Amazon is now shipping books to Brazil free of import taxes. I tried it out this fall with a couple of dvds and books and it worked great!
A fellow expat mom just told us about this site called myus.com - she has used it to shop and send things down to Brazil and had a good experience. Most companies do not ship to Brazil, in my experience, and if they do, you end up paying import taxes on your stuff.
Myus.com is also a great site for Canadians who want to shop online at US stores that won't ship to Canada. Basically, you use their address and have your stuff shipped to them, and then myus.com sends it to you. Anywhere within 225 countries. Very good! The fine print is that there is a (minimal) registration fee, a % based personal shopping fee, and then shipping fees, obviously. But hey we have to pay for convenience, right?
Thanks for the props! We hope you like our service
Posted by: Robert | January 14, 2010 at 04:54 PM
I used to use MyUS until I did some further research as a starving student and found out it is among the most expensive of parcel forwarding companies. Look up Shipito. They are a popular service but also VERY much cheaper.
Posted by: FroggerFanatic | January 21, 2010 at 08:27 PM
If you would like to try MyUS.com, we’ll waive the Setup Fee ($20) with a Premium Membership. Go to http://www.MyUS.com/BRdiscount for the discount to be applied*. Beyond consolidating your packages, we offer a personal shopper service, low rates, and excellent customer service. Please contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to shipping to you!
*Discount valid only to 3/22/10
Posted by: Brooke | January 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Great article, I am a shoe lover in Kuwait, I have been using myuspostoffice for the last five years and find them to be much superior to myus.com. I have just renewed my annual membership for $79.99, what makes them good is the fast service they give me, I receive my Amazon shipment in AM and they ship it to me in afternoon. You should give them a look. They also accept Paypal and my international credit card.
Samira from Kuwait
Posted by: Samira | November 23, 2010 at 12:06 AM
I live in London and I find it hard and expensive to use Aramex, they ship one box at a time and their rates are high, slow response time and lost packages. I am using http://myuspostoffice.com for my forwarding to London UK. They are super fast and approved by US post office. They ship to me by DHL, USPS, FeDex and TNT. I only paid $79.99 for the year for membership. This is another good mail forwarding service that should be considered when purchasing things from USA.
I loved the service for all my Amazon and Zappos shoe purchases, I get them really fast and I track all my orders online through their secure website http://myuspostoffice.com
Jenn
UK
Posted by: Jennifer Kumo | November 26, 2010 at 06:57 PM
I'm looking for the best online shopping store. Any votes? I've tried a couple places but if there are better places I'd like to find them.
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