Comments on: Hello EasyShop!

By: Khan

Khan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:16:45 +0000

I agree Aramex can be expensive but I have been using them for five years and have spent thousands of dollars in delivery fees but it has been worth it for me. I tried Borderlinx, shipped with them twice (two years apart) and both experiences resulted in shipping charges that were three to four times as much as they would have been otherwise. Plus DHL charges duty and asks you now to pay upfront via PayPal? Duty? For what you EFFING assholes? These are personal items, if I bring them in on a flight, I will never be charged by KSA Customs. So EFF YOU DHL.

At least you get what you pay for with Aramex. And they are accommodating. They have dropped hundreds of dollars in shipping charges and combined shipments for me. Once, when a shipment took three weeks and cost SR375, they dropped the entire shipping fee to compensate me. Granted I am a regular customer who uses the service a lot (usually three or four times a month) but no one has to do that. This is not a service-oriented nation and most businesses simply don’t care, so I appreciate Aramex for what they have done for me. I will continue to use them despite the fact that I have to pay NY tax every single time on Amazon merchandise. That’s very painful for me!

But man, I wish they were cheaper and I wish they could store and forward like Borderlinx does. It is the ONLY advantage DHL has over Aramex but it doesn’t mean shit in the greater scheme of things.

By: Abdul

Abdul — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:50:20 +0000

Borderlinxs is rip-off. Think twice before using this service.
Actual weight of my package was 2.1 lb. They charged shipping for 5 KG. Cost of item was $ 45. They estimated cost as $ 100 and charged about 8% duty. And finally they lost the package in transit. My total cost was about $ 300 and they are offering $ 100 as compensation. Shipping cost itself is more than $ 140. It is almost a month since they lost it and I a waiting for compensation.
So think twice before using this service.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:07:43 +0000

Hi, I am new to easyshop and with my first shipment I wondered how did my 3.1 lbs backpack(delivered by ups to my suite) came to 4.96kgs in the final invoice. I keep on emailing the easyhop rep here in Kuwait but to no avail.

By: Mohannad

Mohannad — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:22:13 +0000

I’ve just called DHL and they said that the charges will be like this;

If the real weight is bigger then the charges will be based on it.
If the box size is bigger than the weight then the charges will be based on it.

So it’s not like u said guys that they only charge over the real weight.

By: Fawzy Mawy

Fawzy Mawy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:05:27 +0000

dhl egypt shop is a bad experience in Egypt.
ALL, DHL easy shop is the worst experience in Egypt. they dont have a clue about the service and it is all in a hand of one person, which as you expect is never their and never answer phone extension, nor email, even his mobile number and not reply to SMS.

By: Khaled CheckMate

Khaled CheckMate — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:00:56 +0000

So we have people who prefer Aramex and others DHL. Has anybody tried Fedex?
And what about the prices? Are they all the same?
For example, Aramex charge me 3.5kd for the 1st 0.5KG and 2.5kd for every other 0.5kg.
How about the others?
And can we negotiate with them because I honestly do feel like I’m being ripped off. Seriously, I don’t want to buy something for 100kd in Kuwait when I can get the same thing for half the price on amazon. But with the shipping, it ends up being almost the same price. That Sucks!
Anyways, back to my original question: priceing differences and can we negotiate for better rates?
Thanks

By: Jackson

Jackson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:47:41 +0000

Not really, when you register, you can access your account but you won’t get the US shipping address, you guys need to go back to ur emails and open up the link they sent you, that will take you to whatever way to pay, other than that your accounts still not be activated, goodluck

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:00:38 +0000

now that’s very weird. maybe they removed the setup charge after my post?

By: slim

slim — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:51:18 +0000

ya i opened an account too but was not charged anything.. are you sure you have to pay before using the service? im pretty sure im suppose to pay lol but where do i do that!

By: AFB

AFB — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:05:36 +0000

Are you sure there is setup fees? I just created an account and it did not take me to the payment gateway.

By: The Drobo

The Drobo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:45:07 +0000

[...] $70. So I swapped it for my new DHL address and poof no tax. It’s my first time shipping with DHL EasyShop so will post my review once I get the [...]

By: M

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:12:05 +0000

A friend of mine just told me about this post.

I’m the one who made http://noeasyshop.com . I’m not attacking DHL or saying they’re bad, I’m just putting out my (bad) experience with them so that everyone knows what to expect when ordering using DHL, since people who have been using Aramex expect to pay for the weight of the shipment only regardless of it’s volumetric weight.

DHL is pretty fast and reliable, but people have been having a lot of problems with them related to overpaying for shipments (mainly due to volumetric weight).

Aramex isn’t as reliable and as fast as DHL, but at least I can always tell beforehand how much am I going to pay when my shipment arrives. And although I’m 100% satisfied with them so far, I know a few people who had delayed/missing shipments issues with them.

At the end, you should really study and/or try all of your options and see what suits you best. There isn’t any one solution that works for everyone.