| miguelmose | 06-24-2016 08:09 AM |
Re: Brexit & Amazon UK
Amazon introduced verification for their own ends, it has nothing whatsoever to do with EU directives that, in my humble opinion, was simply a red herring, they have always had their own agenda and always suit themselves. Also consider that verification is across all amazon platforms now, not just EU countries.
No other big e-commerce platform makes you jump the kind of hoops they do or at least in the same way, and where you are asked for verification on other platforms the process usually takes minutes and hours, rather than weeks and months as is the case with amazon. The systems they now employ for verification are overly rigid, punitive and in a lot of cases irrelevant asking for information that doesn't apply, certainly in the UK anyway, where they are basing verification based on american laws that aren't relevant here.
Amazon will not be changing any process unless it suits amazon to do so, so I wouldn't hold my breath, they generally create their own laws wherever they go anyway just look at how little tax they pay everywhere :) | 
