Amazon to Block Australian Customers from Using Amazon.com, & They Could Lose Access to Their eBooks - The Digital Reader

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when the Panzermobile was shaken and buffeted by howling and crying and gnashing of teeth. Following all the anguish took our brave kitty pilot to The Digital Reader site. There he discovered a post about Amazon.com.

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder's post, after July 1 Amazon will no longer allow Australian's to have access to the Amazon.com site. Instead, Australian shoppers will be redirected to the Amazon.com.au site. The post quotes from an Australian news site which says the new policy is being implemented in response to Australia's new ten percent tax (tariff) on all goods purchased from companies outside Australia (overseas). The The Digital Reader post also includes speculation on  the possibility of problems for Australian Kindle users and losing access to their ebook purchases. The Comments section has some interesting information too.

It's a ten percent tariff ... Not a tax.

Panzer says, "Ummm ... Put a ten percent tax (tariff) on my products and I won't sell the products to you anymore. Makes sense to this little kitty."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a glass of milk and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) for today's reading selection.

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