Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
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Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#2It saddens me a bit that this may become the new norm for the internet.
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#3hack/zaraina/Hopson
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#4It saddens me a bit that this may become the new norm for the internet.
This may become? Hasn't it always been like this for most commercial companies and sites?
"Video not available in your country". "Google Nexus is not available for your country, check back soon". google.com -> google.ro (or whatever).
I guess most Americans haven't noticed it because they haven't needed stuff from abroad...
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#5If any of you Australians want someone to drop ship you, email me
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#6The move is a response to a new GST policy that will apply 10% tax to all overseas purchases under $1,000 announced by the Turnbull government last year in a bid to “level the playing field” between Australian and overseas retailers.
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#7TIL: Australians need more American friends
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#8It saddens me a bit that this may become the new norm for the internet.
This may become? Hasn't it always been like this for most commercial companies and sites? "Video not available in your country". "Google Nexus is not available for your country, check back soon". google.com -> google.ro (or whatever). I guess most Americans haven't noticed it because they haven't needed stuff from abroad...
I've occasionally run across European online retailers while looking to buy something online and sometimes the prices are even attractive before you see what the shipping costs. They've never flat out told me "You can't order from here because you're in the US."
Cell phones and videos have service and licensing problems that physical goods don't run into, so geographic limits on those is less surprising.
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
This may become? Hasn't it always been like this for most commercial companies and sites? "Video not available in your country". "Google Nexus is not available for your country, check back soon". google.com -> google.ro (or whatever). I guess most Americans haven't noticed it because they haven't needed stuff from abroad...
I've occasionally run across European online retailers while looking to buy something online and sometimes the prices are even attractive before you see what the shipping costs. They've never flat out told me "You can't order from here because you're in the US." Cell phones and videos have service and licensing problems that physical goods don't run into, so geographic limits on those is less surprising.
Its not that you "can't order from amazon".
Its that there's a geo-blocked/redirected domain which australians will be shown which adjusts prices and collect sales tax.
As an Australian, being geoblocked and having prices dynamically changed/adjusted based upon my IP address is extremely old-hat since half the internet already does it...GST or not...
Edit: although, as an australian, there ARE a whole host of services/content we're not supposed to be able to see because we're australian due to blocking in our country. Its why so many of us use VPN's and dropship services and the like...
Re: Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s American site
#10It saddens me a bit that this may become the new norm for the internet.
This may become? Hasn't it always been like this for most commercial companies and sites? "Video not available in your country". "Google Nexus is not available for your country, check back soon". google.com -> google.ro (or whatever). I guess most Americans haven't noticed it because they haven't needed stuff from abroad...
Yes :(.
$59.50 (£44.75) for Levi.com Jeans in US £85.50 from the "Levi.com UK" branded store.
In the early days, when we had double the exchange on the dollar, I used to buy everything from the US, and the shipping prices were pennies. It used to be exciting to have different markets to browse.