QUOTE(ozak @ Jun 21 2017, 09:00 AM)
Ya, the shipping cost is killing.
I only buy at amazon when there is no other choice.
Why Amazon open sg will cost less in shipping? Thing still come from original source.
But will it cost more when it need to go to sg hub 1st before out to the same region?
Depends on how they plan their logistics.
Amazon can open store at Singapore while putting the warehouse in Malaysia, Malaysia has plenty of land to build warehouse. Alibaba's warehouse in Sepang probably will operate on the same concept.
Many things Amazon sells are made in China anyway, they can drop some of it in Malaysia warehouse instead of shipping everything to USA.
When you order from Amazon the shipping calculator will calculate base on shipping from Malaysia warehouse depending on stock availability.