Monday, September 21, 2009

Payment Mode with Gmarket, Combined Shipping Information

There's always a lot of issues going on when I joined Gmarket... I tried to find the information by myself first before seeking help from others.

My Suggestion is

READ the Information on "Customer Service" @ Gmarket. Help yourself first by doing the reading. Compared to other buyers who have problem with English, I think we have no excuse not to read the FAQ.

Sometimes I see those lazy people going around posting elsewhere that 'its tough' to order from Gmarket. The problem is, they dont like to do their homework. They like people to spoonfeed them from the basic onwards! If they dont want to help themselves, dont expect others to help them.

I am not going to cover Credit card issues. Its clearly stated under the Customer Service section. No Spoonfeeding.

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G Account aka Cash Balance

There's this Qn going on my mind abt Cash Balance... how do I get my $ out of Cash Balance.

Cash Balance is there when I have excess shipping charges (charged but refunded) to the account.


We can use the $ in the Cash Balance for paying for our orders. However, you have to take note that it works only when....

1- Order amount Including Local and Overeas shipping charges is *less* than Cash Balance.
**You cannot pay with Cash Balances & Credit Card or Paypal

So in this case, all you can do is

1-Buy Gift Vr for yrself and deposit into Cash Balance (G account) <== Update : It seem to me that this can only be purchased by locals. I cannot buy 1 for myself. The Paypal, Credit card option is not available. Only Cash Balance. So the only way is to ask friend to buy and send u VR etc. from their Cash Balance

OR

2-Slowly accumulate yr $$$ to a big amt and then place an order

3-Find sellers that give a realistic weight of the items. ie I have purchased stickers from seller stating that 1 sticker pack (6pieces) = 1kg.... 1kg a bit impossible right

However this is good if u want to quickly accumulate yr Cash Balance

4-Split yr Order. For my case, I will split into 2 orders like what I have done earlier. ie, Placed one order using 106000Won for 1st Order in Cash Balance, place another order using Credit card. Then combine this 2 orders.

Besides this, I think we have no way to refund the $ out from Gaccount unless we have Bank Account in Korea. If this is wrong, pls let me know.

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Gift Certificate....

I have deposited my 50,000Won Gift Certificate to my Cash Balance & the amt of 50,000Won has been deposited after the transaction. No delays etc.




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Payment with G Account (Cash Balance)

For the 1st Order, I pay with my Gaccount (Cash Balance) $$$ > 100000Won. I select "G Account Cash Balance"




Payment Bank is Gaccount (Cash Balance)

The next msg said "Please pay the follow amount within 5days" >100000Won


I just clicked "Confirm"

Next, I go to see my Cash Balance and I see that the amount has been deducted directly from my Cash Balance




Then I placed another Order #2 with my Credit Card. In this case, select Foreign Card: CreditCard issued outside of Korea and select MASTER or VISA and click Pay


ps I am using CC instead of Paypal. I have Paypal account but I prefer to just stick to CC.



Note that its stated that : Payment will be made by USD.

There's USD amt and Korean Won amount. Do your maths and you will be able to find out how much $ you actually paid. For my case, I realised that if they charged by Korean Won, I will pay lesser than paying with USD. Right now Korean Won is going strong to USD but still rather weak to my home currency. THis simply sucks. A different of abt Local currency SGD$7


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Combine Shipping


Go to Shopping List... click "Overseas Order" and you will see this...





Ensure that


1-You have items thats under the status of On Request, Partial in Delivery, On Delivery. As long as *not* all the items are "Delivered", you will be able to combine them successfully.

However pls note that you shouldnt combine order when all yr order are "Delivered" or some under the status of "On Delivery" for a few days and might reach the HQ anytime.


Give some allowance in case the update are not done promptly and you end up with 2 boxes of shipment.

In my case, I have 2 Order No#1 and #2. Noticed that there's a box under the "Shipment". Click the corresponding boxes






Scroll down and Click "Request Combined Shipment"




Then you get this information..........

You should know what to click.

And this is the msg u should see....



I have noticed that in my case, for eg, Shipment no 123 and Shipment 125 has been combined for Order no#1 and #2 respectively. The combined shipping no. will be Shipment no 123.

