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Originally Posted by murraypaul
I figured eventually they would get fed up of just asking and do something about it  I thought I had read in the Kindle forums of people being asked to provide ID to prove nationality/location. I use Entropay and a valid US address where mail would eventually reach me, and don't mind the extra 5% for the peace of mind. |
I've read such reports as well. But so far, nothing has happened. I've bought about 500 eBooks from Amazon over the last 2 years, about 80% via the US account, a few via the UK account and the rest via the German account.
I've received emails twice from Amazon: "You've bought outside your region, Did you move?". I told them, I'm on a longterm business trip and everything was fine. Would they insist, I'd switch to my German account permanently. It's a bit more expensive on average and some titles may not be available. In the worst case, I might open another US account then. But still with my German credit card.
They easily could eliminate this of course, by insisting on the billing address being identical with the account's region. But is this really in their interest? I guess, they only do what the publishers expect and else they're fine to take anybody elses money...