Even .co.uk that has a healthy level of UK product, does not let you exclude "Amazon Global" .com items as though you would be quite happy to pay £30 shipping, VAT and import fees on branded £50 jeans. IIRC you can't exclude global marketplace from search either. eBay has a UK only tick box.
Mostly there are aren't too many Global items, but in clothing particularly they can crowd out the rest, and seem to intentionally block the exact same item if it's not directly from Amazon UK. It can be quite frustrating, particularly as many are stuff UK used to carry. Though it's not among the main contributors to why I rarely use Amazon much at all any more.
Looks like on Amazon UK filtering for Prime (even if you're not in a Prime country) gets rid of the Global items, IME this is the only reasonable way to shop on Amazon anyway.
Amazon without the Prime filter is just Ebay with much worse prices and UX.
Mostly there are aren't too many Global items, but in clothing particularly they can crowd out the rest, and seem to intentionally block the exact same item if it's not directly from Amazon UK. It can be quite frustrating, particularly as many are stuff UK used to carry. Though it's not among the main contributors to why I rarely use Amazon much at all any more.
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