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Offline iXodTopic starter

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Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« on: November 15, 2022, 01:39:32 pm »


Any idea why a CO tester would be restricted to be delivered?

Amazon is clueless. “There must be some restriction…”. Can’t tell me why.

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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2022, 01:58:35 pm »
I've run into that 'Amazon can't deliver to your area', with a pair of magnifier eyeglasses.  What makes it even more mysterious is that I am an Amazon Prime member, and buy things from Amazon all the time. :scared:
 

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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2022, 02:06:54 pm »
   Are you buying the item direct from Amazon and is it being shipped by Amazon?  My thinking is that somebody might be testing the market to how much demand there is and that they don't actually have the product for sale. 

   Years ago it wasn't unusual for companies to advertise and product and sell thousands of them and collect the money and then use the money collected to go and build the item.  That's why many ads used to say that deliver might take "up to sixteen weeks" or other disclaimers.
 

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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2022, 03:04:25 pm »
I've run into that 'Amazon can't deliver to your area', with a pair of magnifier eyeglasses.  What makes it even more mysterious is that I am an Amazon Prime member, and buy things from Amazon all the time. :scared:
I too am a Prime member.

Changed delivery address to nearby cities—and even tried another state—(in case it’s my municipality that asked Amazon to restrict this item for some reason): same “Can’t deliver” alert.
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Offline iXodTopic starter

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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2022, 03:05:57 pm »
   Are you buying the item direct from Amazon and is it being shipped by Amazon?  My thinking is that somebody might be testing the market to how much demand there is and that they don't actually have the product for sale. 
Yes, From and By Amazon.
 

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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2022, 08:52:03 pm »
For whatever reason, I get message like that when I try to buy Clorox disposable "ToiletWand" scrubber pads.  Other brands of similar products aren't a problem.

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This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location.

I always figured it was some sort of restriction due to a chemical in those things.  But maybe there's just some flag set by mistake in one of the zillion databases in one of Amazon's dark, dank basement server farms?
 

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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2022, 08:55:57 pm »
Any idea why a CO tester would be restricted to be delivered?


Can you link it?  And where are you?
A 3.5 digit 4.5 digit 5 digit 5.5 digit 6.5 digit 7.5 digit DMM is good enough for most people.
 
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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2022, 10:31:40 pm »
A seller can decide not to ship to certain locations if they want.

As bdunham7 says, you need to link the item in question.
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Re: Amazon won’t deliver this meter to my address
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2022, 12:15:47 am »
If you are in California, there are all types of products that can't be sold there for various reasons. Unfortunately, the filter is not necessarily very accurate and some sellers take no risk. I never found a way to figure out for what reason they won't ship.

Light bulbs, cleaning products, automotive products... you name it.

When that happens, I always try to ship to Nevada and that tell me if it's a California issue.
 


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