Get hard drives in the US and ship them to the UK. Much less than paying in Euros!
I had read a lot of articles about different hard drives for my computer. I was in the market for one because my computer only had 40GB of capacity to save files. According to some of the articles I read, Maxtor 147GB, which was with 10k RPM, attracted me the most.
I’m living in UK. So when I want to make purchases for items like this, I typically shop at the Amazon UK site. However, in this situation, it wouldn't work for me because Amazon UK didn't offer the Maxtor 147GB hard drive. I didn't really know what to do.
Google is always helpful when I have to go to any sites that I don’t know about or if I am trying to find things that I can't find in the UK. Through my normal searching process, I found a US online store called Unity Electronics which was able to sell me the Maxtor 147GB hard drive at a price of $120.00! This was SIGNIFICANTLY less than what I was seeing the item online at other stores for.
I wrote an email to sale representative of the online store to see if it would ship the item to UK. The replied and said I could use the mail forwarding service that they partner with to ship the items I purchase to the UK. This service is a company called Bongo International. They are an international distribution company in the US that sets up foreign consumers with a US address so that they can buy products online in the US. They also offer 50% off DHL rates! Based on what the Rep told me about the size and weight of my order, the shipping cost were only $38.82! I checked online at other retailers selling the product and shipping internationally. They all wanted over $60 to ship the same items to the UK. In total, the hard drive cost me $158.82, the same as £79.89 with shipping costs. I think I just found a new way to shop online. With my new US address through Bongo International, I can shop anywhere and never have to worry about high shipping prices again! So excited! I am off to make more purchases!
