People who read books for pleasure are a threatened minority today, a bit like Jews in Germany in the '30s (except we're not going to get killed but are just dying out on our own like the dinosaurs), so we need to stick together !
So I would like one of you (a brave and kind volunteer) to do a fellow book-geek (little old me that is) a small favour.
I need a couple of small items from the US I am finding too difficult to acquire on my own, because although these particular items are relatively easy to find all the webshops (and eBay listings) I've found so far that have them either don't ship worldwide or they ship by UPS / FedEx only (with insane shipping costs several times higher than the price of the items) or the items simply cost too much (in comparison to other stores).
The items in question are an AC to USB adapter and a DC to USB adapter :
http://www.buy.com/prod/lenmar-4-por...209685955.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/eforcity-whi...205878826.html
What I need from you
is to act as an intermediary and buy them for me (I will send you payment by PayPal in advance if necessary) from the links above (because that store is one of the best known and cheapest stores which have these items) and once you finally get them to ship them to me by USPS (using the cheapest international shipping option preferably including online tracking and insurance) at my cost of course (I will reimburse you for the shipping cost once I know how much exactly it is).
I'd offer a small percentile reward but at these item values it doesn't make much sense so just do it for the reasons mentioned in the beginning of this post. And if you come for a visit you get a free beer on me...
The volunteer candidates should fulfill 3 criteria :
1. living in the USA (obviously)
2. having a PayPal account (you could order the items and pay by credit card but I know of no other cheap and simple way for me to pay you other than PayPal)
3. preferably having posted a significant number of posts on MobileRead and / or had a friendly interaction with myself (so a reasonable measure of trust has been established)
If you wish to help out just send me a PM (you can give your PayPal e-mail adress)...
P.S.
Some time in the near future, if I decide to buy a Sony Reader PRS-950 (which I'm not yet entirely sure of) and I can not find it anywhere with worldwide shipping (which may be the case thanks to stupid Sony), I may require the same kind of intermediation, in which case I may offer a small reward, say 10% of value (which would be the easiest 30 bucks you ever made !).
But in that case I would require a little more assurance (from the volunteer) than just a MobileRead account, such as a history as a successfull eBay seller, a history which I could then ruin by negative reviews on eBay (and all over the Internet) in case I got cheated.
P.P.S.
I know package forwarding companies exist, but according to my online research they are all either not very reliable or pure hoaxes, so don't bother suggesting that solution.