Re:Australians will no longer be able to order from Amazon’s...
by ACow_Adonis on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:46AM
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Its not that you "can't order from amazon".
Its that there's a geo-blocked/redirected domain which australians will be shown which adjusts prices and collect sales tax.
As an Australian, being geoblocked and having prices dynamically changed/adjusted based upon my IP address is extremely old-hat since half the internet already does it...GST or not...
Edit: although, as an australian, there ARE a whole host of services/content we're not supposed to be able to see because we're australian due to blocking in our country. Its why so many of us use VPN's and dropship services and the like...
Its that there's a geo-blocked/redirected domain which australians will be shown which adjusts prices and collect sales tax.
As an Australian, being geoblocked and having prices dynamically changed/adjusted based upon my IP address is extremely old-hat since half the internet already does it...GST or not...
Edit: although, as an australian, there ARE a whole host of services/content we're not supposed to be able to see because we're australian due to blocking in our country. Its why so many of us use VPN's and dropship services and the like...