of June 20th 2011 when I posted this.




For the upgraded model which also has 3G shown here the prices in USD are as follows.

$189 plus $12.98 for shipping and handling, then the governments share at $25.33 for the import taxes and your total comes out to $227.31USD which is $222.67 Canadian  as of June 20th 2011.

Remember currency rates change daily so the price today may be more or less however they don't change dramatically so you can be sure it'll be close to the prices shown here.  Remember a 5% change in rates, which is a huge change and unlikely in the near future only changes the price on $100 by $5.



Want the super duper deluxe model?  Well here are your prices for that.

$379 plus $12.98 shipping and handling plus $50.79, ouch, for the Government and your total comes out to $442.77 USD.

In Canadian funds that's currently, as of June 20th 2011, $433.80.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  Rates change daily so don't get mad if you do order one and the Canadian price is slightly different.  The Canadian prices shown are based on todays exchange rate and unless you happened to find my blog within minutes of me posting this you will likely see a different exchange rate.  However it won't be that big a difference.


So they are a little more expensive if ordering online which is the only way to Buy a Kindle in Canada.  However there is another way around this if you live close to the border or travel to the states regularly.  And that is cross border shopping.  You can buy a kindle at Target, Best Buy and Staples in the US and with the current exchange in our favour that means you'll be paying a little less.  However you'll still need to cough up the import taxes so your really only saving the twelve bucks for shipping and I'm guessing it'll cost a lot more then twelve bucks to drive down to the states for the day.  Not to mention the ridiculous hassle involved with US Customs now that they think everyone's a terrorist.

So there you have it.  The real cost of Kindle in Canada is a bit more because of the to taxes and shipping but it's still way less then when they first came out.  So I've made up my mind.  I'm buying one online and saving the gas money.  You should too.

So where to buy kindle? at the amazon website, heres a quick link: Amazon Kindle Store