What Have I Bought This Time

Date: Oct 20, 2012

This has just arrived from Taobao.  :)

They re-packed all these… And nicely packed into a bigger box.

Thee are the things I bought...

As usual, the few bucks T-Shirt… 100% cotton.  My wife bought her "Caven Claie" shirts… I bought her once to try, and she love it… so, this time, bought 5 for her.

Conrad's mommy wants these books… each cost I think lesser than S$4.

I need this when I am on my massage chair… or during night time, when the kids are asleep, this will come very handy...

Some one broke my tea glass in office.  So, this is the replacement.

The nicer adapter… for Micro Sim, Nano Sim, etc.

This is the Nano Sim Card cutter.  The one I ordered from Taobao finally came.

My tea collection...

This one smell very nice...

Another one...

The Pu-Er … Will try it out...

For more info how I buy from Taobao… search Google for "Miniliew Taobao"...

Taobao Shopping (3) - Oct 2011

Date:  Oct 19, 2011

Another shipment has arrived from Taobao.

Again, the packed all items in side this box.  Weight about 6KG.

1.  Bought this Angry Bird set for Jay's classmate.

Price = RMB48; Local Delivery = RMB10; Sub-Total = RMB58; Equal SGD$11.53

In Malaysia, I saw one of the shop selling around MYR100.  I bought one for Jay from Suntec city, about SGD$25.

2.  I made a mistake this time of buying this.  I was not thinking right, as the board is quite heavy.  And it is about 75% of the entire weight.  So, it cost on the International delivery.  You have to be saving substantially in order to overcome the International delivery rate.

Price = RMB 59.40; Local Delivery = RMB 10; Sub-Total = RMB 69.40; Equals SGD$13.80

I saw it quite cute, and I wanted to buy one to fix it at the washing area so that I can put my IT stuffs there.

3.  There is another Angry Birds I bought.  Also give to Jay's classmate.  This is the smaller version.  I actually bought two sets.

Price = RMB 18.80 x 2; Local Delivery = RMB 10; Sub-Total = RMB 52.60; Equals SGD$5.23 /Each

4.  I also bought some Taobao Magazines...

These are B2C magazines... And these gives you pretty good idea on how Taobao works, and gives you idea of what to buy.

Related Post:

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/10/taobao-shopping-2-oct-2011.html

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/10/taobao-shopping-1-oct-2011.html

 

Many asked how much does it cost buying stuffs from Taobao.  So, for the above entire shipment 1-3.  Here are the break down...  Assuming Exchange Rate is RMB 1 ==> SGD$0.213

1.  TOTAL COST OF GOODS (Includes Local Delivery) == RMB 1,526.40      ====> SGD$325.12

2.  8% Buying Agent (CinaGoods) Service Fees              == RMB 122.11         ====> SGD$26.01

3.  International Delivery  (2 Boxs, 13KG + 6.5KG)           == RMB1,254.00      ====> SGD$267.10

=========> SUB-TOTAL   ====> SGD$618.24

4.  Insurance (Optional) which is 5% of Total Cost           == SGD$30.91

5.  GRAND TOTAL paid                                                         == SGD$649.15

 

Notes:

A.  As I said, I made a big mistake of buying that book shelve board without properly checking the shipping weight.  So, the weight is about 5KG, which cost me around RMB400 International Shipping which is a bad buy.  Well, sometimes, you will need to make such mistake to learn.  So, a rule of thumb, always buy light material, not heavy furniture stuffs.

B.  In my above example (which is a bad example) It cost estimated 50% of shipping cost for all the goods.  But, if you take the furniture out, the shipping ratio is about 30% of the total payment which is alright.

C.  Questions always arise what does the Insurrance cover?  The optional 5% insurrance.  The agent will pay 5% of the actual goods to the EMS to buy insurrance.  But EMS will normally not pay you back in full amount inssured.  They probably will pay about 30%-40% max.  But Cinagoods will take the risk and pay you back 100% in case of the package has missing in China.  If the package is proved to be delivered outside China, and enter your country, and it went missing, then, Cinagoods will not cover that.  This is quite rare for Singapore.  I am not sure about other countries.  When I buy, I always include that.

D.  The ratio of International shipping may be quite high if it is 30-40% of total payment.  But if you compare the price you are paying retail to buy it here in Singapore, there is still a good 30-50% savings on these goods.  So. you feel good about it.  :)

 

Taobao Shopping (2) - Oct 2011

Date: Oct 9, 2011

One of the best things I bought in this shipment is the personalized stickers for Jay & Kay.  Jay loves it!

My shipment has arrived from China.  This is the box I received.

They uses EMS to deliver the goods from China.

How big is the box again?  That big!  (compare to my leg)

The Taobao agent - CinaGoods.Com people, packed small boxes within the big box.  They even do visual examination for all your goods.  If it does not work, they will return it and ask them to resent.

