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I’m shipped by boxes through them first time and I really appreciate their help and scheduled delivery time. They are very friendly and professional. Excellent Service.
Viaddress charged me for the shipping for my product more than a month ago. Till today, I still haven't received anything from them. Email them a few time but still no response.
Worst address forwarding service PERIOD. Based on my experience and online review, I begin to think this Viaddress is a scam.
It has been over a month since I was foolish enough to have goods sent to Viaaddress. I looked at a couple of glowing reviews but didn't follow up and notice that they were exact copies of the website's text. Now that I have no goods and have lost money on paying exhorbitant shipping rates for goods that will never arrive I have discovered that they pay people $10 to place these positive reviews.
Please do not use these people, they are either thieves or just incompetent. Eitherway you would be foolish to use them.
Ann, Tom and YAD SINGH found this review useful
NO SERVICE AND NO GOODS DELIVERED . TRYING TO CONTACT COPS AFTER 3 WEEKS OF TRYING TO CHASE THESE CROOKS
don't trust viadress. they didn't send my delivery. they don't answer my mail or phone.they are useless. read about viadress in internet. a lot of people hate them..
VIAddress used to have an OK service, a bit slow, and a bit expensive, but a reasonable 3 star service... However the last couple of times I've used VIAddress it took them over a month to forward my stuff, that is not acceptable... I recommend that you use some of the other forwarding businesses out there.
The parcel tracking system of viaddress is very poor, difficult to use and update The first goods sent to them were confirmed quite quickly. however I have confirmation of receipt of the goods I have bought for 2 weeks and yet viaddress has not yet updated my account. I informed them of this and sent them details of all my confirmations of delivery a week ago on their convoluted system of feedback and 7 days later they deleted this complaint letter.
After doing a lot of research on package forwarding companies and after comparing their Pros and Cons I decided to go with Viaddress.
I registered on Viaddress a few weeks ago to avoid the high shipping rates at other companies and I'm glad I did.
The shipping rates at Viaddress are the lowest if you're looking to forward packages from the US to Europe. I simply could not find any other cheaper service.
Despite some delays in processing my shipments, my packages arrived safely to my house and in very good condition.
I was impressed with the quality of the packaging. Everything was double boxed with plenty of cushioning and well sealed with the Viaddress logo tape all around them.
This assured me that my packages were not even opened when they passed though customs office. In fact, they have not even spent more than a few hours clearing customs.
I highly recommend to use Fedex Express Shipping instead of Standard Shipping, in my case, I was able to receive my express shipment within 2 business days --actually it was even less than 48 hours...
This is the itinerary of my recent shipments by Fedex Express from the Viaddress Warehouse in Elkhart Indiana to my house in France:
All shipment travel activity is displayed in local time for the location
Feb 5, 2011 8:45 AM Delivered SAINTE GENEVIAVE DES BOIS FR
Feb 5, 2011 7:27 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery LE PLESSIS PATE FR
Feb 5, 2011 4:08 AM At local FedEx facility LE PLESSIS PATE FR
Feb 4, 2011 8:53 PM In transit PARIS FR, ackage available for clearance
Feb 4, 2011 8:53 PM Int'l shipment release PARIS FR
Feb 4, 2011 7:39 PM Arrived at FedEx location PARIS FR
Feb 4, 2011 6:25 AM Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Feb 4, 2011 5:10 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Feb 4, 2011 2:09 AM Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Feb 4, 2011 1:06 AM Arrived at FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Feb 3, 2011 10:54 PM Left FedEx origin facility SOUTH BEND, IN
Feb 3, 2011 7:34 PM Picked up ELKHART, IN
Feb 3, 2011 6:30 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx
In conclusion, if you're looking for a cheap way to forward packages from the US, look no further than Viaddress.com
I purchased a siamese kitten from New York, and had Viaddress deliver the package to me in Belgium. They were great and very professional. However, to be honest, at first I had my doubts. But I shouldn't have worried - they offered the most professional service possible. They really rolled out the red carpet for me.
