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Taobao shipping options 2020

June 9, 2020 by yenkai 2 Comments

A lot has changed since Taobao shopping became popular a few years ago. I would recommend doing shipping differently than before. First up, forget about Taobao direct or consolidated shipping. It is SLOW, and relatively expensive. The air shipping could take as long as the sea shipping offered by other forwarders. Overall the shipping feels … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Taobao

Taobao parcel forwarder review – SGShop

March 16, 2019 by yenkai 1 Comment

I never expected to have to try yet another Taobao parcel forwarder after i have already gone through Taobao official shipping, ezbuy and 86of. I had to ship a piece of phone battery, which is obviously a sensitive item. Taobao official sea shipping does not allow it. Ezbuy still does not work (and probably won’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Review, Taobao

Another ezbuy fail – eBay forwarding

March 7, 2019 by yenkai 2 Comments

Update: Not sure what happened, but i don’t get that error message anymore. So my post below does not apply anymore, and yes, i’m back to using ezbuy for USA forwarding. I have used ezbuy to forward eBay purchases from the US countless times, but when i tried to checkout my cart today, i encountered … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: ezbuy, Parcel Forwarding

Ezbuy ship-for-me is down again

October 29, 2018 by yenkai 2 Comments

Ezbuy has been trying to get back onto shipping Taobao goods again, and the strategy they employed of late is to change the forwarding address frequently, plus, using funny looking addresses. The most recent forwarding address is 阳光海鲜大排档转凤岗韵达网点转xxx (where xxx is your user id). That’s the name of a restaurant if you’re not well versed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: ezbuy, Parcel Forwarding, Taobao

Parcel forwarding from the US – vPost vs ezbuy

July 26, 2018 by yenkai Leave a Comment

So, i just shipped two Amazon parcels from the US, using vPost and ezbuy respectively. I’ve been shipping parcels from the US using ezbuy exclusively for years, but was forced to look for an alternative recently. You might be wondering, why would i need to ship Amazon parcels through a third party forwarder if there … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Amazon, Parcel Forwarding

Ezbuy hits another wall

July 9, 2018 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Apparently, Ezbuy is now blocked from forwarding Amazon purchases (for selected items). I turn to vPost for now, but i hope Ezbuy will be back in action (Update: i shipped another Amazon order to ezbuy warehouse and it worked). I believe they’re still the cheapest around. Related posts: Amazon product recommendation – Christmas gifts for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Amazon, ezbuy, Parcel Forwarding

Taobao parcel forwarder review – DPEX

January 18, 2018 by yenkai 10 Comments

My default Taobao parcel forwarder is ZTO-DPEX. I used to know how to change the default forwarder but I cannot locate the place to change it currently. If you know how to do so please enlighten me by leaving a comment! By the way, the shipping fee for ZTO is the same as for Dex-i … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Taobao

Taobao parcel forwarder review – Road Bull

December 18, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

My latest Taobao consolidate and shipping delivery via ZTO was just completed, and this time the local delivery was handled by Road Bull. The interesting thing is, the delivery was done while I was overseas. A photo was provided as proof of delivery (featured image above). Related posts: Taobao parcel forwarder review – Ninja Van … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Taobao

Taobao parcel forwarder review – Ninja Van

November 26, 2017 by yenkai 24 Comments

It’s been more than a year since i last used Taobao consolidated shipping. The singles day promotion looked tempting, and i gave it a try again. There was a 13 Yuan discount, which halved the first kg cost. At just 13 Yuan (S$2.70) for a 1kg shipment, i felt it would be a waste not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Taobao

86OF Lost Parcel

October 23, 2017 by yenkai 15 Comments

And so it happened to me, as predicted by myself. My very first parcel that is nowhere to be found in 86OF’s warehouse. You may have ended up reading this post because you had the same fate. What I have to say to you is, don’t panic! Most likely, the parcel will be found. Also, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: 86OF, Parcel Forwarding, Taobao
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