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Old 11-28-2011, 07:53 PM   #394
Quexos
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Really ?
I never realized how powerful the European government was. We are so powerful that we can tell American book sellers (which are totally out of European jurisdiction) to whom they can or cannot sell online.

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You are looking at it all wrong. Nobody wishes NOT to sell you a book. Amazon and others from the US are contractually obligated not to sell to Europe. And your European governments want to collect those big VAT and other taxes. So, it is partially the European social services (financed by your high taxes) that prevents worldwide sales. And most of Europe has legal price fixing for books. It is that European governments and book sellers DON'T want you to buy in the US but locally at higher prices.
There definitely are but I'm not sure it pleases American sellers
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The American sellers would love to take your money. And, of course, there are easy way around regional restrictions.
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