Soooo I was tracking the shipment online....it arrived yesterday 8/14 BUT I was at work...missed the delivery annnnndddd I couldnt pick it up at the post office since apparently the delivery guy wouldnt get back till they closed?!? GRRRRR AND SO I couldnt wait till after work! picked up the package while on my lunch break....just SERIOUSLY wanted to just HOLD it! <3 |
Firstly...since I live in America (USA) and not China, I purchased through this agent http://www.engtaobao.com/.
My total Purchase Order was $371.14 (you can see what I bought here)
After the Agent Fee, and Conversion Fee it was $384.13
I payed and completed this transaction on 7/25/13.
Then came waiting for my items to arrive at the Agent's facility...
All of my items arrived at the sorting facility 8/5 ready and waiting to be shipped to me.
Engtaobao offers a few shipping options and I chose the cheapest...cuz I'm not in that big of a hurry to pay THAT much more to get it to me sooner...so I picked SMD (15-30 days)
My package was estimated 14kg = $147.58
After Conversion Fee the Shipping Total = $152.74
I paid on 8/7, my items were shipped out on 8/9 and arrived (technically) on 8/15!
That's pretty fast!
Overall....for what I bought $371.14, my total spent was $536.87. (An extra of about $165.73 for shipping/handling and agent fees)
I dont mind, it's not that much more for ALL THE STUFF I BOUGHT! If I bought all of this stuff on ebay I'm pretty sure it would easily have been much more.
What was awesome was that I didnt have to pay a customs fee! my last purchase (through a group order...so not on my own) we had to pay a stupid freaking CUSTOMS FEE! like WTH....but yea...thank goodness I didnt have to pay for this purchase.
I guess we've kind of just given up on trying to figure out why that happened...and just brushed it under the carpet (lets just call it a freak happening)
But! if it helps...for this purchase my package was marked as a gift and a total value of $20 (good job engtaobao!)
I dont believe customs even touched my package. Everything was still nicely packed into the box and no extra taping on the outside indicating that it had been opened.