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Yeah. > there’s one basic ingredient to living online that Sweden still lacks. > > They don’t have access to Amazon. Uh. Presumptive much? > while
by heavenlyhash 8y ago
Yeah.
> there’s one basic ingredient to living online that Sweden still lacks.
>
> They don’t have access to Amazon.
Uh. Presumptive much?
> while locals clamor
I'm admittedly one mountain range over, but I feel inclined to say '[citation needed]', here.
This whole thing reads like a paid-placement Amazon advertisement.
- IkmoIkmo 8y agoSame in the Netherlands, we have Amazon, sorta-kinda, but there's barely anything on it without expensive multi-week international shipping... literally never heard of anyone using it. And there's absolutely nobody who talks about wanting it, either. That's not because we don't find it useful, we just have local alternatives.
- ddoran 8y agoAmazon does not have an Irish store either. Amazon.ie redirects to the UK store where all prices are in GBP, though they happily deliver to Ireland.
- CalRobert 8y agoThey happily deliver maybe a third of their inventory. It's really frustrating to get to checkout to find out I have to use addresspal or parcel motel.
- ttam 8y agoif your default address is in ireland, then you don't need to get to checkout to know that the product can't be delivered to you I always see in the product page an info saying "THIS SELLER DOES NOT DELIVER TO IRELAND"
- bluGill 8y agoYou don't know what you are missing. Your life could be very different, but since it isn't an option you can't really imagine how. That isn't to say you would want it over the alternatives if you had it. I personally almost never use amazon. I know people who get something delivered every few days. Different people are different.
- pwagland 8y agoThe point is that there are plenty of people that stuff get delivered every few days. There are local alternatives. Just because Amazon doesn't exist, doesn't mean that you can't order things online. At least in the Netherlands almost all shops offer next day delivery. We have some vendors that offer same delivery. None of them are Amazon. If Amazon _did_ turn up, would it have an effect? Probably. Would it be game and/or life changing? Unlikely, since these capabilities are already available in here. You are correct that we are not used to getting everything from the same vendor. But it is absolutely common for people to order stuff online. Our "high streets" are just as empty as those in the rest of the world.
- CalRobert 8y agoWell, I live in a country with only crappy Amazon (Ireland) but I moved here from a country with great Amazon (US). I find myself wishing we had Amazon even though I have a lot of problems with them - 8 years ago they inexplicably barred me from selling on marketplace before I'd ever sold a single thing; with no recourse. I _think_ it's because the person who had my apartment before me was shady, but apparently I'm banned for life. And yet I have not found a convenient online store that has even close to as much as Amazon and is competitively priced. If I want to buy a monitor what is there? All the domestic dealers are beyond awful, and I can use overclockers (a UK site) but the shipping is high and soon I may have to pay tariffs too. I go to German, Spanish sites too now and then but even if they have what I want it's generally overpriced and shipping is quite expensive. I also need to go to 6 different places if I want 6 different things, so I can't combine shipping. If the EU wants greater union it might be worth making it as cheap to ship something from Dublin to Tallinn as from Boston to San Diego. Though tbf I have been moving towards using more ebay, or dealextreme when I can (and am ok with waiting 6 weeks).
- ploika 8y agoTo be fair, the EU can't change geography. We're a sparsely populated island off another island off the main bulk of the continent. They already paid big chunks of the bills for Ireland's roads, ports and airports. Asking them to subsidise everyone's postal costs too is a bit much.
- Brigadirk 8y agoI use the German Amazon for pretty much all my online shopping. Everything's on there, free shipping included.
- bkor 8y agoNot everything is on the German Amazon. Some things are only on the US/Spain/Italy one. Or it is sometimes on that one, sometimes not. Amazon often does NOT tell you the shipping costs until just before you make the order. This while any other price comparison site allows you to compare prices including shipping (e.g. Tweakers.net pricewatch). I don't understand why people use Amazon. From my colleagues only foreigners use Amazon. Dutch colleagues often use sites which might be foreign, but at least appear more Dutch. German Amazon uses machine translation for appearing to be Dutch. Original language is German. Another bit which makes the experience annoying. Lastly, most Dutch sites offer really easy returns. Amazon is more of a hassle.
- jadbox 8y agoI'm curious for Netherlands- what are the common places to acquire computer parts and living room furniture. When I visited Amsterdam and traveled to the surround areas, I personally never found many physical stores that there an equivalent to Best Buy for a furniture warehouse.
- DZittersteyn 8y agofor the Netherlands, check out tweakers.net[1] for your computer parts (they have an extensive price guide that will show you which webshop has the best prices and delivery speed). If you need them in a pinch, MediaMarkt/Saturn usually has what you need at a premium. for living room furniture... Most of it is from IKEA [1]: https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/#highlightCat:14 https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/#highlightCat:14
- jadbox 8y agoThank you. I've been building a startup in California and have been dreaming of moving it to Amsterdam. Been learning Dutch over the last year and been trying to find the best information on the most effective way to migrate over. :)