05-16-2011, 12:16 PM | #1 |
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Getting UNAVAILABLE apps in your country
All you have to do is "tell" Amazon you live in the USA:
1. On your computer, browse to Amazon.com 2. Select Kindle store 3. Click on Help (top right); on next screen click on Kindle Help & Tools (centre of screen) 4. Click on Manage Your Kindle (left hand side) 5. Login to your account 6. Scroll down and look for the entry specifying the country you live in 7. Click Edit 8. Make up a US address, zip code and phone number (use Google to search for valid zip code and phone area code. THAT'S IT! Go order the stuff you want, and 9. Go back and change your country back to what it should be. Last edited by RodKeith; 05-16-2011 at 12:21 PM. |
05-16-2011, 12:44 PM | #2 |
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I'm not convinced that will work on a long term basis, my experience has not been that great, eventually you will be caught out by your IP address and refused the sale, my experience with using a proxy server has also been quite poor, but hey, if it works for you go for it!
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05-17-2011, 01:31 PM | #3 | |
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Anyway, even 'if' then there is many a ways around such a blockage, VPN, proxy servers (like you mentioned), ect. I know there's other Kindle users that has done this too, and I haven't heard anything about Amazon during anything to stop it. Also, there can be legitiment reasons for a user to have an, say, British adresse, but currently living in, say, Denmark, thus having a danish IP adreese, ect, which could make it problematic to just 'ban' suspicious users. That's why the ''investigation'' probably stops at adresse validation. Last edited by Kenneth_irl; 05-17-2011 at 02:00 PM. Reason: editing |
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05-17-2011, 03:05 PM | #4 |
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of course, the doubt about them.
I have tried it this way, and I was able to get the free apps but then I got a mail from amazon that I am not a US customer and should describe why I am coming im with an not US IP address. I changed the location back to europe then and after some days I changed back again and "bought" another free app and switched back again... |
05-17-2011, 03:22 PM | #5 |
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Tsk, tsk, tsk...have we really stooped this low on mobileread that we now have threads describing how to defraud Amazon?
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05-17-2011, 04:34 PM | #6 | |
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Defraud: to deprive of something by deception or fraud |
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05-17-2011, 05:30 PM | #7 | ||
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Edit: Also, I don't understand why you would even care about such a little thing, even though you feel it is a moral issue. Last edited by Kenneth_irl; 05-18-2011 at 11:01 AM. Reason: Spelling. Edit1 |
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05-17-2011, 06:19 PM | #8 |
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I used the method to BUY CalendarPro and Notepad by 7 Dragons, neither of which are available to Canadians otherwise. Having paid the full price for the Kindle and the programs, I'm not sure where "defraud" comes in, unless you consider that Amazon is DEFRAUDING those of us who do not live in the US and A by not giving us equal access to the software and other materials for the device we purchased from them.
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05-17-2011, 06:48 PM | #9 | |
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05-17-2011, 06:55 PM | #10 | |
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Also, I agree that it is a bad business modal. You would think they'd wanted to promote pirating (I dunno if Amazon has a say in this business modal, tho). Last edited by Kenneth_irl; 05-18-2011 at 11:02 AM. |
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05-18-2011, 03:40 AM | #11 |
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I am able to purchase books from the USA store but never the Apps.
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05-18-2011, 12:46 PM | #12 |
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My original use of the word "defraud" was wrong. Perhaps "circumvent the rules" is more apt. In any case, the OP describes a method to avoid restrictions placed by Amazon, apparently for a reason.
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