Hey guys,
I got this idea when I was thinking about the BLF geocache, in a nutshell I plan to use this thread as a ‘market’ to get food products from different countries. (Or other products) M4D M4X’s recent thread reminded me to do this!
Here’s a breakdown of how it might work:
Let me know any input
• A member posts on the thread something they want (eg. Twinkies from USA)
• A member from that country able to get the Twinkies organises to ship the Twinkies to the other member
• They send/receive payment and send goods
• This would be non profit- eg. Pay actual shipping and product price
• Members can post on the thread things others may like, that they recommend from their country (eg. dairy milk chocolate, PG tips tea from UK) people then may contact that member
• This is a good way to be able to reach products not available in your country
• You will have to bear in mind shipping times if sending ‘fresher’ products
• Make sure your allowed to be sending what your sending, eg. There may be problems sending items to certain countries
I've had some chocolate bars from Ireland and they were amazing. I wish I could remembered what which ones I had. If I figure it out, I may be requesting some of those.
Oh yeah, sounds good to me. There’s this German mustard that is excellent on bratwurst. It’s something senf. It’s a sweet mustard but I can’t remember the name of it. I wouldn’t mind helping some folks out.
I bet you were surprised my people eat monstrous looking fruits!
The season’s coming yo an end! Not till Nov/Dec when it’ll be the time of the year again! It’s super delicious!! Don’t you wonder why it’s called the King of Fruits?
3) The movies are given a name, but also a “project” name. The project name is always a fruit. The movie named “Sintel” after it’s main character, is the Durian Project!
Maybe a disclaimer about only shipping anything "Legal" to ship?
Anyhow, if anyone overseas needs something, I would not hesitate to ship to any country, as long as you know your import laws ahead of time and you are sure you can receive it. Just remember shipping out of the US is usually VERY expensive. Apparently we don't want to sell overseas, just buy overseas. Also, remember shipping out of the US, that in order to insure your package, it has to go one of the fast methods, such as Express mail or Priority Mail. Regular international shipping is not insured, so you could loose your money if it never got there and it could cause bad feelings if it did not get there, or got smashed en route.
I’m a regular buyer of stuff from overseas and the US postage is higher than most. The UK seems very good value. Posting stuff from Australia to OS isn’t cheap either.
Considering customs requirements is also very important as Old-Lumens mentions. We here in Australia have very strict laws on many items (lasers, knives, sling shots, food etc.) It seems to be growing each year too which is sad but they have their reasons.
I know there is a lot of restrictions on things (food wise) like fresh fruit, seeds, plants, meat, etc. but I think things like sweets, chocolate, condiments etc should be ok, for most places.
I’m not going to do a disclaimer of any kind, just to ask people to use their common sense, please check if you are sending something to a country… That you are allowed to send it to that country and it is not a prohibited item it only takes a minute to google it!
