Aramex global shopper

[Intell1gence]

Im struggling to add the chinese addess to my Taobao account.
Its complaining that i need to provide a street address and suggests
"Xinhong Street". Is this correct?

Also its not accepting the +86 4006318388 number. It states that:"The
phone number format is incorrect. Please re-enter"

Anyone have any advice?

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

@DeeinSouthAfrica

How can i use Taobao without a chinese bank account? It seems as though alipay wants me to authenticate my identity (ID/Passport no) and provide it with a chinese bank account number?

Way back when, I Googled it...
http://www.smartshanghai.com/articles/smsh/yes-foreigners-can-use-alipay-this-is-how

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Im struggling to add the chinese addess to my Taobao account.
Its complaining that i need to provide a street address and suggests
"Xinhong Street". Is this correct?

Also its not accepting the +86 4006318388 number. It states that:"The
phone number format is incorrect. Please re-enter"

Anyone have any advice?

I always add this to the comments section when I pay for anything on Taobao.
The XXXXXX is your name and account number.
The Aramex Shanghai address is correct.

Please search this thread for Taobao, as I did place a comprehensive guide on how to enter your details.

我的地址是：XXXXXXXXX, 4006318388，上海市闵行区沪青平路248弄15号1号，201105
上海的地址是Aramex Sinotrans，他们没有手机。其他快递公司对他们了如指掌。
办公室电话号码是+86 4006318388。
申通快递，中通快递和圆通快递成功送达了这个地址。 请不要在包裹中放置任何发票。
请注意，收件人不会向快递公司支付任何费用。

My address is: XXXXXXXX, 4006318388, No. 1, No. 15, Lane 248, Huqingping Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 201105
The address in Shanghai is Aramex Sinotrans, they do not have a mobile phone. Other courier companies know them well.
The office phone number is +86 4006318388.
Shentong Express, Zhongtong Express and Yuantong Express successfully delivered this address. Please do not place any invoices in the package.
Please note that the recipient will not pay any fees to the courier company.

 

[Intell1gence]

Way back when, I Googled it...
http://www.smartshanghai.com/articles/smsh/yes-foreigners-can-use-alipay-this-is-how

Thank you @DeeinSouthAfrica

This is where i get a bit lost:
"Since then, it's changed our lives (better? worse?) and become second nature for those of us living in China. "
"Here is where you enter your Chinese bank card number. You can add foreign debit and credit cards here too, but to add funds into your Alipay balance you’ll need to add the Chinese one first. "

Do you have an Chinese bank account? And did you provide them with your ID/Passport?

 

[Intell1gence]

I always add this to the comments section when I pay for anything on Taobao.
The XXXXXX is your name and account number.
The Aramex Shanghai address is correct.

Please search this thread for Taobao, as I did place a comprehensive guide on how to enter your details.

我的地址是：XXXXXXXXX, 4006318388，上海市闵行区沪青平路248弄15号1号，201105
上海的地址是Aramex Sinotrans，他们没有手机。其他快递公司对他们了如指掌。
办公室电话号码是+86 4006318388。
申通快递，中通快递和圆通快递成功送达了这个地址。 请不要在包裹中放置任何发票。
请注意，收件人不会向快递公司支付任何费用。

My address is: XXXXXXXX, 4006318388, No. 1, No. 15, Lane 248, Huqingping Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 201105
The address in Shanghai is Aramex Sinotrans, they do not have a mobile phone. Other courier companies know them well.
The office phone number is +86 4006318388.
Shentong Express, Zhongtong Express and Yuantong Express successfully delivered this address. Please do not place any invoices in the package.
Please note that the recipient will not pay any fees to the courier company.

Thanks for this as well.
Please see the pictures attached.

It states that:"The phone number format is incorrect. Please re-enter"
Its also complaining that i need to provide a street address and suggests
"Xinhong Street". Doesn't want me to continue. "is not, i am perfect myself" does nothing.

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Thank you @DeeinSouthAfrica

This is where i get a bit lost:
"Since then, it's changed our lives (better? worse?) and become second nature for those of us living in China. "
"Here is where you enter your Chinese bank card number. You can add foreign debit and credit cards here too, but to add funds into your Alipay balance you’ll need to add the Chinese one first. "

Do you have an Chinese bank account? And did you provide them with your ID/Passport?

I gave them my FNB Debit card, and I gave them my South African ID number.

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Thanks for this as well.
Please see the pictures attached.

It states that:"The phone number format is incorrect. Please re-enter"
Its also complaining that i need to provide a street address and suggests
"Xinhong Street". Doesn't want me to continue. "is not, i am perfect myself" does nothing.

Taobao Shanghai info is on posts #2794 and #2795.

 

[shiverz]

I ordered a part for my friends super bike from eBay UK which was delivered on the 21st by Hermes. To date the AGS app/ website has no info about it. How do I go about about finding out what's going on with my parcel? The JHB call centre keeps asking me 'What would I like them to do' when I call.

 

[Heitamooks]

I'm having the same issue with the UK Aramex office. What makes it worse, my item was shipped without a tracking number.

