Originally posted by GreyMyst:

EVERYONE would pay. Because of the UPS contract they get lower shipping rates. Include more countries, everyone's rates go up...
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not necessarily, because other US companies that offer international shipment have completely different shipment rates for the rest of the world than for the US. I have used Barnes and Noble and the US amazon and they shipped to the rest of the EU. You might want to argue now that amazon has connections in Europe already - true, but Barnes and Noble hasn't. So there is no reason that the UK would have different treatment as the rest of the EU.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ September 23, 2005 12:21 AM: Message edited by: Miki_ ]</font>