title_body: Unable to purchase from UK kindle store (2nd Gen)
upvoted_answer: First, did you update the firmware https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/20/11271880/amazon-kindle-emergency-update-unable-to-connect-at-this-time
  
  Second, a second gen device is REALLY old (released in 2009). It's probably a good idea to upgrade to a reasonably new device. It's hard to service a model that is more than 8 years old, and sometimes Kindle disables features or won't fix bugs on older models. 
  
  You could probably buy a good used model that is 2 years old  (say the Paperwhite 2) from ebay or woot (which is owned by Amazon btw) for less than 100$ and probably get better support for these kind of syncing or global issues. Also, there were major changes made in 2013-4 which would improve the layout and design of the text (Bookerly font, support for KF8 format), not to mention performance.  
  
  Here's some FAQ about having a Kindle account in multiple countries.  
  
  https://www.ereader-palace.com/faq-different-countries-amazon-kindle-stores-accounts/