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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 8:28pm

marcliff

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 8:28pm

There's no need to change your location from UK to Spain. Indeed, if you do so, some items will no longer be available. For example, if you subscribe to newspapers, magazines or whatever then your order will be closed and you will have to take out a new one with Amazon.es which is more expensive. Same with if you order books, the ones available from .co.uk will now be the ones from .es even though you can scroll through but the prices will be different.

Simply leave your location as UK. If you use Google Chrome it will ask if you want to translate to English. Just tick the box "always translate" and it will do it for you. Alternatively, just press the right button on your mouse and select translate to English.

You can also sign up for Prime Spain even though your location says UK. 

Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 10:56pm

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 10:56pm

Hello,

Yes!  We've bought several items from Amazon over the last two years and find it very convenient and reliable.  But don't make our mistake?!...We ordered from Amazon UK and didn't think to oreder from Amazon. es.  Therefore, our items were shipped from the Uk to Spain and , therefore, the delievery charge was higher than we neede to pay if we'd ordered via Amazom.es.

Malcolm

Posted: Thu Jun 1, 2023 1:01pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 1, 2023 1:01pm

messex wrote on Wed May 31, 2023 10:56pm:

Hello,

Yes!  We've bought several items from Amazon over the last two years and find it very convenient and reliable.  But don't make our mistake?!...We ordered from Amazon UK and didn't think to oreder from Amazon. es.  Therefore, our items were shipped from the Uk to Spain and , therefo...

 

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...re, the delievery charge was higher than we neede to pay if we'd ordered via Amazom.es.

Malcolm

Hello

 Yes I think we all bought from Amazon.co.uk before Brexit but when the added Import tax & VAT were added  to the delivery charge, it made sense to shop on Amazon.es.

 A couple of weeks ago they delivered to me 16hrs after I placed my order  & 3 months ago, they delivered one day earlier than the confirmed delivery date. Courier phoned & I told him I was out shopping ( I was in the local Mercadona)  so he drove round and delivered to me in the supermarket carpark.....Cant get better service than that!

Cheers

Elinspain

Posted: Thu Jun 1, 2023 3:10pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 1, 2023 3:10pm

elinspain wrote on Thu Jun 1, 2023 1:01pm:

Hello

 Yes I think we all bought from Amazon.co.uk before Brexit but when the added Import tax & VAT were added  to the delivery charge, it made sense to shop on Amazon.es.

 

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 A couple of weeks ago they delivered to me 16hrs after I placed my order  & 3 months ago, they delivered one day earlier than the confirmed delivery date. Courier phoned & I told him I was out shopping ( I was in the local Mercadona)  so he drove round and delivered to me in the supermarket carpark.....Cant get better service than that!

Cheers

Elinspain

the poor guy/gal just wanted to get their "shift" finished by delivering the package. They can hardly take a bathroom break...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/05/24/delivery-drivers-sue-amazon-for-being-forced-to-pee-in-bottles/

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