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I'm frequently surprised, given Amazon's size, how little of a non-US presence it has. It's in other countries, sure, but not in the same way as the US. Seeing
by madrox 3y ago
I'm frequently surprised, given Amazon's size, how little of a non-US presence it has. It's in other countries, sure, but not in the same way as the US. Seeing things like this makes me wonder if Amazon doesn't know how to adapt to other markets.
- bsder 3y agoAmazon is just treating it like a cost of doing business. Until fines reach levels that actually impact the pay of the CEO, they will continue to be ignored.
- cjbgkagh 3y agoLots of countries have freight forwarding services were you buy from the US Amazon site and have it forwarded to your country. This avoids the hasle to Amazon of dealing with the country directly. Florida has special zip codes with 0% sales tax with the understanding that such goods are going overseas. In my current country you can basically buy whatever you want from Amazon US cheaper and easier than you can locally.
- drubio 3y agoThey're pretty good at it, just from yesterday. A $5 billion AWS investment in Mexico: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-region-in-mexico-is-in-the-works/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-region-in-mexico-is... Regional and national media are swallowing it up, yeah the country needs the investment, but at what price ? Gov still mum on what it took to 'land' the deal (tax/land break). I remembered the Amazon HQ2 hoopla from years back, that U.S state/local govs were turning over backwards to land it, offering a lot of incentives. And I just looked the yesterday, that deal (HQ2) is still on hold and it was for just as much ($5 billion).
- danielscrubs 3y agoIm quite confused on why it is popular in the first place. The ux is horrible, customer service is non existent, the speed of delivery is the same or slower as others and the price is the same as others.