ICC like service for items from UK?

Guys how much is the customs duty on laptops? I need to ship a laptop from the US to india. Weight of the laptop alone is 1.8kg, including packaging will probably work out to almost 3kg i suppose
 
^^Thanks for the reply :) The laptop price is 280 USD so means about 40 USD customs. Totally i'd have to spend 100 USD to get it shipped here. Dosent make sense i think, might as well have it sold on ebay
 
I dont post much... but wanted to comment that i have been using Aramex S&S service in Dubai for more than a year and i am very satisfied, infact most of the techies in UAE use Aramex S&S service
 
so what are the other items that can be brought using shop & shop which are light weight and have less customers. something like mobile phones which has only 1.3% custom
 
^ Most other items have about 15% duty and most music players, PMP etc is subject to about 27% duty! :O

Btw Aramex for US packages is not so great. Here is the progress of my current package

Jan 2nd - Delivered at their NY location as per USPS Tracking

Jan 5th - Shipment details updated in their system

Jan 8th - Shipment marked as shipped but tracking was live only after about 12 hours

Jan 8th - Forwarded to Dubai Express Hub

Jan 11th - Shipment reached Dubai Express Hub
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I wonder which flight takes 3 days to reach Dubai from New York :p I hope they forward it to Mumbai today itself and there are no further delays.

But for packages from UK, it's really fast! :)
 
varkey said:
^ Most other items have about 15% duty and most music players, PMP etc is subject to about 27% duty! :O

Btw Aramex for US packages is not so great. Here is the progress of my current package

I wonder which flight takes 3 days to reach Dubai from New York :p I hope they forward it to Mumbai today itself and there are no further delays.

But for packages from UK, it's really fast! :)
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My experience with US S&S

24 Dec - 2 orders placed at Amazon
30 Dec - Amazon Delivers both (Christmas delay :mad:)
4 Jan - Aramex wakes up and registers them (New Year + Snow delay :mad:)
5 Jan - Shipped from NY
7 Jan - Dubai
8 Jan - Delhi
8 Jan evening - With me :bleh:
 
My Dell streak is still in production. Don't know when will it ship, when will it reach the SnS NY Office, when will it reach India and finally when will I see it.

This long wait is killing me.
 
Vasishta.Sushant said:
My Dell streak is still in production. Don't know when will it ship, when will it reach the SnS NY Office, when will it reach India and finally when will I see it.

This long wait is killing me.
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you ordered via S&S, how did you pay for it?
 
last time i got phones from US, it took total 14 days from phone being sent by a friend to S&S through USPS and me receiving them. this period

involved christmas and snow delay though. i have ordered again today from ebay US. let's see how much time S&S takes this time around.

though it took them 14 days, there was no duty charged on phones worth 650$ and i was able to import them for 828 bucks. i think this alone

places them miles ahead of ICC.
 
dantool said:
last time i got phones from US, it took total 14 days from phone being sent by a friend to S&S through USPS and me receiving them. this period

involved christmas and snow delay though. i have ordered again today from ebay US. let's see how much time S&S takes this time around.

though it took them 14 days, there was no duty charged on phones worth 650$ and i was able to import them for 828 bucks. i think this alone

places them miles ahead of ICC.
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took aramex flat six days to deliver phone from US to me, apparently customs department took one whole day to inspect and clear it.
 
^However, customs isn't a pain isn't it? All the charges are covered within Aramex's payment done in the beginning? Planning to get a pair of memory modules from the US.
 
It has reached Dubai now but don't know what is it doing there for this long :p I am seeing the same status for the last 14 hours :(

Man this wait game is the worst part of every deal. And the undisclosed CUSTOMS amount is the topping on the cake.

I am watching random streak pics, reading reviews and doing everything to know the device, before it reaches me. (I guess I am getting too desperate.)

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EDIT: Shipment Forwarded to - Paharganj,India

Heartbeat is getting raised. I hope I get this one tomorrow.

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EDIT2: Damn ! My Stuff is already there at Mahipalpur Hub. I hope that I get it in another few hours.
 
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