07/03
Not the same old queries which have been asked and answered time and again. I was wondering something else.
I was checking out HopShopGo and saw that they ship to UAE, a tax free country I have access to every 4 months. I just did a little math and saw that importing from US if done with larger quantities is actually cheaper if shipped to Abu Dhabi when compared to getting it here in the face of the recent increase in duty for mobile phones. Below is the estimate that I made through HSG.
Is there any particular point I am missing here?
If it is possible then if 4 people were to order iPhone 5 (s) and get it shipped for the estimated $60 then each one would have to pay a landing cost of just Rs.36000/-. That is substantially cheaper than local prices.
$2600 (4 x iP5) + $60 shipping
I know the query is a little rare, but have any known cases with problems surfaced when following a similar shipping plan?
Old query:
I would like to know if anyone has ordered something from US and got it shipped to India and their experience regarding it.
I finally have a friend who has moved to US. I was wondering if asking him to ship a product like a phone etc would be a good idea. I am curious as to what the cost of shipping, time and customs would be?
I can also get is shipped to Abu Dhabi, where the customs duty is close to 0% but again I do not know how the process would go.
Any help is appreciated.
- Planning on ordering a Nexus 4 from there
Not the same old queries which have been asked and answered time and again. I was wondering something else.
I was checking out HopShopGo and saw that they ship to UAE, a tax free country I have access to every 4 months. I just did a little math and saw that importing from US if done with larger quantities is actually cheaper if shipped to Abu Dhabi when compared to getting it here in the face of the recent increase in duty for mobile phones. Below is the estimate that I made through HSG.
Is there any particular point I am missing here?
If it is possible then if 4 people were to order iPhone 5 (s) and get it shipped for the estimated $60 then each one would have to pay a landing cost of just Rs.36000/-. That is substantially cheaper than local prices.
$2600 (4 x iP5) + $60 shipping
I know the query is a little rare, but have any known cases with problems surfaced when following a similar shipping plan?
Old query:
I would like to know if anyone has ordered something from US and got it shipped to India and their experience regarding it.
I finally have a friend who has moved to US. I was wondering if asking him to ship a product like a phone etc would be a good idea. I am curious as to what the cost of shipping, time and customs would be?
I can also get is shipped to Abu Dhabi, where the customs duty is close to 0% but again I do not know how the process would go.
Any help is appreciated.
- Planning on ordering a Nexus 4 from there