LebGeeks

Georges00

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Ordered a 30$ Portable Speaker which is the size of a hand or even smaller. They want 30$ gomrouk.
Go Lebanon!

from where? which website? which post service?

Boombotix.com - USA
Shipped with USPS (Not UPS)

NuclearVision

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Ordered a 30$ Portable Speaker which is the size of a hand or even smaller. They want 30$ gomrouk.
Go Lebanon!

from where? which website? which post service?

Boombotix.com - USA
Shipped with USPS (Not UPS)

Don't buy it if they dont declare is as a gift.
Bought a 70$ watch and a 25$ tool shipped using usps, paid nothig, they arrived to beirut airport and they were released on the same day and sent to the nearest post office.
What's the point if you have to pay double.
Regards.

vegetaleb

Banned

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

from where? which website? which post service?

Boombotix.com - USA
Shipped with USPS (Not UPS)

Don't buy it if they dont declare is as a gift.
Bought a 70$ watch and a 25$ tool shipped using usps, paid nothig, they arrived to beirut airport and they were released on the same day and sent to the nearest post office.
What's the point if you have to pay double.
Regards.

Not all shops agree to put a gift tag on it, heck even some of them refused to put a fake much lower price on the pack to pay less customs, it depends on the shop

RockmasteR

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I ordered a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC 8 GB from Amazon.com for 400$ + 28$ Tax = 428$
I will let you know how much I'll pay shipping and duty when I receive it (hope it won't be a lot)...

Last edited by RockmasteR (September 11 2016)

AVOlio

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I ordered a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC 8 GB from Amazon.com for 400$ + 28$ Tax = 428$
I will let you know how much I'll pay shipping and duty when I receive it (hope it won't be a lot)...

With which carrier?

RockmasteR

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I ordered a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC 8 GB from Amazon.com for 400$ + 28$ Tax = 428$
I will let you know how much I'll pay shipping and duty when I receive it (hope it won't be a lot)...

With which carrier?

Borderlinx, so DHL should deliver it

vegetaleb

Banned

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I ordered a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC 8 GB from Amazon.com for 400$ + 28$ Tax = 428$
I will let you know how much I'll pay shipping and duty when I receive it (hope it won't be a lot)...

With which carrier?

Borderlinx, so DHL should deliver it

25% of 428$

FIFO

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I ordered an Xbox ONE with Kinect from Dubai:
Price: 350$
Shipping and handling : 47$
=397$
It got delivered to lebanon few days ago and stayed in customs for 5 days, but now they tell me that i have two choices:
Pay 175$ for Aramex to get it out of customs and get it delivered
or get someone in the airport who can get it out
Is this normal ? Did this happen to anyone before ?
If you have a suggestion that can help please let me know.

Georges00

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I ordered a Gigabyte GTX 1070 Windforce OC 8 GB from Amazon.com for 400$ + 28$ Tax = 428$
I will let you know how much I'll pay shipping and duty when I receive it (hope it won't be a lot)...

If you paid taxes to Amazon, I think you can email them and get it refunded since you're ordering it outside the usa.

nuclearcat

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Amazon officially doesnt support mail forwarders, and you might get in trouble instead. Read their ToS about mail forwarders.

mmk92

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Has anyone ever ordered a laptop battery? Will it face any problems at customs or require unforseen additional chargers?

Shlagem

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i ordered myself a cool button box for my sim racing rig.

item cost :130$ and seller ships using USPS for free worldwide.

my tracking stopped here at the time of this writing:

Time    Activity    Location
2016-06-29 21:00:00    Departed    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-29 15:53:00    Arrived    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-28 19:34:00    Processed Through Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-28 13:45:00    Arrived at USPS Facility    MIAMI, FL
2016-06-28 01:45:00    Arrived at Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-27    Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS   
2016-06-27 15:50:00    Shipping Label Created    SEMINOLE, FL

I'm not sure if i have to start asking about it at Liban Post.

Remember this? It came to Liban post free of charge!

vegetaleb

Banned

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i ordered myself a cool button box for my sim racing rig.

item cost :130$ and seller ships using USPS for free worldwide.

my tracking stopped here at the time of this writing:

Time    Activity    Location
2016-06-29 21:00:00    Departed    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-29 15:53:00    Arrived    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-28 19:34:00    Processed Through Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-28 13:45:00    Arrived at USPS Facility    MIAMI, FL
2016-06-28 01:45:00    Arrived at Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-27    Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS   
2016-06-27 15:50:00    Shipping Label Created    SEMINOLE, FL

I'm not sure if i have to start asking about it at Liban Post.

Remember this? It came to Liban post free of charge!

