Ebay Question

You can change your ebay shipping address so it will go where you want it, or attach a note to the order with the shipping address. If you do the 2nd option you might want to check with the sellers first

Sellers are allowed to not ship to a certain country. A lot don't ship outside of North America because it's much harder for them to be reimbursed in case of a scam. You could ask a friend in the seller's country to bid and then have him ship it to you.

Yes Foxwoods man, I am active duty Marine. I have a APO PO box.

Shipping times to Okinawa have probably improved since I was stationed there, 1978-81.

ebay sellers are reluctant to ship to APO/FPO addresses as mentioned because of the scammers out there. Many have simply thrown up their hands and said they will only ship to a confirmed physical address in the Continental US.

Having it shipped to a third party normally isn't a viable option because they will only ship to the confirmed PayPal address. Someone else would have to bid for you.

A third option would be to contact a trusted party (family) and create an account using their address. This would require a bank acct or credit card with that same address on the billing statement. With this set-up you could bid for yourself and then have them forward the item(s) to you. A drawback would be the return policy. Many are now set at 14 days. That starts on the day it's delivered to the stateside address. That would be cutting it a bit thin.

For all that are unfamiliar with APO/FPO shipping costs ... the sender pays for movement to the port (in benchfreak221's case it's San Francisco). The DOD uses organic movement and absorbs the cost to Okinawa. So there would not be an increased shipping cost.