How? My stuff came in 5 days, though it did take them a full week to get it shipped out. Does the US really need to export more useless companies?

 

when I lived in the usa, with my prime account, almost always shipping was free to my house, I shopped everything there, spices, food, toilet paper, paper towels, and countless other every day things i use,

and they have coupons !! 10 off 20, 10 off 50, etc. etc. ( boy do i miss using coupons ! )

and my little monthly expat budget will thank amazon if they do come here !

 

There is a Amazon.com.mx: Compras por Internet de Libros Electronicos (e-Books) but what does that mean'

 

the amazon.mx sells only ebooks correct, that's been around a very long time now, books to read on your cellphone, tablet, computer, other electronic device

I am hoping to be able to shop everything amazon sells, not be limited to a few things that offer global shipping at insane shipping prices due to import fee's, with them already here, things will be a little more expensive, but no waiting for your package to pass customs ( this can add a week or longer to your shipping aurrgh) before heading to your house, no more import fee's ohh i said that already

 

older expats have been here way longer, have learned to live with out many modern conveniences

now us newer and younger expats are used to internet shopping and other newer amenities, which most older expats never used before coming to mexico in the first place ( can't miss what you never had type thing )

much has changed since the year 19um, it is now 2014, are things better or worse? well that's whole different story

ohh and thank god for the older expats as they help us much as they have been there done that sort of thing

 

As an older expat, I would like to respond to your post. I am by no means a luddite lacking an understanding of modern technology. I made and still do make my living at the cutting edge of technology. However, with the exception of having access to the latest computer hardware and software, I have no interest in most of the consumer goods that are only available in the US, nor in the big box stores that have invaded Mexico from the north. I am perfectly happy to buy all my groceries, clothes and house maintenance supplies at old-fashioned mercados near my house. Beyond those, I rarely purchase anything.

So it is not that I don't miss what I never had. Rather, I feel my life is richer without internet shopping and big box stores.

 

I wonder if Mexicans, as opposed to expats on this board, will welcome the opportunity to shop Amazon online?

 

they welcomed hamburgers, pizza, hot dogs, iphones. (sams club, walmart, cosco, etc.)

why not?

 

There are some things that I want or need and I'm thankful for Amazon. I'm certainly not talking about food and toilet paper, but quality travel bags for parrot and pup on scooter, surgical steel (not teflon coated) electric fry pan and sturdy Teva sandals for my poor feet.
I just ordered this week two pair of good walk/run sneakers and they arrived to my door in four days from the day I placed the order. Yesterday I ordered a new storage bag and retractable cable lock for the scoot. This old gal uses technology to make life better and it's not just for the young. I worked hard for the money and it's time to spend it.

 

I just ordered this week two pair of good walk/run sneakers and they arrived to my door in four days from the day I placed the order. Yesterday I ordered a new storage bag and retractable cable lock for the scoot. This old gal uses technology to make life better and it's not just for the young. I worked hard for the money and it's time to spend it.

Question: are some or all purchases made online at Amazon.com (or any other online retailer/broker) and then sent to Mexico delivered duty-free (free of all Mexican taxes), or does Aduana or another agency charge the recipient something? I ask because of recent discussion elsewhere on this forum talking about, I'm recalling, a shipping-free or tax-free delivery (if someone uses a particular credit card for the transaction). I haven't had online orders delivered from the USA to Mexico, and that's why I'm asking the question ... of anyone who has experience with this. Thanks.

 

Amazon is shipping a lot more items to Mexico then they did just two years ago. And they generally ship using UPS ground and it is very economical. I just received a shipment of three dog toys (for my dog,) and a video game for my nephew's Playstation 3. Shipping was free as order just exceeded $100 US. Package arrived in 10 days. Yesterday I took advantage of a Black Friday deal and purchased my wife a new set of stainless steel cookware. Shipping for that is more expensive, $64.00, but the package weighs 22 pounds. I have not heard that Amazon plans to open a warehouse here in Mexico. I know they frequently come to Mexico City to interview employees so Mexico is clearly on the radar.

 

Well they couldn't use the Mexican PO because it sucks

 

TOILET PAPER???
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but Costco Kirkland in the humungous packages works just fine for my tush.

"Older expats" are often retirees from the tech industry, based on the people I've met.
Just a general comment: I think entirely too many "needs".....aren't.

 

TOILET PAPER???
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but Costco Kirkland in the humungous packages works just fine for my tush.
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Charmin bought at Chedraui. Is it true that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? If so, then is the toilet paper (papel de baño) softer?

 

I for one, would welcome Amazon coming to Mexico. Here is one reason why:

The old school, pond light on our water wall burned out, so I decided to try and order on Mercado Libre. What a nightmare that was First, the choices were very limited and no Jebao (the industry leader). OK I get it, developing nation and all that, fine. I decide to take a chance on an off brand (but LED nonetheless) and order using my Visa card.

