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Being from Belgium and having family over there I tried buying a digital camera and a mic online for my brother. I could not use Amazon.fr or amazon.uk since they would not allow me to ship to a Belgian address (actually they did, but at the very end of the ordering procedure I got an error saying they could not do that).

So I figured I would try a few local shops with self-proclaimed online commerce presence (ColliShop, Photo Hall, Colruyt, Super Company, Intellihome, and Krefel) - only to find out that none of them could take my order. Some had forms that would not allow the buyer to be from another country, one tried to send me to paypal for payment but misdirected me, one required me to chose a local shop to buy from, and one said they were going to call me for payment (which of course never happened - and when I replied to their email to cancel my order, my email came back undeliverable 5 days later). I thought I was lucky when Krefel took my order, only to find out (3 days later) through an email that they want me to fax them copies of both sites of my credit card and a copy of my identity card (both sides as well). I have not had one of those is years!

What the heck is happening? Is online shopping in my native country really that backwards? Or did I just have dumb luck? I have bought online for family - wines, flowers, books, cd’s - but now that I come to think of it, it was all through UK and French sites…

We’re now six days later, and I will clearly miss my brother’s birthday. If anyone has suggestions on how to buy this stuff, let me know…

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