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Pre-Orders Now Open on Expansys (USA)

Expansys-USA.com, which doesn't charge tax in most states, now has the new Nexus devices up for pre-order.
Additionally, you can use MrRebates.com to get 2% cash-back.

Thanks for the heads up. But it doesn't tell me if they will charge me sales tax in California. If I don't know this then it's not worth pre-ordering through them. Can anyone tell me if they do based on past experience?

ap3604 said:
Thanks for the heads up. But it doesn't tell me if they will charge me sales tax in California. If I don't know this then it's not worth pre-ordering through them. Can anyone tell me if they do based on past experience?
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From the website:
1.5 Sales tax is also charged on all shipping charges for orders delivered in Illinois.

ap3604 said:
Thanks for the heads up. But it doesn't tell me if they will charge me sales tax in California. If I don't know this then it's not worth pre-ordering through them. Can anyone tell me if they do based on past experience?
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They don't charge you until you accept the cost once they get their shipment. No risk just pre-ordering and finding out if there's sales tax later

is there any benefit buying this from Expansys vs the Play store besides that you can pre order right now?

Looks like this is for the 8gb model, do they have pre-orders up for the 16gb model?
http://www.expansys-usa.com/lg-nexus-4-android-smartphone-16gb-unlocked-238869/ Found the 16gb model page

frigidazzi said:
is there any benefit buying this from Expansys vs the Play store besides that you can pre order right now?
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Probably the warranty from GP and LG?

ap3604 said:
Thanks for the heads up. But it doesn't tell me if they will charge me sales tax in California. If I don't know this then it's not worth pre-ordering through them. Can anyone tell me if they do based on past experience?
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I ordered my Galaxy Nexus from them a few months ago. Wasn't charged tax or shipping to California on, at that time, a $400 purchase.

JaceBeleren said:
I ordered my Galaxy Nexus from them a few months ago. Wasn't charged tax or shipping to California on, at that time, a $400 purchase.
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Oh wow! I live in California as well.
So no tax and free shipping correct?
How long did it take for you to get your phone from your previous order?
Very curious, as I might order from Expansys

JaceBeleren said:
I ordered my Galaxy Nexus from them a few months ago. Wasn't charged tax or shipping to California on, at that time, a $400 purchase.
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Thank you for the info Jace
PUNSHET said:
Oh wow! I live in California as well.
So no tax and free shipping correct?
How long did it take for you to get your phone from your previous order?
Very curious, as I might order from Expansys
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I'm thinking of doing the same thing. Just weary of putting my bank info out there if I don't have to so I like to know its a sure thing before pre-ordering.
Also want to make sure this comes with a U.S. 1-year warranty from Google. I'm used to Expansys being the place you order foreign phones from and if anything goes wrong you have to ship them over to Europe or whatnot to get them fixed

What do you guys think about the price on Expansys? Will it be much bigger than 300usd compare to the Google Store? If not, I would order it from EU.
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PUNSHET said:
Oh wow! I live in California as well.
So no tax and free shipping correct?
How long did it take for you to get your phone from your previous order?
Very curious, as I might order from Expansys
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Yeah, my order came out to no tax and no charge for shipping.
Ordered it on a Thursday afternoon, was ready to ship by Saturday and got it 4 days later in a small box on my doorstep via FedEx Ground.
Great phone, but looking forward to the Nexus 4 and considering ordering it from them again to save on shipping/tax to California. Plus cash back is available at various sites.

JaceBeleren said:
Yeah, my order came out to no tax and no charge for shipping.
Ordered it on a Thursday afternoon, was ready to ship by Saturday and got it 4 days later in a small box on my doorstep via FedEx Ground.
Great phone, but looking forward to the Nexus 4 and considering ordering it from them again to save on shipping/tax to California. Plus cash back is available at various sites.
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Sounds Great, looks like I'll most likely be ordering from Expansys.
Just going to see what a few other pre-order sites have to offer.

none of the links work for expansys...

Product removed.

Wanted to order from there, they accept intl' ordering and credit cards... (I'm sending to the US)
Did anyone checked the price before it was removed?

Product removed :/

Qwerty123 \m/ said:
Product removed :/
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I ordered the 16 gb model yesterday?
I got the e-mail confirmation and all that.
Maybe out of pre-orders? haha?

