ThinkGeek: No Shipping to Malaysia

Filed in: Gadgets, Web — April 2nd, 2007

geek shirt (ThinkGeek)I was placing an order on ThinkGeek. The items in my shopping cart were the geek. and BODY tag t-shirts. But the order failed, because ThinkGeek does not ship to Malaysia. Oh, that’s too bad! :(

According to ThinkGeek shipping info, they have chosen not to ship to some countries (Malaysia, in this case) for a variety of reasons, such as their carriers(DHL and UPS) do not deliver here, they have products that cannot be easily shipped to these countries or they have had a high rate of fraudulent orders coming from these countries.

We know DHL and UPS have no problem delivering to Malaysia. So, what do you think is the reason that ThinkGeek rejects Malaysian orders?

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  • http://www.hongkiat.com/blog hongkiat

    Same reason why PayPal withdrawal don’t work for Malaysians

  • http://www.hongkiat.com hongkiat

    Same reason why PayPal withdrawal don’t work for Malaysians

  • http://www.wpthemesplugin.com/ Moses

    Because there’s not much geeks in Malaysia…

    :P

  • http://www.wpthemesplugin.com Moses

    Because there’s not much geeks in Malaysia…

    :P

  • taine

    too many credit fraudent in SE Asia.

  • taine

    too many credit fraudent in SE Asia.

  • http://www.chapreedagrande.net/ Chapree Da Grande

    High fraud rate. Can’t help it. :(
    I believe there are other places that offer delivery to Malaysia. :D

  • http://www.chapreedagrande.net/ Chapree Da Grande

    High fraud rate. Can’t help it. :(
    I believe there are other places that offer delivery to Malaysia. :D

  • http://blog.urbanreality.net/ Melvin

    Agreed ! If not mistaken, Malaysia is still listed as one of the fraud and scam country…

  • http://blog.urbanreality.net Melvin

    Agreed ! If not mistaken, Malaysia is still listed as one of the fraud and scam country…

  • http://www.jakpo.com/ jakpo

    Actually DHL does deliver things to malaysia. It’s just that it is Dua Hari Lewat (DHL)…. heheh…

  • http://www.jakpo.com jakpo

    Actually DHL does deliver things to malaysia. It’s just that it is Dua Hari Lewat (DHL)…. heheh…

  • http://www.earningblog.com/ siong1987

    I am planning to order the 8 bit tie from them. Now, it seems that I cant.

  • http://www.earningblog.com siong1987

    I am planning to order the 8 bit tie from them. Now, it seems that I cant.

  • http://www.kennyp.cn/ KennyP

    I also think it’s the problem of high fraud rate but they bluff you that DHL and UPS do not deliver :D

  • http://www.kennyp.cn KennyP

    I also think it’s the problem of high fraud rate but they bluff you that DHL and UPS do not deliver :D

  • http://www.wahlau.net/ Wahlau.NET

    they do not like ringgit

  • http://www.wahlau.net Wahlau.NET

    they do not like ringgit

  • http://www.romantika.name/ Ady

    I contacted them last year, and they only mentioned that they don’t accept Malaysian credit cards due to high number of fraud cases. Actually it’s nonsense.

    I think if we pay by cheque or Paypal there’s no risk of fraud, so they can ship here. They simply don’t want to ship here :-(

  • http://www.romantika.name Ady

    I contacted them last year, and they only mentioned that they don’t accept Malaysian credit cards due to high number of fraud cases. Actually it’s nonsense.

    I think if we pay by cheque or Paypal there’s no risk of fraud, so they can ship here. They simply don’t want to ship here :-(

  • Anonymous

    im not sure if there is any service like a concierge delivery to malaysia, if there is, you could use that.

  • http://www.mrmalique.com malique

    im not sure if there is any service like a concierge delivery to malaysia, if there is, you could use that.

  • http://www.howinternetbusinessworks.com/ Freeze

    high fraud rate maybe…what u can do is open a US address. not expensive ma…u can just google how to open US address. when u order give them the US address. then the people there will send ur material to malaysia..with delivey charges also la..hope this will help..

  • http://www.howinternetbusinessworks.com Freeze

    high fraud rate maybe…what u can do is open a US address. not expensive ma…u can just google how to open US address. when u order give them the US address. then the people there will send ur material to malaysia..with delivey charges also la..hope this will help..

  • LcF

    Thanks for the information, Freeze

  • LcF

    Thanks for the information, Freeze

  • alcc

    freight too expensive. takes around USD45 to ship documents from US to M’sia. so for packages might run up to USD100 plus. if you really want those 2 shirts, drop me an email, i might be able to help.

  • alcc

    freight too expensive. takes around USD45 to ship documents from US to M’sia. so for packages might run up to USD100 plus. if you really want those 2 shirts, drop me an email, i might be able to help.

  • http://www.homebusiness.more2go.com/ Mei Ling

    I am beginning to understand why (some) online stores refuse to accept Malaysia orders – now that I am starting a new online store, I get fictatious orders & fictatious customers. I have to spend extra time filtering them out, sending emails and even tried to call the phone numbers provided by them.

    To make things easier (for the larger online stores), they simply refuse to accept Malaysian orders – penalizing everyone, including genuine orders. Its a pity that you can’t order anything from ThinkGeek – they have some very nice stuff! :)

  • http://www.homebusiness.more2go.com Mei Ling

    I am beginning to understand why (some) online stores refuse to accept Malaysia orders – now that I am starting a new online store, I get fictatious orders & fictatious customers. I have to spend extra time filtering them out, sending emails and even tried to call the phone numbers provided by them.

    To make things easier (for the larger online stores), they simply refuse to accept Malaysian orders – penalizing everyone, including genuine orders. Its a pity that you can’t order anything from ThinkGeek – they have some very nice stuff! :)

  • LcF

    yeah, time to know more friends from USA :D

  • LcF

    yeah, time to know more friends from USA :D

  • http://evyooi.blogspot.com/ Evy

    Is it just like what they said under “International Shipping – Why isn’t my country in your list?”, these countries had a high rate of fraudulent orders??

  • http://evyooi.blogspot.com Evy

    Is it just like what they said under “International Shipping – Why isn’t my country in your list?”, these countries had a high rate of fraudulent orders??

  • Umarzuki

    I say we make our own geeky t-shirt store. I’d be interested to join in the boat if anybody interested.

  • Umarzuki

    I say we make our own geeky t-shirt store. I’d be interested to join in the boat if anybody interested.

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