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Yup, I've seen that too.
It seem that on the product page there's a generic price and arrival date calculated, but it isn't actually checked if they deliver until you add it to your shopping basket. (Except sometimes it is)
Sometimes I wonder how Amazon could become so big.
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I got an email from Amazon recently telling me a new book by one of my favourite authors would be released on 26th November 2019.
When I pre-ordered it, the page said it would be released on 24th March 2020.
The confirmation email said "We'll notify you via e-mail when we have an estimated delivery date for this item". 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The author is definitely scared by your desire to buy. 
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Amazon keeps emailing me about items that--if I follow their own link and add them to my cart--won't ship to my address with no reason given. Even items that are now in my purchase history (items that I've received from them before).
I don't mind the spam so much (some items are relevant to me); it's the pointless teasing I don't appreciate..."here it is...you just can't have it".
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dandy72 wrote: I don't appreciate..."here it is...you just can't have it".
That remember me something with women... but I don't want to brake the KSS Rule   
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I was bitching about the same a while ago (maybe a year). But nowadays, there is a warning on the product page: This item does not ship to Norway. In red print. I may ignore it and go ahead with the ordering process - I might change the shipping address to a legal country in the process.
I don't think this is Amazon's "fault", but marketing strategies defined by the manufacturer or wholesaler. Like Disney, they don't want Amazon to sell DVD/BDs cheaper to Norway, they want the Norwegian distributor be the only way to get hold of a Disney movie, at 50-100% higher price. If Amanzon will not respect that, Disney will not sell any movie through Amazon. I might get the same movie from Amazon Marketplace - especially used items are not restricted this way. Or the sellers of used items ignore those restrictions.
I buy most of my movies from amazon.co.uk, and that is where I most often see this "does not ship to Norway". Often I go on to amazon.com, and the movie is available there, with no export restrictions. I am thinking that maybe they simply are not aware of Norway being a country outside the USA but think of it as a village somewhere in the Midwest (it is, too), so they think it is OK to ship to Norway. Or they simply will not let a chance of profit pass by.
(Obviously, if you order movies from USA, you should have a multi-zone player / software, and if you do not master the language(s) of the movie, you may have to look around at subtitle websites to download subtitles in a language you understand.)
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I believe there's a rule in the EU that a company can't prevent you from using any of their other EU websites. I sometimes buy Blu-Rays from Amazon.FR and get them shipped to the UK and it can be quite a bit cheaper than Amazon UK.
I'm not sure if/how these rules apply to Norway as I know it's not EU but shares some common rules, so not sure where that line is.
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From Norway we can certainly order from any Amazon site, but I had to trust Google Translate to interpret the French site (I did receive what I expected!)
In any case, I don't think that is the issue here. Amazon stores will gladly send me stuff, but in some cases, they are not allowed to by the manufacturer. Disney is one of those forbidding sale of BDs to Norway (but they allow at least some DVDs).
So I think this is a case of "Don't shoot the messenger".
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Would a name for an evil animal who's hair is falling out be Loosey-Fur?
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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MacSpudster wrote: Would a name for an evil animal who's hair is falling out be Loosey-Fur?
If only, alas, this were the SoapBox!
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How about Lucy non-Pelt?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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What, and work for Peanuts?!
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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What the devil are you hinting at?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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That we shouldn't pay for jokes lest they become demon-itized.
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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Quote: Lucifer (/ˈljuːsɪfər/ LEW-si-fər; "light-bringer") was a Latin name for the planet Venus as the morning star in the ancient Roman era, and is often used for mythological and religious figures associated with the planet. Due to the unique movements and discontinuous appearances of Venus in the sky, mythology surrounding these figures often involved a fall from the heavens to earth or the underworld. Interpretations of a similar term in the Hebrew Bible...
I heard that a certain fallen angel does not like to hear his name mocked.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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If some declare (the Christian/Hebrew) God as a "she", then so shall Lucyfer be such!
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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What colour would the hair be?
I would say tan.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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I'd like them to demonstrate other color options.
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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Is leather armour the best for sneaking in because it's made of hide?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It's a-mace-ing that you'd post that, but gauntlet bad puns stop you from increasing your point-totals - I'll just shield my eyes.
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Fur sure
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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Shouldn't thieves be allowed to wear heavy armor because they're made of steel?
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Should cattle thieves wear silk because of its rustle?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Platently not.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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