Anyone have good info (company etc) on giving a gift certificate from me in US to a friend in Brazil?

Question

She has told me that amazon.com in Brazil is only books and CDs. I would like to give her something for a more all-purpose store and also am wondering if there are any tax/tariff implications (gift size ~ $100)

Answer 1

Do you manage with Portuguese language?

There is this one http://www.americanas.com.br/cgi-bin/Web...

but you need to verify if your credit card(visa, master, amex and dinners) will be accepted due to some stores restrict operations from cards that were issued outside the country. You won't pay extra taxes apart delivery service and currency conversion.

Otherwise ask some other of your friends in Brasil to pay the gift for you. But definitely I'm sure that in US you can find several stores and services which deliver to Brasil with nol costs to the gifted person and she will be enchanted with a not local-easy to find piece. Here, there is no tax to imported products up to $500.