Sprees see strength in numbers
Eighteen years, Joanna Wong likes “American Idol,” Pop-music singers like Celine Dion, graphs and T-shirts from American Eagle Outfitters.The first two are not a problem for you, in his hometown - satellite TV and music as HMV Mega Stores are easily accessible in Singapore. But the American Eagle T-shirts are another thing. The company has no subsidiaries in Singapore - or somewhere in Asia - and although the brand is sold in one of USA relatively few American Web sites, vessels abroad, $ 19.50 l ‘buying a T-shirt would cost a budget Wong Dexterity game $ 25 international shipping charges.
Nothing, until last fall, as Wong spreeing discovered online, a growing trend among youth, Singapore, the cost of modes in foreign magazines and television, but can not find at home. On a small but growing number of local businesses online forums, the concept of “Spree” is ripe for a group of buyers, to combine their purchasing lists and make a department store to a merchant online, the seat is abroad. The participants shared all delivery charges and VAT for goods returned to Singapore, which drastically reduces the final price that their decision to purchase should, if everyone had purchased and delivered on their own.
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