I had earlier emailed them and asked them to call me when the package arrived. Not expecting them to do so, I was pleasantly surprised when I received a very polite call from someone called Emma who informed me that the package had arrived on time, and that the staff were enjoying feeding the kitten and making sure it felt at home in their warehouse. She asked if they could upgrade my shipping method to helicopter at no extra charge. Naturally I agreed on the spot!
Then the most extraordinary thing happened. The package arrived at my house fully one day before they sent it from their warehouse, and two days before I had purchased the kitten. How's that for speed? Furthermore, they had consolidated the parcel and repackaged it in three layers of foam, cardboard and aluminium sheeting, and provided all their services -concierge, purchasing, consolidation and many other services repeatedly mentioned in the other reviews on this web site. . Anyway, inside the package was my kitten - alive and well - and still purring from all the TLC they had given it in their warehouse. They had added a surprise to the package. There was a black puppy and a small green budgerigar in there as well, which the wonderful viaddress staff had slipped in. My wife and I were thrilled, and called viaddrress customer service immediately to thank them. This is where the strange part of my story begins, as no matter how many times I called them and emailed them, I simple couldn't get through. I tried calling them at all hours of the day and night, tried their web site, their office number, and even the fake phone number from their whois record. After several months of failed communications, I was beginning to get concerned. Until, i realised that in fact I was hallucinating, and in fact the package had never arrived, that I was instead contacting the police station in their town in the USA, and trying to recover my package by any and all means possible. Then when I explored more deeply, I discovered that all the positive reviews I had been reading about the company were fake, and that they were well known on the internet for running a fraudulent and unethical operation. How dumb did I now feel? And how sorry for that poor unsuspecting kitten dying of hunger under a pile of undelivered parcels in a dark warehouse somewhere in the mid-west of the USA?
Don't forget - Viaddress offers:
.Fast service
.Easy to use
.Free concierge service
.Great customer service
.Always available on the phone/chat
.Accurate Tracking on Fedex
.Cheaper than competitors: Myus, Bongous, Borderlinx, Vpost, usa2me
(I'm sure you can't forget, they have spammed it all over the web)
Thank you Viaddress!
Tazbo D, ALEX (Unit A931625), Ann and Andrey Tarantsov found this review useful
the help desk is not good ! nobody answer me since 4 days ! I sent more than 15 mail !
My inventory is empty !
I bought my office supplies from amazon.com as there are few merchants who offer very attractive prices. I used the viaddress service because one of my offshore offices in Philippines needs few items that were not available there. I send those items using their package forwarding services.
It is hard to find a reliable package forwarding company that gives you freedom from all kind of worries. I noticed that a lot of companies lie to their customers about everything. As one of friends package was never delivered even though she paid all their charges. This is the special thing about viaddress that they do what they promised. They deliver my items on the exact day which was mentioned in their email.
I joined Viaddress and had two parcels sent to my suite in mid November 2010. I didn't see the instructions regarding the USPS regulations regarding identification and when I hadn't heard anything reread the website and sent in the ID info. Both items then appeared and I collated and had the items sent by Fedex Priority in a 4KG box for $53 in mid Dec. The items arrived today Dec 31, 2010. If you look at how Viaddress makes it's money the only option is a few bucks on the shipping. They collect, store, combine, fill out customs forms etc and ship the goods. No wonder they don't have loads of people manning computers, chat rooms, toll free numbers etc. There just isn't enough in it.
I am writing this because I feel Viaddress has been given a rough time. I must admit that the service is not great but what do you expect for the meagre return they receive? I would'nt do it for the lousy return and all the abuse they must get when someone expects their goods immediately and then spits their venom all over the internet. Get real. You only get what you pay for.
John found this review useful
I don't usually bother leaving a positive feedback, but after having a great experience with Viaddress, I decided to share a little about it.
