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BauerBoy24

Some of you may be aware of this recent event from Intel. One part of the campaign was Gleam survey which provided the chance of winning some physical prizes. I only completed this step because I believed it was required to be eligible for the free game giveaways. Like many others who participated in the event, I'm not a US citizen.

Yesterday I received an email from Intel informing me that I had won a SteelSeries Apex 3 Gaming Keyboard for my participation in the event. Clicking the 'claim prize' link in the email takes me to a form where I can enter my name and address. Of course the form only accepts a US address.

Since I don't personally know anyone in the US who could accept the prize on my behalf, I wondered if I could trade or give the prize to someone else. Does anyone know if I can get in trouble for doing so?

N.B. this is not a trade post and I am aware that is against the guidelines. I'm simply looking for advice. Please do not make any trade offers in the comments or you could get yourself (and me) banned.

EDIT: Thank you for all the helpful replies! I've decided to give the keyboard away. Will create a competition on a separate post.

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BarbaricGenie

I don't see how or why you'd get in trouble. And even then, worst case is they don't give you the keyboard which would be the case anyway if you don't have someone else receive it.

You might be able to find a service that would receive it and then ship it to you at a cost. Either way, good luck.

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BauerBoy24

Thank you for the advice! Hadn't thought about that option. Will look into it.

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BauerBoy24

Thank you very much for the link! My only concern is how I will transport the keyboard to them in the first place, but I will certainly have a look.

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SaturnArc

So official mail forwarders will normally charge ~$40 a year for businesses, plus shipping. USPS will do it for around $20 a week, as well, but it may be only for people previously in the US. However, I wouldn't be surprised if you could find someone on, for example, reddit (/r/BeerMoney, /r/SlaveLabour, etc) who would forward it for probably $3-5 plus shipping.

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BauerBoy24

Yeah, sort of leaning away from using a mail forwarding service since it won't be worth it. Had a look at the Trade subreddit but don't expect much success there. Will look into those subreddits. Thank you!

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Thexder

I have successfully used MyUS in the past with success, they are one of these services which provide you with an U.S. address and forward goods to you. Take a look at them.

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BauerBoy24

Thank you! Will take a look.

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Tzaar

It's a $50 keyboard and probably not worth going to all the trouble to get it to you.
In your shoes, I'd choose a friend from the USA, use their address, and gift them the keyboard.

Random good karma is the best kind.

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BauerBoy24

Very true. I don't know anyone in the U.S. personally but am starting to lean towards giving it away to someone. I assume hosting such a giveaway on SG would be against the rules?

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Tzaar

Can you host a regular giveaway? Well, no.
Can you come up with some sort of giveaway of your own? Sure, it's been done before.

For example: come up with some criteria you'd like a winner to meet (do 50 pushups on video, have no rule-breaks on SG, be under 5 feet tall, have 3 nipples, draw a caricature of Trump, or whatever), and use some random number generator to select an eligible applicant.

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BauerBoy24

Gonna go this route. Thanks for the suggestions! As much as I'd like to go the 3 nipple route, I'm not sure I want to see the evidence for this ;)

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spodamayn

Yeah this is the best option IMO. I'm in no need of a decent keyboard, but it'd be a nice gift for anyone that's stuck with a shitty one

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BauerBoy24

Agreed. Going to create a new post for the competition :)

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kalil

You should try Shipito. I used to send some PS4 games to an Usa Address provided by them and next to that I sent the games in a package to my Country n_n.

Btw, I m not sure about the shipping prices now, and also I m not really sure if Its going to be cheap x_x.

I hope this info can be helpful for you. Best of luck with that :D!

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BauerBoy24

Thank you for the advice! From what I've seen the forwarding / shipping option just won't be cost effective in the end, so I'm gonna give the keyboard away on a separate post :)

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shortcakey

Just use an international package forwarding service

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BauerBoy24

Thanks for the reply. Gonna give the keyboard away. Seems like the easiest option and I can make someone's day at the same time :)

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