If you do yr homework, you will read that we can only combine 2 shipments together. but that leave me wondering if I can place another order#3 and combine with my *new* Shipment no 123 (already combined with Order no#1 and #2).

So I went to kar jiao the Customer service.. and i get some replies that I dont understand. Nonetheless, I decided to check around and realised that, I SHOULDNT have even bother them! Wapiang............. booohoooo

Why?

Under the Shopping List, combine shipping,

I realised that *ALL* of those that I have combined order before (i combined a lot of orders prior to this too), do not have any boxes next to the Shipment no#!!!

So there is NO WAY you can add another order#3 and combine with the 1st Combined Order.

So now, I have no choice but to place my 3rd Order under new SHipment no. after this current amout shopping charges are transferred back to my account.

Why do I missed that then..... well I am in a hurry to place my 2nd order as my 1st order sellers ship the items VERY FAST out! One of them reached the next day! So i must quickly submit to 'catch' them on the same shipment back.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

US Order

Total Parcels (Summary)

Amazon - 8 items in ?? Parcels (4 items shipped in 2 parcels)
Cameta Camera - 1 item in 1 Parcel
Leatherstuffs - 4 items + 1 set item in 1 parcel
Cedarshoetree - 4 items in 1 Parcel

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Delivery estimate: September 16, 2009

Amazon - 1 Parcel (1 Item only) *arrived 15 Sept 09 -2.00 Lb

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Red)"
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Delivery estimate: September 16, 2009 *shipped
Amazon - 1 Parcel (2 Items only)

  • 1 "Joby GP3 Gorillapod SLR-Zoom Flexible Tripod for Digital SLR Cameras"Electronics; $30.73


  • and 1 "Transcend 16 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card TS16GSDHC6E [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]"


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Delivery estimate: September 16, 2009
Amazon - 1 Parcel (2 Items only) 1.0 lbs/0.5 kg

  • "Dance off the Inches: Dance It off Ballroom"Kristina Milova; DVD; $7.99



  • and "Joby GP1-EREN Gorillapod Flexible Tripod (Red)"Electronics; $19.36

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Delivery estimate: September 16, 2009 Shipped 1.00 Lb
Joby GP1-11EN Quick Release Replacement Clip for Joby GP1 Gorillapod"Electronics


Delivery estimate: September 21, 2009
Amazon 1 Parcel (1 Item only)


"Transcend 8 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card TS8GUSDHC6"Electronics; $21.33


Delivery estimate: September 29, 2009 - October 1, 2009
Amazon 1 Parcel (1 Item only)





  • "Exhale: Core Fusion Body Sculpt"Fred DeVito; DVD; $8.49



Cameta Camera
Cameta Camera (1 item only)
Delivery estimate: September 17, 2009 - September 22, 2009
Shipping estimate for these items: September 14, 2009 - September 15, 2009

1 "Joby BH1 Ball Head with Bubble Level for Joby GP3 Zoom Gorillapods"Electronics; Sold by: Cameta Camera

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1 Parcel (CedarShoes)









QTY 4 Meltonian All Purpose Cleaner


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1 Parcel (Leatherstuff)



Apple Rain and Stain RepellentPrice: QTY 3 @ $8.95 =$26.85










Apple Leather Care KitPrice: $12.95
QTY 1 @ $12.95 Apple Leather Care







8 Oz. BottlePrice: QTY: 1 @ $8.95

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Gmarket Latest Purchase

Finally received the parcel....... takes a day longer than I have estimated it to be. Dont know why take so long to clear the custom.

First time ordering tops and both are XL in case I cannot wear ... but end up one of the XL is way too big for me. aiyea sianz

The pink plastic contains 2 bags. ....

This is the synethic leather bag. Not bad.
There's another black patent bag which looks nicer than in pics. However, it has the strong chemical smell in the lining area. There's few portions with bling glitters on the material.


I like this belt but one friend said its weird and another said its nice and unique. :) Gold trims and bling bling with faux ivory pearls.


The 2 XL tops and stationery. One of the top is too large for me.


