Right - but consider that you are an outlier.<p>I&#x27;ve spent 15 years buying stuff off amazon.com (coming from California), and have recently moved to Singapore.  The closest version of Amazon (with *insanely good local shipping - sometimes same day by bike courier) is <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.qoo10.sg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.qoo10.sg</a>.  I&#x27;ve been fully satisfied with prices, and delivery on everything there - but, it&#x27;s still a bit of a culture shock for your average western shopper.<p>We&#x27;ll see if I still feel the same way a year from now - but (even ignoring the discovery issue) I can imagine how having Amazon provide an interface for my purchases would have made this way more seamless.