Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

I contacted Libanpost and they said i need to go down to customs at the airport.
Don't they usually do the clearance process and I pay due customs in nearest libanpost branch?

NuclearVision wrotewhat does the followijg message mean?
Record item customs information (Inb) Retention Reason: Item handed over to customs authority for final delivery.

This depends on what you ordered, is it some kind of drone?

TokMe3HrsToSolveChallenge wrote

NuclearVision wrotewhat does the followijg message mean?
Record item customs information (Inb) Retention Reason: Item handed over to customs authority for final delivery.

This depends on what you ordered, is it some kind of drone?

Camping stuff: knife, sharpening stone, small military camo pouch..
Am i in trouble?

NuclearVision wrote

TokMe3HrsToSolveChallenge wrote

NuclearVision wrotewhat does the followijg message mean?
Record item customs information (Inb) Retention Reason: Item handed over to customs authority for final delivery.

This depends on what you ordered, is it some kind of drone?

Camping stuff: knife, sharpening stone, small military camo pouch..
Am i in trouble?

its probably the knife that made it get stopped, idk if you they will let you take them or no but if you go make sure you take some money with you in case they decide you can't take it they will make you pay a 100,000 lbp fine

Did you have a similar experience?

NuclearVision wroteDid you have a similar experience?

nope but that is what I was told

TokMe3HrsToSolveChallenge wrotedoes anyone know if I use shop & ship or onyourway.io from newegg to buy pc hardware will it be cheaper than buying it from pc and parts?

also does anyone know how to calculate the customs fee if i use shop & ship

I fly frequently between dubai and beirut. Could get the parts for you (i only ask for a fee if the item is quite heavy or large; that's a favor I do for the Lebgeekers community). List what you need and we'll compare.

Amazon US makes great deals so mostly it's hella worth it to buy online and bring back from dubai to beirut.

Does anyone buy supplements from bodybuilding.com? if so what shipping company do you use (aramex shop & ship or a forwarding company from the US?). Aprox how much do you pay for customs when you receive the items.

xazbrat wrote

TokMe3HrsToSolveChallenge wroteDoes anyone buy supplements from bodybuilding.com? if so what shipping company do you use (aramex shop & ship or a forwarding company from the US?). Aprox how much do you pay for customs when you receive the items.

If you know someone coming in from Dubai (many people do), ask them to bring them with you. The prices are pretty reasonable at https://www.sporter.com/en-ae/ and they can bring it back with them. They do afaik deliver to Lebanon, but they use DHL so while it may be cheaper than here, wouldn't save you as much. If you can find something in a pouch like this https://www.sporter.com/en-ae/optimum-gold-standard-100-whey/, would definitely be worth it.

the thing is I wanna get their signature brand which as far as I know is only available at their website so If I use aramex shop and ship will they make me pay a lot of customs or 11% or will it just go through?

Libanpost has a free? forwarding service. You pay shipping using usps, if anyone has experience with it please let us know. Link

NuclearVision wroteLibanpost has a free? forwarding service. You pay shipping using usps, if anyone has experience with it please let us know. Link

It's not free.

It looks just like shopandship and borderlinx from Aramex and DHL respectively.
But this one is more like borderlinx since they account for volumetric shipping.

Shopandship only accounts for the weight of the item no matter the dimensions.

AVOlio wrote

NuclearVision wroteLibanpost has a free? forwarding service. You pay shipping using usps, if anyone has experience with it please let us know. Link

It's not free.

It looks just like shopandship and borderlinx from Aramex and DHL respectively.
But this one is more like borderlinx since they account for volumetric shipping.

Shopandship only accounts for the weight of the item no matter the dimensions.

How is it not free? The dimensions are there to calculate shipping from usa to lebanon which you obviously have to pay and i don't see any other fees on the website. what am i missing?

Ah.

You meant a subscription.
Yea the service is free, but obviously you need to pay for the shipping and everything that tags along with it.

But if I were you, I'd subscribe to any of the s&s plans and save a lot since they calculate charges based on weight only and not volumetric weight.


Try doing what happened with me.
I tried to subscribe for the s&s basic plan which was like 40$ lifetime.
I logged in and everything, and reached the checkout page.
But I don't remember what happened, I got busy with something else and didn't actually pay for the subscription.

And what do you know, two days later, they sent me an email with a promotional code to get the subscription for free.

thanks for the information

Well, I just shipped a Gaming monitor from Amazon with ShopandShip Aramex.
On the description page of the item, Amazon claims the shipping weight is 25.3lbs.

But actually, the package left Amazon fulfillment center at 29.9lbs.
When the package arrived in aramex facility in New York, they declared the package weight as 39lbs.

After many emails with their support team, they were able to check the weight of the package when it arrived in Dubai, and they coorected it to its original weight which was about 29.6lbs.

It was a long process, but s&s support was helpful.

I received the package today.
The following is what I paid :

Customs Clearance (as "tasfiyeh") : 110$
Shipping (29.6lbs as a regular s&s user) : 235$
Customs fees / taxes : 187$

Total : 532$

And you know what, I would have be fine with all of those payments.
But as it turns out, the monitor is defective!
So there you go.

I really don't know what I'm supposed to do now.
Whether I should return it and ask for a refund.
Or I should return it and ask for a replacement.
In either case, I'm gonna pay more money.

I will ask Aramex on Monday if they can assist me in any way regarding this.

Damn this sucks! It seems shop and ship is very risky. I have no idea what your best option is. It seems all your options are costly.

On a side note, I wonder if shops who sell monitors (like pcandparts for example) would agree to import special requests for their customers. If you offer to pay say 300$ for the service it looks like a win win situation.

I shipped from amazon through a similar shipping service to congo..had a defective ssd.. I told the support how it is impossible to ship it back but i can destroy i destroy it in front of them..they shipped me a new drive and didn't bother with the old one..amazon customer service is something else