Comments on: Wistful. http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Bobo http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-498 Bobo Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:37:09 +0000 http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-498 Hi dearie... just thought I should share this with you. I sent a parcel to China before. The address was in traditional chinese characters, which aren't very different from the simplified ones. The parcel arrived in China only to be sent back to Singapore with a note; That they didn't understand (refuse to) the address and requested the Singapore Postal Service to provide it in Simplified Chinese Characters. Singpost then contacted me and I amended it, emailed to them again and the nice guy from the post office pasted it on the parcel for me. And... about a month later it reached my friend... parcel half wrecked. some of the contents were spoilt. This was to Guangzhou... so... That's my experience. I hope you have a better one though. Hi dearie… just thought I should share this with you.

I sent a parcel to China before. The address was in traditional chinese characters, which aren’t very different from the simplified ones. The parcel arrived in China only to be sent back to Singapore with a note; That they didn’t understand (refuse to) the address and requested the Singapore Postal Service to provide it in Simplified Chinese Characters. Singpost then contacted me and I amended it, emailed to them again and the nice guy from the post office pasted it on the parcel for me. And… about a month later it reached my friend… parcel half wrecked. some of the contents were spoilt.

This was to Guangzhou… so… That’s my experience. I hope you have a better one though.

]]> By: lijunlaopo http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-500 lijunlaopo Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:15:34 +0000 http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-500 Hi bobo, Thanks for sharing. We had something sent to Hefei by Fedex once and it completely disappeared, Patrick had to call up the company and arrange to meet the courier somewhere as they just didn't bother contacting us when they couldn't find our apartment. It is a bit of a worry getting stuff sent here... I might just have to go to Shanghai and see if I can find a good bookstore! :D Hi bobo,
Thanks for sharing.
We had something sent to Hefei by Fedex once and it completely disappeared, Patrick had to call up the company and arrange to meet the courier somewhere as they just didn’t bother contacting us when they couldn’t find our apartment.
It is a bit of a worry getting stuff sent here… I might just have to go to Shanghai and see if I can find a good bookstore! :D

]]> By: Baxter Tocher http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-501 Baxter Tocher Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:39:36 +0000 http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-501 Sally, it's worth bearing in mind that you can order from any Amazon store and have goods shipped pretty much anywhere. I'm in the UK and I regularly buy stuff from Amazon UK and Amazon US (some packages from both are sent from Germany). I've also bought from Amazon Germany and considered buying from Amazon Japan, though negotiating through the checkout process might be a bit tricky if you can't read the language (I can't read either of those!). Sally, it’s worth bearing in mind that you can order from any Amazon store and have goods shipped pretty much anywhere. I’m in the UK and I regularly buy stuff from Amazon UK and Amazon US (some packages from both are sent from Germany).

I’ve also bought from Amazon Germany and considered buying from Amazon Japan, though negotiating through the checkout process might be a bit tricky if you can’t read the language (I can’t read either of those!).

]]> By: lijunlaopo http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-502 lijunlaopo Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:50:46 +0000 http://lijunlaopo.com/life/wistful/#comment-502 Hi Baxter :) Thank-you! It's worth giving it a shot then, although it seems buying from Amazon may become a bit addictive!!?? Hi Baxter :)
Thank-you!
It’s worth giving it a shot then, although it seems buying from Amazon may become a bit addictive!!??

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