I was shopping for some baby stuff for our unborn daughter and to my biggest disappointment, most of the Amazon and ebay sellers did not ship outside the United States. I also found other stuff on the US Amazon site that were 3 times cheaper than the prices in the UK Amazon...
One of my coworkers told me about using a Package forwarding service so after doing some research and comparison for the shipping rates to Europe, I found out that Viaddress had the lowest shipping rates out there.
All I had to do is use the shipping calculator available from 4 or 5 package forwarding companies and I realized that Viaddress was always the cheapest and sometimes by more than half of what other companies were asking for.
I was a little concerned about how they were going to ship a massive baby stroller so I called them and they told me that they just ship it in the same packaging as it comes from them the Amazon vendor and if anything happens to it, they can assist me in returning it to the Vendor for an exchange or a refund. I thought that was quite helpful and reassuring.
I signed up for Free, and I was able to get a US address instantly, which was great because I was checking out on Amazon simultaneously. I received a notification by email once my package arrived to my suite at Viaddress and I was able to pay for the postage by Paypal to combine and forward all my stuff to me.
I received the Tracking information and I was able to track my package at every step since it left their warehouse in Indiana until it reached my house doorsteps in London, UK
They combined all my purchases from 8 vendors in 3 large boxes which saved me tons of money on shipping. Everything came well packaged and combined together. The Viaddress Seal tape was wrapped around all the boxes which assured me that nothing was opened during the customs inspection when entering the UK... I found that kinda odd but oh well...
Overall, my first experience using Viaddress was Excellent and I would certainly use them again.
I highly recommend it to anyone who's trying to shop from the US.
John found this review useful
Viaddress has paid people from developing countries to post positive reviews on this and a number of other web sites. Unfortunately, a large number of people have been tricked into signing up for their services and have been scammed (myself included). Viaddress or their extended laborforce, routinely discredit negative reviews as the work of their competitors. I would like to assure you that this review is genuine.
Tazbo D, Ravi Kaushik and Ann found this review useful
I have had two shipments delivered to them by usps and they refuse to acknowledge they have arrived. The usps web site shows they were delivered to viaddress over a week ago. Despite many emails and calls (that goes to answerphone) and no response I have giving up hope. It looks like they have scammed me out of my purchases, next step will be to contact a friend who lives in the States and find out how I can set the police onto these people.
Update on the review - Jan 1.
I finally got a reply email that indicated my items had been "delivered" - 3 weeks after they were actually delivered. Great I thought, things are moving along. Another email explained they had just changed premises and received a massive backlog of deliveries, this in part could explain the delay (but the customer service side is still really poor).
I immediately consolidated my items and paid for shipping. Now when I log on and check, it still says I need to pay for shipping!!!! I've emailed them countless times and logged "another" complaint via their new web process, all to no avail. 3 weeks later and still no shipping details, no response to emails or their web based complaints system.
If I ever get my stuff I believe it will be a minor miracle and even if I did get it, I'd be hard pressed to change my rating as the customer service is so poor it is beyond belief.
