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Re: Nexus 5

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Post by ddeck »

tempestn wrote: post #325
yskchu wrote: post #324

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't work if you aren't logged in and haven't set a default shipping address. e.g. I see "We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address."

But I am logged in and have set a default shipping address. So either it's different depending on country, or it's because this item is a fulfillment item, or if you're also in Canada and looking at the same item... I don't know, I guess Amazon just doesn't like me?

It's not just you. I get the same behavior. Logged in with default shipping address (Hong Kong), but only find out on proceeding to checkout as you described.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by kevincrane »

ryanhuff wrote: post #329
McGlockenshire wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

T-Mobile has non-contract plans. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans Scroll alllll the way down to the bottom, look for the $30/month plans. They include 5 GB of data per month at 4G speeds, after that you're throttled. I've never come anywhere near to hitting that limit, so I don't know what the throttle is. You can order a SIM card online, or pick one up in a store. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/p…

I checked out the page, but it looks to me that the $30/month plans are just data. Am I looking at it wrong, or does that include voice and text as well?

They have one that's $30/month for 100 minutes talk + unlimited text and web (first 5GB at 4G speeds) which I think is what he was talking about. It's just below the "pay by the day" section.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by randomhunt »

Zak wrote: post #191
OoTheNigerian wrote: post #6

As an African/Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1]. Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle. Quite ridiculous and annoying. http://imgur.com/eS8agor

Google really loves their geolocation. It's a bit absurd that when I'm signed in to Google, they still try to give me sites in German, Czech or Swedish based on my location when I've expressed my preference for English in my account settings (not to mention the browser's Accept-Language header). I'm guessing here, but I think there might be some correlation between people who travel internationally a lot and people w…

Google has always done this, if really always felt like they're so smug they know better than you. I've been complaining about it for well over a decade, and the reason is I travel a lot for business and hit exactly the problems you describe. It was the main impetus to move beyond Google's garden.

There is the "ncr" workaround for some of their idiotness but it doesn't always work. I was sad to see Bing copy this cancer "feature" as well a few years ago.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by r00fus »

Zenst wrote: post #321

What bugs me is the exchange rate used. $349 is not close to £299, more like £220, sure allow margin for flexability etc. But still £80 more however you look at it just a bit evil. Least the exchange rate on the 32GBversion is less evil, but still evil.

Did you account for VAT? That 20% pushes your £220 up to £264 ... Only 35 quid difference.

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Post by cheald »

s1kx wrote: post #207
McGlockenshire wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

T-Mobile has non-contract plans. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans Scroll alllll the way down to the bottom, look for the $30/month plans. They include 5 GB of data per month at 4G speeds, after that you're throttled. I've never come anywhere near to hitting that limit, so I don't know what the throttle is. You can order a SIM card online, or pick one up in a store. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/p…

Do you know if T-Mobile has improved in the Phoenix area? The website shows 'excellent' coverage around here, but all I read online is horror stories of not having any signal in buildings etc. Apparently they wanted to work on that in the last 6-10 months, but I haven't heard anything about it since.

T-Mobile is great in the east valley for me - the only place I can't get a signal is in my home office in my house, but that seems to be some kind of odd wireless signal black hole in general. Most of the time I have a 4G signal with quite decent speeds.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by Ecio78 »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #164
Kudos wrote: post #83

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I live in the country that their EU Headquarters is based. They won't sell any hardware to me either.

Luxembourg? Switzerland?

I think it's Ireland, in Luxembourg we have Amazon, Skype, eBay & Paypal (Paypal has a bank license that's why they moved to Luxembourg according to [1]). In Switzerland they have a research center but it's not their main EU HQ

[1] http://ict.investinluxembourg.lu/ict/paypal

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by jkaljundi »

OoTheNigerian wrote: post #6

As an African/Nigerian I am not even allowed to see what it looks like. Talk less of trying to make a purchase [1]. Last Night, I had to lie that I am in the US so I would be allowed to by Remote by 37Signals on my kindle. Quite ridiculous and annoying. http://imgur.com/eS8agor

What's also annoying is how many mobile apps which otherwise would be great especially for travelers are forbidden for downloads from other countries. Yelp and Hailo are 2 great examples, both do not allow visitors coming to the US from other countries to use them. So people choose Uber and Google Maps/4sq and the losers are Hailo and Yelp.

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by CWIZO »

hbbio wrote: post #176

Ordered one about an hour ago (from France). Originally, the message after payment was: "Order not completed It is taking a little longer than normal to process your order. We will let you know via email when your order is complete. This can take up to 15 minutes." Now, it just displays "PENDING" in my orders... Fingers crossed!

Same for me (ordered from the UK). I did receive an email though: "Thank you. You've made a purchase on Google Play. You will not be charged until your order has been shipped.". Did you get that?

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by CWIZO »

hbbio wrote: post #176

Ordered one about an hour ago (from France). Originally, the message after payment was: "Order not completed It is taking a little longer than normal to process your order. We will let you know via email when your order is complete. This can take up to 15 minutes." Now, it just displays "PENDING" in my orders... Fingers crossed!

Same for me (ordered from the UK). I did receive an email though: "Thank you. You've made a purchase on Google Play. You will not be charged until your order has been shipped.". Did you get that?

Re: Nexus 5

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Post by mwilcox »

hafichuk wrote: post #311
mwilcox wrote: post #278

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The original Nexus 7 was launched with preorders, and it took weeks and weeks and weeks for people to receive their devices. This is functionally no different, they are still taking peoples' orders, they are just being more open about how long it will take for them to receive their devices, and not charging customers until they are shipped.

What do you mean still taking orders? From what I can see there is no order button on google play anymore, just the wishlist one.

Still shows add to cart for me- but says 'Leaves warehouse in 3-4 weeks'.
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