Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm...
by nelsonic on Monday October 08, 2018 @08:13AM
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[Off-the-record] Amazon is opening a distribution centre in Portugal "very soon".
Portugal was not seen as a "priority" for Amazon because there are much bigger markets to "conquer".
But since Google announced their intention: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-portugal/google-to... Amazon has "re-prioritised" Portugal ...
Meanwhile as others have said, we get our deliveries from UK amazon here in less than a week. It's not "Prime" or "Same Day Delivery", sure, but we can be patient for a few days and it just means we don't buy crap on impulse.
Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm...
by pteraspidomorph on Monday October 08, 2018 @06:46AM
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No local amazon. You can buy electronics from Amazon Spain and books from Amazon UK. They'll arrive in about a week. No idea what will be the new solution for books in english after brexit, though, since customs here are horrible.
Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm...
by garyclarke27 on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:02PM
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No distribution centre in Portugal, so no Prime free delivery. Also many items don’t ship here, in UK we used to literally get at least 1 delivery per day (courtesy of my good wife bless her) now only twice a week mainly from German site, which is much better than Spanish Amazon and has English option (unlike Spain) delivery costs soon mount up though.
Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm...
by asmosoinio on Monday October 08, 2018 @06:31AM
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I think that has to mean no Amazon Prime or similar?
I buy things from Amazon.de to Finland very often - often no extra cost for shipping and good prices. Also EUR prices without extra taxes for me.
So while Finland does not have "Amazon" (amazon.fi is a redirect to amazon.de) - I can still buy things from there very easily.
Really? I live in a developing country middle of the Pacific Ocean and I regularly buy from Amazon with no issues. How come Portugal doesn't have Amazon?