sabby
ex-Mod
Hi ! My questions are mainly for those who have bought stuffs from B&H and/or who have bought camera gear in general from US or EU.
I want to buy the Sony NEX-5R and some other lenses & accessories. It seems that the damned India dept of Sony doesn't care about releasing their NEX series - heck they haven't even bothered releasing the 2nd gen and the lenses other than kit/18-200. So, I was browsing through the B&H site and found good prices for NEX-5R, lenses, filters etc. The shipping charge is about 80$ which I don't mind unless there's some heavy custom duty. So, here are the questions:
1. How are the shipping and time frame if you've bought something from B&H to India ?
2. How are shippings in general for UPS ?
3. Do the Indian Customs guys charge duty for Camera gears ? ( And whether there is any price bracket)
4. Is it possible to gift wrap the items to avoid customs duty and do B&H do this on request ? ( Or any other online shop who does this)
Yo are most welcome to suggest reliable and tested alternative online shops. I have a few friends coming from US in May/June but I DO need these before mid-March and besides they might have other similar requests from their relatives as well so I don't wanna burden them.
P.S. - I posted this in General section instead of Camera sub-forum as my queries are more related to shipping/customs in general than on the Camera gears.
I want to buy the Sony NEX-5R and some other lenses & accessories. It seems that the damned India dept of Sony doesn't care about releasing their NEX series - heck they haven't even bothered releasing the 2nd gen and the lenses other than kit/18-200. So, I was browsing through the B&H site and found good prices for NEX-5R, lenses, filters etc. The shipping charge is about 80$ which I don't mind unless there's some heavy custom duty. So, here are the questions:
1. How are the shipping and time frame if you've bought something from B&H to India ?
2. How are shippings in general for UPS ?
3. Do the Indian Customs guys charge duty for Camera gears ? ( And whether there is any price bracket)
4. Is it possible to gift wrap the items to avoid customs duty and do B&H do this on request ? ( Or any other online shop who does this)
Yo are most welcome to suggest reliable and tested alternative online shops. I have a few friends coming from US in May/June but I DO need these before mid-March and besides they might have other similar requests from their relatives as well so I don't wanna burden them.
P.S. - I posted this in General section instead of Camera sub-forum as my queries are more related to shipping/customs in general than on the Camera gears.