US Mail-forwarding options/feedback

[JuzMel]

Has anyone tried this PayPal shopping service before?

http://www.hopshopgo.com/hsg/home.do?l=en&c=AU

They assign you with a U.S Address and you can shop from U.S Stores that do not ship internationally.

When you buy, the product goes to your U.S Address and sometimes they re-pack for you before they ship just so it can lessen the weight and minimize shipping cost.

I checked and
First 0.5kg:
Express: US$ 28.80 Standard: US$ 24.00
Every additional 0.5kg
Express: US$ 4.40 Standard: US$ 3.60
* Additional 15% charge for fuel charge.

http://www.hopshopgo.com/hsg/help-ra...g.do?l=en&c=AU

I went to Toys R Us U.S site and added a couple of Transformers KRE-O and LEGO items to the cart just to see how it was. You get free U.S shipping for orders over $75 from them. So you'll be paying only the international shipping from your U.S assigned address to OZ.

I'm tempted to try this out, but maybe in the next pay week. If the shipping rate works out fair, it means we can buy some cheaper TFs / LEGOs / Toys from U.S Stores that do not ship internationally. Just checking if anyone here has already tried it out.

[Tropisetron]

Hi mel

I've used once and would not recommend it.

Don't be deceived by its seemingly cheap shipping rate. It uses cubic weight instead of the packages actual weight. Hopshopgo will also repacked your package into another one of their box bigger to the original (they dont open ur original package to repack ur stuff if u have more than 1 box)

So instead of me paying for a 900g package, due to its sheer size i was asked to pay 7++kg worth of cubic weight. And they dont really tell u the actual shippong rate until they get ur package at their warehouse.

So my advice... Dont bother using this service for toys u can get locally or via ebay us. Maybe for some rare exclusive...

Hope that helps!

[JuzMel]

Ahhh thanks, I thought it wasn't as good as it seems.

I signed up with a service called vpost as well the other time which provided the same service. Bought a loose Cybertron Undermine from eBay at $5.99 and thought I tryout their service and they wanted to charge me US$20+ for shipping! It was ridiculous.

[TheFallen]

I was just about to give this a go.

I won't be now

[k.wong23]

I have used www.priceusa.com.au for other purchases (non toy-related) and have been pretty good, although they do charge a 5% fee.

[reillyd]

I use shipito.com, which are just excellent for small light packages, especially anything bought from transformersclub.com

However, after a certain size/weight, they only offer usps priority which makes it much more expensive. Usually its cheaper for me to buy from an Asian seller (which usually has much lower postal service prices) than to buy rom the US

[1orion2many]

U.K for the win, faster and cheaper postal service

[twisted_belly]

Does anyone know of any good mail forwarding service for UK address?

[bluetail]

I use viaddress.com to purchase the items I want , they offer cheaper rates than hopshopgo and shipito. You can check out their rates.

[bluetail]

http://www.viaddress.com/ heres the website..