Buy European @feddit.uk Franklollo @lemmy.wtf 2w ago

Otto doesn't ship to other European countries

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)

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It is real. Apparently: "Die Lieferung erfolgt ausschließlich 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.
- That’s Germany for you 🥲😂
  
  Always at the forefront of the last decade (sometimes even last 2 decades!)
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:
  
  Selling cheap crap from china to overblown prices
  
  Giving money to people who have too much already
  
  Using that money to influence the politics in favour of the richest
  
  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.

https://www.otto.de/shoppages/lieferungausland
- 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 don’t have any contract signed for delivering in other eu countries
You can check this thread for other alternatives.

https://sopuli.xyz/post/23555632
AFAIK Otto only works in Germany. But they own shops in other countries : For example if you are Swiss: Heine, Ackermann, Quelle, BonePrix, About You and Jelmoly online are part of the otto group. In Austria they are under Baur (I think).

Maybe you can find one of their shops for your country here:
They are an odd shop, anyway. I recently looked where to get a certain LEGO set. At their own shop, it cost €99, at OTTO, the exact same set was €179.
- 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 (15€) 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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