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Online purchasing queries

Post by 9 » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:14 pm

vpost (vpostusa/vpostjapan) is more like a parcel/mail/purchase forwarding company when you purchase items overseas from buyers who don't ship overseas.

Eg. if i bought something from ebay, i have it sent to my vpost address, does this mean i have to pay the seller the item's price + their local shipping costs, via paypal?
then i have to pay seperately to singpost for their vpost shipping back to singapore?



What about Vshopusa? What does it actually do?
Is it just an online shopping portal like Amazon.com?
I heard some do offer free local (within USA) shipping.

Any suggestions? Or anything i should look out for?
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Re: Online purchasing queries

Post by Dr EMH » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:35 pm

9 wrote:Eg. if i bought something from ebay, i have it sent to my vpost address, does this mean i have to pay the seller the item's price + their local shipping costs, via paypal?
then i have to pay seperately to singpost for their vpost shipping back to singapore?
Yes, u need to pay seller (1) cost of item + (2) shipment to USA address, as well as pay vPostUSA (3) shipment to S'pore.

u may ask why ppl want to pay shipment fee twice?

well, there are 2 reasons:

1. Some sellers refuse to deliver the item to country outside USA, and u die-die want the item ... u hav no choice but to use vPostUSA and pay shipment twice.

2. Sometime the cost of (2) + (3) is even cheaper than the shipment from USA to Singapore charged by the seller ... Some seller charged a very high international shipment cost (b'cos they quoted a low selling price so that they paid eBay less commission).
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Post by Commander_Salji » Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:18 am

Dr EMH, is this VPostUSA Service available to Malaysia too :?:
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:27 pm

Do what I do lah, make friends with the ang mohs and have them buy the item(s) and ship to you, and you just pay them the total :lol:

And you can send them something 'Uniquely Singapore' in return for their effort :wink:
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Post by Dr EMH » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:39 am

The SITH OverLORD wrote:Dr EMH, is this VPostUSA Service available to Malaysia too :?:
Unfortunately, No.

vPost is a service offered by Singapore Post Office.

It can only be delivered to a Singapore address, see here:
vPostUSA: https://www.vpost.com.sg/vpostusa05/index.html
vPostJapan: https://www.vpost.com.sg/vpostjapan05/index.html
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