only tried vPost and CGW. I do a lot of makeup/clothes shopping in the USA, hope to help fellow females looking for a 3rd party shipper! my 1st choice would be CGW if I know I do not exceed SGD 400 and did not ship any "unshippable" items
recently they claimed that a hair oil in a spritz bottle (not even pressurized) was unshippable and made me choose to discard or redirect my package to vPOST (cost additional $20 USD to do that) - which subsequently shipped it to where I'm at. (the shipping cost was like $150, nv offer repack etc, hate vPOST!! but bobian)
all in all, CGW is very picky, but currently the most efficient, and I would only go to them if I am completely sure of my package being shippable and within the non-GST limit.
CGW pros:
1) comes with free welcome pack with a lot of free codes for free express shipping, free quotes, free repack etc, altho I find only the express shipping is valuable
2) excellent customer svc. I once was very dissatisfied with their service and they waived my package redirection fee and added a $20 voucher to my account (better than nothing). also they have chat which is good, rather than communicating via email
3) price quite competitive
4) assuming your package is sth like make-up in a box and can be split, CGW offers manual package splitting (to split value to avoid GST) at $10 USD
CGW cons:
1) open your package and check the contents themselves. they will find the receipt and declare for you. so if you exceed SGD 400 - need to pay gst lo.. or ship stuff that they claim is flammable, you will have to discard, resend package back, or ship to another 3rd party forwarder
2) has a redirect fee - please check your original mailer's weight quote and compare it with CGW's weight quote. they once charged me 5kg for a 3kg package to redirect, and I disputed it with my original mailer's form
3) takes 2 days to process package
vPOST pros:
1) very slack, will accept whatever you send them and you declare your own package
2) don't really take any time to process. once it's there, it's there. just it doesn't show sometimes so have to input code to manually find package
vPost cons:
1) really last resort. very very expensive, with base fee (can only combine for packages bound for SG)
2) do not offer repack even tho they say they do. I had a 4kg diff btwn chargeable and actual weight and nothing was offered. I could not contact them and ended up paying $100+ for a 2kg package
3) 0 customer service. no chat service unlike CGW. once your package is there, you have to ship it. there is no other option unlike CGW to redirect etc. you're stuck with vPOST
4) there is nth fantastic about vPOST, it is just a last resort and is bs at everything else. don't expect to save money, or to have super fast shipping times..
never tried Borderlinx as they are in Ohio which isn't tax free. and I had a few chats with them and they do not offer manual combining/repacking to split item value unlike CGW. they seem very inflexible like another vPOST so wasn't keen on trying them.