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Automatically Convert Currencies On Web Pages — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:07:17 +0000

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By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:39:22 +0000

Please be aware Amazon UK places export restrictions to all member’s of the EU,
The restrictions apply to most electrical goods including Computers Cameras ….

Delivery Restrictions

Certain items bought from Amazon.co.uk and from third-party sellers can be delivered only to certain countries.
“Large items

Any item that is 30 kg or heavier is considered a large item, e.g. a widescreen television (larger than 26″), some fitness equipment. Large items can only be delivered to mainland UK”

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:58:44 +0000

Watch out for some .co.uk sites bumping up the shipping for international orders because of the price difference (i have seen an increase in shipping costs recently).
Also some UK shops wont ship electronics to Ireland because if they do they are supposed to pay a electronics recycling tax and take returns of old electronics eg. Amazon.co.uk, most smaller sites will though as they slip under the radar.
I haven’t experienced this with other European sites but watch out for similar issues in other countries.
I made the mistake of ordering windows XP from a German site and despite being assured it was in English I was stuck with a German version.
I never had any tax issues with play.com again they wont ship electronics to Ireland ;(

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Play.com is however sending some (most?) of their goods from Jersey which means that you might have to pay taxes for the items.

By: inoxllor

inoxllor — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:47:15 +0000

www.play.com is also a good site to look at. For those who live in EU countries it offers free shipping.

I’ve also suggested a creation of an Amazon.eu and an Ebay.eu which would greatly improve our customer experience, instead of having multiple amazon and ebay sites for european countries.

If you agree with this point of view, send that suggestion to the stores – lets make it happen! :D