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186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
> On 1/23/25 12:07 AM, rbowman wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:34:20 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>>> https://www.lowes.com/pd/M-D-24-in-x-3-ft-Aluminum-Sheet-Metal/
>> 1000243353
>>>>
>>>> Strange, I get access denied.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Accessing from inside the USA ?
>> 
>> You don't have permission to access "http://www.lowes.com/pd/M-D-24-in-
>> x-3-ft-Aluminum-Sheet-Metal/1000243353" on this server.
>> 
>> I'm in Austria at the moment :)  Or maybe Netherlands. A search for
>> Canakit on amazon.com has "We're showing you items that ship to
>> Netherlands. To see items that ship to a different country, change your
>> delivery address. "
>> 
>> If I go to amazon.de I get
>> 
>> "Wir zeigen dir Artikel, die nach Rumänien geliefert werden. Um Artikel
>> anzuzeigen, die in ein anderes Land geliefert werden, ändere bitte deine
>> Versandadresse. "
> 
> 
>   You'd think they'd be more eager to SELL stuff ...
> 
>   Anyway, kinda search on the description. You should
>   find photos and maybe a more local source.
> 
>   These are often used on screen doors, the bottom
>   half, to keep people from putting their knee
>   through the screen. As said, can be very handy
>   for building odd things.

Lowes is a US company.  So I could see them deciding to avoid all the 
GDPR issues with cookies and consent by attempting to geoblock EU IP 
addresses.