Geo restriction confusion

rheostaticsfan · 10-01-2010, 02:47 PM

I just purchased 3 books from amazon.com with an account set up with an American address despite the fact that I live outside the US. They were purchased as 3 separate "one click" transactions...for my "kindle for pc". I don't have a kindle-I have a cybook Gen 3 which reads .mobi files.

Another website from my country told me that those books were not available here.

I went to buy a 4th book in the same series MINUTES after the first three and amazon.com popped up a message about attempting to purchase an item while not in the country listed on my account.

Why was the 4th purchase affected and not the first 3? Same author, same publisher, purchases within minutes of each other.

Is there any way around this for my fourth purchase?

abookreader · 10-01-2010, 05:20 PM

You have angered the Kindle Gods!!!!!

Try putting in your correct address on the Manage My Kindle page and either buy something (a really cheap or free book) or download a couple of prior purchases.

Wait a couple of days

And then put it back to a US address. When you do this you might try buying via gift card rather than a non-US credit card if that's what you've been using.

No guarantees but some other people have reported that it works.

TenaciousBadger · 10-01-2010, 05:33 PM

maybe the popup was for all the purchases rather than the 4th one?
although amazon are pretty fast when it comes to noticing these things.

although you shouldn't even be able to click the "buy" button if the book has geo-restrictions. you could call CS... or follow abookreader's advice... although more and more users have started to report emails from amazon where they are asked to verify that they indeed have the "US" address.

bspline · 10-01-2010, 07:03 PM

I have two kindle accounts. One is in the US Store, with a former US address of when I lived there, linked to my K4PC and to my iPhone.
The other one is linked to my current Brazilian address, linked to the actual Kindle. Two different e-mails, and never use the 3G to download US content.

It is troublesome that I have to strip the DRM to use things from the US account, but it is doable, and not prone to accidentally giving up my real address.

Edit: I'm not a US citizen, I just lived there for a while when my wife was getting her LLM, so I'm not entitled to an US account while abroad.

10-01-2010, 02:47 PM	#1
rheostaticsfan Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 591 Join Date: May 2008 Device: kindle, iOS, Blackberry, Sony DPT (pdfs)	Geo restriction confusion I just purchased 3 books from amazon.com with an account set up with an American address despite the fact that I live outside the US. They were purchased as 3 separate "one click" transactions...for my "kindle for pc". I don't have a kindle-I have a cybook Gen 3 which reads .mobi files. Another website from my country told me that those books were not available here. I went to buy a 4th book in the same series MINUTES after the first three and amazon.com popped up a message about attempting to purchase an item while not in the country listed on my account. Why was the 4th purchase affected and not the first 3? Same author, same publisher, purchases within minutes of each other. Is there any way around this for my fourth purchase?

10-01-2010, 07:03 PM	#4
bspline Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 12 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: São Paulo - Brazil Device: iPhone, Nokia E63, Kindle 2	I have two kindle accounts. One is in the US Store, with a former US address of when I lived there, linked to my K4PC and to my iPhone. The other one is linked to my current Brazilian address, linked to the actual Kindle. Two different e-mails, and never use the 3G to download US content. It is troublesome that I have to strip the DRM to use things from the US account, but it is doable, and not prone to accidentally giving up my real address. Edit: I'm not a US citizen, I just lived there for a while when my wife was getting her LLM, so I'm not entitled to an US account while abroad. Last edited by bspline; 10-01-2010 at 07:10 PM. Reason: above

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10-01-2010, 05:20 PM	#2
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	You have angered the Kindle Gods!!!!! Try putting in your correct address on the Manage My Kindle page and either buy something (a really cheap or free book) or download a couple of prior purchases. Wait a couple of days And then put it back to a US address. When you do this you might try buying via gift card rather than a non-US credit card if that's what you've been using. No guarantees but some other people have reported that it works.

10-01-2010, 05:33 PM	#3
TenaciousBadger Mrawr? Posts: 1,109 Karma: 15039064 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	maybe the popup was for all the purchases rather than the 4th one? although amazon are pretty fast when it comes to noticing these things. although you shouldn't even be able to click the "buy" button if the book has geo-restrictions. you could call CS... or follow abookreader's advice... although more and more users have started to report emails from amazon where they are asked to verify that they indeed have the "US" address.

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