Within the small box, they packed even smaller boxes in there.

All related post on Taobao/Cinagoods.Com on MiniLiew.

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/01/guide-to-cinagoodscom.html

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/10/taobao-shopping-1-oct-2011.html

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/01/some-important-tips-when-buying-from.html

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2010/06/taobao.html

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2010/11/buying-things-from-taobao.html

http://miniliew.blogspot.com/2011/04/cinagoodscom-folks.html

Notes:

a.  All prices shown below are actual price paid for the goods to be deliver to the Taobao Agent, i.e. cinagoods.com

b.  There is an 8% handling fees for the Taobao buying agent.

c.  On top of that, there are International shipping fees too.  Usually it is around 5%-20% of your goods if it is not to heavy.

You can click below images to go to the actual taobao website.

 

Here are the second shipment of goods that I have ordered.

1.  Yoobao Power Bank.

Price=RMB180; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB190; Equal SGD$38.73

The back view.

The connector.  You recharged using micro-USB, and then charge using iPhone/iPod Connector.

Here is how the battery looks like.  It is 6600mA.  So, can charge iPhone or iPad for a longer period.

User manual and I am charging it now.

2.  0.5mm thin iPhone 4 protector.  This is damn cheap man.

Price=RMB15x2=RMB30; Local Delivery=RMB12; Total=RMB42; Equal SGD$4.28/pc

3.  I love Earth - Recycle bag.  Support the earth.  But I did not check the size, so, it is slightly bigger than my old one.

Price=RMB28; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB38; Equal SGD$7.75

4.  Odour removing soup.  This steel soup is very good in removing DURIAN smell on your finger.

Price=RMB6.50x2=RMB13; Local Deliver=RMB18; Total=RMB37.80; Equal SGD$3.86 /pc

Edwin gave me one of this soup last Chirstmas.  And I found it from Taobao.

5.  Police Wagon toy cars.

Price=RMB1x12=RMB12; Local Delivery=RMB15; Total=RMB27; Equal SGD$5.50

This is the toy cars.

6.  Korean SGP case.  Bought this for a friend.

Price=RMB19.90; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB29.90; Equal SGD$6.10

7.  A friend ask me to buy this charger too.  Apple charger for iPad2 (10W).

Price=RMB88; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB98; Equal SGD$19.80

8.  Buy for a friend.  The iPhone stand and charger.

Price=RMB15; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB25; Equal SGD$5.10

9. Buy for a friend.  Applerain cover.

Price=RMB78; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB88; Equal SGD$17.94

10.  Buy for the same friend.  The stylus for iPhone/iPad.  It is huge.  Not sure why they buy such a big pen.

Price=RMB12x3=RMB36; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB46; Equal SGD$3.13 /pc

11.  Blade Aluminium iPhone4 Bumper.  Bought this for a friend.

Price=RMB76; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB86; Equal SGD$17.53

The front view.

12.  Personalized Stickers for Jay Jay.  In both Chinese and English version.

Price=RMB5x4=RMB20; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB30; Equal SGD$6.12 for 4pc

Chinese name.

13.  This one is for Kay Kay.  The Mickey Mouse and Disney characters.

Price=RMB5x4=RMB20; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB30; Equal SGD$6.12 for 4pc

Chinese name version.

14.  The LED ear digger.  And old friend ask me to get 1-2 for her.  hahaha I end up buy a dozen.

Price=RMB1.20x12=RMB14.40; Local Delivery=RMB15; Total=RMB29.40; Equal SGD$0.50 /pc

15.  Nose hair trimmer.  Interesting.  Wait you see its price.

Price=RMB9.80x2=RMB19.60; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB29.60; Equal SGD$3.01

Looks like those you can get from Japan.

Instructions.

Not sure it will work or not?  But it is SGD$3 each.  hahhaha

16.  Auntie at work broke Nicole's tea glass.  So, this is a replacement for her.

Price=RMB25; Local Delivery=FREE; Total=RMB25; Equal SGD$5.10

You can filter your tea leaves here.

Quite nice.  Same as the previously bought.

17.  Angry Bird Tees for Riandy and her sister.  Have not seen this design in Singapore too.

Price=RMB29x2; Local Delivery=RMB10x2; Total=RMB78; Equal SGD$7.95 /pc

18.  Another Angry Bird Tee for Riandy's Daddy.

Price=RMB45; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB55; Equal SGD$11.21

19.  For Riandy.

Price=RMB45; Local Delivery=RMB10; Total=RMB55; EqualSGD$11.21

20.  For Riandy.

Price=RMB38x2; Local Delivery=RMB20; Total=RMB96; Equal SGD$9.79 /pc

21.  For Riandy.

Price=RMB38; Local Delivery=FREE; Total=RMB38; Equal SGD$7.75

Now waiting for the 3rd shipment.

:)