Vpost? Borderlinx? Comgateway?

[failmuch]

Looking for someone to combine shipment together (comgateway) for some savings! My orders have already reached the Portland warehouse. PM me.

 

[dreant]

Looking for someone to combine shipment together (comgateway) for some savings! My orders have already reached the Portland warehouse. PM me.

You do realize, all you're trying to save is USD8.55 right? (which is the price difference for the first 0.5kg).

Split by 2 is $4.27 each? To save this amount, I ship my purchases to your account? What stops you from keeping them for yourself. Anyone who does so is penny wise, pound foolish.

Would you like to ship all your purchases to my CGW account instead?

 

[tarui04]

What if my parcels reach cgw's old address after end of march?

 

[dreant]

What if my parcels reach cgw's old address after end of march?

They'll probably charge a 'forwarding fee', or it gets returned because there is no one to receive it...

 

[HaoGuShiXiongDi]

12 Departed Facility in HONG KONG - HONG KONG HONG KONG - HONG KONG 10:04 PM
3 Pieces

11 Processed at HONG KONG - HONG KONG HONG KONG - HONG KONG 10:03 PM
4 Pieces

Why 4 pieces become 3 pieces?

 

[DarkBlue]

DHL just ninja me.

Whole day waiting at home, put recipient not at home.

 

[x3ro]

just read a way to save 30% on amazon. that means list price is almost equal to SGD.

 

[SkimMilk]

12 Departed Facility in HONG KONG - HONG KONG HONG KONG - HONG KONG 10:04 PM
3 Pieces

11 Processed at HONG KONG - HONG KONG HONG KONG - HONG KONG 10:03 PM
4 Pieces

Why 4 pieces become 3 pieces?

Some how the processing at HK is a bit messed up all the time. All of them will arrive, don't worry. I had mine delivered twice because one of the pack came later. 2 out of 3, followed by the last pack. No additional charges from UPS since it's their logistics.

 

[imranhelp]

So guys which is better in terms of efficiency and saving $$$, Comgateway or borderlinx?

 

[flexicon]

So guys which is better in terms of efficiency and saving $$$, Comgateway or borderlinx?

i used borderlinx. their CS seems to be of rural south asian descent. really p!ssed me off. not efficient at all. didn't talk sense either.

 

[keall82]

ComGateway (or onenow.com, same company) hands down for USA purchases.

Only bad thing is sometimes they take quite long to process your package to ship to Singapore after payment.one time I waited almost a week before they sent it out.

Other than that,I have been using cgw for many years and multiple orders with h multiple shipments of all kinds. Never once did I have to contact their customer support for any issues.

 

[Sorry0_0]

may i verify that http://www.comgateway.com/ is the most reliable till now?
thanks

 

[BigAntres]

Just ordered an item from amazon to CGW. They quoted me $36 usd for repack + extra 0.5kg as opposed to the quoted dimensions on amazon. Damn shag. If I order from amazon it'll only be $27 and will arrive faster than forwarder. Emailed cgw about it and see what they can do. A bit ridiculous man, I'm not sure whether amazon playing a prank on me by packing such a huge box or is cgw anyhow calculate. First time having such issues with CGW.. Really shocked when I saw the price.

 

[Peach Tea]

Just ordered an item from amazon to CGW. They quoted me $36 usd for repack + extra 0.5kg as opposed to the quoted dimensions on amazon. Damn shag. If I order from amazon it'll only be $27 and will arrive faster than forwarder. Emailed cgw about it and see what they can do. A bit ridiculous man, I'm not sure whether amazon playing a prank on me by packing such a huge box or is cgw anyhow calculate. First time having such issues with CGW.. Really shocked when I saw the price.

Moi already stopped cgw long time ago. They jiak GG one. Now am happy with 65dg

 

[BigAntres]

Moi already stopped cgw long time ago. They jiak GG one. Now am happy with 65dg

Haha I see a few people still stick with CGW leh. If not favourable reply I think I jump ship too..

 

[altya1]

wat company is recommended if I want to ship something from Europe?

