Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by alexthunder (Post 48993)

From what I have read, people usually switch from MyUS to Shipito. But hope you will have better experience.

Try to use coupon code shipito20 for getting 20% discount onto DHL and Fedex. MyUS gives it to unhappy Shipito customers.

Thanks muchly, Alex. You've helped make up for my negative Shipito experience. :D

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by stayingalive (Post 48986)

Ugh! Hate Shipito! They were horrible! I did go to MyUS and if you have an upgraded account the consolidation is free. I wish I would have read all the fine print with Shipito. I had a bunch of packages come in and wanted everything shipped in one box, they charged me $25 to process them coming in (huh??) and $20 extra to process going out on top of the shipping costs. Insane! Sorry for the rant but they are horrible! So far so good with MyUS. There definitely haven't been any extra charges on my packages like Shipito.

The cost of package consolidation is very clear on Shipito. And considering shipping costs of MyUS, it has always been much cheaper to use Shipito for me. However it doesn't really make sense to consolidate cheap packages when using Shipito now. I don't really have many packages cheaper than $50.

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by StreamRecorder (Post 49487)

Totally agree with you.

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by Riley0826 (Post 49445)

I wish the admin provides me IP address of the user Riley0826. When I enter Riley0826 on Google I see this user registered on hundreds of forum and always writes 1-2 posts how Shipito! They were horrible! I did go to MyUS is fantastic.

If it is possible please provide the information. Thank you!

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by shipito (Post 49622)

Riley0826 used the 174.47.44.30. So the user is located in Tampa, Florida. Obviously users from the U.S. hardly need to use any shipping forwarders.

Not let's take a look at MyUS:

Code:

4299 Express Lane

Suite L1000

Sarasota, Florida 34238

United States



Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC 

Domain Name: MYUS.COM

   Created on: 17-Mar-99

   Expires on: 16-Mar-16

   Last Updated on: 20-Jul-12



Administrative Contact:

   Anderson, Jeff  monitor.admins@myus.com

   MyUS.com

   4299 Express Lane

   Suite L1000

   Sarasota, Florida 34238

   United States

   +1.9412274444      Fax -- +1.9419244440



Technical Contact:

   Anderson, Jeff  monitor.admins@myus.com

   MyUS.com

   4299 Express Lane

   Suite L1000

   Sarasota, Florida 34238

   United States

   +1.9412274444      Fax -- +1.9419244440



Domain servers in listed order:

   PDNS01.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

   PDNS02.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

So obviously the review posted was fake (no matter whether it was posted by MyUS or TriangleMarketing employee). I have deleted the post and banned the user.

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

Don't trust any online reviews. Believe me, I've been doing them for money for many companies.

I've read this thread and see no real proofs that Shipito is a scam. Many people are just angry about the company only because they don't want to read the ToS. And there are many competitors who are not happy about success of Shipito, so they post negative comments all over. They don't even try to hide their IP address that belongs to continental U.S.

Personally I have no choice, but to use Shipito. Haven't found anything cheaper. Well there are individuals that do it better and cheaper, but who knows what to expect from someone you don't know?

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by escopwxa (Post 53465)

Don't trust any online reviews. Believe me, I've been doing them for money for many companies.

How can I trust your opinion after that :D

Personally I use Shipito for many years. I'm pretty satisfied by it.

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

It is a legitimate service. I have used it many times.

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

I used Shipito once. As a first time user, I must admit, one develops a strong love-hate relationship to the company.

I sent them a package with a check attached that prepaid air mail forwarding. Nothing happened for a month. When I inquired they said they don't see it and asked what's my box number. "Box number?" Who cares? I don't ask the post office either what bins they use for my mail.

OK, so there's some weird fixation with box numbers here. Fine, let's humor these guys since they got my package. I took out a Shipito box number for $9. "My box number is XXX. So can you please find my package?"

They found it. Oh? So all this was just for $9? Why not just add $9 to the shipping quote and not aggravate people. Shipito still wouldn't touch the check I taped to the shipment in an envelope with their name on it. Fine guys, I pay another $8 for you to tear all that up, here comes the same $160 with PayPal. Mail my package already, would ya.

