I'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 http://www.qoo10.sg. I've been fully satisfied with prices, and delivery on everything there - but, it's still a bit of a culture shock for your average western shopper.
We'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.
I'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 http://www.qoo10.sg. I've been fully satisfied with prices, and delivery on everything there - but, it's still a bit of a culture shock for your average western shopper.
We'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.