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emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

did you mean Libanpost  or the customs?

infiniteloop

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Libanpost are slower and slower, it used to take 48h from airport to my home, now it's taking 2 weeks with libanpost alone, they are totally lazy. The time it takes fromchine to Beirut is not the problem anymore but it's libanpost.
It's a screen protector for my camera.

Last edited by infiniteloop (June 4 2018)

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

did you mean Libanpost  or the customs?

Dears Liban post called me yesterday to go to the main branch (Airport) and get my phone, I will update you.

chosen2k

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

did you mean Libanpost  or the customs?

Dears Liban post called me yesterday to go to the main branch (Airport) and get my phone, I will update you.

This means that you will walk... you will walk a lot... in order to pay customs.

LifeEngineer

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

This means that you will walk... you will walk a lot... in order to pay customs.

Not only walk, but go to MOT, wait for some days (in my case at least), the go pick a paper from MOT and take it to the airport again.

It was a long and humiliating process which is forbidding me from ordering any other phone from Aliexpress/online although I am intrigued by the OP6 or the xiaomi Mi8 etc...

chosen2k

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

This means that you will walk... you will walk a lot... in order to pay customs.

Not only walk, but go to MOT, wait for some days (in my case at least), the go pick a paper from MOT and take it to the airport again.

It was a long and humiliating process which is forbidding me from ordering any other phone from Aliexpress/online although I am intrigued by the OP6 or the xiaomi Mi8 etc...

Had this happen to me when I ordered the smallest helicopter you can imagine with 4 minutes flight time. They were afraid I can hook a camera to it and I had to wait for an "army specialist to check it".

Dude whenever you go to the airport for the second time to finish the procedure you will WALK and I really meant it. You will go from building to building and they forbid you from using your car even though there are parkings.

Anyways If you feel that it is not worth it try to tell them that this package is not for you and that it is a mistake and that they need to send it back to the sender. ( I don't think you need to pay at this point) And then you ask the seller for a refund minus the shipping price.

LifeEngineer

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Had this happen to me when I ordered the smallest helicopter you can imagine with 4 minutes flight time. They were afraid I can hook a camera to it and I had to wait for an "army specialist to check it".

Dude whenever you go to the airport for the second time to finish the procedure you will WALK and I really meant it. You will go from building to building and they forbid you from using your car even though there are parkings.

Anyways If you feel that it is not worth it try to tell them that this package is not for you and that it is a mistake and that they need to send it back to the sender. ( I don't think you need to pay at this point) And then you ask the seller for a refund minus the shipping price.

Man I did that procedure and WALKED all the walk you're talking about. It is humiliation as I said.
I was expanding on your comment to emassaad.

chosen2k

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Had this happen to me when I ordered the smallest helicopter you can imagine with 4 minutes flight time. They were afraid I can hook a camera to it and I had to wait for an "army specialist to check it".

Dude whenever you go to the airport for the second time to finish the procedure you will WALK and I really meant it. You will go from building to building and they forbid you from using your car even though there are parkings.

Anyways If you feel that it is not worth it try to tell them that this package is not for you and that it is a mistake and that they need to send it back to the sender. ( I don't think you need to pay at this point) And then you ask the seller for a refund minus the shipping price.

Man I did that procedure and WALKED all the walk you're talking about. It is humiliation as I said.
I was expanding on your comment to emassaad.

Ahahahahah Thanks for pointing it out, I kinda mixed the two of you. Sorry :S

Now we wait for emassaad's humiliation story :)

Last edited by chosen2k (June 7 2018)

infiniteloop

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Are you receiving your items from Libanpost?
Looks like they are not delivering during Ramadan, 20 days already for mine between Riad Solh and Mar Mikhael distribution centers

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

I am going this Saturday any tips on parking, procedure, etc ....

So to reduce the stress and waste of time

xazbrat

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

I am going this Saturday any tips on parking, procedure, etc ....

So to reduce the stress and waste of time

The MOT may not be open, so unless you are fine with waiting until Monday to do that (with eid just on the horizon), then go ahead.  Just find a decent time you can go during lunch or early in the am, and get it done on or before Friday.  The paper from the MOT take 2 to 3 days, so you may be cutting close with a holiday around the corner.

GL (already gone through it)

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

I am going this Saturday any tips on parking, procedure, etc ....

