Amazon Prime Video disappearing shows?

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#293398 18-Jan-2022 14:21

Anyone else notice shows suddenly disappearing just for NZ?

I had a couple of shows in my watch list that are no longer present. One is the Foals documentary Rip Up The Road which has no other local sources.

I find it a bit odd that these still show up in my watch list even though they've been removed.

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#2852952 18-Jan-2022 15:09

I find Amazon's Smart TV app odd. It seems to think I'm "Abroad". And there is a bunch of stuff I would have to pay for to watch. I might cancel it soon. Mainly got it for Wheel of Time which was pretty awful.

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#2852962 18-Jan-2022 15:21

MikeAqua:

I find Amazon's Smart TV app odd. It seems to think I'm "Abroad". And there is a bunch of stuff I would have to pay for to watch. I might cancel it soon. Mainly got it for Wheel of Time which was pretty awful.

If you're running it from NZ without a DNS redirection or VPN it will think your're abroad. My tablet shows I'm abroad but not my Fire TV that has a US account attached to it.

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#2878322 3-Mar-2022 14:03

I was going to post a new topic but saw this one.

I noticed all the old Top Gear episodes have dropped off Amazon Prime this week, and I am being asked to buy them !

Very annoying as I have been going through them - only a few days ago on series 5

Is there a site that lists which shows are leaving the service in NZ ? I can only find links for US version or other countries.

At least then I would know

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#2878400 3-Mar-2022 16:39

bongojona:

I was going to post a new topic but saw this one.

I noticed all the old Top Gear episodes have dropped off Amazon Prime this week, and I am being asked to buy them !

Very annoying as I have been going through them - only a few days ago on series 5

Is there a site that lists which shows are leaving the service in NZ ? I can only find links for US version or other countries.

At least then I would know

This seems quite normal for Amazon. There have been series that I have been watching suddenly go behind a paywall. Usually that's the end of it as far as I'm concerned though I did buy the second part of Season 3 of Bewitched that I was going thru and got a discount for the watched episode.

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#2878694 4-Mar-2022 09:30

If I am paying for a service, then they want me to pay more for what was included previously, they're not getting another cent from me.

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#2879476 5-Mar-2022 17:39

Ah, I solved my problem - the account was set to amazon UK, not NZ

for some reason this has never been an issue, until now (I've had it set there for 10 years or so)

Now all of a sudden the shows I've been watching are behind a paywall showing UK pounds

I tried a trial NZ account and Top Gear is working

I will need to have that account transferred over to NZ