WTT: looking for US Purchasing service - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Zeyneb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2017, 03:41:17 pm
content: Dear Eevblog forum members,How about this one. I’m looking for some kind of purchase agent who can help me making purchases of items in the US and sent them combined internationally to me here in the Netherlands. Sure I will pay for labor.I had an ebay seller in Ohio who was willing to help me making purchases on my request and sent them to me. But he wanted to change his business to a different direction so I cannot make use of his service anymore.The reason I can’t make these purchases myself is that some US stores don’t ship internationally. Or only to a business not to me as a private individual.I tried to contact several other ebay sellers for a proposal for such a service but they all turned it down.Maybe someone on this forum might be interested in providing such a service to me for a fair labor price. Right now I’m thinking about some superglue and a few McMaster parts. If you assist me making this one-time purchase I’d be very happy. There seems to be a significant amount of required paperwork in order to send this successfully out internationally. So, some experience about this is handy. I will take full responsibility to ensure the parts are right for my application. I just expect you to have all the part numbers correct. I don’t expect you to ship the package out on the same day you got the final package from the US store. Take it easy. It will be a small package too. For low cost I would prefer a USPS shipment and I would like to pay with Paypal.Interested? With some PM we can discuss some more details.If you know some cheap professional US purchase agent for things like this. I’m happy to hear about it.Best regards,Zeyneb

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2017, 10:08:24 pm
content: There are many shopping services like that. For example Shipito.com. Google for US shopping service. Be warned that it is not cheap!

author: GigaJoe
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 30, 2017, 04:13:13 am
content: have had to use shipito ... they have a special shipping channel to EU, account free, or some small fee. you may search are similar service ...

author: Zeyneb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2018, 06:47:53 pm
content: Dear Eevblog forum members,I'm again looking for a US citizen who is willing to do some purchases for me in the US. I am willing to pay for labor, however no lawyer salary. Something that is reasonable for a fellow electronic hobbyist.You might wonder when I am willing to pay you, why I don't choose for a commercial freight forwarder. You know, my package would include an order from Amazon. And Amazon have some weird arbitrary policies to deny certain parts to be sent to freight forwarders. That's why I would prefer doing business with a private individual.The original text is still pretty relevant for this case. Your help is very welcome! Please sent PM to me.Best regards,Zeyneb

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 17, 2018, 07:03:13 pm
content: I would be willing to do it for the price of a few beers if it's just a matter of collecting the items and packing everything into one box and sending it out via USPS, provided it isn't some kind of sketchy illegal deal that could get me in trouble, or very bulky heavy stuff that takes a lot of effort and material to pack.