No Price
DubelBoom said:
Wanted to order from there, they accept intl' ordering and credit cards... (I'm sending to the US)
Did anyone checked the price before it was removed?
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There was no price in the confirmation email.
The email says this "This will be processed when stock is received and a further email
sent confirming pricing."

Edit.. sorry abt the double post
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UK shipping

I think we can all agree that the original "Play Store orders and shipping thread!" thread has gotten pretty out of hand.
I was lucky enough to have ordered the nexus 4 in the morning. And like most of you my play store thing says "Shipping estimate: November 15, 2012"
Has anyone actually received any tracking information?
Also I see that the payment went to somewhere in Ireland. According to a Google rep, all devices will be shipped from America but some people are thinking that it would come from Ireland. Can someone with some tracking info clear that up?
I see that some people have bought the nexus 4 early from the various places already from the UK, but let's keep this for play store purchases.
Let's see who's the first forum member to receive the device in the UK as well!
Thanks

At least if it did ship to the UK from the US it would justify the ludicrous shipping price for 2 day delivery.

antonusklesk said:
At least if it did ship to the UK from the US it would justify the ludicrous shipping price for 2 day delivery.
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When I ordered my Nexus 7 from the Play store that was also £9.99 and said two day shipping. In reality though, they were all sent next day.
I'm pretty sure that is what will happen with the N4's. At least, that's what I am hoping.

OriginalBilly said:
When I ordered my Nexus 7 from the Play store that was also £9.99 and said two day shipping. In reality though, they were all sent next day.
I'm pretty sure that is what will happen with the N4's. At least, that's what I am hoping.
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I thought this would be the case as if you go here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411789#GB it says that Google use TNT, who only have next day delivery options.
Yet if you go through the help section on a different page it says they use DHL who do have 2 day shipping http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&hlrm=en&answer=2715831
Complete miscommunication from Google for all of this, makes it really confusing for the customer.

antonusklesk said:
At least if it did ship to the UK from the US it would justify the ludicrous shipping price for 2 day delivery.
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It is quite ridiculous for a domestic shipment.

No shipping for me yet. And I really can't imagine them sending all devices from US, seems kinda silly. I think the money has to go each area's 'HQ' (in our case, Dublin) but I think it will be shipped from some random warehouse in the UK.
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Don't really think this needed a new thread. Google doesn't ship to the UK from the US. They pay a distribution company manage the processing/sending out of orders.

antonusklesk said:
I thought this would be the case as if you go here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411789#GB it says that Google use TNT, who only have next day delivery options.
Yet if you go through the help section on a different page it says they use DHL who do have 2 day shipping http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&hlrm=en&answer=2715831
Complete miscommunication from Google for all of this, makes it really confusing for the customer.
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Hmm that is confusing. On my order it says expected delivery 15th November, so hopefully it will arrive then or before.

Since all the nexus7 devices are shipped and returned to the UK there would be no reason for it to ship from the US. My nexus7 came from Ireland so my bet is it will be the same for the n4.

Purchased from:
Google Commerce Ltd
Gordon House, Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
GB 117 313 544

well if it looks like they're shipping from Ireland doesn't that mean that they should've atleast done some orders today by now? Did any of you get shipping details?

roughavoc said:
Purchased from:
Google Commerce Ltd
Gordon House, Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
GB 117 313 544
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That's just the registered office address. They will ship from a distribution companies warehouse somewhere in the uk

Higgsy said:
That's just the registered office address. They will ship from a distribution companies warehouse somewhere in the uk
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Oh ok, I wonder how TNT/whoever are going to handle shipping. I wont be in tomorrow, wonder if they will leave it outside my door for it to be stolen, give it to my neighbour or bring it to the DEPO which is a good 30min drive from me, and I dont drive ):

So are any of you expecting it tomorrow?

Why would it arrive tomorrow?
Have people had shipped notices yet?

Google operate their business out of Ireland for tax reasons, I think its exceptionally unlikely that they would also operate their stock and shipping from there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20288077 - Bottom of this article briefly mentions the reason behind the "Ireland" location.

