geographic restrictions at Fictionwise - Page 8

GeoffC · 05-29-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Curly

So, will you be able to buy the Pratchett books now in the format you want at the price you want?

I do, I have and did.

It's not FW's fault and I feel uneasy about the little deception.

So I've now put my address back to UK and I shall await events which hopefully will see a UK outlet for them.

NuclearWinter · 05-29-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by columbus

I thought of using Entropay but after a Google search producing a number of negative comments I did not bother.

FWIW Entropay has been around for a number of years and I know many happy users, including myself. But then you'll also find pages full of negative comments and horror stories about Paypal and I've never had a problem with them either.

However as a precaution I never leave money in my account on either site, I only load them right before I'm going to spend the money.

HarryT · 05-30-2009, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NuclearWinter

FWIW Entropay has been around for a number of years and I know many happy users, including myself. But then you'll also find pages full of negative comments and horror stories about Paypal and I've never had a problem with them either.

However as a precaution I never leave money in my account on either site, I only load them right before I'm going to spend the money.

In the UK, PayPal are a bank, regulated by the Financial Services Authority. That means that your deposits with them are protected by law, up to, I think about £50,000, which is probably rather more than most of us keep in our PayPal accounts

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HansTWN · 06-03-2009, 11:28 AM

Did anyone try Entropay or other "tricks" mentioned here on Itunes or Amazon?

dpierron · 06-04-2009, 07:03 AM

I just purchased Anne McCaffrey "Dragonflight" from FictionWise, by changing my delivery address to the White House, and using my French VISA credit card.

I can indeed confirm that it worked !

Thanks to the poster who tipped me with President Obama's address

Dr. Drib · 06-04-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dpierron

I just purchased Anne McCaffrey "Dragonflight" from FictionWise, by changing my delivery address to the White House, and using my French VISA credit card.

I can indeed confirm that it worked !

Thanks to the poster who tipped me with President Obama's address

The White House, indeed! -- Harharharhar! You made my morning, and before I've had my bow**move****.

Hahahahaha.

Don

T3_reader · 06-05-2009, 01:22 AM

The eReader site apparently also accepts orders for books with geographical restrictions when you accidentally set the country of your credit card to 'US'.

Argel · 06-05-2009, 03:58 AM

Many thanks to those who've done the experimenting here because this has been driving me crazy.

In my case the simple solution was to change the delivery address of my Fictionwise account to the Boston Red Sox and to pay by my UK credit card, with the country inadvertently changed to US.

GeoffC · 06-05-2009, 04:17 AM

The solution of just changing your location country to US does work.....
but what would happen to FW if it was discovered that they had been selling outside of the restriction ???

pdurrant · 06-05-2009, 04:24 AM

I suppose that publishers could refuse to sell books through Fictionwise.

It might also be argued that anyone in the EU doing this is avoiding VAT and might be prosecuted for that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

The solution of just changing your location country to US does work.....
but what would happen to FW if it was discovered that they had been selling outside of the restriction ???

GeoffC · 06-05-2009, 04:33 AM

no VAT (yet) on books in UK...

HansTWN · 06-05-2009, 04:34 AM

Fictionwise would just be told to fix that loophole.

Sweetpea · 06-05-2009, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by HansTWN

Fictionwise would just be told to fix that loophole.

No, that whole geographic restriction should be flushed down the toilet... So much for a world economy...

GeoffC · 06-05-2009, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

No, that whole geographic restriction should be flushed down the toilet... So much for a world economy...

it should be flogged with cat-o-nine-tails with razors attached, keel-hauled around the total fleets of the world, stretched on every rack and gallows, dismembered with axes, chainsaws, ground into ashes, burnt, dissolved in effluent first....

seriously if we need FW for our supplies of less expensive books then we ought to be making life easy for them and blasting the real perpetrators ....

Sweetpea · 06-05-2009, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

it should be flogged with cat-o-nine-tails with razors attached, keel-hauled around the total fleets of the world, stretched on every rack and gallows, dismembered with axes, chainsaws, ground into ashes, burnt, dissolved in effluent first...

Hmm, your creativity is bigger than mine!

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06-03-2009, 11:28 AM	#109
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	Did anyone try Entropay or other "tricks" mentioned here on Itunes or Amazon?

06-04-2009, 07:03 AM	#110
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	I just purchased Anne McCaffrey "Dragonflight" from FictionWise, by changing my delivery address to the White House, and using my French VISA credit card. I can indeed confirm that it worked ! Thanks to the poster who tipped me with President Obama's address

06-05-2009, 01:22 AM	#112
T3_reader Enthusiast Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: IPad & Android phone	The eReader site apparently also accepts orders for books with geographical restrictions when you accidentally set the country of your credit card to 'US'.

06-05-2009, 03:58 AM	#113
Argel Opinionated [but right] Posts: 281 Karma: 1412 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS 505, Kindle Int, Oasis, Paperwhite, Scribe	Many thanks to those who've done the experimenting here because this has been driving me crazy. In my case the simple solution was to change the delivery address of my Fictionwise account to the Boston Red Sox and to pay by my UK credit card, with the country inadvertently changed to US.

06-05-2009, 04:17 AM	#114
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	The solution of just changing your location country to US does work..... but what would happen to FW if it was discovered that they had been selling outside of the restriction ???

06-05-2009, 04:33 AM	#116
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	no VAT (yet) on books in UK...

06-05-2009, 04:34 AM	#117
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	Fictionwise would just be told to fix that loophole.