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I saw a parcel in my mail box just now, but I never bring my keys, so the Hall Officer kindly opened the mail box for me.

Here it is!

1st Class Royal Mail from London. What's inside?

It's the charger for my Sharp 802sh, the phone Daphne is currently using. She somehow managed to left the charger on a cab, and it's not possible to get a replacement in Singapore.

Luckily there's something called Ebay, so after a search I Ebay-ed the charger from UK here. The price of the charger is surpricingly low at only £0.29. I was almost wondering whether it was a scam. But the 99.8% positive feedback of the seller cleared my doubts.

Postage to Singapore is £2.99, so added up the total cost for a phone charger all the way from UK £4.28, which is only S$13.07. The charger is made in China, but who cares? As far as it does the job, I'm satisfied.

And it only took 3 days for the postage to reach Singpore, including last weekend.

For those who always purchase products locally, do consider alternative methods like Ebay. All payments are done through PayPal using credit card, simple and easy.