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I wonder if they'll ever expand their international shipping options. Currently, their shipping to Russia costs $35.98 minimum (International Priority Courier
by listic 17y ago
I wonder if they'll ever expand their international shipping options.
Currently, their shipping to Russia costs $35.98 minimum (International Priority Courier only) and they only ship new books (no used books, CD, DVD, etc.) That has been the fact for a long time, and provides means for existing for various middlemen (who also work with eBay and others). Seems like all the progress in quality of service of US companies is US-focused?
- dantheman 17y agoUsed books are sold by independent vendors, so they're not really shipped by amazon but by a 3rd party... I don't know about CD's & DVDs
- zandorg 17y agoThose too. Basically, if you price the book at 1p, Amazon doesn't get their 15% (?) cut, which is why so many sellers charge 1p (or 1 cent). But if the postage is more than £2.75 (in the UK at least), they have to charge more, and then Amazon get their cut. Basically, it's hard to make a decent profit by selling used books on Amazon, however, you can just put up the price. I've seen most used prices shoot up in the last few months.
- enthalpyx 17y agoThe distribution of Amazon web sites seem to be heavily weighted towards those countries with the highest GDP. Maybe not a coincidence. 1. www.amazon.com 2. www.amazon.co.jp 3. www.joyo.com 4. www.amazon.de 5. www.amazon.fr 6. www.amazon.co.uk