The stationery link I get from chocospray hahahhaa

The smaller weekly planner is colored while the 2 bigger notebooks are just grey scale papers. The inside are the same - cats print. Luckily, the items are send with the correct quantity. After the earrings nightmare, I am kind of sketical abt ordering same item with more than 1 Qty.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Fuji Instax 55 Cheki

Wohooo I have just received this today! This is a Japanese model Instax 55 Cheki. This is different from the 55i Version. According to seller, the lens of 55 Cheki is of high quality lens. Forgot the term of the lens. Anyway, this is some pic of the items.... Pretty expensive but I am into Japanese stuffs too so yea, I rather pay more for Cheki instead of 55i.
Went home to try the camera...... I thought there is a zoom function but there isnt!!! and then end up 1st pic is 2 stunned faces looking at thin air. ahhaha .
My purchase exclude the bag and some accessories like pen and pretty strap. I will be buying the accessories from Gmarket! So stay tune.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

GMarket Guideline II

Earlier, I have printscreen the EMS Overseas shipping which said that the item is not found. Dont freak out. When the item has been shipped to you (or dispatch in this case), Gmarket will send u an email. Dont keep on disturb the Gmarket Customer service asking Where is yr item,why its not updated etc.





I have learnt a lot *by myself* ..... anyway the article will reach me tomorrow. Most probably in the morning. Shall update again Woohoo

Monday, August 24, 2009

Gmarket Guideline

hmnn Gmarket has changed the format since 1-2mths ago i supposed. They have the Gstamps but thats too confusing for me. They still need to improve on the explaination of exchanging OR applying Gstamps for the discounts.

One of it is u will get to change for the discount coupon and another is like a random draw to 'waste' yr Gstamps away.

Then they seem to have the terms n conditions for the discount coupon too. Getting tooooooo confusing because there is a lack of information.

ie if I exchange this Gstamps for this discount coupon, where can i apply this coupon or it can be applied anywhere. Is there any expiry date. WHEN is the expiry date if I decided not to use it....


Easy guideline after placing yr order....


Shopping list will show u the list of items u have ordered under the order no.

In my case, i have 2 order numbers combined into 1. ie, I placed 1 order on Fri and another on Monday. I have combined these 2 to be packed and shipped together in 1 shipment box. This will save the cost as Gmarket or EMS tend to pack our individual packs in big box!!!

As you can see, under the Shopping List, you are able to see 'Domestic Shipping' information.... This information is "On Request" at the initial stage after the order has been placed.....


Various status under "Shipping"

On Request = Seller should received the order and will process it out

Domestic on Delivery = Items have been shipped out by sellers.

Delivered = Items have reached Gmarket or the place to consolidate our order. Lets just say that its Gmarket HQ to make things easier.


Tracking = Track the items from Korea Seller to Gmarket HQ. Sometimes its too early to be tracked. So the pop up box will not show anything. Basically I am not concern with this. I am more concerned with the final pdts reaching my place in the CORRECT QUANTITY.

Note that Korea HQ will not open up our boxes to count or double check the items. However, i think they might help us repacked some of the items because I have received stocks from 2 sellers in the EMS box but without their individual boxes.

*The above is only for status from the goods within Korea. ie From seller to the Korea HQ for consolidating our orders to be shipped out via EMS.

This appears after I clicked 'More' or something on the right side of the page.
Note that its stated as 'In Overseas Shipping Process'



Earlier on, I have paid 40k+ Won for Estimated shipping of 7kg+.
Now, the actual weight has been updated to be 3.75kg
Gmarket will shows the amt of Estimated Shipping minus the Actual shipping.. in this case, 20100Won.

This amt has been transferred to my Gaccount for the next purchase.



This is the international shipping charges. My order is 3.75kg but I was charged 4kg. I think they round up to the nearest half a kg.


Right now, I am seeing this......No order number etc EMS item number can be found. HOWEVER, you dont have to panic upon seeing this.

Your item number is not found.

You should wait for a few hrs or maybe 1-2 days if its on wkend before u check the status of overseas shipping.

ie, 4pm the tracking shows that it reached my country and the postman reached my place by 5pm!!! To conclude, the site isnt showing the latest tracking record. Lapse of time etc.



This is an eg of a tracking EMS no.

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Anyway I just bought 2 bags thinking they are REAL leather. boohooo never do homework

do not copy pics and wordings. u can always put as reference
And well, both bags are SYNETHIC leather......... ARGKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK no wonder 50% discount. *pull hair* but Quality looks good. Looking forward to my orders!