I jump through all the hoops, filled out the forms struggled through the counter-intuitive instructions and got to the last page. Then it says my card has been refused. What?? I have had this card for 20 years and it has an empty credit limit that could choke a horse!! So I send an email to the outfit and tried all day to call. My wife was nervous about our credit info and I was starting to think I was scammed or something nefarious.

Finally, after about 6 hours of worrying we get a call from an employee stating that the first time you pay an order with them it will be refused until your credit card clears. There is nothing to this effect on the website, so basically, you just have to sit and wait a day or 2 with a hung up credit card, sitting in limbo, and have faith that it will pass eventually.

Of course I did what any sane person would do, I politely told them I wished to cancel the transaction. They did and then they sent me 2 emails imploring me to change my evaluation of this transaction, however, I refused, as I want to warn people about this Keystone Cops system.

I then ordered a Jebao, top of the line LED projector through Amazon; my son sent it by USPS from California and I had it 2 weeks later. No fuss, no muss, and NO Stuper Mercado. (misspelling intentional)

 

I guess for some people ordering on-line must be difficult. For me, I've ordered a number of items from MercadoLibre without any problems. Of course, I have a Mexican bank debit card. I use that to buy item in Mexico and my US bank credit card to buy items from the US. Perhaps, I treat things simpler.

 

I hope it's true. For electronics (cameras, laptops, etc), the newer models tend to be unavailable here.

 

Taxes: Re: "I find that the markup on computers, cameras, etc varies, but when you take into account that Mexican prices include taxes and US prices do not. It is not too bad."

Taxes? We don't pay no stinking taxes on internet buys in the U.S.

(Unless you're dumb enough to buy from one that pays to the state where you live. Otherwise, no tax!)

 

Please note that Amazon will be Amazon.mx in Mexico and the products will not be the same. In the past, when Amazon in the USA would not ship to Mexico, I ordered some things from Amazon in the UK. Visit them and you will see that virtually all the products are different; country specific.

 

Since moving here, the only things I've bought from Amazon have been books and CDs. But since the shipping fees for both of them, especially the former, have gotten so high, I've pretty much stopped doing that. In any event, I prefer patronizing local merchants for most things - it helps the local economy of the place I now call home!

 

You really should consider getting either a kindle or a tablet. Telmex just gave us a 'free' HP tablet onto which I have installed the kindle app. It took me two years but I have finally convinced my wife to use a kindle. Currently we subscribe to Amazon Kindle Unlimited which I think runs 9.99/month.

 

If Amazon does come to Mexico do not expect US style prices. Have you ever price shopped a large screen TV at Costco? Close to 50% higher than the equivalent in the USA. Try a can of Behr paint from HD. Similar mark up. Of course the IVA is included in the Mexican price and many items do have a duty. Add the high cost of freight in Mexico and you are right back to that almost 50%. Most Mexican big box companies buy their products from a Mexican distributor. These fellows were protected from US imports for a long time. Now they just add a big % to their prices and provide warranty.

 

I have a ( refurbished ) dell venue 8 pro tablet

it has windows 8.1 rt, quard core, 2 gigs of ram and 32 gigs of space

at first i didn't like windows on a touch screen tablet, the more i use it the more i like it

from amazon 69 dollars shipped free

these tablets are 3000 peso here in mexico

also I been looking at the kindle fire hdx 8.9 a little pricy but it fast enough to out perform many laptops, and many say they are king of all tablets

 

I have the kindle Paperwhite and like it. The only problem is that you can accidentally "get lost" when it decides to tune several pages at a time, either back or forward. Then you get to have the fun experience of going BACK several steps to find the "location". Hevvin forbid they would use PAGE NUMBERS. There has to be a better way.

 

I would like them myself, however, you have the ability to change the font at any time. Changing the typeface and size would screw up the pagination.

 

Re: "kindle fire hdx 8.9 a little pricy but it fast enough to out perform many laptops, and many say they are king of all tablets"l

I don't know about that. The IPad is pretty awesome. Plus, it sync's magically with my Mac Air and the IPhone. Whatever you put on one of these instruments, appears on the other, docs, notes, movies, ibooks, music. Plus, the iPhone works as a mini wifi hotspot that'll connect the sync'ed MacAir and IPad to the Internet, far away from any commercial hotspot, which is awful cool to have.

 

Inetesting conversation. We´ve ordered a few books through Amazon but very few over the years.

While we already have two desktops, since we live both at Lake Chapala and the Chiapas Highlands, quite distant from each other and spend a lot of time driving between the two places and also traveling about mostly in rural áreas of Southern Mexico, I decided I would like to buy an I Pad Air to keep in touch on the road with a Logitech keyboard and some other accessories which I could order on-line or, alternatively, drive the 45 minutes from Lake Chapala to Best Buy in the Fórum Shopping Center in Tlaquepaque and enjoy the liesurely stroll about that mall and huge Best Buy retail store while also enjoying lunch in that city which offers many dining opportunities - some of them right there in The Fórum which is quite easily reached from our home in Ajijic.

