Tried HopShopGo recently - relatively painless. The shipping to the HSG address took longer than it did for the item to actually reach me in KL.

Yes, it's CGW powered by PayPal so you can use PayPal to pay for everything.

Yes sadly, there are some brands that don't allow forwarder to buy and ship like Kate Spade, etc. (However, I was told by HSG that you can still buy via department stores like Nordstrom's, etc)

For a more detailed experience, here's my blog post about it: http://lifeasacynic.blogspot.com/2014/02/h...pgo-review.html