 

[neoprema]

Aramex is a waste of space on this planet.

2 Packages from China - basically the same thing with a very minor weight difference.
One went DHL, one went Aramex
The Aramex was 50% cheaper than the DHL

DHL : Took 4 days from China to Johannesburg. 1 day to clear customs, 1 day to deliver.
Aramex: Took 5 days from China to Johannesburg. 3 days it sat at customs with no emails and they told me no invoice for payment yet then they sent me an invoice finally.
8 days later, it cleared customs. They kept blaming OR Tambo Customs.. (weird no one else does..)
2 days later they deliver it.

DHL: 6 days to door
Aramex: 18 days to door.

Will next touch Aramex again.

 

[Wisemansa]

I ordered a part for my friends super bike from eBay UK which was delivered on the 21st by Hermes. To date the AGS app/ website has no info about it. How do I go about about finding out what's going on with my parcel? The JHB call centre keeps asking me 'What would I like them to do' when I call.

Email jnb@aramexglobalshopper.com with the tracking number and explain that it hasn't shown up in your account for x days.
Once it's above 3 days they do investigate it, and it will probably be found in the origin to have been missing your AGS account number.
I've found quicker results by phoning them, 011 457 3000, then global shopper option

 

[shiverz]

Email jnb@aramexglobalshopper.com with the tracking number and explain that it hasn't shown up in your account for x days.
Once it's above 3 days they do investigate it, and it will probably be found in the origin to have been missing your AGS account number.
I've found quicker results by phoning them, 011 457 3000, then global shopper option

Thank you. Going to do that today.

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

One went DHL, one went Aramex
The Aramex was 50% cheaper than the DHL
DHL: 6 days to door
Aramex: 18 days to door.

Quite simply put:

DHL is express.
Aramex Global Shopper is Economy.
Aramex do have an Express option for people in a hurry for their shipments.

Your parcel waited for space on the airplane. If the plane was full of Aramex Express shipments your parcel got bumped off.
In SA at customs your parcel waited for Aramex to first clear the Express shipments, as those people paid way more for fast service.

Aramex Global Shopper is a cheap and sometimes nasty service, but you do receive your parcel eventually.

Yes, it's slow, but you get what you pay for.

 

[Napalm2880]

Anyone know of some promo codes?

 

[Dill]

How do I buy a phone from Aliexpress using Aramex Global shopper? Ship to Hong Kong?

 

[Tinuva]

I also have a quick question.

Bought an item from a person on a forum website in the US (kinda like MyBB classifieds.
Sent the $ using paypal as a gift to ensure the seller get the amount he was asking. The item is enroute to AGS, so I need to make up an invoice for this.

Do I specify the amount I wanted to pay to the seller, or the amount+paypal-fee. The reason I ask, paypal shows $60 dollar payment, but with the fee included its $67.95, and obviously the bank statement will match the 67.95 in Rand.

Should I put 60 or 67.95 on the invoice I create?

 

[neoprema]

One went DHL, one went Aramex
The Aramex was 50% cheaper than the DHL
DHL: 6 days to door
Aramex: 18 days to door.

Quite simply put:

DHL is express.
Aramex Global Shopper is Economy.
Aramex do have an Express option for people in a hurry for their shipments.

Your parcel waited for space on the airplane. If the plane was full of Aramex Express shipments your parcel got bumped off.
In SA at customs your parcel waited for Aramex to first clear the Express shipments, as those people paid way more for fast service.

Aramex Global Shopper is a cheap and sometimes nasty service, but you do receive your parcel eventually.

Yes, it's slow, but you get what you pay for.

Interesting view, probably explains the speed difference. I was expecting my Aramex parcel to come at the speed of the DHL one.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

I also have a quick question.

Bought an item from a person on a forum website in the US (kinda like MyBB classifieds.
Sent the $ using paypal as a gift to ensure the seller get the amount he was asking. The item is enroute to AGS, so I need to make up an invoice for this.

Do I specify the amount I wanted to pay to the seller, or the amount+paypal-fee. The reason I ask, paypal shows $60 dollar payment, but with the fee included its $67.95, and obviously the bank statement will match the 67.95 in Rand.

Should I put 60 or 67.95 on the invoice I create?

Do 67.95, just make up your own commercial invoice. They don't normally request proof of payment.

I had to make up my own when receiving replacement computers parts from the USA, as its replacement it does not have invoice with it, as I did not pay anything.

 

[Tinuva]

Do 67.95, just make up your own commercial invoice. They don't normally request proof of payment.

I had to make up my own when receiving replacement computers parts from the USA, as its replacement it does not have invoice with it, as I did not pay anything.

I dont expect them to ask proof of payment, but just in case they do I dont want to have to back paddle and get things fixed. Strangely enough, I have once been asked for my paypal proof of payment on an item that actually had an invoice. So its not common, but can happen.

But yeah, thank you, let me go with the 67.95

 

[Tinuva]

Just used https://invoice-generator.com to create the invoice, was super easy and looks good.