Just made my first order from Taobao.com via Peeka.sg and I'm pretty pleased with their service!!
Taobao.com, also known as 淘宝网 in Chinese, is like the china version of Gmarket. Only difference is that it is alot bigger and sell all sorts of stuff that you can't even find on Gmarket.
It would be best to use an agent if you want to buy from Taobao.com because:
1) the shops do not have much experience of shipping anywhere else rather than within China
2) overseas buyer are unable to add money into their Taobao account as they use Alipay, which is similar to Paypal and are funded by China banks
3) hassle-free and saves on shipping. The agents will help you to handle all the payments needed and because they handle shipping in bulks, cost on shipping is saved!
What we need to do is just register an account with the agent, create new order, paste the URL of the item we want, transfer the deposit of 80% via Ibanking and viola! Just wait for the items to be delivered to our doorstep.
As Easy as ABC.
The reason why I'm particularly pleased with Peeka.sg is because of the efforts they made. I placed 2 different orders but of the same seller. By doing so, I could incur double shipping charges out of China. Hence I left a comment to request for combined shipping.
This morning they called me and mentioned that they will cancel the 1st order and combine the items under the same seller so that I could save on shipping within China too.
I totally overlooked on that point! Thumbs up for that!
Awaiting for the first shipment to arrive before we order more. Lots of household stuffs to choose from!
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On another note, we went out for dinner on Saturday to celebrate Father's Day. Skipped the usual Chinese/Jap cuisine and went for Korean instead.
Chose Auntie Kim's Korean Restaurant since it's the nearest to us and is one of the top 10 in ladyironchef's blog.
Love the place and its variety of authentic Korean food. Absolutely love the Bi Bim Naengmyeon!!
Just made my first order from Taobao.com via Peeka.sg and I'm pretty pleased with their service!!
Taobao.com, also known as 淘宝网 in Chinese, is like the china version of Gmarket. Only difference is that it is alot bigger and sell all sorts of stuff that you can't even find on Gmarket.
It would be best to use an agent if you want to buy from Taobao.com because:
1) the shops do not have much experience of shipping anywhere else rather than within China
2) overseas buyer are unable to add money into their Taobao account as they use Alipay, which is similar to Paypal and are funded by China banks
3) hassle-free and saves on shipping. The agents will help you to handle all the payments needed and because they handle shipping in bulks, cost on shipping is saved!
What we need to do is just register an account with the agent, create new order, paste the URL of the item we want, transfer the deposit of 80% via Ibanking and viola! Just wait for the items to be delivered to our doorstep.
As Easy as ABC.
The reason why I'm particularly pleased with Peeka.sg is because of the efforts they made. I placed 2 different orders but of the same seller. By doing so, I could incur double shipping charges out of China. Hence I left a comment to request for combined shipping.
This morning they called me and mentioned that they will cancel the 1st order and combine the items under the same seller so that I could save on shipping within China too.
I totally overlooked on that point! Thumbs up for that!
Awaiting for the first shipment to arrive before we order more. Lots of household stuffs to choose from!
*****************
On another note, we went out for dinner on Saturday to celebrate Father's Day. Skipped the usual Chinese/Jap cuisine and went for Korean instead.
Chose Auntie Kim's Korean Restaurant since it's the nearest to us and is one of the top 10 in ladyironchef's blog.
Love the place and its variety of authentic Korean food. Absolutely love the Bi Bim Naengmyeon!!
Peeka.sg and Father's Day dinner
