Buying online from Lazada

[PeteC]

When he gets there ask him to pronounce his last name, then give him some different English spelling options. He and his family will thank you.

[migrant]

He just left our house on soi 6 after a delivery

[Dannie Boy]

Motorbike Apisit - he arrived as I was preparing dinner so my wife collected the parcel and didn’t mention anything about changing his name!!

[wenshidi]

While I do admit that I have purchased from Lazada in the past, I have now stopped doing so. I would much rather support local businesses that some enormous Chinese megacorp. Also, I do not approve of the way that delivery drivers are being taken advantage of.

[Big Boy]

Whilst your principles are commendable. I have 3 problems:

- The range of goods available in Hua Hin shops.
- With prices often at least doubled compared with Lazada, Shopee, etc, I can't afford to have principles. A recent example, I needed a dozen pool noodles - total cost, including shipping from China was 278฿. A single identical noodle in Bluport was 180฿, which would have cost 2,160฿. A difference of 1,882฿.
- I hate physical shopping in Thailand. I know I am being ripped off, and I won't barter. Nothing makes me cringe more than the phrase shouted at me as I walk away, "How much do you want to pay then?"

I actually think delivery drivers are one of Thailand's most efficient services. Maybe you could expand on how they are taken advantage of. If we all follow your principal of not using them, surely we are putting them out of work.

[migrant]

We buy local whenever possible, and feasible. Like BB I hate shopping and even hate shopping online. But, like BB said sometimes it's just too much difference.

[buksida]

Agree with both sides, hate the China mega-corps, but you simply can't buy most of what is on those ecommerce platforms where I live. Buying 'locally' would involve a two hour drive only to get overcharged for the same product at the end of it!

Besides, the Kerry drivers know us well now - the mrs seems to live on the thing so they're round almost daily.

[Dannie Boy]

I’d have thought there is room for both - I’m all for supporting local businesses where they can provide what I’m looking for, but finding what you need locally is not always easy. Our recent purchase from Lazada was a sewing kit for my wife - various coloured cottons, needles, scissors, tape etc. Although the price was reasonable, the items once opened didn’t look as robust as the ones in the photo. By chance, we went to HH yesterday and my wife asked a shop owner if there was a good “haberdashery” shop in HH and was given directions - for anybody requiring such items, it was an Aladdins Cave of everything a sewing person might want - prices were also reasonable but the biggest plus was being able to “see before you buy”.

We will continue to use Lazada for items that are not available locally, or where the price difference justifies it.


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[HHTel]

I've used Lazada quite extensively in the last few years. Most of the members are actually Thai businesses so although the marketing model is owned by Ali Baba, the sellers are mainly Thai and therefore buying from Lazada is actually supporting the Thai economy.
Incidentally, Ali Baba only bought a controlling share in Lazada in 2016, partly helped by Tesco selling their stake.
As far as delivery goes, I've found them very efficient. The two main ones are Kerry and Lex Th. Almost always delivered ahead of time.

[Big Boy]

It does work both ways. We recently bought a new washing machine locally for 10,888฿. Exact same model on Lazada:

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You have to use online shopping as an extension of the old fashioned High Street. If something was cheaper in Woolworths than Marks and Spencer, how many would have gone to Marks and Spencer to buy it?

[Dannie Boy]

Actually, in the good old days a lot of people associated the “snob appeal” of being able to say they shop at M&S - however these days it doesn’t hold very much truth, so you’re pretty much correct about buying wherever it’s cheaper.


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[HHTel]

You're absolutely correct, BB.
I have found on several occasions items locally that are cheaper than Lazada. Also, when finding an item online, it's often being sold by multiple stores on the same platform. For example, having bought an Intex pool recently, the pool, pump and other accessories varied enormously in price from different sellers. The exact same pump for instance varied in price from 4,000 baht to over 8,000 baht.
Even browsing Lazada, you have to 'shop around'!

[Big Boy]

Even browsing Lazada, you have to 'shop around'!

Hence the earlier advice regarding https://www.priceza.com/

[buksida]

Lazada blames third party for data leak; leak affects Shopee and Line as well
Following reports that Alibaba-owned e-commerce giants Lazada had suffered a data hack, the company said on Saturday that the leak was from a third-party provider and not in-house servers.

Up to 13 million accounts in Thailand were compromised by hackers triggering worries of compromised financial data and privacy details.

“Our investigation shows that the leak did not come from Lazada but a third-party provider,” Pimchaya Boonyarathapan, a Lazada public relations official, told Thai Enquirer.

When asked who was the third party provider, the rep said she did not know.

When asked if it was a password gateway or an outsourced Lazada module, the representative said it as under investigation.

“We are investigating our records at this time,” Pimchaya told Thai Enquirer early on Saturday. “The leaks were dated to 2018.”

Lazada said that it was not the only company affected by the hack and said that Line and Shopee were implicated as well.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/20953/laza ... -accounts/

[PeteC]

I read more about that yesterday and it indicated name, phone and email was taken. No mention of any financial account numbers.

When discussing with wife who buys from Lazada from time to time, I was happy to learn that she puts money into her TRUE wallet to pay them and no link to any credit card or bank debit account.