Looks like every governmental Post will deal with Libanpost so 99% chances that you won't pay taxes

nas93

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i ordered myself a cool button box for my sim racing rig.

item cost :130$ and seller ships using USPS for free worldwide.

my tracking stopped here at the time of this writing:

Time    Activity    Location
2016-06-29 21:00:00    Departed    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-29 15:53:00    Arrived    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-28 19:34:00    Processed Through Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-28 13:45:00    Arrived at USPS Facility    MIAMI, FL
2016-06-28 01:45:00    Arrived at Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-27    Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS   
2016-06-27 15:50:00    Shipping Label Created    SEMINOLE, FL

I'm not sure if i have to start asking about it at Liban Post.

Remember this? It came to Liban post free of charge!

How long did it take to reach you here?

Shlagem

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i ordered myself a cool button box for my sim racing rig.

item cost :130$ and seller ships using USPS for free worldwide.

my tracking stopped here at the time of this writing:

Time    Activity    Location
2016-06-29 21:00:00    Departed    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-29 15:53:00    Arrived    Miami, UNITED STATES
2016-06-28 19:34:00    Processed Through Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-28 13:45:00    Arrived at USPS Facility    MIAMI, FL
2016-06-28 01:45:00    Arrived at Facility    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS),
2016-06-27    Pre-Shipment Info Sent to USPS   
2016-06-27 15:50:00    Shipping Label Created    SEMINOLE, FL

I'm not sure if i have to start asking about it at Liban Post.

Remember this? It came to Liban post free of charge!

How long did it take to reach you here?

It took me 22 days. The Parcel was sent with USPS since that's what the seller uses. I was checking all the time for it's arrival and I'm glad I did that because LibanPost was about to send it back and my parcel created some kind of unexplained hassle which if it wasn't for my constant check it would have been Lost. By the positive side is that up until now I tried Aramex and USPS and both these are a total rip off.

rami80

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Has anyone tried Eve Concierge? They are claiming 18$/kg.. looks fishy

elserge82

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Guys I've just received a call from UPS telling me that it will cost me 160$ for clearance and shipping and yet no idea about customs or tva, Has anyone tried to retrieving the package directly from the airport is it easy is there any added value in doing so?? Or should I just pay to UPS for the whole process?

Nightwing113

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Hi,
https://www.onyourway.io/
I've seen an advertisement of this company on facebook. the idea is excellent IMHO, the main issue is trust anyway.
does anybody have an experience with them?

Last edited by Nightwing113 (November 24 2016)

Flakk

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Hi,
https://www.onyourway.io/
I've seen an advertisement of this company on facebook. the idea is excellent IMHO, the main issue is trust anyway.
does anybody have an experience with them?

We have a topic on this subject, check it out.
https://lebgeeks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17318

chosen2k

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

@elserge82 I decided to try to retrieve something last time from the airport.
It is a hassle. You need approximately 3-4 hours to finish the process, prepare yourself to walk a lot and going back and forth between the same buildings.

When you get there you're gonna meet people who will jump at you trying to help you hire them (same feeling when you want to do mecanique) of course you are going to thank them and respectfully decline their offers.

You will be luckily directed to the Aramex building (Same building as "UPS airport office - Beirut" in google maps). In there you will find all the shipping companies. You find your shipping company, they make you pay 50$ (FOR AN IMPORT PAPER WITH A 1.000l.l stamp. 1st Rip-off mabrouk!) and give you your parcel and then redirect you to a gomrok dude (thankfully in the same building).

You go there, wait for your turn, open your package he writes what he thinks it is and then you need to go to another building (DHL HQ in google maps) which is a 1 km walk.
Now in the new building you wait for another dude (who is usually in meetings and is the only guy who can actually sign the paper, so we were around 14 people waiting) who makes you wait a while longer then send you back to the first dude after he signs the papers.

1 km walk later, you wait for your turn, dude now decides on a random INFLATED price even though your item came with an INVOICE. Don't try to show him your bank statements or explaining anything, it doesn't matter the guy decided just by looking at an item and without checking any system it's price because he is a walking database of knowledge. 

Walking database will send you back to where you can pay (around a 500 meters walk) and then you come back to pick your package.

Good luck!

Last edited by chosen2k (November 25 2016)

leblinux

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Hello,

Anyone tried shop and ship to buy from BestBuy?

Georges00

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

What do you think would be the best option to order a laptop from abroad?

rami80

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I use to praise borderlinx. However I will not use them anymore. TWO MONTHS after receiving my items DHL call me and tell me they messed up and I have to pay another 235$ over the 250$ I paid. If it was a couple of days later I would understand, but this is obnoxiously stupid. For the love of god avoid these crooks.

Draguen

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

@Rami,don't pay and stop using their service ?
i mean they have already issued a recipe when you first had to pay for the item, it's their mistake

nas93

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I use to praise borderlinx. However I will not use them anymore. TWO MONTHS after receiving my items DHL call me and tell me they messed up and I have to pay another 235$ over the 250$ I paid. If it was a couple of days later I would understand, but this is obnoxiously stupid. For the love of god avoid these crooks.

What happens if you don't pay?