Shipping to Ecuador using popular web sites

[GILLIAN CIVIC]

I’m curious- I buy many items from Amazon over the web, often because they are cheaper than any one else! On their site, and other web sites I buy from they state that they ship internationally. So my questions are- any customs problems say with contact lens bought on the web, hygeine products, vitamin supplements, small electronics etc. and any problems actually getting the items once they reach your address in Ecuador? I suppose these questions apply to mail delivery in general – how is it?

[SUZAN HASKINS]

Gillian, there are a couple of ways to get products to Ecuador from outside the country. Club Correos is one. As long as the invoice inside is not more than $400 you won’t pay customs duty on it. If you have several items from different vendors you’ll want to have one invoice issued (probably will need a friend to help with this) indicating the total cost is not more than $400 — at least that’s my understanding. I’ve not done it myself. Here is an article about Club Correos: http://www.captivatingcuenca.com/club-correos.html

There is also another new service, called Doral Cargo which supposedly accepts all packages, even from different vendors, repackages it to 8 lbs and costs about 35 dollars. Contact them at:786-387-2238 or see http://www.doralcargoexpress.com.

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