# Filtering Amazon Results
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 5, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356 "2012-07-05T23:02:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356/1 "2012-07-05T23:02:35Z")
I was lucky enough to receive a rather generous gift card for my birthday.
I’d like to spend this on books, but living in New Zealand means when I got to the check out the cost was something like Books: $10, Postage: $60.
And that was combined post from one source.
How do I get the results filtered so I look at NZ sellers first, Aussie sellers next etc?
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356/2 "2012-07-06T00:33:14Z")
I was going to suggest the [Book Depository](http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/)instead (free shipping worldwide, and I’ve never had a bad experience over 20+ purchases so far) but then I noticed you wrote you’ve got a gift certificate.
So I guess I’m no help at all. Although on second thoughts I think Amazon own the Book Depository so maybe you can use an Amazon certificate there?
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### Author:  [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356/3 "2012-07-06T03:06:22Z")
Thanks (and “Hi!”)
It doesn’t recognise my brand spanking new [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) login, so I guess not. I’ve always got what I wanted easily with TradeMe or MightyApe, so this is my first experience with the big fella.
Nice try though.
I get the feeling I’ll end up downloading music instead of shipping books.
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### Author:  [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356/4 "2012-07-06T04:38:49Z")
> [@maggenpye](#):
>
> Thanks (and “Hi!”)
>
> It doesn’t recognise my brand spanking new [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) login, so I guess not. I’ve always got what I wanted easily with TradeMe or MightyApe, so this is my first experience with the big fella.
>
> Nice try though.
>
> I get the feeling I’ll end up downloading music instead of shipping books.
If you can, let me know how. When I try it tells me I have to have a US IP and credit card to download music. ☹ (I’m in AU.)
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### Author:  [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356/5 "2012-07-06T09:06:55Z")
I’ll give it a go sometime over the weekend and report back. I have the flu so everything’s taking a while and I keep wnting to fling the laptop across the room when things go wrong.
The Kid has just reminded me of the email/password combo I use for ‘sites that send me advertising emails’ and it turns out I can use Amazon UK just fine - it just won’t show my gift certificate amount. Whether I can work through that is debatable.
I’m blaming the flu for that, too.
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### Author:  [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filtering-amazon-results/627356/6 "2012-07-06T09:19:44Z")
And … you’re right. Downloads are currently only available to US.
Bugger.