EU Amazon Shipping Issues

Discussions center on challenges Europeans face buying products online from US or non-EU sellers like Amazon, including shipping restrictions, customs fees, VAT differences, and country-specific availability.

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mamcx β€’ Apr 26, 2013 β€’ View on HN

This could work if the seller is located outside europa (like latin america)? I'm looking for a solution that work for startups outside USA/UK...

embedding-shape β€’ Oct 30, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Tried using it from outside EU (even from outside Europe ooho) and seems to work just fine. Where are you getting the "only in the EU" from?

cromka β€’ Jan 6, 2026 β€’ View on HN

They'll likely be shipping to EU from outside, not selling them directly.

pantalaimon β€’ Feb 10, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Couldn't you buy it from a reseller e.g. in Germany then?

orjan β€’ Sep 27, 2012 β€’ View on HN

Might be an Amazon territory thing, then. I'm in Europe.

captn3m0 β€’ Sep 30, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Don’t think there is a way. I bought it the usual way - shipped to a friend in EU.

dylz β€’ Jun 16, 2019 β€’ View on HN

I have only encountered this at EU based vendors. I have never encountered this at a US merchant.

atmosx β€’ Aug 21, 2016 β€’ View on HN

Not from my experience. Many stores allow to set a different country as shipping address too (e.g. Amazon UK).

t_tsonev β€’ Jul 24, 2013 β€’ View on HN

I'm buying my Apple devices from the US. I live in Europe. It's that irritating :)

watty β€’ Jul 18, 2014 β€’ View on HN

Amazon isn't intentionally discriminating against your country, they don't have a choice.