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Amazon shipping cost

Post by glalt » July 27, 2021, 3:01 pm

Does anyone deal with Amazon? I wanted to buy a coffee maker that cost about 45 dollars. I quickly forgot about it when I saw the shipping cost was $107 dollars, yes no typo. More than double the cost of the coffee maker.

I was finally able to find the same machine on Thailand Central Online with free shipping. It is now on order.



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Post by newtovillagelife » July 27, 2021, 3:32 pm

glalt wrote:
July 27, 2021, 3:01 pm
Does anyone deal with Amazon? I wanted to buy a coffee maker that cost about 45 dollars. I quickly forgot about it when I saw the shipping cost was $107 dollars, yes no typo. More than double the cost of the coffee maker.

I was finally able to find the same machine on Thailand Central Online with free shipping. It is now on order.
Amazon is North American, hence the extremely high shipping fees to Thailand.
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Post by joepai » July 27, 2021, 3:46 pm

Plus they also include Tax
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Post by fdimike » July 27, 2021, 4:51 pm

I use Amazon for items I can't locate in Thailand. Yes sometimes the shipping cost can be high mostly due to the world wide Covid situation. Yes Amazon does collect import duty in advance, however they also reimburse the buyer when the import duty is less than their estimate or is not collected at all. I have had numerous refunds from them for uncollected tax by Thai authorities.
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Post by sometimewoodworker » July 27, 2021, 5:20 pm

glalt wrote:
July 27, 2021, 3:01 pm
Does anyone deal with Amazon? I wanted to buy a coffee maker that cost about 45 dollars. I quickly forgot about it when I saw the shipping cost was $107 dollars, yes no typo. More than double the cost of the coffee maker.
Yes. If the items I want are not available locally/
Amazon is North American, hence the extremely high shipping fees to Thailand.
I use the international/U.K. Amazon shops. Sometimes the shipping and duties are high sometimes not. For electrical products using Amazon USA is a poor choice.
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Post by tamada » July 27, 2021, 8:00 pm

^ Yeah... the American 110 V thing is an (appliance) killer here.

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