Ask Slashdot: Package Redirection Service For Shipping to Australia? 206
An anonymous reader writes "I've recently moved continents, and one of the things I've noticed is the lack of the latest technology, as well as high prices for books and other goods here in Australia. I'm looking at package redirection services from the US, and there's a bewildering array of offerings, at a wide range of prices. What should I look out for? I'm hoping to reduce overall shipping costs to, but obviously worried about costs to deliver mostly empty boxes (yes, I'm talking about you, Amazon), damage to electrical goods from rough handling, packages going missing (does everything have to be registered post or tracked?), import duties (I'm not buying anything that should attract import duty, but still...) and overall costs (I'm not going to be buying frequently, just occasionally). What have other slashdot readers used, and what would they recommend?"
leech (Score:0, Funny)
Submitter wants the benefit of living in Australia while not contributing.
Skip the US (Score:5, Funny)
Seems awfully silly making something in China, shipping it to the US, and then shipping it back to Australia.
Re:Why buy from the USA? (Score:0, Funny)
No, Most of us here are just dumb as a box of rocks.
Not joking, the average american worker is a fucking moron. I work with my fellow americans daily and I am surprised most dont drool. They certainly cant drive cars safely. We try to cheap out on education every way we can and higher education is priced for only the rich.
Why are you people surprised that we cant figure things out?
Back in the late 90's I figured out how to buy German Punk Death Metal direct from germany without a credit card, Most people though I was a genius. All I did was call a few record stores I could find online at that time and ask them how I can pay them to ship discs to me. "OMG you speak German??? No, Germans mostly can speak 3 languages.. Only in the USA are we so fucking stupid that we cant speak more than 1 language."
AMERICUH!