 

[BigAntres]

Just ordered an item from amazon to CGW. They quoted me $36 usd for repack + extra 0.5kg as opposed to the quoted dimensions on amazon. Damn shag. If I order from amazon it'll only be $27 and will arrive faster than forwarder. Emailed cgw about it and see what they can do. A bit ridiculous man, I'm not sure whether amazon playing a prank on me by packing such a huge box or is cgw anyhow calculate. First time having such issues with CGW.. Really shocked when I saw the price.

Hello all, just want to give an update on the situation as I've received a reply from CGW.

IMO they've definitely lived up to their reputation with extremely prompt replies to enquiries and also, they even took note of my rant on the forum and dropped me a PM on hwz so for one, they're definitely committed to their service.

Next, they've even offered to price match the shipping that was quoted by Amazon, but I only requested that the volumetric weight be checked again as it exceeded product dimensions even after repacking. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to post this here la cos like a bit spoil market. But I don't think it's right to request it everytime something goes wrong also because I think it's our onus to check such stuff since they have a live quote service (which I only just knew on the day I posted my rant).

So all in all, I feel that they've went an extra mile just to make a small time buyer happy and build customer rapport. Definitely deserves a shoutout la. As a student, I wouldn't mind forking out a few dollars difference for CGW's service as it's been reliable thus far. But of course, that one depends on you. And on the difference in cost vs other services. Cheers!

 

[donald83]

managed to visit the Abercrombie US website and can we actually ship to our US address in CGW? Anyone tried before?

 

[zodiac21]

managed to visit the Abercrombie US website and can we actually ship to our US address in CGW? Anyone tried before?

I tried before. Abercrombie will cancel order if you ship to CGW address.
Basically, they do not ship to freight forwarding address. Plus, you need a US credit card to buy from Abercrombie US.

Currently, I order Abercrombie and Hollister using Gshipexpress. But you need to use their shop4me services. Take note that they charge service fee, same as CGW. They place my order and get the package to the warehouse. So far no issue in getting my items.

 

[dabing]

Very bad first experience with vPOST.

Recently, I decided to buy some stuffs from Amazon, because even with shipping charges the items are still cheaper than in singapore.
I did some calculation on the shipping cost by myself, based on the shipping weight described on Amazon with the shipping rates on vpost, and vpost has bundling options which will waive the base charge. And example shown on vpost, the cost for shipping a jean is less than 20 SGD. So I decided to try vpost n start shopping on Amazon.
I bought a few pairs of shoes n sweatshirts for myself and my daughter n a big stroller for my daughter (should be less than 80 SGD to ship back to singapore by sea freight based on my calculation).
And then the vpost magic comes... as the items are reaching to vpost US location, I was shocked. A jacket for my daughter, the actual weight is 0.5kg (later was told by customer service only 0.2kg), vpost charge me at 1.1kg, and when I called and asked why, the customer service switched to robot mode..talking about volumetric weight n my package dimension blah blah... and one sentence she kept repeating is that's in our terms n conditions....and there no other option for me since the items are already in their location, I have to ship or just leave there n after 21 days they will start charging me for storage....
ok I am too stupid to believe in those amazing examples on how I can save cost to ship with vpost.... but not smart enough to calcukate the volumn of my package, BTW,from where I can know the shipping dimension? Even I try to find out from Amazon, how in the hell do I know to compute the volumetric weight??? since when the it becomes so complicated?
And then some more magics come.. a pair of running shoes whose actual weight is only 1kg was charged at 2kg. Another pair of shoes also weighted at 1kg, was charged 1.5kg and it claimed that vpost did repack for me and helo me to save 3.4kg, so I have to thank vpost for the great saving of the cost which I even do not know where it come from...
Now I start concerning my daughter's stroller, just hoping it will not be too magical. The total shipping cost I can foresee now should be at least doubled.. and I have no way to cancel them as Amazon already shipped.
Just for the other people reference, make a calculation before you use vpost... if you do not know how to calculate the volunmetric weight, so far I haven't figured it out, then maybe try to ask before buying. Once you shipped to their location, you do not have many options already.
And another example, I also bought a 40L travel backpack n a swiss army multi tools, it only cost me 10 USD, to ship back to Singapore (because these 2 are eligible for global shipping), that's why I thought vpost should not be too ex, which proved I was wrong...