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>Most items can be next day delivered here in the UK for a low standard charge. Cool. What about the rest of Europe/the EU? I am in an EU country and ordering

>Most items can be next day delivered here in the UK for a low standard charge. Cool. What about the rest of Europe/the EU? I am in an EU country and ordering anything from any of the Amazons has a minimum delivery time of 1 week. Usually it's longer than that. >Also digital e-commerce retailers are prevalent in all EU countries. And they are not trustworthy. Those online retailers always have everything in stock, but after you order and pay money it always turns out that they will have to order it from somewhere else. Often that other place has no stock either. It took me almost a month to get a new HDD last year because of shenanigans like this. >Amazon set up separate national operations in the EU due to social, regulatory and tax reasons. This is true if you live in one of the five odd countries that have an Amazon site. The 20 other EU countries don't get this luxury.

starfallg 7y ago
What are you actually arguing about? Because in your original post you seem to be arguing that Amazon here in Europe is heads and shoulders above the competition while still being inferior to the US, implying that the e-commerce landscape here is dire. My comment disagrees with that. To me, it's the other way around, Amazon has to do more than what they do in the US to compete over here. So when I'm talking about getting relatively cheap next day delivery here, I'm talking about with any merchant, not just Amazon. That's why they have to offer more same-day delivery (than the US) to compete (and to justify the Prime subscription).
- Mirioron 7y ago
  >What are you actually arguing about? Because in your original post you seem to be arguing that Amazon here in Europe is heads and shoulders above the competition while still being inferior to the US, implying that the e-commerce landscape here is dire. I'm arguing exactly about this. Yes, Amazon's doing great in the UK, but Europe does not stop at the border of the UK, France, and Germany. There are other countries there. I live in one. I explained that it's not rosy across Europe. >So when I'm talking about getting relatively cheap next day delivery here, I'm talking about with any merchant, not just Amazon. Great. Now what about the other few dozen European countries?

starfallg 7y ago

What are you actually arguing about? Because in your original post you seem to be arguing that Amazon here in Europe is heads and shoulders above the competition while still being inferior to the US, implying that the e-commerce landscape here is dire. My comment disagrees with that. To me, it's the other way around, Amazon has to do more than what they do in the US to compete over here. So when I'm talking about getting relatively cheap next day delivery here, I'm talking about with any merchant, not just Amazon. That's why they have to offer more same-day delivery (than the US) to compete (and to justify the Prime subscription).

Mirioron 7y ago
>What are you actually arguing about? Because in your original post you seem to be arguing that Amazon here in Europe is heads and shoulders above the competition while still being inferior to the US, implying that the e-commerce landscape here is dire. I'm arguing exactly about this. Yes, Amazon's doing great in the UK, but Europe does not stop at the border of the UK, France, and Germany. There are other countries there. I live in one. I explained that it's not rosy across Europe. >So when I'm talking about getting relatively cheap next day delivery here, I'm talking about with any merchant, not just Amazon. Great. Now what about the other few dozen European countries?