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vegetaleb wrote
Georges00 wrote
vegetaleb wrote
Good to hear as I am waiting for my stuff from AE now.

About Lebanese Customs: If you buy from a US shop and choose US Mail instead of fast courriers like DHL and UPS, does that mean it will be delivered by Libanpost and so I won't have to pay customs fees?
Libanpost: Yes
Custom fees: Gamble
I thought anything coming to Libanpost is free of customs, no?
Not exactly. I have no idea how people at customs think.
They evaluate your item themself. If the package is big they assume it's expensive and tax it. Small packages with value less than 200,000LL are usually free from customs.
Damn! So I can't bring buy a Moto 360 1st gen at 170$, it will be over 200000LL by little
vegetaleb wroteDamn! So I can't bring buy a Moto 360 1st gen at 170$, it will be over 200000LL by little
First I already have the moto 360 1st gen and I can recommend you to get the 2nd gen in case you can afford it. My friend has it. It has better battery life by miles and much smoother and faster. The 1st gen is nice, don't get me wrong, but won't satisfy geeks like us.

Second, I already got away with 3 cellphones from Aliexpress, the cheapest being at 220 and the most expensive at 300$.
Never paid anything as tax/custom fees.
LifeEngineer wrote
vegetaleb wroteDamn! So I can't bring buy a Moto 360 1st gen at 170$, it will be over 200000LL by little
First I already have the moto 360 1st gen and I can recommend you to get the 2nd gen in case you can afford it. My friend has it. It has better battery life by miles and much smoother and faster. The 1st gen is nice, don't get me wrong, but won't satisfy geeks like us.

Second, I already got away with 3 cellphones from Aliexpress, the cheapest being at 220 and the most expensive at 300$.
Never paid anything as tax/custom fees.
I want the 1st gen because of the Led screen being better for contrast than the LCD, and of course the price is much sweeter.
I don't have 3G/4G I find it useless while I pay ADSL Wifi, how big is the impact on this android watch apart google now?
9 days later
Anyone has found a way to buy from BestBuy with a Lebanese prepaid card?
They are too ''racist'' with their US and Canadian cards only policy :(
vegetaleb wroteAnyone has found a way to buy from BestBuy with a Lebanese prepaid card?
They are too ''racist'' with their US and Canadian cards only policy :(
This may work---buy a best buy gift card from amazon or elsewhere and use that to make your purchase. That should be easily doable and probably could be applied to other 'racist' vendors.
a month later
Hey everyone,

looking to get a core i5 6600k from newegg, in the US

does anyone have experience on customs here in leb on a cpu?
I ordered a laptop and a laptop bag from Amazon in the US through Borderlinx.

I paid Amazon, in total, around $1940 on the 15th of April.

The items were released on the 22nd of April from Borderlinx. They arrived in Lebanon on the 28th of April.

I provided clearance documents on the 30th of April and the products were delivered yesterday, the 6th of May.

In total, it took 21 days for my shipment to arrive from the day I purchased them off Amazon. Not too bad.

I bet you are wondering about the shipping/customs charges. I hope you are sitting down.

For customs, I paid $226. Combined with freight charges, clearance charges, delivery charges, and a couple smaller charges (such as stamp and insurance charges), I paid a total of $495 at the door.

Yes, I was shitting myself. I was expecting something around 200 to 300 dollars at most, so this truly was a surprise. I made sure to test both products and all were working fine, thankfully. Had something been wrong with the laptop, forcing me to return it at these extortionate prices, I would definitely have flipped.

Advice: Purchasing high-value items through any of these services that act as the middle-man is HIGHLY RISKY AND COSTLY. I would NOT RECOMMEND it unless absolutely necessary.

Edit: I just want to add that had I purchased a laptop with similar specifications in Lebanon, I would be paying around $2800-$3200. So even with the rip off delivery charges, I still SAVED money. Go fucking figure.
@tt400 which laptop did you get?

