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Hi,


Anyone knows what is the average waiting time for delivery to Singapore? I ordered from dangdang and books were shipped out in early Dec, but i have not received yet. This is my first order and I had ordered quite a lot of books. Quite worried.

[SAHM_TAN]

nz:

Hi,


Anyone knows what is the average waiting time for delivery to Singapore? I ordered from dangdang and books were shipped out in early Dec, but i have not received yet. This is my first order and I had ordered quite a lot of books. Quite worried.

From the sharing by the parents here, it takes about 7 - 8wks. I'm expecting my first order to arrive around 25 Jan, as I ordered sometime mid Nov 2010

[hquek]

SAHM_TAN:

nz:

Hi,


Anyone knows what is the average waiting time for delivery to Singapore? I ordered from dangdang and books were shipped out in early Dec, but i have not received yet. This is my first order and I had ordered quite a lot of books. Quite worried.

From the sharing by the parents here, it takes about 7 - 8wks. I'm expecting my first order to arrive around 25 Jan, as I ordered sometime mid Nov 2010

Confirm. Mine takes about 8 weeks from placing order to date. Do check your order status. If it's shipped out, should be ok. btw, their packing material is very crap, all the cartons had to be re-wrapped by the postal people. Sigh..

[tamarind]

I agree about the box used for packing. I advise parents to order small number of books each time. So long as you order RMB100 and above, no difference in shipping cost. If there are very few books in the box, it will arrive in better condition.

[Mimama]

Need advice from fellow parents here.


DS is 5.5 yr old now and we speak mainly English at home and naturally he speaks very little or no Chinese at home (though hubby and I speak Mandarin at home). I am inspired by all of you here on how the Dangdang books can improve the Chinese language and entice the children to read Chinese.

DS attends chinese enrichment class on a weekly basis. Which series shall I introduce DS for a start? They are so many to choose from and I am a bit confused what to get.

It may be a bit late to start now but still better than not doing anything, i hope…

[tamarind]

Mimama:

Need advice from fellow parents here.


DS is 5.5 yr old now and we speak mainly English at home and naturally he speaks very little or no Chinese at home (though hubby and I speak Mandarin at home). I am inspired by all of you here on how the Dangdang books can improve the Chinese language and entice the children to read Chinese.

DS attends chinese enrichment class on a weekly basis. Which series shall I introduce DS for a start? They are so many to choose from and I am a bit confused what to get.

It may be a bit late to start now but still better than not doing anything, i hope..

Hi Mimama,
I have a list of good books in my blog :
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-raise-bilingual-child.html

The books are ordered in terms of difficulty. Just start from the top of the list. Note that many of these books are available in the library.

[SAHM_TAN]

I wonder if the bad weather will cause a delay in shipping

[tamarind]

SAHM_TAN:

I wonder if the bad weather will cause a delay in shipping

Actually I suspect it is due to the large number of books shipped to Singapore. I know the sprees in the SMH forum are huge.

[SAHM_TAN]

Since I can purchase the books directly, I don’t join the sprees. I find it too troublesome. I would still need to pay for postage or courier when the books arrive. On my own, when dangdang notified me of price reduction on my wish list, I can just click and buy, more flexibility.


I just received a $10 voucher from them, did you ever receive such vouchers from them?

[smurf]

If I order the books now and send it to a hotel in china, do I need to indicate room number? And how long does it takes to reach the hotel?? :?