Is this a bug or is it real? Everyone is saying that Otto is the new European amazon but it doesn't seems like that. (I am already buying from allegro but they don't have this product in stock)
It is real. Apparently: "Die Lieferung erfolgt ausschlieรlich innerhalb von Deutschland." (Delivery is only possible within Germany.)
Weak Otto. 2025 and you can not ship a good from Germany to Italy or Denmark while Amazon and [add china shop] ship worldwide over a decade.
Thatโs Germany for you ๐ฅฒ๐
Always at the forefront of the last decade (sometimes even last 2 decades!)
Bol.com is the same. And they actually used to ship to the entire EU. Part of Dutch xenophobia, I suppose.
Don't use brave.
And: I don't know if Otto is really that great. It's just a marketplace where people sell cheap stuff imported from china. I just ordered a mirror that I have to send back, because it's not even (as in flat).
They are also a German multimillionaire family. They are old German money. The kind that uses their political influence to lobby against property or inheritance taxes.
So it really is an alternative to Amazon in all regards:
I just hope they also have shitty customer service and handle their employees like shit so they can replace the big A.
Not to defend them, but almost every single rich person lobbies for less property and inheritance taxes
That's odd...
Apparently, Otto itself delivers only in Germany. Yet, there are ~~subsidies~~ subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Austria, UK, and Japan.
subsidiaries?
Oh, yes. Thanks.
I've been in Japan a decade and I think this is the first I've seen the name. Interesting
ah, that explains it.
It could be because they donโt have any contract signed for delivering in other eu countries
They are an odd shop, anyway. I recently looked where to get a certain LEGO set. At their own shop, it cost โฌ99, at OTTO, the exact same set was โฌ179.
Yeah some stuff it's expensive AF
Cidscount and Galaxus should be good alternatives
Looks like onbuy.com ships internationally (they're UK based)
So that would mean additional customs?
I guess. The item I want (table saw dial indicator) it's a bit cheaper than Otto (15โฌ) but it will probably get stopped by the custom. But yeah since I can't find it anywhere locally, I will buy it there edit: they don't ship outside of the UK
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