Thread is a bit old, I'd recommend making a new thread.
I've noticed that people outside of the Belgium region cannot get crafting mats when setting it to the Belgium region, even when using a VPN, so I thought geolocation was out of the equation.
Belgium and The Netherlands have laws that work against these types of things, seems like it's more strict in Belgium though.
The Netherlands should not be affected from what I'm seeing here, since I'm still able to get packs normally.
Honestly this stuff has kind of become a tad confusing, hopefully someone will be able to explain this.
Also @DogForce_13 do note that (as far I'm aware) the game is required to force players from Belgium so they can't get Apex Packs as it would otherwise violate their laws.