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  • 23-02-2015 10:59pm
    #1
    Jess11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭


    Tried to order a Kindle Paper White on amazon.de and when I went to check out they said cant supply to this address and advised me to go to amazon.co.uk.

    It's €99 on German site and £109 sterling on UK site.

    I know people on here have bought from the German site before.
    Can anyone tell me what's the problem, please?


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  • #2
    kc90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭kc90


    Jess11 wrote: »
    Tried to order a Kindle Paper White on amazon.de and when I went to check out they said cant supply to this address and advised me to go to amazon.co.uk.

    It's €99 on German site and £109 sterling on UK site.

    I know people on here have bought from the German site before.
    Can anyone tell me what's the problem, please?

    Is it fulfilled by amazon or coming direct from the seller?


  • #3
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,704 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    kc90 wrote: »
    Is it fulfilled by amazon or coming direct from the seller?

    I tried this to and its fulfilled by Amazon themselves.


  • #4
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,704 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    Screenshot to show


  • #5
    Jess11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭Jess11


    It's shipped from and sold by Amazon.


  • #6
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Probably something particular to do with kindle. I know there was some sort of regional control over kindle books, taxes varying in other countries etc.

    This article from 2013 talks about kindles being sold in germany by amazon.

    http://the-digital-reader.com/2013/09/14/kindle-gets-new-lower-price-germany-ebook-market-heats/
    At the beginning of this month Amazon lowered the price of the basic Kindle in Germany. They dropped it to a very competitive 49 euros, making that model now 30 euros cheaper than anywhere else in Europe.

    This is in fact the second time in the past year that Amazon has lowered the price of the Kindle in Germany. They first lowered the price 3 months ago to 69 euros. At the time I wasn't certain whether that was a sale or a permanent price, but the Kindle kept that price for 3 months before the price was lowered again.

    The Kindle is still selling for 79 euros on Amazon's other European retail websites, and that is probably a sign of Amazon breaking with their past pattern of setting a regional price. Clearly they are focusing on developing just the German market at the moment.


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  • #7
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    It £49.00 now on Amazon.co.uk


  • #8
    livEwirE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭livEwirE


    Kristopherus wrote: »
    It £49.00 now on Amazon.co.uk

    The OP is referring to the Kindle Paperwhite which is still €109 on amazon.co.uk.


  • #9
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,704 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    livEwirE wrote: »
    The OP is referring to the Kindle Paperwhite which is still £109 on amazon.co.uk.

    £ not €


  • #10
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    livEwirE wrote: »
    The OP is referring to the Kindle Paperwhite which is still €109 on amazon.co.uk.

    Ah. drat, My bad......Apologies to the OP.


  • #11
    Jess11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭Jess11


    Thanks for all the replies. It's something to do with which site you subscribe to to download books from I think.


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