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Originally Posted by rockymtnhigh
ironically, the example the OP uses does not work. Log-in to Amazon.in and it knows you are in the US, and tells you the kindle version is available from Amazon.com (I guess you could change all sorts of country settings, but not sure it would be worth it), and..
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Not so ironically, you've missed the point made by so many others: there are hoops you have to jump through to "circumvent" georestrictions. And so many have said it's not worth their effort to do so, which implies that they may have a "morality threshold" they might buy from a different country if it was easy, even if "immoral", but not if they have to actively circumvent the law.
I'd certainly say I have such a morality threshold: I've had an Amazon.com account since long before they sold books in Canada. Now, whenever I order a book (even freebies which is virtually all I use Amazon for), it offers to transfer my account to amazon.ca, but since the prices on the .com site (with currency conversion and without sales tax) are generally cheaper, I have so far refused to transfer the account. But I justify it by telling myself that they know where I am and still sell to me
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I've never actively circumvented georestriction for any reason, and don't think I would do so to get cheaper books.