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shipping from the US

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Living in Japan, I have difficulty ordering things from the US. US vendors don't like to ship things to Japan, and they don't like Japanese credit cards.

Until now I've had two choices: have things forwarded to my family in Canada and then have them repackage/forward it to me (I'm currently asking my brother and his wife to do just that with some clothes for my son); find someone who will ship directly, and take my chances. It's riskier than it sounds on the face of it because shipping costs are very high and there is also import duty in Japan. And as I learned in my recent experience with ordering shoes online, once you've paid the duty you ain't getting it back without a monumental hassle.

I'm looking for an alternative. I've just come across a service that allows for the re-shipment of goods from the U.S.. It seems to be aimed at the American expat community, which makes sense. Kicking the tires a bit, I did a google search for the words 'myus.com' and 'scam'. It seems like they have quite a few detractors out there.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=myus+scam

Of course, you get what you search for with a loaded word like 'scam', so the results may be skewed. Still, I'd love to hear what anyone has to say on this service.