So to reduce the stress and waste of time

The MOT may not be open, so unless you are fine with waiting until Monday to do that (with eid just on the horizon), then go ahead.  Just find a decent time you can go during lunch or early in the am, and get it done on or before Friday.  The paper from the MOT take 2 to 3 days, so you may be cutting close with a holiday around the corner.

GL (already gone through it)

Thanks a lot will I be able to park near Libanpost

Xsever

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

You can skip gym on that day since you'll be WALKING!

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

I didn't think of that

;)

You can skip gym on that day since you'll be WALKING!

Hybrid

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

I didn't think of that

;)

You can skip gym on that day since you'll be WALKING!

So what happened? Did you get your phone?

chosen2k

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

He's still walking

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

OK
First Libanpost  airport:
reception
than first floor customs, waited 20min for the lady of the Jomrok to open the package, she priced the phone at 200,000LL ( was not able to argue with her) received a paper to take to ministry of telecommunications.
Second Ministry of telecommunications:
didn't  wait they took the paper and asked me to phone back on Wed to check if it is signed

I will update you more

by the way no walking yet :)

infiniteloop

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

So now local mafias + official dealers are hand in hand to make it hard to people to buy online?

LifeEngineer

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Exactly. Seems that's their target out of all that. They don't want people to benefit from ordering online. Kill the competition so we are obliged to buy locally.

chosen2k

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

No man. The more people order the less time they have to check all the packages = less customs.

Just keep on buying online, they can't stop progress.

xazbrat

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Exactly. Seems that's their target out of all that. They don't want people to benefit from ordering online. Kill the competition so we are obliged to buy locally.

The phones in this country from the two biggest android companies, Samsung and Huawei are actually less expensive than they sell in the EU and N. America while Apple is a bit more overpriced here.  The prices do take a while to drop though, like an S7 (2 years old) is still running near $500 here while on amazon you can find one for a third off.  The problem is that there are lots of phones which are not sold here (OnePlus, Google, Xiaomi, among others), and spending a couple of hours running around is worth it to many of us.  I only wish that they would open up a little MoT booth in the same area as customs so we could do all of the steps the bureaucracy wants us to do in one spot.

In any case, the next phone is going to be ordered and shipped to the UAE and a family member will bring it back.  ;)

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

OK
First Libanpost  airport:
reception
than first floor customs, waited 20min for the lady of the Jomrok to open the package, she priced the phone at 200,000LL ( was not able to argue with her) received a paper to take to ministry of telecommunications.
Second Ministry of telecommunications:
didn't  wait they took the paper and asked me to phone back on Wed to check if it is signed

I will update you more

by the way no walking yet :)

Ok back to MOT today get the paper (phone before to make sure it is finished)

Third
DHL airport parking wait 30 min to sign the papers and pay 44000 Customs
Forth
Libanpost airport parking no waiting!!!! pay 12000 and get the phone

So in total I payed 154$ for the phone + 44000 customs + 12000 libanpost

The process is ridiculously long and slow and hectic

I for sure want do it agsin

LifeEngineer

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Yup, welcome to the club. Seems they're successful with their plan...

Destermayor

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Well I've ordered a Xiaomi mobile from AliExpress. It's been in Lebanon for quite a while. As for my experience with expensive stuff, they usually take a maximum of 3 weeks, but for my first time ordering a smart phone, i really hope i don't have to go through what @emassaad have.
For those who experienced the following tracking status as i am now, do you still have the tracking logs of it? If so please share? If not did you pay any taxes?
"Package status: In transit
Destination: Lebanon
2018-07-06 11:50 LEBANON-BEIRUT SORTING CENTRE, Record item customs information (Inb) Retention Reason: Item handed over to customs authority for final delivery."

Thank you :)

Last edited by Destermayor (July 9 2018)

emassaad

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Re: AliExpress in Lebanon

Well I've ordered a Xiaomi mobile from AliExpress. It's been in Lebanon for quite a while. As for my experience with expensive stuff, they usually take a maximum of 3 weeks, but for my first time ordering a smart phone, i really hope i don't have to go through what @emassaad have.
For those who experienced the following tracking status as i am now, do you still have the tracking logs of it? If so please share? If not did you pay any taxes?
"Package status: In transit
Destination: Lebanon
2018-07-06 11:50 LEBANON-BEIRUT SORTING CENTRE, Record item customs information (Inb) Retention Reason: Item handed over to customs authority for final delivery."

Thank you :)

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