# Why won't amazon send to me?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186 "2012-09-09T12:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hans35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hans35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hans35)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/1 "2012-09-09T12:16:03Z")
“We’re sorry. This item can’t be shipped to your selected destination. You may either change the shipping address or delete the item from your order”. I get this everytime I try to buy an mp3 player, or some oil paints. Why is this? I live in Denmark, and the oil paints are under the category “toys”, and “toys” are able to be shipped to Denmark, it says on their website. Not sure about mp3 players. But I can’t buy oil paints seperately. I don’t get it. Do I have to make a new acc? wtf?:mad: ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/2 "2012-09-09T12:24:50Z")
You could try asking them instead of us. I do know that many electronic items cannot be shipped out of the US. The oil paints may be classified as some Schedule Such-and-such Hazardous Material and be also prohibited from being exported to a private individual. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/3 "2012-09-09T12:28:27Z")
Are the items sold by Amazon, or are they Amazon Marketplace? (It can be a little hard to tell sometimes.) Like ebay, sellers in the Marketplace can set their own terms of where they’ll ship to, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/4 "2012-09-09T12:31:50Z")
Does the US branch of Amazon ship to Denmark at all? I do not think there is actually a Danish Amazon, but you might do better at [German Amazon](http://www.amazon.de/), or [French](http://www.amazon.fr/), or even [British](http://www.amazon.co.uk/). What is more, as they won’t have to ship the stuff so far, the postage should be cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/5 "2012-09-09T12:32:57Z")
Check your address. there may be an error. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/6 "2012-09-09T12:35:16Z")
Are you using a “real” address? My business address used to be rural delivery with a box number and I would get similar messages. ---
**Author:** ![Hans35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hans35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hans35)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/7 "2012-09-09T12:42:54Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Are the items sold by Amazon, or are they Amazon Marketplace? (It can be a little hard to tell sometimes.) > > Like ebay, sellers in the Marketplace can set their own terms of where they’ll ship to, I believe. I think they’re sold in the Marketplace, but they’re the only one who have what I need… I’m using the [amazon.co.uk](http://amazon.co.uk), and I’ve bought items from there before. I can see that I’m eligible for a book purchase, just not mp3s / paints. However, some months ago, I bought an mp3 player from the british amazon. It then broke, I sent it back and got my money. Then I tried ordering a new one, and then… “We’re sorry. This item…” ---
**Author:** ![Hans35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hans35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hans35)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/8 "2012-09-09T12:44:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Are you using a “real” address? My business address used to be rural delivery with a box number and I would get similar messages. Yes, I checked it 2 times, it’s real! Btw, the green text that says “In stock”, right below it, it says that "In Stock. We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address. " ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/9 "2012-09-09T12:51:59Z")
Sometimes licensing arrangements for manufacturers don’t allow sales to some countries because of other sales partners. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/10 "2012-09-09T12:55:00Z")
Do paint sets count as hazardous chemicals, possibly? ---
**Author:** ![Hans35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hans35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hans35)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/11 "2012-09-09T13:04:22Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Sometimes licensing arrangements for manufacturers don’t allow sales to some countries because of other sales partners. Yeah, that is why.. I just talked to an amazon support. He said though, that 3 of the sellers on a link could send to Denmark. None of them worked… ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/12 "2012-09-09T13:05:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Do paint sets count as hazardous chemicals, possibly? I would think that if they are, they wouldn’t be able to be shipped anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Hans35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hans35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hans35)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/13 "2012-09-09T13:18:16Z")
prob solved, nvm (= ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/14 "2012-09-09T13:20:37Z")
> [@Hans35](#): > > prob solved, nvm (= Be honest; was it the wrong address? ---
**Author:** ![Hans35](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@Hans35](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hans35)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/15 "2012-09-09T15:17:31Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Be honest; was it the wrong address? no 😛 Some resellers just didnt send to my country. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/16 "2012-09-10T03:59:35Z")
Many countries ban shipping paint to Denmark as it’s quite risky shipping paints to the Dutch. Normally an even tempered and phlegmatic people painting tends to drive them into a frenzy, and it often[doesn’t end well.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/17 "2012-09-10T04:38:31Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Many countries ban shipping paint to Denmark as it’s quite risky shipping paints to the Dutch. Normally an even tempered and phlegmatic people painting tends to drive them into a frenzy, and it often[doesn’t end well.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh) This joke would work better if the people of Denmark were actually Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/18 "2012-09-10T04:40:46Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > This joke would work better if the people of Denmark were actually Dutch. Also, many shippers are products of the American education system. Better? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-amazon-send-to-me/634186/19 "2012-09-10T04:50:37Z")
Danes, Dutch what does it matter? They both leave babies alone in cars and carriages while they shop for for minutes at a time! They don’t bundle up in cold weather, they eat cheese sandwiches with no meat, and they don’t execute people. Bad actors the lot of them!