Higgsy said:
Don't really think this needed a new thread. Google doesn't ship to the UK from the US. They pay a distribution company manage the processing/sending out of orders.
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You already have the answer here ^^^
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I'm pretty sure it says estimated shipping date 15th...... I don't think anyone has received anything about shipping today...

Please continue this discussion here
UK thread - Contracts, rumours, information, etc.
Thanks
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For those that ordered the Dev Edtion.. How long did it take to get it?

Just wondering how long it took for the device to be in your hands from the day you ordered it?

gwallers said:
Just wondering how long it took for the device to be in your hands from the day you ordered it?
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Last week, I ordered Tuesday (11/5) night around 9:30pm. Phone was picked up by FedEx on Wednesday (11/6) afternoon, arrived at my house on Friday (11/8).
If it matters, mine is the Verizon Developer Edition.
EDIT: The web site did have a note saying like due to high demand, it may take 7 days to process. But obviously it didn't.

When i ordered demand was "high" and they said it would ship within 7 days.
Once it shipped it took 3 days from Texas to Maryland. VZW also.

3 days, ordered on a Saturday morning.
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Just wondering how long it took for the device to be in your hands from the day you ordered it?
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I ordered on Friday 11/8. It was released to shipping on Monday. But it still hasn't shipped. Chat seesion rep said 6 day commitment and i should expect it on or before the 14th. Supposedly they ship Fedex overnight

Ordered mine on the 10th. Still sitting in not shipped state.
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wallyn said:
I ordered on Friday 11/8. It was released to shipping on Monday. But it still hasn't shipped. Chat seesion rep said 6 day commitment and i should expect it on or before the 14th. Supposedly they ship Fedex overnight
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That's odd. I ordered on the 8th. It shipped on the 11th and will be here tomorrow 13th. They do 2 day shipping. The first one I ordered was shipped the same day but I returned it for the discount.
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Ordered on the 8th. Shipped on the 12th with 2 day expected tomorrow on the 14th

Did your order status ever change and/or did they send you a tracking number? Ordered mine on the 9th and my order status still says "not shipped". I want my new toy!

SanDiegoSteve said:
Did your order status ever change and/or did they send you a tracking number? Ordered mine on the 9th and my order status still says "not shipped". I want my new toy!
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I was never able to see my status. I got an email with a tracking number around 10 hours after it was picked up

I ordered 11/6, received it 11/11. On the motorola site, under order history it still has a status of "Not Shipped"

Mine status updated on the website when it shipped and I was mailed the tracking number. Same thing happened for both my orders.

Mine will be here today. Can finally retire the s4 and its cartoon touchwiz interface.
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M X

I placed my order on 11 Nov (sunday) and received it on 15 Nov (friday).
I received a "your order had shipped" email late Weds evening.
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I was a little disappointed w/ the quality of shipping. The phone arrived safe and sound, but the Moto X box was stuffed inside a much larger box with no form of padding or cushioning at all.
I know it's all solid state, but I still didn't like hearing the moto x box sliding around. Not something you want to hear when opening $600 worth of electronics.

Hi!
Do you know if it is possible to make the shipment of Moto X Hold at FedEx location?
I would better go and pick up my shipment at FedEx, than receiveing at my location.
I will be there only at a certain period of time, not before, and not after?
How accurate is the estimated shipping time?
Thanks.

What are the recent experiences with the delivery time of the DE?

Benoe said:
What are the recent experiences with the delivery time of the DE?
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I ordered mine yesterday morning Monday and recrieved shipping notification the same day. Says it will be deliverd Wednesday with two day shipping.
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Benoe said:
What are the recent experiences with the delivery time of the DE?
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I ordered mine on a Wednesday evening and received it the following Monday. I believe they have plenty on the shelf, at least VZW anyway, as mine came with 4.2.2 on it. To me that would indicate that it was built awhile ago.

DuvelDroid said:
I ordered mine on a Wednesday evening and received it the following Monday. I believe they have plenty on the shelf, at least VZW anyway, as mine came with 4.2.2 on it. To me that would indicate that it was built awhile ago.
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I want to buy the GSM version.

LG V40 Pre Order Thread!

