by autobackup » Mon Nov 21, 2022 7:12 am
Doesn't matter where you are in the world these days it's always possible to ship/obtain services from anywhere - all at the click of a button!
I regularly buy from the USA/Canada as I have a 'virtual' US shipping address (in a purchase tax-free state) provided FREE by an international freight forwarder.
To pay I use a pre-paid FairFX MasterCard loaded with US dollars!
It's best to use a pre-paid card because usually there are then very few issues with card 'payment verification' as the money is already preloaded on the card so no verification is required!
Some US companies won't accept foreign cards for internet payments.
In the US many companies offer free delivery within the lower 48 so I make use of this whenever possible to get whatever I've ordered delivered free to my virtual US address and then the forwarder re-ships it to me (US tax-free) in either the UK or Cyprus - usually by UPS which I've found generally to be the cheapest and often the quickest.
Doesn't matter where you are in the world these days it's always possible to ship/obtain services from anywhere - all at the click of a button!
I regularly buy from the USA/Canada as I have a 'virtual' US shipping address (in a purchase tax-free state) provided FREE by an international freight forwarder.
To pay I use a pre-paid FairFX MasterCard loaded with US dollars!
It's best to use a pre-paid card because usually there are then very few issues with card 'payment verification' as the money is already preloaded on the card so no verification is required!
Some US companies won't accept foreign cards for internet payments.
In the US many companies offer free delivery within the lower 48 so I make use of this whenever possible to get whatever I've ordered delivered free to my virtual US address and then the forwarder re-ships it to me (US tax-free) in either the UK or Cyprus - usually by UPS which I've found generally to be the cheapest and often the quickest.