Order from Dangdang

[wanton]

Dangdang finally cofirmed in Jan this year that my order of Aug last year was not delivered and will refund the money to me. That took a while of course.

I find peeka’s delivery charges only slightly cheaper than Dangdang and wonder how the spreeist sends theirs back as they only charge 20% of the order price for delivery.

[hquek]

hi eskimo, I think my last order was probably mid last year. No more since then. have to hold back a bit lah

[hquek]

hi wanton, the spreeist either get very good rates from shipping co or maybe they can even ‘bao’ the whole/part of a container. Also, figure they will earn some from the exchange rate.


Anyways, heard that peeka is much faster than DD direct. that alone may be worth it if peeka is a bit more expensive.

Then again, I haven’t compared the charges in earnest, is Peeka really bit bit cheaper than DD? I though they increased their charges (not sure if right).

[eskimo]

To answer my own post, i didn’t use dangdang in the end.

[hquek]

Ha. And I’m trying out peeka. Hope the shipping costs won’t be scary. The thing I like buying from dangdang direct is the certainty of shipping costs. With transport companies, I won’t know until it’s too late

[Oppsgal]

Anyone try buy other things other then books through Peeka? How’s the shipping, exchange rate and their service like? Very confused by their calculation…

[hquek]

Oppsgal:

Anyone try buy other things other then books through Peeka? How's the shipping, exchange rate and their service like? Very confused by their calculation...

I just tried peeka recently. Order placed in mid march, expected to arrive by this week (yeah). since it's my first time, I tried carefully to get books of about the same size (total about 7-8). Ended up paying $5 concierge charge plus $16 shipping. So nett nett, I paid more for shipping than I would have with DD.

Good points: service is prompt and they update you every step of the way. Shipping is fast compared with dangdang. Some of the items are only available in some provinces - interestingly, peeka could get for me (that's a double plus).

Bad points: shipping charges are unknown until the items are on their way to SG.

Basically, I log into my account with peeka and add items by pasting weblink from DD (it's vey smart and can capture the price etc). Remember to zero out the DD shipping cost if DD absorb your transport to Peeka receiving centre. once I confirm, Peeka will charge me (I think) 80% of the cost at their official exchange rate (when I paid, I think it was about 4.85; they post the rates on their website, so it's transparent).

Peeka will order for me and receive for me. once the items are received, they will repack and then ship out. only after it's shipped out then I will know how much balance to pay.

btw, during the waiting time, you can add more items to your order. as long as not everything is in, it's fine to add.

i'm happy with their service but still feel it's pricey. so end of the day I probably won't use their service again unless it's to try get my hands on those items that are out of stock for sending to SG.

[SAHM_TAN]

How much would you have paid for shipping if you went with DD? Thanks for sharing.

[Oppsgal]

hquek:

Oppsgal:

Anyone try buy other things other then books through Peeka? How's the shipping, exchange rate and their service like? Very confused by their calculation...

I just tried peeka recently. Order placed in mid march, expected to arrive by this week (yeah). since it's my first time, I tried carefully to get books of about the same size (total about 7-8). Ended up paying $5 concierge charge plus $16 shipping. So nett nett, I paid more for shipping than I would have with DD.

Good points: service is prompt and they update you every step of the way. Shipping is fast compared with dangdang. Some of the items are only available in some provinces - interestingly, peeka could get for me (that's a double plus).

Bad points: shipping charges are unknown until the items are on their way to SG.

Basically, I log into my account with peeka and add items by pasting weblink from DD (it's vey smart and can capture the price etc). Remember to zero out the DD shipping cost if DD absorb your transport to Peeka receiving centre. once I confirm, Peeka will charge me (I think) 80% of the cost at their official exchange rate (when I paid, I think it was about 4.85; they post the rates on their website, so it's transparent).

Peeka will order for me and receive for me. once the items are received, they will repack and then ship out. only after it's shipped out then I will know how much balance to pay.

btw, during the waiting time, you can add more items to your order. as long as not everything is in, it's fine to add.

i'm happy with their service but still feel it's pricey. so end of the day I probably won't use their service again unless it's to try get my hands on those items that are out of stock for sending to SG.

Thanks for the info.

Does DD accept local credit card? You using sea shipping for Peeka?

[Pen88n]

Oppsgal:

hquek:

[quote=\"Oppsgal\"]Anyone try buy other things other then books through Peeka? How's the shipping, exchange rate and their service like? Very confused by their calculation...

I just tried peeka recently. Order placed in mid march, expected to arrive by this week (yeah). since it's my first time, I tried carefully to get books of about the same size (total about 7-8). Ended up paying $5 concierge charge plus $16 shipping. So nett nett, I paid more for shipping than I would have with DD.

Good points: service is prompt and they update you every step of the way. Shipping is fast compared with dangdang. Some of the items are only available in some provinces - interestingly, peeka could get for me (that's a double plus).

Bad points: shipping charges are unknown until the items are on their way to SG.

Basically, I log into my account with peeka and add items by pasting weblink from DD (it's vey smart and can capture the price etc). Remember to zero out the DD shipping cost if DD absorb your transport to Peeka receiving centre. once I confirm, Peeka will charge me (I think) 80% of the cost at their official exchange rate (when I paid, I think it was about 4.85; they post the rates on their website, so it's transparent).

Peeka will order for me and receive for me. once the items are received, they will repack and then ship out. only after it's shipped out then I will know how much balance to pay.

btw, during the waiting time, you can add more items to your order. as long as not everything is in, it's fine to add.

i'm happy with their service but still feel it's pricey. so end of the day I probably won't use their service again unless it's to try get my hands on those items that are out of stock for sending to SG.

Thanks for the info.

Does DD accept local credit card? You using sea shipping for Peeka?[/quote]The advantage of ordering from Peeka is you can order from elsewhere and not restricted to DD. I checked and ordered some from Taobao - which can be cheaper than DD or sometimes DD out-of-stock for long time. And they can combined all the goods from the different merchants before sending over. Payment is via internet banking / ATM to a local bank account. 1st payment is 50% price of goods. Then next payment will be the other 50% plus shipping cost (I hope I did not get the % wrong