Update 23 Jan - Two weeks ago 2 of my items disappeared from my suite. Viaddress will not respond. I have emailed the Elkhart county sheriffs dept to lodge a complaint of fraud. Ray is looking into it for me, he said it will take a while as there are a LOT of complaints about them. Details are:
Ray Caples, Detective
Elkhart County Sheriff Department
rcaples@elkhartcountysheriff.com
BR, Ravi Kaushik and Tazbo D found this review useful
My Fedex shipment was received from Viaddress on Nov 13. Weight of the received boxes was 20.24lb. Combined volumetric weight of the received boxes, according to the Fedex online calculator (and the DHL online calculator, for a cross ref.), was 32lb. To ship a consignment of that chargeable weight to my home country costs $103.06, according to the shipping calculator at the Viaddress.com website. However, Viaddress did not repack items according to my very specific instructions that were acknowledged by email. After the consignment sent by Viaddress arrived, I repacked it myself according to my own instructions. All items fitted easily into a single 19 inch x 11 inch x 13 inch box. The box's weight was only 16.72lb, to give a total volumetric weight of only 20lb. To ship a consignment of that chargeable weight to my home country costs $77.34, according to the shipping calculator at the Viaddress.com website. The total given value of the consignment was $380. A 1% mandatory insurance charge would add $3.80, for a grand total of $81.14. This was the service that should have been provided and the total price that should have been billed. To date, I have paid Viaddress $87.15 plus $56.66, for a total of $143.81. Two payments were made because Viaddress sought payment twice through its website. I made a second payment only to avoid additional delays with my shipment. It was not clear that Viaddress had not followed my instructions and had unnecessarily repacked my items into two separate boxes that look like they were recycled from the local supermarket. (I kid you not.) I have made numerous attempts to call Viaddress at its given telephone numbers. Voicemail answers at all hours of the working day. Online chat at the Viaddress website is permanently offline. Queries by email of the amount charged by Viaddress have gone unanswered. The only good news is that they finally sent my dogs and I our goodies, instead of wearing them, eating them, and squeaking them -- as well as overcharging us for the privilege of being ignored. I’m working on getting a refund and I won’t be using their services again.
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From http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1401265&p=3#bottom
""""PR Disaster at Viaddress
It appears that their business has moved to Osceola Indiana, and all the mail has been put in storage while the new warehouse is set up.
Unfortunately, they failed to tell their customers.
I received the above information from Detective Lambright of Elkhart Police Station. I was told to wait while they process the backlog of parcels, but was assured they will get around to it in due course.""""
BR, Ravi Kaushik and Ann found this review useful
i use viaddress to ship goods dwn to UK. the service has been quite good , but i have noticed they have removed the subsription fee....how do they then make money. They have done so in my case by inflating the weight of goods to be shipped to me. I bought some goods from a supplier for weight of 35lb and 12lb. they put it in my shipping cart as 49lb and 24 lb respectively. They also stripped the packaging from the 2 boxes and consolidated into one, whi ch should obviously reduce the total weight. i think their prices are the most reasonable of all, but they should be upfront about things and not inflate weight of goods just to make money from FEDEX, DHL, etc
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I want to share my opinion about viaddress here. They are the very fast in shipping my stuff. Free concierge service and great customer service. I wonder how easy to use their service.
Really thankful for the creators of viaddress.
Viaddress companies servicing “Shipping Service” around the world by very lowest price. they have two option there. one option for sending one letter for $4.95 + Shipping and having an account only $9.95 + shipping a month. that is any service holder will save money.
Viaddress give us very fast servicing with faithful . they have difference kind of facilities for the world. it have Fedex, UPS, DHL, and USPS that in USPS will use only canada service holder.
all service holder can use free concierge services. no charge for use .
this is surely one of the best i have gone through so choose it for
Great customer service
.Always available on the phone/chat
trust me it is a good site so please trust me
Always available on the phone/chat
.Accurate Tracking on Fedex This one is best site
Trust me use and get satisfied
Lowest shipping prices
.Fast service
.Easy to use
.Free concierge service
.Great customer service
.Always available on the phone/chat
.Accurate Tracking on Fedex
.Cheaper than competitors: Myus, Bongous, Borderlinx, Vpost, usa2me
I am highly satisfied with the services of Viaddress as they provide complete and satisfactory customer service to me and I really look forward to use there services again for my future orders. Their shipping rates are lowest. Easy to get the status of your order through accurate FedEx tracking system.
Seminole found this review useful
I am using Viaddress services from a long time and I am very much happy with the fast service Viaddress provide. Its very easy to use and very lowest rates even the shipping prices I found lower than others like Myus or Vpost etc. Always available on chat or phone and very accurate tracking on FedEx.
MorleyR, Rhinebeck and Seminole found this review useful
Got very generous and positive attitude towards customer and very professional. Really impressed with the way they handle my query and my order comes to me. I am totally agreed with the positive remarks posted here as my own experience is great with Viaddress.com. My order is very well handled and delivers on time to me thanks to Viaddress great customer service. One after another I ordered 7 items from eBay and only 1 got little late but rest is great.
