I recently got a new 4TB Seagate drive from the biggest computer/electronics retailers here, it was shipped in the worst way I've ever seen a hard drive shipped. An anti-static bag, inside of one of those slightly padded envelopes you get when you order an Arduino from AliExpress. Naturally, it had a big dent on one of the corners, and it started clicking the moment I plugged it in.
It was replaced with a working unit iunder warranty, but still a rather unfortunate buying experience.
Good question, I haven't tried to browse from abroad, so I have no idea, but it could be the case since they only operate in Israel.
I don't have a VPN to test, but I did ask ChatGPT [1] to try browsing it from its IP and it also failed. Afterwards I asked it to tell me what it sees from https://icanhazip.com, and it returned `74.7.36.81`, which is in London according to [2]
It was replaced with a working unit iunder warranty, but still a rather unfortunate buying experience.