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Old 07-27-2011, 04:41 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by pietro99 View Post
There is a book I wish to buy that is not available in the US, only from Amazon UK. I am based in Australia and I can buy from the US with a VPN, Gift card and US email address.
I haven't tried with the UK store but I did with US store and wasn't very successful I started up my VPN (hotspot shield) created a new account with a hotmail address filled it in with a US postal address and applied a gift card to the account, I was able to buy 7 books some of which I know are geo locked and it was all going well. Then I went to get another one and got the dreaded email from amazon telling me to correct my address I have no idea what tipped them off that I wasn't american.
I was loading the books into K4PC and am wondering if perhaps the K4PC software reported back to them that it was installed on an Aussie machine? Anyhow its all too much work and I wish they'd wake up and realise its a global ecconomy now, and Yes I know its not totally Amazons fault.
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