Need someone from the USA to get an item from amazon

arj0n · Wed 23/01/2013 09:36:33

I want to buy an item from amazon.com but unfortunately amazon won't allow it to be shipped to the Netherlands

(because: [quoting amazon] "it is software and may not be compatible with systems in other parts of the world.")

A solution they suggest is: to find someone in the US who can forward it to me. Otherwise there may be a forwarding service available.

So, is there anyone around here from the USA who can help me out here?

I need someone living in the USA where I can ship this item to and this person then need to forward/send it to me...
(of course I pay you for the forwarding costs)

PM me if you can help me out.

Edit:
Or does anyone know of a good mail/package forwarding service (like for example http://www.shipito.com) for shipping from the USA to The Netherlands?

monkey0506 · Thu 24/01/2013 11:14:53

I can offer my services for this. As a reference, I once did the same for strazer. PM for details if you want.

Edit:

Quote from: Arj0nPM me if you can help me out.

Shows how well I paid attention in reading your post.

arj0n · Thu 24/01/2013 12:48:03

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Thu 24/01/2013 11:14:53
I can offer my services for this. As a reference, I once did the same for strazer. PM for details if you want.

Edit:
Quote from: Arj0nPM me if you can help me out.

Shows how well I paid attention in reading your post.

...

Awesome, thanx Monkey!
Just send you a pm with some info.

Fitz · Sat 26/01/2013 09:30:09

Looks like Amazon puts territorial restrictions on mp3's, too. I just tried getting buying mp3's of some indie stuff - and Amazon US, Amazon UK and Amazon Germany all told me no. It's not like any of that stuff is on sale in Poland, anyway, so no one's stepping on anyone's toes here. Except mine...

arj0n · Sat 26/01/2013 10:00:45

Yeh, stupid.
I wanted to buy a vintage software product released back in 1993. So it's a bout 20 years old.
Amazon just doesn't wanna sell it to me because: it might not work in my country...
I mean, how can they decide such thing for me. That's up to me, and if I'm still sure I want it, then simply sell it to me.
They better add a "are you sure you want to buy this, it might not work blah blah blah..."-checkbox on the site when you are going to buy it.
Then it's up to me to decide if I want to continue buying the item.
Now the close the door completely and immediately with no options.

Glad Monkey saved my day :-)

monkey0506 · Sat 26/01/2013 13:52:20

I'm actually curious about the MP3 situation. I know that due to DRM a lot of downloadable media licenses have become ridiculously restrictive. If it were a physical CD then it would be a straightforward matter of having someone forward the disc (including the little insert with the licensing info), but in order to try and maintain some theoretical death grip on the content we're stuck with DRM on our legal downloads. As if the DRM prevents anyone from downloading a DRM-free copy from The Pirate Bay (which ironically enough I think may be down again for a bit,

).

Regarding your software though Arj0n, I am certain there is no conceivable way that you could have purchased hardware and/or software that would allow a 20 year old program to run in your crazy, backwards, un-Amerikaan country of yours.

When I helped out strazer he was getting a Blu-Ray replaced from Sony directly (I don't remember why, but there was some defect in some of the production discs or something), but they wouldn't ship the replacement outside of the U.S. "Yes, we're terribly sorry that your movie that you legally purchased is completely bunk due to our error, but you're not American so... Yeah." In the end the shipping cost to send it overseas to him was negligible in comparison to sending it elsewhere in the U.S. They can try and fight the global economy all they want, but it's gonna happen. Says so in the Bible.

Fitz · Sat 26/01/2013 14:23:30

I'm not sure about overseas shipping, but I've had no trouble getting music CD's (as opposed to downloadable mp3's) from Amazon Germany. Same with The Whispered World - although they wouldn't let me buy Machinarium. Perhaps because TWW was not distributed in Poland at the time and Machinarium was. I'm curious about electronics. Supposedly there should be no trouble getting stuff from the UK - a popular vlogger here got himself a Blue Yeti microphone that way, and I'd say that's pretty sensitive hardware.

On the plus side, I just found out iTunes is finally available in PL (only since last year or so) - and they have all the stuff that I want. The downside of it is it's in Euros -- which makes an average album pretty much the same price as a CD, and as opposed to Amazon, which stores your downloads in a cloud for unlimited future downloading, it shoves the responsibility of maintaining the integrity of your music collection on you alone.

arj0n · Sat 26/01/2013 16:27:12

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sat 26/01/2013 13:52:20
Regarding your software though Arj0n, I am certain there is no conceivable way that you could have purchased hardware and/or software that would allow a 20 year old program to run in your crazy, backwards, un-Amerikaan country of yours.

I just want it to be in my vintage collection because I'm a crazy vintage and retro dos games collector. I have no intention at all to actually run this software.

monkey0506 · Sun 27/01/2013 19:54:25

Quote from: Arj0n on Sat 26/01/2013 16:27:12I just want it to be in my vintage collection because I'm a crazy vintage and retro dos games collector. I have no intention at all to actually run this software.

That's what I gathered, but from a business standpoint taking your money makes no sense.

@Fitz: I was under the impression that the latest versions of iTunes implemented some form of cloud by which if you were signed into your iTunes Store account that you could download any of your content that was missing from that system... I've had to redownload a couple of tracks myself because about 1 out of 4 or 5 songs I've downloaded has been corrupted by the time I get it (I could blame the poor connection, but I never have that issue with torrents, so it seems to be at least partially software related).

Ghost · Sun 27/01/2013 21:46:27

Licence Agreement from 2056:

a) You accept to refuse to install, run, or talk about the software seven years after purchase. You retain the right to keep it's box and data storage device in a shelf. We reserve the right to come to your house and paint it a colour of our choice.

Arjon, what game *are* we talking about, if it's not too ridiculous? Must be one hell of a game!