Order Books from DangDang.com

[verykiasu2010]

I should know better those online businesses are generating huge profits and huge cashflow…hundreds of million of Rmb per day.

[hquek]

true, but dang dang’s prices are very hard to beat for chinese books. I went agog! even with the shipping charges factored in, it’s still way cheaper to order from them than buy in SG.

[BlurBee]

:welcome:

[verykiasu2010]

hquek:

true, but dang dang's prices are very hard to beat for chinese books. I went agog! even with the shipping charges factored in, it's still way cheaper to order from them than buy in SG.

of course.....online store's prices in China are hard to beat

[Gecko]

:welcome:

[dimsum]

hquek:

true, but dang dang's prices are very hard to beat for chinese books. I went agog! even with the shipping charges factored in, it's still way cheaper to order from them than buy in SG.

According to this recent article, the onlinebookstores particularly dangdang has resulted in the demise of many traditional chinese bookstores.
http://thinktank.chinaemba.cn/strategy/20100721-49376.html

[ksme]

dimsum:

According to this recent article, the onlinebookstores particularly dangdang has resulted in the demise of many traditional chinese bookstores.
http://thinktank.chinaemba.cn/strategy/20100721-49376.html

Reminds me of the movie \"You've got mail\".

[ksme]

mandy 2288:

Does anyone here ever order from Dang Dang from china. Is is a reliable website?

:welcome: :rahrah: :rahrah:

I just ordered from their website yesterday after reading the \"teaching chinese at home\" thread. Received a notification that the payment by credit card could not be processed yesterday. Luckily other forum users have warned not to duplicate payments even when the website shows issue with payment. I did not process a 2nd payment yesterday and decided to wait and see what happened. Looks like this is true since they sent email today to asking for confirmation of card number (first 4 and last 4 numbers). Just responded. Let's see if the books come and will also monitor my card.

Good luck with your order.

[hquek]

hi ksme,


Yup, I had to go through the same. They might take some time to 'audit' your order. The website does show the various steps and how long it's supposed to take for each step. Just keep in mind it's china time.

Waited for 3 days for audit to end. Finally, I sent an email to follow up on my order and miraculously the audit was passed next work day. Order received by my china friend very very fast. They will even ask you to check your order and confirm everything is ok.

[ksme]

hquek:

hi ksme,


Yup, I had to go through the same. They might take some time to 'audit' your order. The website does show the various steps and how long it's supposed to take for each step. Just keep in mind it's china time.

Waited for 3 days for audit to end. Finally, I sent an email to follow up on my order and miraculously the audit was passed next work day. Order received by my china friend very very fast. They will even ask you to check your order and confirm everything is ok.

Thanks to fellow forum users like you for sharing your experience at the other thread. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to order from them too. Although it's still too early to conclude, but I am relatively confident that the transaction will go ok. :xedfingers:

Now, I am eagerly waiting for the book 好妈妈胜过好老师 after reading so much from all of your posts at the other thread.