For that I Pad Air and Logitech keypad among other accessories to go with the equipment, I paid the equivalent of about $760USD at yesterday´s exchange rate, used my U.S. Dollar denominated debit card drawn on my U.S. bank and, received some fairly substantial Best Buy bonus points for future buys so may be heading back to Tlaquepaque in a few weks to buy a great compact BBQ/smoker I spotted on the retail floor there which was, in my opinión, quite reasonably priced and an even better deal with my bonus points frm buying the I Pad. Maybe I´lll buy one of those ultra -high definition smart TVs they have in stock there as well if it has the capacity to mix my margaritas and pop my popcorn while I watch Bama stomp Auburn annually in the Iron Bowl.

True, that Best Buy does not carry toilet paper as does Amazon but maybe I can find one of those high-tech Japanese toilets that clean one´s hiney with a warm water spray after each mandatory visit. Maybe Amazon carries those as well.

I must admit that having Amazon operating with a Mexican subsidiary might be fun. For now, if you want to view Best Buy´s inventory and prices on line, try BestBuy.com.mx. They have stores in the Guadalajara and Mexico City áreas at present but I think that´s it for now.

 

For now, if you want to view Best Buy´s inventory and prices on line, try BestBuy.com.mx. They have stores in the Guadalajara and Mexico City áreas at present but I think that´s it for now.

There's a Best Buy store at Paseo Altozano mall in Morelia. I have never been in it. There is also a small Mac Store at Altozano which I have visited several times. I don't know about Best Buy in other Mexican cities.

 

Do they have a genius bar in Mexico Apple Stores? Thanks.

 

You are right about the Kindle pagination. Maybe they'll come up with a solution to the "lost" problem some day, such as a genie that "remembers" which part of the book you were on before the "blip".

 

Looks like this was more than a rumour, just read an article in The Mazatlan Messenger:

Amazon Distribution Center to Open in México
Posted by Murry Page on 29 Nov 14 in Latest News, National News | 0 Comment | Print Print |

México will see its first Amazon distribution center, when it opens in Cuautitlan Izcalli in the state of México.

Marcos Pueyrredon, Vice President Latin America VTEX and president of the Latin American Institute of Electronic Commerce, said the arrival of Amazon will be in two parts. The first will occur during the first six months of 2015 when the distribution center is being built. During the second half of the year Amazon will begin shipping its products from the new distribution center.

Albert Serrano, country manager of Privaliaen México, said that Amazon will have a full range of products currently available in the United States.

Notice he SAYS a full range of products available currently in the U.S. My guess, it will be more limited and the prices will be somewhat higher as they were in Canada when I was gouged, er sorry, when I lived there.

Maybe, just maybe, this will force Super Mercado to come into the 21 century and offer competitive, quality products with better service. Competition in capitalism is a good thing.

Let the games begin:juggle:

 

Looks like this was more than a rumour, just read an article in The Mazatlan Messenger:

Amazon Distribution Center to Open in México
Posted by Murry Page on 29 Nov 14 in Latest News

I KNEW IT I KNEW IT !!! I am doing the happy dance in my computer chair

 

We had, at least the last time I bought there about 2 years ago, a lot fewer products, and all were more expensive than exactly the same ones on the U.S. Amazon Site. It used to anger we Canadians so much! I only used it for heavy items e.g. a safe, that would be too expensive to ship from the U.S.

Also the peso is falling quite quickly, so I hope they don't use that as an excuse to jack up prices due to the following drivel we have been hearing in Canada for years: "Fluctuating" currency levels, "country specific" distribution costs, "smaller market size" preventing economies of scale, country specific buying habits and whatever buzzwords the MBA`s can invent to fend off any criticism.

 

So I guess Canadian authorities feared Amazon would fill up Plains of Abraham with low cost products if they "allowed" its citizens to buy directly from America?

But from all I hear, most Canadians love it that its government picks and chooses what its citizens are permitted to view on TV and buy on Internet in order to protect them from the savage fluctuations of the free market.

 

Amazon is not allowed to ship certain products from the USA to Canada. Has nothing to do with our Government. It is because Amazon does not have distribution rights for many of these items. But books is another story. When Amazon came to Canada the book sellers cried foul. After all Amazon was going to spoil their consistent gouging of Canadians. I don't remember the outcome but all the patriots were worried about preserving our culture. Heaven forbid we should read a best seller not designated for Canada. Heck, I can remember when they talked about blocking TV signals from US border cities. This was before cable.

 

Does Canada still have a strong book store presence or has the Internet ravaged there as well?

 

drone delivery service?

Linky here

I can see it now! meixco's new pastime, how many Amazon drones did you shoot down today?

3 I got a new ipad, 4 pair of shoes, and fake ring , hahahaaaa and btw you know anyone needing drone batteries?