MorleyR, Rhinebeck and Seminole found this review useful
You can still choose between our two options of sending one letter for $4.95 + shipping (which is only about $3) or having an account with us for only $9.95 + shipping a month. Having an account will save you money if you plan on sending or receiving more than 2 letters or packages per month.it is very low than other site.
I am fan of Viaddress, as I use Viadress to ship my parcels and very pleased with their services. The people of Viaddress Company are very friendly and helpful to me and I always thank them for their services. It is my primary delivery service and I always send & receive parcels very fast and in good condition. Viadress provides lowest shipping prices as compare to many other shipping service providers like Borderlinx, Vpost, Myus and many more. I am using Viadress for many years and also expect to longer business relationship with it. I have not more words to describe its awesome service so just visit the site to know more
What a great company!
Excellent communication always available in Phone/chat. Cheaper when compare to Myus, Bongous, Borderlinx, Vpost, usa2me. Viadress provides great customer service with Lowest shipping prices.
We will definitely use this company again. Thanks so much!
dude outstanding , rock on viaddress best site, i have enjoy to use this website, in future no one can make company like this best company, i will use this company plus i will tell my friend about this, i want to tell that please add one more service like other website have that service is we can send mail to other people on email to invite people to viaddress.com by this people will invite more people that will be great
I would totally agree with viadrress.com. I have used Shipito several times in the past and have nothing but great things to say about them. I have tried and tested so many of these comapnies but havent found anything cheaper than shipito. Just so that you get an idea; I wanted a 2 lb package shipped to Canada and shipito guys charged me $15 bucks as compared to myus who gave me a quote of $46 dollars. So, ya..for me shipito guys were a steal! Hope you find one you like!
wow, am astonished at how i recieve my goods on time these days. thanks to Viaddress.com, i happily recommend it to all my co-workers and all friends. Viaddress.com is the best
i just enjoy shopping on this site. they provide best service. i shopped on many websites but this was a special experience. i am very much pleased by the speed of services offered by Viaddress.com, many of other sites dont give shipping facility as them. I happily recommend this site.
Great customer service
.Always available on the phone/chat
.Accurate Tracking on Fedex
.Cheaper than competitors: Myus, Bongous, Borderlinx, Vpost, usa2me
The item arrived the day after I ordered it! The customer service was very helpful and I got all the information that I needed. I can only recommend this company to others. Excellent service and fast delivery.
Excellent service ! These guys are truly the best !
This Guy "Eric" was so helpful on the phone... something very rare these days...
The free package consolidation is a huge advantage that Viaddress offers. I end up saving over $200 in shipping charges by combining 7 boxes together in one box.
Step by step Tracking was available on Fedex website and I kept getting an update at every step until the package arrived to my door steps.
They offer the lowest shipping rates for package forwarding from the US to Australia !
I would highly recommend Viaddress to anyone who's looking to shop from the US and UK!
Have used this site numerous times and always had a great experience with them. I've used them a number of times over a number of days and received numerous freebies along with my orders which have always been quick to arrive.
Blame US customs for the fact you can't receive things if you order from the US - that's not the company's fault. It happens exactly the same in reverse when we (in the UK) try to get stuff from the US - believe it or not the US does have a messed up overkill perspective when it comes to the illusion of security!
By Viadress you can get your own US shipping address, They have lowest shipping price and fast delivery.
Viadress is probably one of the most well known names in over night shipping. Always available on the phone/chat.
Viadress provides Great customer service. I think you can not miss the best.
Always available on the phone/chat
.Accurate Tracking on Fedex
Free concierge service
.Great customer service
I have been purchasing many products form VIaddress.com its customer services are very best and communicate in good manner. Very cheap products can be purchased through VIaddress therefore I like its services. It is also best for foreigners because its shipping services are also very fast, cheap and vast. It is my favorite online shopping mall.
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