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Originally Posted by elcreative
Originally Posted by CommonReader
Strangely enough kobobooks, Amazon and bookdepository are able to sell many of these books to Germany. I do have some doubts as to the legality of such restrictions within the EU anyway. However, Waterstones were just too lazy to check which books they were allowed to sell and rather enforced a blanket ban.
Strangely enough, Amazon has an outlet called Amazon.de... oh yes, it's a GERMAN Amazon outlet... and Amazon DO enforce geo-restrictions as you can easily find when trying to buy some titles from them and get the answer that they're not available in "your country" but never mind call the local shop lazy but since you probably buy from Amazon then you're just another nail in the coffin causing cost cutting by staff reduction... you can't have it both ways... if you don't patronise an outlet or just use it for title browsing then don't expect them to keep the high staff levels to meet your requirements. Don't worry though, one day soon everyone'll get the ideal situation that we all really want and Amazon will have a total lock on the book market, then see what happens to your bargain prices... 
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I think you're being a bit harsh on CommonReader here. I can't see anything in his/her post to suggest that they're an Amazon fan. He/she has criticised Waterstones, but pointed out that several other retailers, not just Amazon, sell to other countries.
I can't see anything to suggest that CommonReader buys from Amazon. He/she might do, but since their profile lists their e-reader as "Sony PRS-650, PRS-300", it seems unlikely.