Company that will post to ireland

Neade7

hi all,
Does anybody know if a company exists that will allow me to purchase goods from us companies and get the goods posted to their address in us and then they will ship them on to me in Ireland??
Thanks

Losty Dublin

Neade7 wrote: »

hi all,
Does anybody know if a company exists that will allow me to purchase goods from us companies and get the goods posted to their address in us and then they will ship them on to me in Ireland??
Thanks

Why would you want to do that, aside from duty/tax dodging?

Alun

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Why would you want to do that, aside from duty/tax dodging?

Because some US companies won't post stuff outside the US for love or money, regardless of whether you're prepared to pay import duty or not. In the same way that some UK companies won't post outisde the UK, but at least there's a solution there, ParcelMotel.

Anyway, I'm sure I've seen references to companies that do this somewhere, maybe on the Online Buying & Auctions forum here ... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=583. Do a search there, or ask the same question there.

Neade7

Many thanks

recipio

I've found three shipping/forwarding companies in the US which will forward goods to Ireland. The reason for using them is of course that some companies will not export outside the US.
There are threads on using them here --try a search.
The best of them so far is www.shipito.com. You register with them for $8 and they give you two choices of California or Oregon addresses ( Use Oregon - it has no sales tax )
The website is all important and Shipito will photograph the box ( free ) to verify it and then give you a menu to choose posting.They will photograph the contents for a fee and consolidate numerous boxes into one to reduce postage costs - also for a fee.
I tried another -www.stackry.com but find their communication patchy and website not as good.
They are worth using if the goods you want are available in the US only and you want them badly enough ! I'd use USPS as shipping as the goods seem to slip through without customs charges. Avoid couriers ( Fed Ex/UPS etc ) as they will always ask for customs charges and VAT.

djsim101

Id agree with recipio, if you cannot use these forwarding companies, the standard USPS is the next best option.

I got stung with UPS, a lot of others have done so here on boards.ie - just a word of warning

recipio

djsim101 wrote: »

Id agree with recipio, if you cannot use these forwarding companies, the standard USPS is the next best option.

I got stung with UPS, a lot of others have done so here on boards.ie - just a word of warning

What I mean is that if the forwarding company offers USPS as an option take it - its usually the cheapest anyway.

Neade7

thanks everybody for being so helpfull much appreciated