My wife want a coach bag for this mother's day.
Since coach bag is made from CHINA, might as well get from china TAOBAO.
So I have to do a comparison on which have the cheapest rate.
Just type 代购中国商品cheapest service charge in google search, you will get this few websites:
Most of them service charge is 10%
1) Panli
http://www.panli.com/Tools/Estimates.aspx
2) BAI LE
http://www.buy0086.com/estimates.php
3) 3rd BUY
No information, damn poor
4) 1dai gou
http://www.1daigou.com/cost.aspx
4) Baakee
http://www.baakee.com/gusuan.asp?txtZL=500&txtJG=1400&optDQ=9&btnFeiyong=%B7%D1%D3%C3%B9%C0%CB%E3
Service Fee: 18% of total items price - Sipeh Expensive
6) http://www.pasar.my/store/article/3588.html
Malaysia one Sevice Fee: 35 % lagi sipeh kaulat jialat expensive
Among all the big 4, Compare using AIR
PANLI - RMB 1603.80
BAILE - 1574.00 (CHEAPEST due to service charge 8% nia)
1DAI GOU - 1626.00
BOOKEE - 1643.00
I think I will choose PANLI because more established.
From the internet, PANLI seems to have bad experience.
http://volcane.blogspot.com/2009/08/panlicom-online-shopping-in-china.html
Found out some more web:
http://www.zgfshopping.com/index.php
http://taobaofocus.com
Found another two operate from Malaysia;
1) http://www.littlemissq.com/article.php?id=16
service charge : 15% but at least in MALAYSIA, anything wrong I can sue them in TRIBUNAL court
Both conversion is 0.54.
2) http://www.taobao2u.com/home/
service charge: 5% still waiting for their reply
How to reload 支付宝: (Source: http://volcane.blogspot.com/2009/05/reload-or-add-money-to-alipay-outside.html)
Below are simple steps and my experience using Liberty Reserve + Gold2Ex to reload 支付宝.
- Open an account at Liberty Reserve. Kindly use this link and you will be given US$0.05. Creating LR account is simple and no Credit Card verification needed. LR give lowest rate as compare to AlertPay, E-Gold, PerfectMoney, PayPal and etc.
- Add money to your Liberty Reserve. They are various methods you can add money - Credit Card, Bank Transfer and etc. For Malaysian I recommendEntelnova Global service because they provide good rate and looks trustworthy, payment can be done using Maybank / CIMB or RHB. For other options to transfer money to Liberty Reserve check out this link.
- Lastly to transfer your Liberty Reserve money to 支付宝 I recommend Gold2Ex黄金网币兑换中心. Good rate and fast service and trusted.
So now which credit card to USE???
As of now card-issuing banks revealed the following overseas transaction fees:
Banks/Issuers | Rate (%) |
|---|---|
AEON | 1.5 |
Affin Bank | 0 |
AmBank | 1 |
American Express (AMEX) with Maybank Logo | 1.5 |
American Express (AMEX) without Maybank Logo | 2.5 |
Al-Rajhi Bank | ??? |
Alliance Bank | 0 |
Bank Islam | 0 |
Bank Rakyat | 1.5 |
BSN | ??? |
CIMB Bank and Direct Access | 1 |
Citibank | 1 |
EON Bank | 2 |
Hong Leong Bank | 1 |
HSBC | 1 |
Maybank | 0.5 |
MBF Cards | ??? |
OCBC Bank | 1 |
Public Bank | 1.25 |
RHB Bank | ??? |
Standard Chartered | 1 |
Synergy+ | ??? |
UOB | 1 |
Click here for VISA card exchange rate.
Source: http://1-million-dollar-blog.com/overseas-transaction-fees-for-malaysian-credit-cards/
Last update : 1st March 2011
I have alliance bank, so I will use alliance bank credit card since it is 0%.