Kindle in a strange land

bigdosh12 · 10-06-2009, 10:41 PM

I was wondering if anyone has been having the following problem and/or has any ideas how I might solve it?
I own a kindle that was purchased and registered in the USA. I currently live in China and up until a couple of weeks ago had no problems buying books online then sending them to my computer and uploading them to my kindle. Now when I try to buy a book I get this message:

We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions.

I have reported the problem to Amazon but they have yet to offer any useful suggestions on solving the issue. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this just a technical glitch on Amazon or does it have something to do with Chinese government censorship? Comments, questions or ideas are welcome...
Thanks all

Yar-PocketBooker · 10-06-2009, 10:47 PM

That's why I prefer to use devices that are not "stuck forever" to one and only sourse of content...

WT Sharpe · 10-07-2009, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigdosh12

I was wondering if anyone has been having the following problem and/or has any ideas how I might solve it?
I own a kindle that was purchased and registered in the USA. I currently live in China and up until a couple of weeks ago had no problems buying books online then sending them to my computer and uploading them to my kindle. Now when I try to buy a book I get this message:

We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions.

Check out this thread, it may help:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58329

Mike L · 10-07-2009, 12:36 PM

There have been several recent threads in the forum on this very topic. Some of the posts suggest that there was a recent glitch in the software that was causing this problem -- presumably as the software was changed to support the new international Kindle -- and this has now been fixed.

Also, it's likely that Amazon are now using the IP address to check the purchaser's country -- again, this is probably in connection with the international Kindle.

This might well be a problem for you in China, as Amazon are not making content available there. If so, I don't know what the answer is.

10-06-2009, 10:41 PM	#1
bigdosh12 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: kindle	Kindle in a strange land I was wondering if anyone has been having the following problem and/or has any ideas how I might solve it? I own a kindle that was purchased and registered in the USA. I currently live in China and up until a couple of weeks ago had no problems buying books online then sending them to my computer and uploading them to my kindle. Now when I try to buy a book I get this message: We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions. I have reported the problem to Amazon but they have yet to offer any useful suggestions on solving the issue. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this just a technical glitch on Amazon or does it have something to do with Chinese government censorship? Comments, questions or ideas are welcome... Thanks all

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10-06-2009, 10:47 PM	#2
Yar-PocketBooker Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 6976 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New York Device: PocketBooks and Onyxes and anything E-Ink...	That's why I prefer to use devices that are not "stuck forever" to one and only sourse of content...

10-07-2009, 12:36 PM	#4
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	There have been several recent threads in the forum on this very topic. Some of the posts suggest that there was a recent glitch in the software that was causing this problem -- presumably as the software was changed to support the new international Kindle -- and this has now been fixed. Also, it's likely that Amazon are now using the IP address to check the purchaser's country -- again, this is probably in connection with the international Kindle. This might well be a problem for you in China, as Amazon are not making content available there. If so, I don't know what the answer is.

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