Thomas,
For CD/SACD, there are two Asian companies:
YESASIA.COM will ship for free most any order over $35USD, and another, CDBANQ.COM isn't free but more reasonable than CDJAPAN or HMV/Japan. I've done biz with both for about three plus years with zero problems. For UK items, both PRESTO and MDT are both $ friendly and very reasonable for shipping costs (near Amazon pricing).
bob berkman, mojave desert usa
On Apr 15, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
> The high costs of shipping a SINGLE item (e.g. a record, or video) from Europe or Asia to
> the USA is making it difficult to acquire material from outside the US unless multiple
> items can be purchased at the same time.
>
> Has anyone found a way to overcome this problem?
>
> For instance, are there any "freight consolidators" who would be able
> to collect items from different sellers, then ship the accumulated
> material to the USA when a specified threshold has been reached?
>
> Any ideas welcome. Thanks.
> Best wishes, Thomas.
