So many times I’ve wanted to order an item from the United States of America and was turned away by a vendor who would not ship aaaaaaaallllllll the way to Canada. Some people just can’t deal with paperwork, I guess.

There are plenty of small towns on the US side of the border that provide private mail boxes for a fee, but even with a Nexus card, it’s a hassle having to drive all the way to America just to pick up a nick nack I won on eBay.

So I was downright giddy to find BorderLinx, which effectively tears down these formerly impenetrable red tape barriers.

Simple process: Sign up to create a U.S. (and U.K.) address, shop on line through Borderlinx (eBay, Amazon, Drugstore.com – oh heck, all the big ones), have your item shipped to your new fake US address, and Borderlinx will forward the item to you via DHL any time in the next 30 days.

Yeah, that last bit is interesting. Borderlinx will hold your shipment(s) for for at no charge for up to 30 days. You can order from several sites over the course of 30 days and finally have them all shipped to you in one package. This saves you some shipping costs. Nice option.

Another nice shipping option is called “SocialShop,” which allows you and friends to consolidate your separate orders from any US merchant site and then share on shipping savings by having all the items shipped together.

Borderlinx has a cost calculator that you can use at any time. It gives you the duties, taxes and shipping charges for your item.

Go to BorderLinx and register, using your real mailing address plus your same country delivery address, if different. The $30 registration fee is waived if you “pay” with a VISA credit card. The immediate result is that you are issued two new addresses (and phone numbers!), one in the US and one in the UK. I now live in Lockbourne, Ohio, and in Milton Keynes, UK.

Take that, eBay!

Broadus

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