Bye Bye Decent Shopping - Amazon to block Australian customers
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So does this mean that we won't be able to use amazon.co.uk even if we are using UK gift vouchers or paying in GBP? If so, we're stuffed as my brother sends evouchers to the kids for birthdays and Xmas, and they are in GBP. We also buy gifts using GBP.
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Remember this screw up when you vote - its all thanks to Hockey, Abbott, Morrison and Trunbull....
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Don't claim the vat back anyway. I just want to make sure we can still purchase items on UK websites, for delivery to the UK, using GBP.
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When you log in to Uk it will detect your location and divert you to the Australian site. Even if you do manage to reach the UK site they will not deliver to Australia, you will need to order for delivery in the UK and get someone there to forward it on.
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Thats a hassle for some of us. My family have busy lives. I will now have to say to them that I need them to trail up to the parcel depot to collect a package for me that counldn't be delivered cos they were at work, and then relabel and repost it to me. And then I have to get the money to them to pay for the postage.
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What happens if I wanted to buy you a birthday present on Amazon Italy and have it delivered to you in Australia?
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Quoting the Guardian article from my first post - Amazon’s ban applies to all shipments to Australian addresses, which means that even customers with VPNs (virtual private networks) that hide their location will be able to access an international site but not be able to ship their goods home.
So no more pressies from home for any of us. My sister is going to be spitting bricks when I tell her.
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A while back I ordered a Kindle ebook from the .com site. They automatically transferred me to the Au site. However I was paying using a gift card which wasn't accepted on the Au site. I had a very nice web chat with a .com woman who said it was dumb and she wasn't supposed to do but she'd switch my info back to the .com site. I find books on Bookbub and the link sends me to the Au site so I have to copy and paste to the .com site. However 9 times out of 10 I have to first go on ublock to update the ip addy before I can access the .com site. I wonder how gift cards will work if people don't get them from the Au site.
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A while back I ordered a Kindle ebook from the .com site. They automatically transferred me to the Au site. However I was paying using a gift card which wasn't accepted on the Au site. I had a very nice web chat with a .com woman who said it was dumb and she wasn't supposed to do but she'd switch my info back to the .com site. I find books on Bookbub and the link sends me to the Au site so I have to copy and paste to the .com site. However 9 times out of 10 I have to first go on ublock to update the ip addy before I can access the .com site. I wonder how gift cards will work if people don't get them from the Au site.
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Some information that's come out (may or may not be what happens) :
- The "you must buy from AmazonAU" seems to be based on delivery address - if it's in Oz you need/are forced to use AmazonAU
- The AmazonAU site is supposed to offer those products that ship to Oz on the AmazonUS site on the AmazonAU site (with the 10% tax theft). Seems like it's only AmazonUS though.
- You should be able to order from overseas Amazons if the total is over $1000.
- eBooks should still be able to be purchased from overseas stores (no deliver address)
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Some information that's come out (may or may not be what happens) :
- The "you must buy from AmazonAU" seems to be based on delivery address - if it's in Oz you need/are forced to use AmazonAU
- The AmazonAU site is supposed to offer those products that ship to Oz on the AmazonUS site on the AmazonAU site (with the 10% tax theft). Seems like it's only AmazonUS though.
- You should be able to order from overseas Amazons if the total is over $1000.
- eBooks should still be able to be purchased from overseas stores (no deliver address)
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As a consolation prize you could try 20% off Ebay valid until 7.00pm PT. Not straightforward but it's 20%! https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/20-...w-live-2950568 If you want to use it more than once, buy as a guest.
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I think Garry is right - they are only going to ship to Australia the stuff that they already ship - which isn't very much - and just add GST. So no change really. For reasons only known themselves, Amazon cocked up their Australian launch, but they are definitely getting better - hence the $299 GoPro Hero 5 Black offer today (an extraordinary price). Any retailer or consumer who thinks that Amazon is not going to drive a freight train through Australian retail is kidding themselves
It will be interesting to see which retailers comply with this stupid tax. Of the online outfits that I use, Newegg are - just adding the tax and still shipping from the US, but it looks like the brilliant New York based B&H Photo isn't. M&S are. I doubt that many of the Chinese websites will
If a government is going to implement taxes on international online shopping, this is the way to do it. The collection-based system, like the UK has, is too expensive to administer (estimate of $900m to raise $300m in tax for Australia). I know a lot of people on here think civil servants are some kind of protected species but that's just stupid. In the UK - which has pathetically high tech and other prices already - you have to pay VAT and an admin fee to collect your parcel. Ridiculous. We don't want that shit here
ScoMo reckons that they're going to raise $300m over 4 years. Whoopie f**king doo, how ambitious. They could easily cut $75m a year in costs and not notice it one bit. Hell, they could sack a couple of hundred civil servants and get that with zero loss of productivity. So $75m a year to piss off a load of voters. Clever
It will be interesting to see which retailers comply with this stupid tax. Of the online outfits that I use, Newegg are - just adding the tax and still shipping from the US, but it looks like the brilliant New York based B&H Photo isn't. M&S are. I doubt that many of the Chinese websites will
If a government is going to implement taxes on international online shopping, this is the way to do it. The collection-based system, like the UK has, is too expensive to administer (estimate of $900m to raise $300m in tax for Australia). I know a lot of people on here think civil servants are some kind of protected species but that's just stupid. In the UK - which has pathetically high tech and other prices already - you have to pay VAT and an admin fee to collect your parcel. Ridiculous. We don't want that shit here
ScoMo reckons that they're going to raise $300m over 4 years. Whoopie f**king doo, how ambitious. They could easily cut $75m a year in costs and not notice it one bit. Hell, they could sack a couple of hundred civil servants and get that with zero loss of productivity. So $75m a year to piss off a load of voters. Clever
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Re: Bye Bye Decent Shopping - Amazon to block Australian customers
And what the is the answer tor the issue of people in Aus wanting to to use the UK site to get goods delivered to UK residents as gifts.....because the stuff I want to buy as gifts doesn't appear on Amazon Aus, even without thinking of the horrific shipping cost.