Ever tried using vPost when buying at eBay USA?

zhaozhilong SG

Hei, anyone tried using vPost when buying things from eBay USA?

I am a little confused about the process.

I mean, the shipping address is going to be vPost USA address. But what about the billing address? It's going to be my credit card address. Since the credit card address is different from the shipping address, can I still buy from eBay?

Also, we are supposed to put the name as for example "ZhaoZhiLong VP123456". This name is slightly different from our credit card name. So, how?

FireIce SG

shipping name put shipping name
or else vpost cannot find ur parcel or match wrong then hong gan liao......

billing name put billing name
billing details must be as per ur cc record name and add

Vigelic SG

unless the item seller is onli willing to ship within the united states, or else ask him to ship to singapore directly.

zhaozhilong SG

So do you mean shipping name = "ZhaoZhiLong VP123456", and billing name = "as in cc record"?

Then shipping name a bit different from billing name, and shipping add very different from cc add. Like that can meh? I thought the seller might refuse to accept my purchase in such circumstances? But since you are the hippest moderatress in town, I suppose you have done that before already. Thanks! Laughing

zhaozhilong SG

I want to buy many items mah, then can save (a lot) on shipping leh. VPost can let me combine shipping leh.

FireIce SG

yesh, shipping add can be diff from billing add

this is very common for international buyers.

Vigelic SG

you still have to pay for local US shipping -.- but its up to u..

u haf to calculate which is more cost-effective.. if ur a lot is like 3 or 4 onli.. there's a chance u might end up paying more..

FireIce SG

using vpostUSA can help u save about 20-30% on shipping...
at least u are billed in SGD
inform the merchant to soft pack.... avoid using boxes.........

zhaozhilong SG

Local US shipping not expensive. It's the international shipping that I am worried about mah. For example if I buy 4 items, then it is likely that:

"Total cost of 4 separate international shipping" > "Total cost of 4 local US shipping plus 1 vPost shipping to singapore".

But yeah, I'll do the math first. See how much I can save.

zhaozhilong SG

Ok, that's a good tip.

Thanks lah both of you Cool

Hello Kitty SG

me loh.

sum merchants wun care abt ur special instruction de lah.

mooch2001 SG

i google and found your chat re buying stuff from ebay and ship through vpost usa. i am stumped by shipping via vpost usa. i found some hard disks on ebay and seller does not ship international.

if i log into ebay using my profile, upon checking out i am prompted that seller does not ship to my country. in this case, i created another user and put the vpost usa address as my address.

however when i submit my registration, the error message is - unable to process information provided - apparently the primary telephone number is not recognised by ebay system

am i doing the correct thing? can anyone help me out. i am pulling all my hair out Evil or Very Mad

FireIce SG

separately contact the seller to explain u are using vpost as proxy
most sellers would understand lah