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When I'm logged in on Amazon I get a warning next to the product price that I can't ship it to my default location.

• scott_karana 13y ago
  There is that, but it only applies if you're an existing, and logged in customer.
  • itsameta4 13y ago
    Well how could they possibly fix that?
    • pandeiro 13y ago
      geoip?
      • jaredmcateer 13y ago
        GeoIP isn't really a good solution. I work on a large ecommerce site and this comes up from time to time. GeoIP databases are unreliable at best, especially for areas where IPs tend to jump borders (e.g., Toronto and Detroit)
        • tempestn 13y ago
          But they wouldn't need to use it for anything critical. Just for a message like, "It appears that we can't ship this to your current location: Calgary, AB, Canada. Please _log in_ to check availability to your shipping address," or something along those lines.
          • jaredmcateer 13y ago
            And if it thinks I'm in Montana? I don't get that message, and assume since in the past it knew I was in Calgary so I must be safe to add it to my cart. At least I know right now that I have to log in all the time to be sure I can safely add items to my cart
            • tempestn 13y ago
              But the worst case then is that you add something to your cart and then find out later that you can't buy it, just like now. It's not going to make the cart self-destruct. ;) If it thinks you're in Montana once, it's probably going to every time. So you'll see exactly what you see now. Heck, maybe this is exactly what they DO do, and it thinks I'm in Washington so I never get a message. :) But for the majority of cases where it can geolocate the country properly, at least to the resolution of US vs not-US, it would be helpful.
      • draz 13y ago
        one could also be traveling abroad for business/pleasure yet living in the US. I sometimes order things while traveling....
    • prawn 13y ago
      List shipping restrictions up front?
• tempestn 13y ago
  Hmm, I just double-checked and I don't get that. I'm in Canada. Have two addresses registered, both Canadian. For example, [1] is appears to be available, and also claims to have free shipping (as do many items listed on amazon.com eve though the free shipping is US only). When I add it to my cart, proceed to checkout, and choose an address though, it lets me know about the "slight problem" with my order... the fact that I can't get it. Maybe it's only Amazon Fulfillment items that do this? [1]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ENG6TI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ENG6TI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_ti...
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  • yskchu 13y ago
    It doesn't work if you aren't logged in and haven't set a default shipping address. e.g. I see "We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address."
    • tempestn 13y ago
      But I am logged in and have set a default shipping address. So either it's different depending on country, or it's because this item is a fulfillment item, or if you're also in Canada and looking at the same item... I don't know, I guess Amazon just doesn't like me?
      • ddeck 13y ago
        It's not just you. I get the same behavior. Logged in with default shipping address (Hong Kong), but only find out on proceeding to checkout as you described.
        • Ravi___ 13y ago
          try activating 1 click checkout..