Whats ur Philippine online shopping experience?

**midinite** · April 27th, 2007 12:23 PM

All of us here most of the time. Question is do we shop online as well? Personally i havent tried the local sites and was wondering what they are like. What local sites have you made online purchases on and what was it like?

**theveed** · April 27th, 2007 01:28 PM

Technically there are only a few shops here that offers true online shopping (meaning, online payment, door-to-door shipping), most online stores are mere catalogs and you still have to transact face to face or manual payment transfers.

I've tried a couple and it's too small of a population to generalize the whole market, but I've noticed that most stores don't really know how to transact online, your orders are usually processed by an automated shopping cart and unless you give them a call, chances are, your order won't get noticed right away.

That happened when I ordered from Island Rose last Valentines. I made my order 2 weeks ahead of time (before Feb) and asked them to deliver the items on Feb 13. I emailed them almost once a week but no email replies.

Feb 13 came, no item delivered... The manager said "di napickup ng courier, naiwan sa table nya"... Yeah right..

She promised next day delivery before noon daw dating, dumating mga 330PM na and the surprise value is gone already. At least they compensated by doubling my order, pero bale wala din coz nobody was at home to receive it and many of the flowers I ordered weren't able to survive the heat. The flowers whithered in 2 days only.

All in all, most online stores I've experienced here still take their online presence for granted.

**joem** · April 27th, 2007 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by theveed

Technically there are only a few shops here that offers true online shopping (meaning, online payment, door-to-door shipping), most online stores are mere catalogs and you still have to transact face to face or manual payment transfers.

I've tried a couple and it's too small of a population to generalize the whole market, but I've noticed that most stores don't really know how to transact online, your orders are usually processed by an automated shopping cart and unless you give them a call, chances are, your order won't get noticed right away.

That happened when I ordered from Island Rose last Valentines. I made my order 2 weeks ahead of time (before Feb) and asked them to deliver the items on Feb 13. I emailed them almost once a week but no email replies.

Feb 13 came, no item delivered... The manager said "di napickup ng courier, naiwan sa table nya"... Yeah right..

She promised next day delivery before noon daw dating, dumating mga 330PM na and the surprise value is gone already. At least they compensated by doubling my order, pero bale wala din coz nobody was at home to receive it and many of the flowers I ordered weren't able to survive the heat. The flowers whithered in 2 days only.

All in all, most online stores I've experienced here still take their online presence for granted.

tanong ko lang, it is safe to buy online specially when you are using credit card to pay? ano ba ang dapat kong malaman bago mag purchase online?

thanks

**midinite** · April 27th, 2007 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by joem

tanong ko lang, it is safe to buy online specially when you are using credit card to pay? ano ba ang dapat kong malaman bago mag purchase online?

thanks

Ask ko lang. Is it just me as well or are many out there wary of giving their credit card details out online? Are there any other ways to pay aside from having to do a face to face transaction? this is in the local context of course

**theveed** · April 27th, 2007 02:22 PM

Midinite: Yes, a lot "traditional" folks still don't realize that online (encrypted) credit card transactions are more secure than traditional over-the-counter approach hehe.

I wonder if folks are aware that bulk of credit card fraud transactions are commited in bars and restaurants.

**hybrid** · April 27th, 2007 02:40 PM

I've bought airline tickets on the net via credit card and just printed out my e-ticket. ok naman

I've sold and bought from stuff from other sites semi "on-line", item is still paid via bank transfer and items are shipped. sometimes w/o even a phone call.

FrankDrebin · April 27th, 2007 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by theveed

Midinite: Yes, a lot "traditional" folks still don't realize that online (encrypted) credit card transactions are more secure than traditional over-the-counter approach hehe.

I agree with theveed unless you've got phished or transacted with some flybynight merchants. Make sure the merchants are dependable like Amazon, Buy.com, etc.

**BlueBimmer** · April 27th, 2007 03:41 PM

ive never had any problems transacting online using my CC, but never tried local online stores though....sobrang konti kasi at wala rin variety.

palagi bank deposit lang or Gcash.

**joem** · April 27th, 2007 04:09 PM

Balak ko kasing bibili nang spare part sa aking laptop sa http://www.pchub.com using my credit card.

may naka try nabang nakabili sa site na ito sa inyo?

thanks a lot.

**midinite** · April 27th, 2007 04:25 PM

have done credit card and paypal myself pero only for overseas sites. was more wondering how it is for local online companies. ebay.ph is still direct to seller right?