New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

xazbrat wrote

ironman wroteHey guys, is there any way to check whether the esim IMEI is whitelisted or blacklisted?
I tried calling alfa on 111 but they have a strike those days...
Any alternative method?

Thanks

I saw this earlier---send a blank sms to 1014.

A friend of mine bought an iPhone X from Lebanon. No IMEI blacklist, customs paid etc.
When she travelled to the US, it turns out the IMEI is blacklisted in the US and would not work (it was stolen).

So our IMEI database is just local I guess.

jsaade wrote

xazbrat wrote

ironman wroteHey guys, is there any way to check whether the esim IMEI is whitelisted or blacklisted?
I tried calling alfa on 111 but they have a strike those days...
Any alternative method?

Thanks

I saw this earlier---send a blank sms to 1014.

A friend of mine bought an iPhone X from Lebanon. No IMEI blacklist, customs paid etc.
When she travelled to the US, it turns out the IMEI is blacklisted in the US and would not work (it was stolen).

So our IMEI database is just local I guess.

Yeah--that's a different issue. I guess if you buy a phone here and go to the states, you can use https://stolenphonechecker.org/spc/index.jsp, and I am sure that the EU probably has its own too site too The market here isn't very regulated so black/grey market goods have a way of making it here.

I want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

TheIlluminative wroteI want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

currently oneplus devices are not in the system so no fees apply to it

Wow perfect. Thanks a lot

TheIlluminative wroteI want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

I have a oneplus 7 pro and i can confirm that you do receive the 90 days sms but when i send an empty sms to 1014 the countdown stopped at 31 days left for 2 weeks now

bobo619 wrote

TheIlluminative wroteI want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

I have a oneplus 7 pro and i can confirm that you do receive the 90 days sms but when i send an empty sms to 1014 the countdown stopped at 31 days left for 2 weeks now

I have had the Mi 9t for a while now, and I can confirm too that also happened to me. This is one of the perks of Lebanese being clueless in the world on smartphones.

This ''law'' is forgotten by the revolution, it's one of the new aberration tax the corrupted have put

Is this law still in effect? I've heard from people who have iPhones and Samsungs and other mainstream devices that after the 90 days their phones still worked just fine. Has anyone actually experienced their phones being barred from the network after the 90 days?

My brother s iphone stopped at 31 days for a while now

Does the 90-day limitation reset every year? I got my phone from abroad and started using it late October. The 90 days are supposed to expire in late January 2020. Will I get new 90 days starting 1 Jan 2020?

The sms states it is 90 days per year and not sure if it is since the day of activation or if it resets Jan 1.

So, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

Kazouza wroteSo, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

They are stopping at 31 days left

what about buying a smartphone from aliexpress? Are they still stopping them at the airport?

bobo619 wrote

Kazouza wroteSo, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

They are stopping at 31 days left

Are they sopping the service or the days count down?

Sasuke wrote

bobo619 wrote

Kazouza wroteSo, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

They are stopping at 31 days left

Are they sopping the service or the days count down?

What i learned is that seeing the situation now they have stopped the countdown at 31 days(i contacted an alfa representative). I have no idea if they will reinstate it after the dust have settled.

Any further updates on this? I’m flying in next week and my mother needs a new phone. Considering buying it from abroad but don’t want it to cause her headaches later on.