Wife and I used to do redirects to US based friends a LOT. I still do, wife won't.
She bought around $1.5K worth of baby clothes, items etc off Amazon for Bub No1. Sent them to our US friend in Florida. Said friend, who had sent items previously NO PROBLEM, suddenly decided what a wonderful gift for his new-borne nephew...
Needless to say we got the Florida Sheriff look into it, and the municipal court, and we ended up hiring a US lawyer (another friend - a Mississippi lawyer - you DON'T want to mess with one of them!). In the end, we won, it cost the guy MUCH more than the $1.5K he ripped us. My lawyer friend did the whole thing - quite a bit of fiddling around, legal demands etc for the cost of a few uncommon firearms parts I had (around $400 worth).
I still have a mate in Ohio who sends me ANYTHING
He's done Orion ordering for me amongst MANY others. All he asks me for is fuel money to go to the PO extra.