Buying from US - Best Deals - Discussion Thread

lamdyapandya said:
recently bumped into https://www.stackry.com/ and haven't used it but the pricing seems to be good and straightforward without any fluff.

My last purchase from the US was from https://grabr.io/ but its a different model
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alekhkhanna said:
Isn't Stackry expensive ? 2 kgs start for 60usd.
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I switched to Stackry from MyUS about ten years ago, I'm way happier with not paying any monthly fees.

A few of my shipments were routed through Germany and were confiscated there for not disclosing that they contained a battery — Stackry refunded me the entire value of those shipments, MyUS never did anything like that.

Honestly, Stackry (and now iBhejo) are enough reasons for me to never ask a relative to bring anything here, or even to daydream how my life would've been if I lived in the US.
 
rsaeon said:
I switched to Stackry from MyUS about ten years ago, I'm way happier with not paying any monthly fees.

A few of my shipments were routed through Germany and were confiscated there for not disclosing that they contained a battery — Stackry refunded me the entire value of those shipments, MyUS never did anything like that.

Honestly, Stackry (and now iBhejo) are enough reasons for me to never ask a relative to bring anything here, or even to daydream how my life would've been if I lived in the US.
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Custom duties?
 
sauravghosh said:
And they earn proportionaletly.
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And they get two weeks of vacation a year, maybe. The sacrifice is far too great for immigrants.

They wake up a little after dawn, spend an hour in traffic, half an hour of which is at a drive thru for a bagel and a coffee, slave away for 8 hours with a cold sandwich for lunch, spend another hour returning to a pizza for dinner at home.

That kind of life is not to be envied, chasing hours after dollars and dollars after hours. It's cold, isolated, and lifeless. In my opinion, the money isn't worth it.

We have one life to live, and not a very long one. I want mine filled with memories and experiences, and I'm okay with not having bank account balances that reassemble phone numbers.

Some of my cousins have parents that are in their 80s and they haven't seen them in years. They spent crores on educating my nieces and nephews and even more on property, but they can't share a cup of evening chai with their own parents or siblings.

And there's no exception — it's the same for doctors, software developers and civil engineers, whether in California, Texas, Florida, New York or even Virginia. This is the life they all chose for themselves and I want none of it.

India is advancing at a tremendous pace and it's very exciting to be in the middle of it all. We used to run around barefoot on dirt roads as toddlers and now we have groceries delivered in minutes with contactless payments.
 
rsaeon said:
I switched to Stackry from MyUS about ten years ago, I'm way happier with not paying any monthly fees.

A few of my shipments were routed through Germany and were confiscated there for not disclosing that they contained a battery — Stackry refunded me the entire value of those shipments, MyUS never did anything like that.

Honestly, Stackry (and now iBhejo) are enough reasons for me to never ask a relative to bring anything here, or even to daydream how my life would've been if I lived in the US.
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I echo this; very happy with their service.
 
rsaeon said:
And they get two weeks of vacation a year, maybe. The sacrifice is far too great for immigrants.

They wake up a little after dawn, spend an hour in traffic, half an hour of which is at a drive thru for a bagel and a coffee, slave away for 8 hours with a cold sandwich for lunch, spend another hour returning to a pizza for dinner at home.

That kind of life is not to be envied, chasing hours after dollars and dollars after hours. It's cold, isolated, and lifeless. In my opinion, the money isn't worth it.

We have one life to live, and not a very long one. I want mine filled with memories and experiences, and I'm okay with not having bank account balances that reassemble phone numbers.

Some of my cousins have parents that are in their 80s and they haven't seen them in years. They spent crores on educating my nieces and nephews and even more on property, but they can't share a cup of evening chai with their own parents or siblings.

And there's no exception — it's the same for doctors, software developers and civil engineers, whether in California, Texas, Florida, New York or even Virginia. This is the life they all chose for themselves and I want none of it.

India is advancing at a tremendous pace and it's very exciting to be in the middle of it all. We used to run around barefoot on dirt roads as toddlers and now we have groceries delivered in minutes with contactless payments.
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That's why Europe is much better in this regard. Your personal time is yours. Inflation is very less and so is increment in salary, leaving past 1-2 yrs because of this conflict of Ukraine-russia. If ever i have to go and live abroad in my earning life will choose European country otherwise for retirement india is better or less vietnam is also very good. Have seen so many foreigners living there after retirement.
 
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