Get help shipping to military addresses

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Get help shipping to military addresses

11-14-2012 06:46 PM

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Get help shipping to military addresses


by: Stripes Pacific

published: November 15, 2012

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Some retailers don’t ship to military post offices overseas and others do so only for some products. But there is a company that helps to get around the problem in order to give service members access to all products online.??*

Apobox.com serves as a middleman for overseas shoppers stopped from accessing products from certain retailers. These firms don’t ship to APO and FPO addresses because they have exclusive bulk shipping contracts with UPS, FedEx or DHL to lower costs, and only the U.S. Postal Service delivers to military addresses.??

The site gives clients a stateside mailing address to use for online shopping. Purchases go to an Apobox.com distribution center, from where they are forwarded via the U.S. Postal Service to customers around the world.??

The company claims that most packages are processed and shipped out within 24 hours of arriving at its warehouse. It charges a handling fee as low as $6 per package, depending upon weight, plus the U.S. Postal Service’s regular postage cost plus an insurance fee.??

The number of retailers who are targeting the military market is growing, however. Oconus.com lists hundreds of companies on its website that ship to military post offices.??


Tags: RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Molesworth, News
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Get help shipping to military addresses


by: Stripes Pacific

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Some retailers don’t ship to military post offices overseas and others do so only for some products. But there is a company that helps to get around the problem in order to give service members access to all products online.??*

Apobox.com serves as a middleman for overseas shoppers stopped from accessing products from certain retailers. These firms don’t ship to APO and FPO addresses because they have exclusive bulk shipping contracts with UPS, FedEx or DHL to lower costs, and only the U.S. Postal Service delivers to military addresses.??

The site gives clients a stateside mailing address to use for online shopping. Purchases go to an Apobox.com distribution center, from where they are forwarded via the U.S. Postal Service to customers around the world.??

The company claims that most packages are processed and shipped out within 24 hours of arriving at its warehouse. It charges a handling fee as low as $6 per package, depending upon weight, plus the U.S. Postal Service’s regular postage cost plus an insurance fee.??

The number of retailers who are targeting the military market is growing, however. Oconus.com lists hundreds of companies on its website that ship to military post offices.??


Tags: RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Molesworth, News
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