Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by squaredpants on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:56AM
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Yeah, saying Amazon does not have a .se (or .pt in my case) website is disingenuous. I can buy stuff from amazon.es easily, and have free shipping on orders over €20. It will automatically apply the Portuguese VAT as well, so I usually pay a bit more for stuff sold by Amazon than the initially marked price obv.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by hef19898 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:06AM
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You're both right. The big difference so is wether there is a dedicated logistics network for a given market in place or not, kind of physical backbone if you like.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by AnssiH on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:13PM
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The second link should have been https://music.amazon.com/ .
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by Polyisoprene on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @05:09PM
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I tried Prime video for a few hours in Sweden but couldn’t find any movies that wasn’t country blocked. Cancelled Prime after that.
https://www.primevideo.com/ (worldwide)
https://music.video.com/ (several dozen countries, including Finland, Sweden, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria)
As for retail, Amazon Germany (https://www.amazon.de/) offers English language and free shipping to ~10 European countries, including Sweden and Finland. Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg get Prime shipping benefits.
The implementation still leaves a lot to be desired, though - e.g. there is a lot of untranslated content (German reviews, for example).