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Saving on Postage on International Purchases

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Does anyone know the website that acts as an interim part of an international purchase? Basically I saw Martin do a peice on tv on this last year sometime and if you buy from say eg: any US site this other site (which I am trying to find out) acts as a go between and thus saves you the hefty postage. Help as Im making a US purchase and want to savea few quid! Cheers! :o

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  • Mr_Gordon_2
    Mr_Gordon_2 Posts: 510 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I've used ShopTheStates.com a couple of times for just this. Some retailers I found refused to send goods other than DVDs and CDs etc (eg. Toys) outside of the US. Shop the States provide you with a c/o address within the US where you send the goods (sometimes this will be free shipping depending on the retailer). Once they receive the goods they email you with various shipping costs.

    I'm not sure how they now compare in cost in relation to others offering this service, but I found them reasonable at the time.
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