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How to specify a Shipping Address that is NOT in Australia?

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*Brum6y*:
Have won an item located in California, USA and want to get it sent to an address in California - but how to set up the address?

The best I've been able to do is by logging into Paypal and adding a Gift Address, leaving the State field (dropdown) untouched and putting everything else in the freeform name and address lines. Paypal doesn't complain about the lack of a state, which is good, but it adds the word Australia at the end.  Arrrrrrghh!!

Tried logging into paypal.com - but it throws me into the /au/ subdirectory on every screen load.

Is there a way to do it properly? Or do I just have to explain the situation to the seller and hope they can cope?

*wheels*:
Brumby, with PayPal, the shipping address country can only be in the same country that the account is set-up in. Hopefully your seller will be able to work around this.

http://www.pdncommunity.com/pdn/board/message?board.id=basicpayments&thread.id=15774

*Brum6y*:
Checked that thread and gave the answer I expected - security.

Pity.

I have access to a freight forwarder in California and it was my intention to get the item shipped cheaply within the USA and take advantage of the lower freight cost per item for the international leg.

As it turns out, the seller is acquainted with USPS international flat-rate boxes and the shipping cost direct to Australia was low enough to not bother with the freight forwarding option... but there are some other items I'm looking at where this is not the case ($6.25 to USA, $42 to AUS is one.)

*CountessA*:
Hmm... freight-forwarding... *eyes Brumby measuringly while thinking of some possible purchases...*

*Brum6y*:
Here's the response from Paypal:

Thank you for contacting PayPal, my name is Wilfredo and I am happy to
assist you today.

I understand that you would like to add gift address outside Australia
and having difficulties to do this on your end. I will be happy to give
you the steps and additional information why you can not add this
address outside our country. Kindly refer to the details below.

To add a Gift Address:

   1. Go to the PayPal website and log in to your account.
   2. Click 'Profile' at the top of the page.
   3. Click 'Street Address' in the Account Information column.
   4. Click 'Add'.
   5. Select 'Gift Address' and enter a name.
   6. Enter the address and click 'Save'.


This bit is a real hoot - Where does my 'Paypal Protection' go with this?...


Note: The gift address must be in the same country of your PayPal
account. To have an item sent to an address in another country, you can
enter the address in the 'Note' field on the 'Send Money' page and ask
the seller to ship the item(s) to this address.

If you would like to add address in the US, you may open an account
under that country to use the said address you desire. Here are the
steps below for creating a PayPal account.

To open a Personal/Premier account with PayPal, please complete the
following steps:

   1. Visit PayPal at
https://www.paypal.com/.
   2. Click 'Sign Up'
   3. Select either the 'Personal Account' or 'Premier Account' radio
button.
   4. Choose a country from the drop-down menu
   5. Click 'Continue'.
   6. Enter your information.
          o The 'User Agreement' radio buttons must be checked
indicating this has been read and agreed upon
          o Complete the Security Measure by typing the characters you
see into the blank field, without spaces
   7. Click 'Sign Up'
   8. Check your email inbox
   9. Click on the link in the PayPal Confirmation email.
  10. Enter your password and click 'Confirm'

You have completed the sign up process for a Personal or Premier
account.

If you have any further questions, please reply to this email.

Sincerely,
Wilfredo
PayPal, an eBay Company

PayPal Australia Pty Limited.
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Limited ABN 93 111 195 389 (PPA) holds an Australian Financial Services
Licence, number 304962. Any general financial product advice provided in
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