International Shipping or SNS ?

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I will be ordering a Samsung Focus through ebay. The seller is ready to ship it internationally. The ebay price is 135 USD including shipping.

Shall I go with that OR use SNS ?

Mentioned as "UPS Worldwide Saver". He has 100% feedback from 250 people / sales.
 
Our customs are known for stealing items. I would say dont take chances just for saving $8. Tell the seller to remove unwanted material like manuals , etc.

I had got a focus with a case and still it was well below 500gms.
 
Ask the seller to ship internationally ONLY if it has proper tracking. Many packages are shipped using cheap services and don't have tracking info have been lost or items flicked from it. If he isn't ready to use better shipping then get it shipped via SNS.
 
UPS Worldwide Saver seems to be a fully tracked service.

Btw what is the difference in price if its shipped direct to India and shipped to a US address?
 
I'm not sure how accurate this is but last time a friend ordered a Vita through SnS and was charged an extra tax in US which was applicable only in NY (afaik) some 8%. Since SnS gives you are US address based in NY only maybe you will be subjected to the same tax too. Just verify with other SnS users.
 
^ The sellers are supposed to charge sales tax if they have a physical presence in the state to which the item is shipped to. Amazon too charges sales tax in NY.
 
the cheapest one i can find is 214 $ . how are you getting it such a low price? also with the hassles of exchange rates , custom duty, paypal charges, shipping fees, its not worth the risk.
 
UPS vs SnS ==> If the cost is same, then go for SnS. You can avoid the customs hassles with SnS, and this gives you a big relief!!
 
Guys I won this in auction :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120893760240&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123#ht_500wt_1413

What do you say ?? Charger merely costs around 300 locally. Will be using SNS. Already sent documents for SNS accounts verification, but they said it will take 24hrs to activate.

dantool said:
how much are you being charged for the shipping?
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That was 135USD including shipping.

vivek.krishnan said:
Very nice. Could you share the deal?
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I was taking with the seller & making the deal, no listing actually.

Metalspree said:
Our customs are known for stealing items. I would say dont take chances just for saving $8. Tell the seller to remove unwanted material like manuals , etc.

I had got a focus with a case and still it was well below 500gms.
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Point noted saar.

viralbug said:
Ask the seller to ship internationally ONLY if it has proper tracking. Many packages are shipped using cheap services and don't have tracking info have been lost or items flicked from it. If he isn't ready to use better shipping then get it shipped via SNS.
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Yes, he was ready for it..

varkey said:
Btw what is the difference in price if its shipped direct to India and shipped to a US address?
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well, I guess 20 USD. 10 USD for SNS account & 10USD for shipping.

sandeepsachin said:
the cheapest one i can find is 214 $ . how are you getting it such a low price? also with the hassles of exchange rates , custom duty, paypal charges, shipping fees, its not worth the risk.
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bro, search for used ones
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Thank you all for replying
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^bought the account already since it might come handy in future.

Shall we go the deal I won ? what do u say
 
Can we use our debit card to pay for opeilning an account with sns?

I tried a few months ago but they were only accepting cc's.

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Guys anyone want to take this Focus which I won ? I will give my ebay id & password, you pay using your CC & use your SNS. I have attached the pics here :

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vantheman - Yeah, only CC.
 

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I got 2 phones delivered from my friend in Canada via fedex. They were delivered to me in 4 days flat including Customs clearance. The customs were also charged according to the declared value only. However they charged Rs. 300 as broker charges whereas SNS only charges Rs 100 for that. However since my friend was the one taking care of the shipping charges, it worked out to be a lot cheaper. i paid Rs. 943 in total for 2 phones whereas if i had gone the SNS way it must have cost me around Rs. 2000 or more.

However i would suggest not to go with USPS. ask your seller if he can use Fedex instead. They are much faster, especially when it comes to getting it cleared from customs.
 
^thanks for replying bro
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I asked the seller to mark it as gift & provide invoice of 50 USD. Is that the correct way ? But he sent me this :

"How would you like me to mark the package as gift? Do you want to include a packing note? Do you want it wrapped? Where should I write 50 USD?"

Can anyone provide me clear instructions ?
 
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