Online shopping

[jtoh]

Fluffyboy, what bad experience have you had?

[Imami]

Anyone order from dangling.com directly? I am thinking of getting some stuff (not books) from dd. How to ship back ar?

[SBKS]

sleepy:

I used to buy from iherb. But delivery unreliable. Parcel was lost twice. And delivery took a long time as long as almost a month despites what they claim on website. Gave up

we buying from iherb, so far so good. fast somemore...sometimes local have stock they will send even faster.

[SBKS]

Imami:

I shop at drugstore, book depository, Victoria secrets and vitacost more frequently. So far very good experiences. Except vs, sometimes the size is not the same. Eg top a you can wear s size but top b, s size is very big. Something like that. And some of their cutting are... Erm... I think I need to wear a bib to cover up.

VS there should be a chart with measurements. I always get wifey to measure up first before buying...aint joking here.

[SBKS]

so far,


i shop at

fairprice.com.sg to get my inventory but they like falling on deaf ears despite me making so much feedback to them to increase the variety.

ebay at times when i cant find any at other sites. most like last resort.

qoo.com.sg and gmarket.co.kr. which brings me to hw i hate the courier who likes to press my doorbell more than 3times and most of the time during my DDs nap time.

amazon.com or amazon.co.uk… great service and so far most of the stuff i need are in US or UK. lol.

aliexpress seems good…wah shopping on it now…

[pompipi]

Have been a online shopping freak for years but recently kind of stop as I feel I need to control this addiction or it will control me! Haha


Used to shop at Taobao, Iherb, Qoo.com, Endless.com (buy over by Amazon), Amazon.com, join sprees at SMH & local blogshops.

Was crazy over blogshop shopping that I bought at least 3 pieces a week! Surprisingly, their material was not bad and size fits me well. So far so good…no complains.

[radicalshift]

Hello, sorry I am not sure if this is the correct thread to post this but I really need some help with my item tracking, hope someone could shed some light on this issue.


when I track my item, this status "Departure from outward office of exchange" has appeared since a month ago. However, the latest update is still "departure from outward office of exchange".
The following is my tracking result:

2013-03-03 10:52 广州国际 51003100 Departure from outward office of exchange
2013-03-21 09:22 广州国际 51003100 Opening
2013-03-21 13:18 广州国际 51003100 Departure from outward office of exchange
2013-04-01 08:51 广州国际 51003100 Opening
2013-04-02 09:01 广州国际 51003100 Opening
2013-04-02 17:31 广州国际 51003100 Departure from outward office of exchange

May I know when will it truly leave the country for shipment then? Thanks, I appreciate your help.

[Harlequin]

Online scams leave victims $18,000 poorer


Some shoppers get duped into paying extra fees due to 'delivery problems'

Published on Apr 07, 2013
The Sunday Time

by Jalelah Abu Baker

Online scammers have cheated Singaporeans of more than $18,000 in just three months, adding a new twist by squeezing victims even more after claiming delivery problems.

First, they would offer cheap mobile phones and tablet smartphones on free classified sites such as http://www.gumtree.com.sg and http://www.locanto.sg

After shoppers have transferred the money through inter-bank transfers or Western Union to an overseas account, they would then receive an e-mail message asking for more money.

The scammers would claim that the items had been wrongly delivered to Malaysia or that they were stuck at the Singapore Customs, going so far as to provide a \"seizure notice\" as proof.

They would also claim that there was a delivery mix-up.

In each case, the online shopper is asked to pay an additional fee for \"storage\" or to retrieve the goods from Customs. The items never reached the shoppers despite the extra payment.

The police told The Sunday Times there have been 16 reports made between January and last month. And in four of the cases, the victims were duped into making further payments of at least $5,000 in total.

\"The attempt to cheat victims of further payments is a new modus operandi extended from the typical e-commerce scams, where culprits fail to deliver goods purchased online,\" said a police spokesman.

Letters alerting the public to the scam have been put up by police in several constituencies.

This was shared by Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah on her Facebook page last Wednesday.

\"You will want to ask yourself even more questions if the deal is too good to be true. There is no free lunch in this modern-day context,\" she told The Sunday Times.

The police advised shoppers to be aware of such scams and do business only with those they know and trust. Also, be sure to know where the seller's company is physically located.

Anyone with information related to these cases may call the police on 1800-255-0000.

[email protected]

[Harlequin]

I always use Paypal for payment, never buy from any shopping sites that do not accept Paypal. I trust that Paypal has done the diligence to approve the merchants.

[limlim]

Harlequin:

I always use Paypal for payment, never buy from any shopping sites that do not accept Paypal. I trust that Paypal has done the diligence to approve the merchants.

I always use Paypal too. But not bcoz I trust the merchants they approve, it's bcoz of the buyers protection policy.

Any issue, raise a dispute. Not resolved, escalate to a claim.

That why even shopping on Qoo10, I rather pay 50cts more to pay by paypal.

Don't really trust the Qoo10 after hearing some horror stories when it come to delivery issues..