Finging a trustworthy parcel forwarding business isn't the easiest thing to do: even after finding around fifteen sites that looked ok, there were confusing fees to calculate, inflated shipping costs, forms to print and send overseas, and some required monthly fees on top of their service fee costs.
After a lot of emailing, research, and stalking discussion boards and forums, I narrowed my search down to the following five business based on pricing, customer feedback and communication. I personally decided to go with Games For Canada and have so far made one and a half very smooth orders with them.
Don't be fooled by the name - JJ of Games for Canada offers his services for all online shopping. Very friendly and frequent communication, super low fees, charges actual shipping costs and buyer can choose shipping method. GFC used a forum thread which is frequently updated to keep buyers updated using their order status.
GamesForCanada.com | How to order | Order updates/feedback
Forward It is the US buying associate of PriceUSA (below). A good, inexpensive service to use for most shoppers except those in Australia. Forward It will pass on all Australian orders to PriceUSA, which is a little pricier. Will also purchase for the buyer from auction sites such as eBay.com.
ForwardIt.us | FAQ | Customer feedback
Reasonably priced and good communication with a professionl and easy to use website featuring a price estimator to work out the total before placing your order. Will also purchase for the buyer from auction sites such as eBay.com.
PriceUSA.com.au | FAQ | Customer feedback
Fiona of Shopaholiques specialises in shipping to Australia, offers a range of shipping options and is New Jersey based, which means no tax on clothing and footwear purchases.
Shopaholiques.com | Customer feedback
A bit pricier, but with good communication and accepts PayPal and Google Checkout. Allows customers to purchase the goods themselves and have them shipped to LilShoppa or will purchase items for you.
LilShoppa.com | FAQ
If you're worried about ordering for the first time from a parcel forwarder, email them first with any questions, make an inexpensive first time purchase, pay a little extra for insurance and search forums for experiences others have had with the same business.
thank you so much for this! there's a bag from anthropologie i've been eyeing for a few months now, hopefully i can still get it.
I've been so frustrated with all the high shipping fees to Canada, I am definitely going to check a few of these out! xx
Hey great article! Good to know about some of my competition as well :) For the record we at GFC also allow customers to order items and have them shipped to one of our three mailing locations (Office, PO Box or UPS store account) and we also do eBay orders as well :) I appreciate the good word of mouth and hope to do business with you again soon (and perhaps some of your readers).
Oh and your ring just came in ;) I will be sending you the shipping invoice now. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
=JJ=
GFC
thanks so much for this! really useful. and about the topshop dress you saw on my blog, i got it in august at a topshop store in manila, philippines. jessy xx
^^ Goomba, you're the same person who runs the eBay store I bought a Companion Cube off last year (just checked my feedback to verify that). If you provide a forwarding service as good as the service you provide on eBay, I will definitely be using you in the future!
Small internet world. BTW - the bf loves the cube.
Thanks Sushi for providing that info, it's so helpful! x
I always worry about parcel forwarding so this is great, thanks! x
Great tips, thnx for sharing!
One Love,
Jowy
www.iseejanemary.blogspot.com
hey Sushi!
thanks so much for this! I used PriceUSA before and thought was a lil pricey and have been searching for other forwarding services to Down Under, so this reveiw is heaven sent =)
urban outfitters, here I come =)
Great post! This will come in handy for any future orders. Thanks!
Excellent! Great article, i'll have to check this out next time i'm purchasing stuff from the UK or US.
www.nancymagoo.blogspot.com
Hello. I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in too. After hours of researching MyUS, BongoUS, PriceUSA and other similar servifes, I went with Shipito. Their fees are much lower they use USPS so shipping overseas is SO much cheaper.
Also try parceliton.com.au. They seem to be getting a lot of good reviews on the vogue forums. Seem to have great service.
Hey,tThanks for this post! My name is Brian and I am the founder and owner of Forwardit. I just wanted to let you all know that we are accepting Australian customers again so we look forward to your business!
Thanks for a nice list! But I think you forgot VIAddress (http://www.viaddress.com)
Used them twice and they're really reliable and affordable. :)
yeah, super! very useful information, can I share this post to my friends?
@henna
viadress cheaper its true,but they very slow respond.the live support/email support is poor..
@henna
viadress cheaper its true,but they very slow respond.the live support/email support is poor..
Darn lol How do I get mail from Australia to the U.S.A.? =(
I live in Canada and I've had great luck with the company ReShip.com. I did my X-Mas shopping with them this year and plan to do a bunch more. Super quick and easy.