Order from Dangdang

[hquek]

tamarind:

hquek,

I went crazy buying books from dangdang when I was in China last year. In the end, my books weighed about 25 kg. My baggage allowance was only 20kg, so I had to ship back the books by China post. The cost of shipping was RMB 350 !

How to control you tell me? when the books look so tempting, and the prices so amazingly cheap?

Did you pay that price becos you were in the airport already?

Last year I went to Beijing for trip - total number in group 5. 'Thanks' to my books, I managed to hit the 100kg (actually plus a bit) allowance. And I was still lugging many other things by hand. This year a bit worried so I cut down 'brutally' (in my opinion) the stuff I'm buying.

Now whenever I tell DH I want to go China for holiday, he'll look at me knowingly and say 'buy books right'.

[CMF]

hquek:

CMF:

Can someone kindly assist to provide the Dangdang link to the ka mei la series (deluxe version)? TIA!

This is the one. http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=20987854&ref=search-1-pub

BTW, their usual selling price is Y179.40; but I got it for Y135 during a special offer. So if you are not urgent to get it, can wait to see if they have special offers. And this set is impressively heavy - I didn't weigh, but the whole set must be 3kg or something already.

I usually put stuff I like into 我的收藏 - whenever prices are dropped, an email is sent to me. Do like that feature much.

Many thanks hquek for info and tips! Appreciate it.

[SAHM_TAN]

hquek:

I usually put stuff I like into 我的收藏 - whenever prices are dropped, an email is sent to me. Do like that feature much.

Yes I like that feature too but means that I'm spending spending :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Baby_May_09]

Hi,


I would like to check how to order d books from dang dang when we go China for holiday. Do we put the address of the hotel? Do they deliver to hong kong?

[jollyme]

hquek:

Now whenever I tell DH I want to go China for holiday, he'll look at me knowingly and say 'buy books right'.

haha, i know how you feel. once you get addicted to buying books, its hard to stop.

Hurray!!! My dangdang books arrived today! Order placed Jan 17, shipped out Jan 20. waiting time? 6weeks. :lol:

[Brenda10]

jollyme:

hquek:

Now whenever I tell DH I want to go China for holiday, he'll look at me knowingly and say 'buy books right'.

haha, i know how you feel. once you get addicted to buying books, its hard to stop.

Hurray!!! My dangdang books arrived today! Order placed Jan 17, shipped out Jan 20. waiting time? 6weeks. :lol:

So envy that you had recd the books. Is based on this time frame I will only see my books on April lah. :lol:

[tamarind]

jollyme:

hquek:

Now whenever I tell DH I want to go China for holiday, he'll look at me knowingly and say 'buy books right'.

haha, i know how you feel. once you get addicted to buying books, its hard to stop.

Hurray!!! My dangdang books arrived today! Order placed Jan 17, shipped out Jan 20. waiting time? 6weeks. :lol:

I received my books yesterday ! Shipped out on 16 Jan 2011.

There are 20 books in this order, the box was almost completely split opened, and it was put in a big sack. No damage to the books, only slightly dented at the corners.

I ordered from dangdang many times when I was in China. They used the same type of box and it arrived in very good condition. So it is the shipping process that caused damage to the box, and the box is also not strong enough to hold the books if they are too heavy.

I advise parents to buy just over RMB 100 at a time. I also have a feeling that small parcels will reach us faster.

[tamarind]

I advise parents to file a dispute with the credit card issuing bank, if you don't receive the books within 8 weeks. You have 60 days from the date of transaction to file your dispute. Then the bank will credit the amount back to you.


If you eventually receive the books, then call the bank to settle it.

[tamarind]

Baby_May_09:

Hi,


I would like to check how to order d books from dang dang when we go China for holiday. Do we put the address of the hotel? Do they deliver to hong kong?

If I remember correctly, Hong Kong is considered overseas, the shipping is expensive.

When in China, you can make use of cash on delivery. You pay in cash only when you receive the books.

Yes they deliver to hotels. You need to enter the full address of the hotel in Chinese characters. Then you need to purchase a China phone card and put in the number when you order.

However, it is hard to tell when they will deliver. If some of your books are not available in the province that you are staying, they will have to get it from Beijing, and it may take more than 1 week to arrive.

[tamarind]

hquek:

tamarind:

hquek,

I went crazy buying books from dangdang when I was in China last year. In the end, my books weighed about 25 kg. My baggage allowance was only 20kg, so I had to ship back the books by China post. The cost of shipping was RMB 350 !

How to control you tell me? when the books look so tempting, and the prices so amazingly cheap?

Did you pay that price becos you were in the airport already?

Last year I went to Beijing for trip - total number in group 5. 'Thanks' to my books, I managed to hit the 100kg (actually plus a bit) allowance. And I was still lugging many other things by hand. This year a bit worried so I cut down 'brutally' (in my opinion) the stuff I'm buying.

Now whenever I tell DH I want to go China for holiday, he'll look at me knowingly and say 'buy books right'.

No I shipped out at the China Post office in the city.

One advise is to put all the heavy books into your hand carry luggage. So long as your hand carry bag is the correct size, the airport staff normally don't ask to weight it.

I managed to hand carry about 20 kg up the plane, in addition to my 20 kg of check-in luggage So I sent back total 65 kg of stuff, including the 25 kg China Post parcel.

I agree that the books are so cheap, and the best thing is that the quality of the books are also very good !

I will be going to China again in June this year. But I plan to bring back a Gu Zheng for my daughter. So I really must control !

Last year, besides buying books, I also went crazy buying handbags from taobao In the end I cannot bring back so many, I have to give away to my colleagues in China.