I've been thinking of shipping either an XPS15 or a Razer Blade Stealth.
dp0001 wroteHey everyone,

looking to get a core i5 6600k from newegg, in the US

does anyone have experience on customs here in leb on a cpu?
You can't buy directly from newegg because they refuse any non-US bank card, but you can use the concierge option of borderlinx so they buy it with their US bank card though they take a commission
mmk92 wrote@tt400 which laptop did you get?

I've been thinking of shipping either an XPS15 or a Razer Blade Stealth.
I got the MSI GT72 2QE Dominator Pro G.
tt400 this is indeed a risky move from your side, I only got one laptop from Amazon US and shipped it to Lebanon (Details in 1st post in this thread) and I ended up paying around 200$ to Borderlinx (Shipping, clearance, tax and customs), in your case your laptop value is above 1000$ therefore it requires formal clearance (which is costy) that's why you ended up paying so much.
It is true that you did save money but the risk is high, also please note Amazon does not provide any customer service in case you are shipping to a freight forwarding address (Like borderlinx, shopandship and iship etc ...) they have a policy about it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201117950
So you people should ship at your own risk and pray your items are not DOA or faulty.
Aly wrotett400 this is indeed a risky move from your side, I only got one laptop from Amazon US and shipped it to Lebanon (Details in 1st post in this thread) and I ended up paying around 200$ to Borderlinx (Shipping, clearance, tax and customs), in your case your laptop value is above 1000$ therefore it requires formal clearance (which is costy) that's why you ended up paying so much.
It is true that you did save money but the risk is high, also please note Amazon does not provide any customer service in case you are shipping to a freight forwarding address (Like borderlinx, shopandship and iship etc ...) they have a policy about it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201117950
So you people should ship at your own risk and pray your items are not DOA or faulty.
I did not know about that. This is even more reason to think twice, three times, and even four times before you ship expensive items like this that can arrive faulty. I will definitely not be making this sort of procedure a habit and I'd recommend that no one else does either.
a month later
Hey !
did anyone order a watch from usa or china/japan? i want to know if it is subject to customs, a friend said it they are picky with watches.
The watch's value is 50-70$
thanks
I've ordered a watch from Aliexpress about a year ago. Didn't pay anything for customs. It was sent by Singapore post and had a value of 7$. If you're order Is from China as long as the package is sent by normal airmail (not DHL, FedEx) then I think you're fine. the same applies to the U.S.
NuclearVision wroteHey !
did anyone order a watch from usa or china/japan? i want to know if it is subject to customs, a friend said it they are picky with watches.
The watch's value is 50-70$
thanks
Last year I order a CK watch on sale for my fiancé for 110$ shipped with Aramex, paid only 4$ customs and VAT.
A friend ordered the very same watch and shipped it with Aramex they charged him 19$ customs and VAT.
This year, I ordered another CK watch (value: 210$) shipped it with Aramex and they charged me 38$ customs and vat this time.
I believe it is random and a matter of luck.
Did anyone shipa fairly inexpensive item from usa using usps or royal mail from uk for example?
I'm trying to figure out if customs are related to non chinese postal services. Because the under 200$ rule seems quite vague.
As i was browsing this topic, i read many contradictions.

Thanks!
NuclearVision wroteDid anyone shipa fairly inexpensive item from usa using usps or royal mail from uk for example?
I'm trying to figure out if customs are related to non chinese postal services. Because the under 200$ rule seems quite vague.
As i was browsing this topic, i read many contradictions.

Thanks!
I shipped an after market extra battery pack for my note 4 quite a long time ago, seller shipper with USPS.
I went to liban post Jdeideh and picked it up myself without paying anything as i'm shipping from china for example.
The battery cost 70$ as i remember.
10 days later
Anyone tried ubuy.com?
It's basically an amazon clone, somehow affiliated with amazon.
Update: It is extremely hard to browse it, the servers seem flimsy and often overloaded.