Intermediate Company?

[jacqualina]

I seem to remember a while ago reading on here about a US company that you can order through and who will buy something for you from a company in the US that will only accept US registered credit cards ( i.e. qvc.com) and then will forward it to you for a fee. Can anyone recommend one? I shall be in the States in September and have my eye on one or two things. Many thanks.

 

[Pick-a-Lily]

https://www.shipito.com/en/?countrycode=gb
https://www.viabox.com
http://www.ship2me.com
http://www.usabox.com
Take your pick, there's loads!

 

[Craftalot]

MyUS.com is good - you get a shipping address in the US (a 'suite' number) and even a US phone number in case you have to put on it (it just rings through; no-one answers it). You buy the item, though and then they deliver it to this US address and forward it to you in the UK.

 

[jacqualina]

Thanks for your replies and ideas, but the US shipping address is not the problem as I shall be in the US. My problem is that some companies will only let you buy from them with a US registered credit card. I just feel there must be a way around this problem somehow with maybe an intermediate company that you pay and who then orders the items for you and then has them shipped to your US hotel.

 

[Pick-a-Lily]

Oh, I see. Sorry!

 

[Craftalot]

Oh, I see. Sorry!

Ditto. To be honest, I've not experienced this problem of a company insisting on only a card denominated in dollars. Could you use Paypal, maybe? That's then taking advantage of a third party payment method and, from memory, you can elect to pay in the local currency, i.e. dollars, when you complete the transaction.