Saajid
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Hi all.
I would like to buy a few items from Amazon. The last I did this was like 3-4 years ago. At that time, I had an Amazon Prime account which gave me free local shipping in the US. I would then get my stuff delivered to a shipping forwarder (Stackry). I could shop as and when good deals came out over the cause of a few days/weeks, and get all the stuff delivered for free to Stackry. Stackry would then combine all the different packages into a single one and then ship it to RSA. After a few weeks I would then head over to my local post office, pay the VAT + customs and other fees, and collect my item. If I'm not mistaken, a few times it was delivered directly to my workplace.
SAPO being what it is, and my last order being ages ago, I'd like to know what the current best/safest method is to order from Amazon US.
Willing to pay extra for better shipping options to get some peace of mind.
Please advise regarding the full work-flow. From placing the order till the items are in my hand. Do I order direct from Amazon and use an RSA physical address for delivery? Do I use my home or work address, or use the local post office address?
How is the VAT / import duties calculated?
I'm planning to do a few orders a few weeks apart. I'll first initially test the waters with some lesser-value stuff. If that goes well, there are a few bigger more expensive things I'd like to purchase.
None of the stuff I am looking for is available locally, or is very ridiculously priced and still comes with a many weeks in the future delivery date (which means its via importers who slap on a huge markup, and still order only on-demand).
Thanks.
I would like to buy a few items from Amazon. The last I did this was like 3-4 years ago. At that time, I had an Amazon Prime account which gave me free local shipping in the US. I would then get my stuff delivered to a shipping forwarder (Stackry). I could shop as and when good deals came out over the cause of a few days/weeks, and get all the stuff delivered for free to Stackry. Stackry would then combine all the different packages into a single one and then ship it to RSA. After a few weeks I would then head over to my local post office, pay the VAT + customs and other fees, and collect my item. If I'm not mistaken, a few times it was delivered directly to my workplace.
SAPO being what it is, and my last order being ages ago, I'd like to know what the current best/safest method is to order from Amazon US.
Willing to pay extra for better shipping options to get some peace of mind.
Please advise regarding the full work-flow. From placing the order till the items are in my hand. Do I order direct from Amazon and use an RSA physical address for delivery? Do I use my home or work address, or use the local post office address?
How is the VAT / import duties calculated?
I'm planning to do a few orders a few weeks apart. I'll first initially test the waters with some lesser-value stuff. If that goes well, there are a few bigger more expensive things I'd like to purchase.
None of the stuff I am looking for is available locally, or is very ridiculously priced and still comes with a many weeks in the future delivery date (which means its via importers who slap on a huge markup, and still order only on-demand).
Thanks.
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