Nope, they still won't. I must submit 5 utility bills with my name, notarized copy of a personal document, and they'd prefer that I transfered the amount via bank (which costs $40). Looks like mailing requirements from some Communist regime, not a First World business. Are these guys really in shipping or do they just collect people's personal data for the KGB? Or is this a ruse to make shippers just walk away so the package can be sold on eBay?

To find out, I uploaded some 5 bills of little importance (who cares if the KGB learns my monthly charges for Roku). The response was, they'll "decide" in a few days if they'll ship my fully paid package. Reading this, I totally lost my cool. I replied, I only plan to ship this one package with Shipito, and I'm ready to send in FedEx to fetch it from their warehouse and ship it if they don't get it going already. There was silence for a while, then an answer came that they made an exception and the package ships tomorrow.

Oh. Yay? Maybe they ARE a bona fide shipping business, after all. Just run a bit... peculiarly. We'll see if that air mail package really shows up.

And it did. In 25 days, but it arrived. Now - in 25 days one could pretty much get it there by truck & boat, but who cares, I used Shipito because USPS just wouldn't take the box for being 5 inches longer than their arbitrary choice. ("Which 5 inches of this instrument do I saw off?") All in all, Shipito delivered. But I can see how someone else less patient might totally freak out and run away screaming. I was close to it too :)

Re: Is Shipito.com a scam, fraud or a legit service?

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Originally Posted by mrdelurk (Post 58630)

I sent them a package with a check attached that prepaid air mail forwarding. Nothing happened for a month. When I inquired they said they don't see it and asked what's my box number. "Box number?" Who cares? I don't ask the post office either what bins they use for my mail.

OK, so there's some weird fixation with box numbers here. Fine, let's humor these guys since they got my package. I took out a Shipito box number for $9. "My box number is XXX. So can you please find my package?"

They found it. Oh? So all this was just for $9? Why not just add $9 to the shipping quote and not aggravate people.

You get your virtual address first then use it to mail your packages. Why would anyone ship the package first and then think about the address? There is no any fee for adding your package to your mailbox if you use a correct address.

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Originally Posted by mrdelurk (Post 58630)

Shipito still wouldn't touch the check I taped to the shipment in an envelope with their name on it. Fine guys, I pay another $8 for you to tear all that up, here comes the same $160 with PayPal. Mail my package already, would ya.

Nope, they still won't. I must submit 5 utility bills with my name, notarized copy of a personal document, and they'd prefer that I transfered the amount via bank (which costs $40). Looks like mailing requirements from some Communist regime, not a First World business. Are these guys really in shipping or do they just collect people's personal data for the KGB? Or is this a ruse to make shippers just walk away so the package can be sold on eBay?

I've been using Shipito for 2,5 years without providing a notarized copy. They won't accept any letters sent to my address, but I'm only interested in packages and magazines, so this is fine for me.

There are too many frauds in this business, so credit cards and paypal payments are not final. I understand why Shipito requires the documents, although I don't really like to send any documents to companies. But it needs to be done once, so not such a big deal.

My bank charges 1% ($15 min) for a wire transfer. $40 is really too much.

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Originally Posted by mrdelurk (Post 58630)

We'll see if that air mail package really shows up.

And it did. In 25 days, but it arrived. Now - in 25 days one could pretty much get it there by truck & boat, but who cares, I used Shipito because USPS just wouldn't take the box for being 5 inches longer than their arbitrary choice. ("Which 5 inches of this instrument do I saw off?") All in all, Shipito delivered. But I can see how someone else less patient might totally freak out and run away screaming. I was close to it too :)

Airmail is very slow. State posts are usually slower during Christmas and New year too. My last package send by USPS Express Mail left San Francisco 8 days ago, but still hasn't arrived in Russia (although most packages were delivered to me from Shipito for 8-14 days).

Anyway Shipito is not ideal. There are cheaper alternatives for Russia (although I haven't found anything better for most other countries of the world). And their packing is far away from what Russian competitors offer (again not a big problem for most other countries of the world, because their postal service handle packages way much better).