Kolkata - Post Report Question and Answers

What household or grocery items do you wish you had shipped to post?

Bread machine supplies, canned evaporated milk, Bug spray with Deet, sauces that I liked, gum. - Aug 2021


We just Amazon anything we want that isn’t easily found or costs more local. - Dec 2020


Sunscreen and mosquito repellent. - Sep 2015


Flour, sugar, brown sugar, chocolate chips, shampoo, conditioner, tomato paste. - Dec 2010


More dog food, mexican food supplies, but that's about it. I supplement with Netgrocer and Amazon, and occasionally from the Delhi commissary, but they don't pack things well and so you get breakage. - Jun 2009


You can get what you need here, but of varying quality. I would ship U.S. paper products and cleaning supplies, mostly because I hate the Indian ones. - Mar 2009


Toilet paper (the local brand is very stiff), mosquito repellent, sunscreen, and more comfort food. - May 2008


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