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Flowers have always been a home decorating staple. A vase of roses, for instance, instantly livens an otherwise lifeless room. Some owners prefer to use fresh flowers, but that could be expensive. The cheaper alternative would be getting artificial ones.

The most popular type of artificial flowers is those like long-stemmed roses that could be easily arranged in a vase. Today, however, the vine types are gaining traction among decorators but they can only be found in a few stores. Over at Amazon, a number of sellers are offering a wide variety of artificial flowers, including vine types like wisteria and small-petaled ones such as lavender. The wisteria is particularly popular among Amazon reviewers who appreciate its lifelikeness.

So if you want to bring some life into your home by “growing” a garden in it, or decorating the reception venue of a wedding, head over to Amazon where you’ll find artificial flowers of every shape and make. Shipping them overseas, if you’re a non-US resident, has become easier, too. Although most Amazon sellers don’t ship internationally (If you’re from Singapore, they can’t do a direct Amazon-to-Singapore shipping) you can ask a parcel forwarder to ship your purchases for you from the US to your home country. A parcel forwarder usually works this way: when you sign up, it provides you with a free US address. Since you can’t use your actual address when you shop at a US-based store like Amazon, you then use this address instead. This is actually the parcel forwarder’s warehouse in the US, where the store would deliver your purchases to. Then the parcel forwarder would ship them to your doorstep overseas. Know how to get a free US address from comGateway here.

ComGateway is one such parcel forwarder. It’s been in the business for 11 years and ships to around 220 countries. In terms of shipping costs, comGateway’s rates are competitive. It has an international shipping calculator that customers can use to get an estimate of their shipping cost.

Another thing about comGateway that most customers appreciate is its repacking service. If you’re buying a number of items, comGateway can repack them for you in a way that they don’t take up much space and incur high shipping cost. In a multiple repack, as comGateway calls this service, the items are taken out of their original packaging and transferred into less bulky polybags. If the boxes your items would allow, they’re cut to become smaller. Then all repacked items are shipped in a single box.

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If you need a good laugh, there’s somewhere you can go to for a dose of happy hormones. Amazon may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you want to get entertained, but there are lots of strange-looking products there that could get you laughing in the same way that a YouTube video can.

I wasn’t exactly looking for funny items but for cat-themed ones when I chanced upon cat items that happen to be funny, too. One such item is those cat butt magnets. Yes, instead of whole cats, these magnets show only the felines’ rear. So when you stick them on your refrigerator door, it looks like a bunch of cats are trying to get through invisible holes on the door. Besides these magnets, there’s also a cat pencil sharpener where you stick the pencil in its butthole. The cat meows when you turn the pencil around to sharpen it.

If just reading the descriptions you’re already laughing, then how much more you so when you actually have these items? And it’s easier to get them now, even if you’re from overseas. Although Amazon still doesn’t ship internationally (no, it can’t do direct Amazon-to-Singapore shipping), non- US residents can otherwise ship their Amazon purchases via parcel forwarder. A parcel forwarder gives customers a free US address, receives their purchases in their behalf at its US warehouse, and from there ships the purchases to the customer’s home country. Getting a free US address is easy. See how here

How much does a parcel forwarder’s services cost, you ask. It varies depending on which country the package is headed. comGateway, a parcel forwarder which has been in the business for 11 years, gives its customers access to an international shipping calculator. With this tool, customers can estimate their shipping cost on their own.

Another good thing about using a parcel forwarder is that it helps you save on shipping costs by repacking your items for you. Online shoppers often have complaints about the way their purchases are packed, and the most common is that the boxes are way too big for the actual items, thus adding up on the shipping costs. comGateway offers a service called Multiple Repack, where a customer’s items are removed from their packaging and transferred to lighter polybags. If the original boxes would allow it, they’re cut to become smaller. Then all repacked items are put in and shipped in a single big box. Multiple-repacking your items is way cheaper than shipping your items one by one.

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Amazon has released its gift guides for Christmas, including that one for men. The For Him guide includes an item which many shoppers wouldn’t be sure how to react at. It’s a beard bib, which looks so strange it could prompt laughter.

As its name suggests, the beard bib is an oversized nylon bib similar to that used in barbershops, except that the user can attach one end to the bathroom mirror to catch beard clippings. The result looks like a hammock hangs between the user and the mirror, so it’s hard not to laugh.

Weird design aside, the beard bib will save you from the tedious task of sweeping beard clippings off furniture and floor. If you’re sporting a beard or a special man in your life is, this may even become an indispensable tool in your/his regimen.

How do you get one now when Amazon doesn’t ship internationally (Nope, Amazon doesn’t do direct Amazon-to-Singapore shipping). The answer: Go get a parcel forwarder.

Parcel forwarders are businesses which can help you ship an item bought from the US to your home country. A parcel forwarder like comGateway will provide you with free US address. You then use this address to shop: when you’re being asked to provide a shipping address at checkout, give this address.

This address is actually the parcel forwarder’s warehouse in the US. ComGateway’s warehouse, for instance, is in Portland, Oregon. It is where US merchants send your purchases, from which the parcel forwarder would ship your purchases whichever country you may be from.

Parcel forwarder’s fees vary depending on the country of destination. ComGateway has an international shipping calculator in its web site which  customers can use to estimate their shipping fees.

Many shoppers, when buying from the US, buy lots of items, from different merchants. ComGateway offers a service to make shipping your many items less expensive: Multiple repack. With multiple repack, comGateways makes your shipment lighter by removing your items’ original bulky packaging and transferring them to lighter polybags. Then all repacked items are placed inside and shipped in a single box. This way is way less costlier than when you ship your items in their original packaging, one by one.

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