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UK delivery from USA
How do I get purchases delivered to a UK address from some American www sites who only deliver to USA addresses?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.oh - and if your friend delivers the packages himself, the post office in America will try to get more 'insurance' and custom charges before package can be sent -
your package can then still be kept in a "holding" area in UK if they feel appropriate custom charges haven't been paid. this happened to me and unfortunately, my package was waiting for me for weeks before I found out that it was there. the royal mail and affiliates are not always forthcoming so track your packages when you can.
If you did have a friend in the U.S. he/she mighn't stay a friend after all that! Even if your item got here, just suppose it was broken on delivery or developed a fault later. Your peace of mind and your wallet would be shattered, sending it back and so on. The U.S. firms know all the pitfalls and would only ship unbreakable items which have a chance of pleasing the customer.
If the item is available in New York you could go and get it, combining it with a cheap flight/shopping hol., getting other things as well. I believe you could bring back a certain value of things, otherwise why would people go on these shopping sprees?