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#501 April 16 2020

m0ei
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

How are DHL/Fedex and co handling the fees? do they still charge the same rates at 1500 LL? or they have higher rates now?

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#502 April 16 2020

infiniteloop
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

DL calculator is still using 1500LL

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#503 April 23 2020

ragdoll
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Anyone else having SnS taking too long to process packages that arrive at their centers?

A package I ordered arrived on Friday to their Dubai center, and I still haven't heard anything from them. Contacted their support and they asked for a tracking number to check. It's just weird though since there's really no shipping involved in processing it, so I'm not sure what would be causing delays like this.

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#504 April 23 2020

AVOlio
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I called them a few days ago to inquire about some stuff.
They said that they only have one plane coming in and out of lebanon. (maybe this one plane is for s&s and Aramex aswell).

Maybe that's the reason.

Also please share your final fees and details of the item when it's here.

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#505 April 24 2020

Aly
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

ragdoll wrote:

Anyone else having SnS taking too long to process packages that arrive at their centers?

A package I ordered arrived on Friday to their Dubai center, and I still haven't heard anything from them. Contacted their support and they asked for a tracking number to check. It's just weird though since there's really no shipping involved in processing it, so I'm not sure what would be causing delays like this.

It has been like that ever since the lockdown started in Lebanon, it used to take 2 days from NY to Dubai, and as soon as the item is in Dubai it departs the next day.
Now things are different, it is taking 3-5 days from NY to Dubai and since there is one flight from Dubai to Beirut now per week it is taking up to 7 days to arrive from Dubai, but things are rolling with delays of course.

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#506 April 24 2020

infiniteloop
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

If I want to buy a cover and a screen protector (total 20$)  from amazon Easyshop how much do you think I will pay for transport and customs?

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#507 April 27 2020

m0ei
Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

If I ship a phone with Shop and Ship, do I have to pay customs again to activate the phone or it will be blocked after 3 months?

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#508 April 27 2020

infiniteloop
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

m0ei wrote:

If I ship a phone with Shop and Ship, do I have to pay customs again to activate the phone or it will be blocked after 3 months?

I think you have to pay VAT only if the phone model is still not in the database, if it is then you will pay once and for all both vAT + customs meaning it will be registered forever and ever

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#509 April 27 2020

m0ei
Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

So the customs and vat you pay to DHL/Aramex and co will also cover registering the phone to the network?

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#510 April 27 2020

AVOlio
Member

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Shopandship is offering free lifetime memberships.
Go check their Fb page or I guess you can register an account right away for free.

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#511 April 27 2020

TheIlluminative
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#512 April 27 2020

Aly
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AVOlio wrote:

Shopandship is offering free lifetime memberships.
Go check their Fb page or I guess you can register an account right away for free.

Can you please link me to the post ? I couldn’t find it, i have a friend who wants to benefit from this offer, thanks.

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#513 April 28 2020

AVOlio
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

This is the link.
I couldn't find it in their Fb page as well but it showed as an ad in my feed.

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#514 April 28 2020

NuclearVision
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

thanks man, i got my self a free account, I wish they could just tell you how much you expect to pay, the hidden fees/customs/ vat/clearance are what hold me back.

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#515 April 28 2020

AVOlio
Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

NuclearVision wrote:

thanks man, i got my self a free account, I wish they could just tell you how much you expect to pay, the hidden fees/customs/ vat/clearance are what hold me back.

They have this only clear fee for now.

Any item that you order, if it is :
Less than 200,000LBP of worth
Weighs less than 2kg.

You will only pay 22,000LL (customs, tax, handling etc) on top of the shipping.
This 22,000LL is temporary due to the Corona pandemic since they only have one plane coming and going.

It will revert back to 12,000LL only on top of the shipping once everything gets back to normal, of course holding the 2 mentioned conditions.

And they are charging 1500LL for the dollar.

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#516 April 28 2020

NuclearVision
Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

200,000 lbp as in 133$?
Also, what determines the item price? Do you provide an invoice?

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#517 April 28 2020

AVOlio
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Since they are charging 1500 for the dollar then I most probably yes, 133$.
And the price is either determined from an invoice inside your shipment.
Or if no invoice is found inside your shipment, once the order arrives at one of their addresses, they will value your item themselves.

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#518 April 28 2020

infiniteloop
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Thanks for the link
I have now a membership, any recommended country for faster delivery in these Corona times?
India (amazon) is good?

In a different question: anyone bought a Lithium battery or they are very strict with these items? I want to buy a battery for my camera, here it's 3x more expensive

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#519 April 28 2020

NuclearVision
Member

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if i buy a phone from abroad shipped via usps, do i need to go to the airport and pay customs then go to the telecom ministry etc?
Or does it just get delivered like aliexpress stuff ?

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#520 April 28 2020

TheIlluminative
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

NuclearVision wrote:

if i buy a phone from abroad shipped via usps, do i need to go to the airport and pay customs then go to the telecom ministry etc?
Or does it just get delivered like aliexpress stuff ?

Save your money for now :)

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#521 April 28 2020

NuclearVision
Member

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I sure am, found an auction on ebay for a good price, and was curious about the procedure now

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#522 April 29 2020

NuclearVision
Member

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aliexpress stuff starting to showup.
I wonder if they opened the airport discretely.

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#523 April 29 2020

Flakk
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Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

NuclearVision wrote:

aliexpress stuff starting to showup.
I wonder if they opened the airport discretely.

They never stopped cargo planes, AE stuff was getting delayed because of libanpost working with 50% of their staff.

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#524 April 29 2020

NuclearVision
Member

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But libanpost doesn't have cargo planes, I read a few posts above that regular mail is delivered using passenger planes

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#525 April 29 2020

Fouche
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Aliexpress Orders started Coming In:

Order Placed on 2nd Of March

Check Tracking https://imgur.com/a/Y0y69bi

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