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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
Amazon gift cards are locked to the currency of origin. You can visit Amazon UK with a US account, but your gift card balance will show 0 GBP, because your balance is in USD.
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No, Amazon Marketplace, not currency. Some Marketplaces do have the same currency. Obviously most Amazon Marketplaces have a their own local currency (AUS$, CAN$, US$, euro GBP£ etc), though some allow an alternate currency at checkout, but sometimes at a worse exchange rate than your credit card (e.g. Irish customers (euro) are expected to mostly use UK, though depending on purchase Amazon Germany can be used in English (euro) and USA can be used. Irish customers can elect to have ALL digital purchases (for ALL devices/apps) either on UK Marketplace or USA Marketplace, but the UK geographic rights still apply so a USA Kindle title unavailable in UK is unavailable. The local USA ($) or UK (£) prices do seem to apply, but Irish VAT is added. Physical sales other than from Germany (or other EU) Marketplace to Ireland (i.e. UK and USA) may also have customs duty. Customs is on sale price plus shipping. VAT is applied to total of sale, shipping and any customs duty.