Recent content by Abhishek Shukla

Sites based in USA and below 50$, both of these are not applicable here but something to keep in mind.

The KYC thing is another cherry on top. Luckily, they accepted the address proof even though pincode was of different area (The one that I shared with seller works better for deliveries). I suppose they will call me tomorrow.

Yes, Electronics. So no escaping this scam (in all but name). Surprisingly, I have only received an SMS with link and no calls from them. What do they usually do to get you to pay them? Withholding shipment I guess, but I am going to wait for a day or two.

Which courier?

I have bought items upto Rs 2k-3k from China many times, never had to pay any of these charges before. The delivers for those were made by DTDC and India post though.

I have a shipment coming from China (Alibaba). What are these charges apart from import duty and taxes? I would like to know if other have paid these. I have gone through the basic explanation for these, but they still seems excessive for something "costing" rs 5000. Note for MODS : Please...

Depends on your stand on who is worse ; a moron or a scoundrel.

If you think that each & every human decision is made on rationality, including at the heights of power, you have misunderstood something very fundamental about the world.

Even a tiny nation like Colombia stood up against the inhumane treatment but pusillanimity is inbuilt in India bureaucracy (and many Indian citizens) towards foreigners. Given the rise of (or recognition of) female criminals all over India these days, many would be ok with them getting 'things'...

@ikkhan picked it up a while ago.

Corsair K55 RGB Gaming Keyboard https://techenclave.com/threads/corsair-k55-rgb-gaming-keyboard.224444/#post-2576201 This is available.

Whatever you decide to go with, make sure to pic up LiPh batteries. I have had an APC SUA 2200I (Sine Wave) one which has been working fine for around 8 plus years. The only problem is the backup keeps on decreasing very quickly with time and requires battery replacement to maintain proper...

Moving this to Giveaway thread : https://techenclave.com/threads/corsair-100r-giveaway.218544/page-2#post-2578680.

Discussing this with @badwhitevision. Discussing this (Oneplus Nord Buds) with @eswarprasad. Pick up was done a while ago for both items. Moving this here as well. Corsair K55 RGB Gaming Keyboard https://techenclave.com/threads/corsair-k55-rgb-gaming-keyboard.224444/#post-2576201 In...

Price reduced to 600.