Well my birthday is coming up so for anybody interested in buying me something but who also doesn't want to pay astronomical shipping fees, here's another option: ordering on amazon.fr which is France's amazon website. Typically once you're on a website that isn't in English, your browser recognizes such and asks if you would like a translation. You can hit "yes" and then everything is just as amazon.com is. You can go to a wish list and search my name or email address and find me that way. If it doesn't translate, I have this nifty tutorial on how to purchase that I made for my mother-in-law when it was Jeremy's birthday.
Follow the text written with the pictures above, after all that, a list of all the addresses you've ever sent to comes up. If our address is already there, click "envoyer à cette adresse". If it's not, scroll down to "Ajouter une nouvelle adresse" to add our address. Alternately it should have an option to send to the person who made the wishlist that will appear as my name with a hidden address.
The next step is how you want it packaged. You can skip all that, it's just asking if you want the invoice hidden, gift wrapping, etc. and click "Enregistrer les options de cadeaux" to select delivery options and put in your payment info.
Sometimes at this point or later an ad will come up advertising amazon premium and free shipping, just click "Non merci, je ne veux pas de la livraison 1 jour ouvré gratuite" to skip it.
You are now on "Choisissez vos options de livraison" to choose a delivery option. There are 3 to choose from that you can see on the right side of the screen. Choose the middle one "Livraison Rapide". The first one you need amazon premium for (their version of prime) and the third one is one day delivery. Click "continuer" to pay.
If you already have an amazon.com account, your card info should be there. If not, scroll down to "Plus d'options de paiement", then "Cartes de paiement", then click "ajouter une carte" and fill it out. When you're done, click "continuer" to go to the validation page. If everything looks right, click "Acheter" to buy and it will then send you to the confirmation page and you're done!
If you're unsure of how your credit or debit card company handles purchasing of items from a non-US website in euros, call them and ask their policy. Some cards need prior approval and some companies even have extra transaction fees. I believe my mother-in-law used TD visa and has no issues or fees.
And there you have it!
The next step is how you want it packaged. You can skip all that, it's just asking if you want the invoice hidden, gift wrapping, etc. and click "Enregistrer les options de cadeaux" to select delivery options and put in your payment info.
Sometimes at this point or later an ad will come up advertising amazon premium and free shipping, just click "Non merci, je ne veux pas de la livraison 1 jour ouvré gratuite" to skip it.
You are now on "Choisissez vos options de livraison" to choose a delivery option. There are 3 to choose from that you can see on the right side of the screen. Choose the middle one "Livraison Rapide". The first one you need amazon premium for (their version of prime) and the third one is one day delivery. Click "continuer" to pay.
If you already have an amazon.com account, your card info should be there. If not, scroll down to "Plus d'options de paiement", then "Cartes de paiement", then click "ajouter une carte" and fill it out. When you're done, click "continuer" to go to the validation page. If everything looks right, click "Acheter" to buy and it will then send you to the confirmation page and you're done!
If you're unsure of how your credit or debit card company handles purchasing of items from a non-US website in euros, call them and ask their policy. Some cards need prior approval and some companies even have extra transaction fees. I believe my mother-in-law used TD visa and has no issues or fees.
And there you have it!