File EU 2018/302 · 14
Geo-blocking at the checkout
The same headphones, 154 € on the Belgian version of the shop, 189 € on yours, and a site that forcibly sends you back “home”. The Regulation bans the silent redirect, aligns the conditions of sale, and your bank card has no wrong nationality.
Item no. 1
The address you did not type
You live in France. A price comparison showed it: the headphones you want cost 154 € on the Belgian version of an online electronics shop, and 189 € on the French version of the same site.
You type the .be address. The page loads, then jumps.
- Address typed
- the shop, .be version
- Address displayed
- the shop, .fr version
- Message
- We have redirected you to your local shop.
- Price of the headphones on this version
- 189 € instead of 154 €
- Your consent to this redirect
- never requested
The played version needs JavaScript. Without it, the scene above stays readable, and every item of the file lives on its own page.
File EU 2018/302
The items in this file
Every item has its own page. The situation is played here; what you keep, what you send and what you re-read live next door.