Using the shipping service while at APO or a DPO is a challenge!!! first of all, you can't use FedEx, USP or DHL - it is only USPS... some services are not supported - say, chinese sellers like to ship things "registered", which is their version of a certified mail... the APO will deny the registered mail as per USPS regulations, the registered mail requires a constant supervision by the USPS empployee or whatnot... by the way, registered mail is the only official method of sending secret government classified documents, short of a courier...

can you imagine, being posted in China, order something from the US, find out it is made just around the corner, next to the bakery shop, and then watch the item go to the US, and then from the US come back to China (or, get bounced off, and returned to sender!!!)

just another rant...

lol...