How to get products into Singapore from USA

August 22, 2011 1 Comment

Hi Friends,

This is just a small how to guide on how to get stuff from USA or other countries into Singapore !!

Step 1: Create an account on http://www.vpost.com.sg.   This is a subsidiary of Sing Post, the government company managing the postal operations in Singapore. So don’t worry , it is not a fly by night operator. Your money and products both are safe

Step 2:  Once you create your login Id, VPOST will give you a US address which will look something like this -

Name  ******* Varun Mittal
Address 1  17230 NE Sacramento Street
Address 2  Suite *******
City  Portland
State  Oregon
Zip Code  97230
Tel  (503) 736 5916

Step 3:  Buy whatever you want from USA, any on line retailer – Amazon , Barnes and Nobles, Ebay …anything which is legal to buy and import in Singapore. While you are buying put the virtual address you got in the shipping address place.

PS: Remember if you buy anything with invoice >400 SGD , you have to pay duty. Any purchase up to 400 SGD is not taxed in Singapore.

Step 4: Once you have done your purchase, send the invoice to invusa@vpost.com.sg with the following details -

  • Your VP Number and Full Name
  • Details of purchased products
  • Total amount of your purchase
  • Name & address of Merchant/Seller
    (Important if you are purchasing from an individual seller from ebay or Amazon)
  • Tracking number from merchant’s warehouse to your vPOST address
Step 5: Now you are done. Once your goods have been brought to Singapore, you will be notified via email. Those who are restless may check the status by logging into VPOST.
Step  6: Now is the MASTER STROKE time :)  You have to pay for the shipping once goods have reached Singapore. You are not aware of the shipping charges till now and now you see them …. Too high ..Don’t Worry DEAL SHARK is here :)
VPOST has several different schemes for different card owners , so check which card got what scheme at that time before you pay. By using the right card ( your own or that of  your friends)  you can get a killer deal. I got my Kindle shipped for 60 CENTS. Their are plenty of offers on most cards, and if you don’t find one you know who to contact !!!
Note 1 : The process is same for all countries served by VPOST – Japan, Europe, China
Note 2:  There are several other companies offering such services but VPOST is the recommendation of this oniomaniac. You guys are free to try other services and share your feedback ..
Disclaimer : Author is not assocaited with VPOST and all views expressed are purely personal !!

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The Myths of Innovation

July 10, 2011 Leave a comment

Google Tech Talks
May 14, 2007

ABSTRACT

Much of what we know about innovation is wrong. That’s the bet this talk takes, as it romps through the history of innovation, dispelling the mythologies we’ve constructed about how we got here. This talk, loosely based on the upcoming O’Reilly book (May 2007), will help you to recognize the myths, understand why they’re popular (even if you don’t believe in them), and how to use the truth to help you innovate today.

Speaker: Scott Berkun Credits: Speaker:Scott Berkun

PS : I don’t own any rights to this video or text above. I am only sharing it.

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Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning

May 29, 2011 Leave a comment

At the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves — while learning basic principles of science and design.

All the rights to content in this post belong to www.ted.com. I am only sharing the content I liked

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India Stock Market predictions for 15 February 2011

February 15, 2011 9 Comments

Yesterday: Market witnessed massive rally with all sectors in green. There was strong buying sentiment across all the counters. This was continuation of the Friday’s surge of 250 points on Sensex. Yesterday Sensex closed at 18202 up 473 points.

Prediction: The clouds of uncertainty are expected to last till budget. The market can correct a bit in short term depending on the buying pressures.

Stock to Watch: Banking stocks have covered a lot of ground.  Another area of  interest can be petrochemical companies. they are expected to provided some relief from the subsidy burden in the budget. Power Finance Corporation, IT stocks and Tata Motors are other stocks which needs to be followed after the rally of last 2 days.

Bears’ Honey

ADAG and RIL groups in dock over allegations of insider trading . RIL is facing 1500 Crore penalty.

Reliance communication and Tata Teleservices continued war of words over who gained most out of spectrum scams.

Bulls’ Horns

Inflation coming down and Planning Commission Vice Chairman Montek Singh declaring it will go down further

News of export markets in Russia opening for Indian crops like potato

See disclaimer at bottom

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India Stock Market predictions for 8 February 2011

February 8, 2011 Leave a comment

Yesterday: Yesterday was a choppy market with all experts divided on which direction will go. The trade today is also expected to on same lines. There is too much uncertainty.  Don’t get into hefty long positions for today.

Prediction: Unpredictable trade and to be safe Future contracts for March can be purchased to hedge the equity investments. Hold your mid caps and mutual funds, it is the worst time to offload them.  Stay away from MFI ,Real estate , Infrastructure at least for now.

Stock to Watch: ICICI  has breached its several lows. It can be a good time to enter the script. Gail is another long term counter showing some short term weakness. It will be good to get inside these scripts at these valuations. SBI looks bit expensive vis-a-vis the hit borne by other banking stocks. Hold on to your mutual funds if they are one of those dividend based schemes. All dividends are expected by March 15.

Bears’ Honey

Inflation , oil breaching the 100$ barrel mark, political instability due to Subramanyam Swamy requested governor nod to prosecute Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi and the new ISRO spectrum scam can be bigger than the whole telecom scam are ruling the minds of investors.

Bulls’ Horns

FII‘s might return to take charge of market just before the budget session.

Tomorrow shall put the report on what happened in market today.

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India Stock Market Prediction for 2 February 2011

February 2, 2011 Leave a comment

Yesterday: The result was not much in line with our xpectation and indices continued to bleed. IT majors like Oracle Financial Services were some of the biggest losers.  The index as a whole was in red barring minor aberrations.

Prediction: A recovery is visible on the horizon. The market should end its losing streak today. There is no need for widespread panic right now. To be safe Future contracts for April can be purchased to hedge the equity investments. It can be good opportunity for selective buying in the Banking sector. Hold your mid caps, it is the worst time to offload them.  Stay away from MFI  & Real estate at least for now.

Stock to Watch: RIL, Bharati Airtel( The results for today, the stock has shed close to 6.5% . The results are expected to be in line with street expectations and stock should rebound ), Indosolar ( down 30% from its listing prices , is attractive buy at current prices)

Bears’ Honey

Inflation  and oil breaching the 100$ barrel mark are ruling the minds of investors. RIL has continued to lose ground and breaching it support levels of  920 INR.

Bulls’ Horns

The raising on interest rates by bank to counter inflation provided some solace yesterday and the banks didn’t lose as much as others yesterday. Banks can build up some momentum today .  Bharti which contributes good numbers to Sensex index will be really looked forward to.

Tomorrow shall put the report on what happened in market today.

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Estranged Lovers – USA and China

July 11, 2010 1 Comment

One is a superpower trying to fix  its tattered and faltering economy and other if the emergent superpower producing almost everything at fraction of cost anyone else can.

They compete with each other, fight with each other on differnt issue but deep down the heart are aware that both need each other.

The bottom line is that China knows the biggest consumption driver is still USA and they hold over 2 trillion in  US treasury bonds. Now China is stuck with those bonds since there is none it can sell them off since so one has enough cash to buy them.

So at least in the near future the love hate relationship will continue.

This is the Cold War 2.0 with different foundations of conflict….History indeed repeats itself !!!

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