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Originally Posted by GeoffR
What you (and many others who post amazon.com links here) might be missing is that amazon.com links don't show you the US store unless you are in the US (or using a VPN). Generally, viewing amazon.com is like viewing your local amazon.store but with the pices displayed in US dollars (that is, not the US price, but the local price converted to US dollars). E.g. When I view amazon.com from New Zealand I see the same limited selection of books that are available on amazon.com.au, but with the Australian dollar price converted to US dollars.
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Really? I wonder what the logic of this is. I'm not sure how often this holds true. For me, in UK with no VPN, I often hit a .com link for a book, whereupon .com informs me this book is not available for me to purchase and offers to redirect me to .uk.