Friday, March 4, 2011

Help, Kindle found out I'm in Malaysia!!!

A Kindle that has this issue quickly becomes a lemon. It's just alarming to be 'detected out of country' by Amazon and blocked from purchasing books on your new Kindle. There were laments from a couple of highly distressed Kindle users confronted with  this particular issue.

Well that, coupled with the sneak-factor of the entire operation, I didn't know what to do. AND it was confusing as I never had  that problem. Ah...there in lies the solution.

Apparently Amazon has has a way to detect that you do not have a US credit card linked to the account. Sometimes it's detected right away and other times it takes a few months.


All you gotta do is link the US Kindle account to a USD credit card. I'm  not sure if this problem is universal but it has happened to 2 Kindle Users. I managed to resolve the problem for both of them,  but this  does not bode well for those who do not have willing relatives in  the USA.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 15, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    I have a Canadian credit card linked to a Canadian billing address.

    But I heard that if I use the Kindle overseas, Whispersync and Whispernet do not work. Is this true? Then the only way to get books would be to download them to the computer and then transfer them to the Kindle, right?

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  2. Ju LeeMarch 16, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    If you have a wifi Kindle that should happen automatically....Whispersync and net does work here...

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  3. YangmanMay 5, 2011 at 1:57 AM

    Has anyone found a way to buy kindle ebooks in Malaysia?

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  4. UnknownMay 31, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    just buy it online..from youbeli.com..simple n easy..i got one..malaysia company website..just RM6++

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