Thread: W.H. Smith and US purchases
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Old 05-11-2011, 12:09 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Rand Brittain View Post
I used to be able to purchase ebooks from W. H. Smith from the US by using the address of a relative in England as a billing address, but today, I was unable to get the website to accept my billing information- it told me it was unable to register my card at this time.

Have W. H. Smith updated their geographic restrictions since my last purchase?

Furthermore, could I purchase from their store by buying a Visa gift card and registering that to an address in England?
When UK publishers switched to the agency model both WH Smith and Waterstones were forced to stop shipping outside the UK.

The last time I bought books from WH Smith registering my account with an UK address and using that address as billing address for my Dutch credit card was enough to circumvent the geo-restrictions. I did not need a VPN and the billing addres was not verified at the credit card company.
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