In Reply to: "You could try using a VPN but the monthly cost of this will outweigh the saving" posted by Chris from Lafayette on June 22, 2017 at 19:13:07:
...unless e.g. he has a USA, German, Netherlands etc. bank account.
I tried the Opera VPN and thank you for this very useful piece of information. It certainly works and I was able to use the USA server to be offered a subscription to Tidal in USD.
However if the OP uses this and (as I expect) enters his UK credit card details then every month his account will be debited with $19.99. And every month his UK bank will charge him a foreign transaction fee thus obliterating any saving he has made (or thereabouts).
Just as a general point there can also be a problem with websites who tailor their offering to the location of the interrogating computer. For example, as a test using the USA VPN, I was unable to see bbc.co.uk as after entering the URL I was automatically transferred to the USA .com version.
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