On: Netflix to block proxy access to content not available locally

[why-el]

Very surprised that you can't buy stuff with your US card. I do just that; i.e. I'm in Germany, and I buy things off of Amazon.de with my US card.

[freehunter → why-el]

That's weird. When I try, it says "I think you're trying to buy from Amazon.com" and redirects me away from the German site.

edit - Yeah I just tried and I get this message:

Wir konnten Ihren Einkauf nicht abschließen. Ihr Kindle-Konto ist auf Amazon.com angemeldet. Kindle-Titel, die für Ihr Land verfügbar sind, erhalten Sie auf Amazon.com.

Basically saying "your account is linked to Amazon.com, to see titles available in your country go to Amazon.com".

I actually signed up for a brand new account on Amazon.de, and when I go to the Kindle version of a book I want, instead of a purchase button, I get this message, which I understand the translation but I'm not sure what they're trying to communicate to me.

Kindle-Titel sind für Kunden in DE unter Amazon.de verfügbar. Setzen Sie Ihren Einkauf im Kindle-Shop von Amazon.de fort.

Clicking the "im Kindle-Shop von Amazon.de fort" link redirects me to the same page with the same message.

[Freak_NL → freehunter]

Kindle; so e-books right? That's digital content, and that suffers from the same problem (and silly restrictions) Netflix is having. Real — sorry — physical books might work.

[freehunter → Freak_NL]

That's a fair point. Ugh I don't want to have to wait for overseas shipping.