Howdy All,
It's time to get the hype train rolling! I thought that I would make a pre-order threat in order to help others track our pre-orders and shipping dates.
The official LG V40 release date is Thursday, October 18. As I understand it TMO will be offering the pre-order on this Friday 10/12/2018.
So first up in the US: The LG V40 Thinq is now available for pre-order from B & H Photo. :highfive: UPDATE - The price has dropped to $749 on B&H website.
Link: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1436639-REG/lg_lmv405qa7_ausabk_v40_thinq_64gb_smartphone.html
Details: LG V40 ThinQ 64GB Smartphone (Unlocked, Aurora Black) MFR # LMV405QA7.AUSABK
I was able to place a pre-order for this phone today. I'm taking this route over pre-ordering from T Mobile because I want root ASAP and missed having root when I received the TMO LG V30. That along with the fact that I will get a square trade warranty for the phone makes it a better option. The wallet hurts for a bit but in the long run I'll be happier and less likely to give my phone to my daughter .
I'll be watching as TMO and others officially allow for pre-orders and I'll post the details here for an easy one-stop-shop for pre-orders.
*UPDATE 10/12/2018 - TMO website has LG V40 listed as IN STOCK! Details here: https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone/lg-v40-thinq
Also, the preorder website is now up. Great preorder goodies! https://lg-promotions.com/us/en/pages/lgv40preorder/home

Just a heads-up that T Mobile website has the LG V40 and is showing IN STOCK as of 2pm EST. I went for unlocked but TMO folks will bet the phone first!
For free 2 day shipping use promo code 2DAY

Pre-ordered thru the Sprint website. Comes with a free 256gb microSD and a free phone gimbal?
I'm excited. Paid an extra $10 for overnight shipping. We'll see when it gets here...

Jericksen92 said:
Pre-ordered thru the Sprint website. Comes with a free 256gb microSD and a free phone gimbal
I'm excited. Paid an extra $10 for overnight shipping. We'll see when it gets here...
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Sweet. If ya can keep us updated. I only track TMO but this time around I'm taking the unlocked approach.

psawjack said:
Sweet. If ya can keep us updated.
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Will do. I've got a ship date listed at 10/18.

Just order mine from tmobile and a case from amazon

Just received mine today.

techrider6262 said:
Just received mine today.
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How is it so far?

That was quick! Hope it's worth the wait.
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Just order mine from tmobile and a case from amazon
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So far I haven't found anything bad I'm just sitting here in the dark taking pictures.

Got one coming on Verizon, ship date 18 October. $200 discount deal.
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Anyone else pre-order with Sprint? Anxiously waiting a "shipped" e-mail.
EDIT: Got my e-mail at 6:05PM PST!
Shipping through UPS, scheduled for delivery on Friday. I had selected the free standard shipping when I ordered.

Got notification @831pm CST saying that it has shipped ??
Paid for expedited shipping because I'm hedonistic af.
Should be in hand by 330pm tomorrow. I'll be going into work late so I can get er up and running haha.

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Got notification @831pm CST saying that it has shipped
Paid for expedited shipping because I'm hedonistic af.
Should be in hand by 330pm tomorrow. I'll be going into work late so I can get er up and running haha.
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Damn, I should've done overnight shipping. I called Sprint yesterday trying to get the shipping speed changed, but the outsourced overseas support agents weren't any help.

hotsauce32 said:
Damn, I should've done overnight shipping. I called Sprint yesterday trying to get the shipping speed changed, but the outsourced overseas support agents weren't any help.
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In the past I've always had most success contacting my Sprint store directly OR by using the online chat method. YMMV.

Ordered through sprint on drop day. Supposed to be here tomorrow.

It's at my local UPS sorting facility. Super excited for tomorrow!

All, B &H photo just dropped the price $200!
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Ordered from Sprint on 10/16. Received 10/18. Nice upgrade from my G6.

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All, B &H photo just dropped the price $200!
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I'm debating getting one due to that. Sine it's not being sold in Canada this makes it much more appealing because in order to import it i would be required to pay duty on it.

Slickwraps skin

Waiting for my skin from @slickwraps. Will update with pics. Ordered chared robot with express shipping. Hopefully receive it quickly.

suzook said:
Waiting for my skin from @slickwraps. Will update with pics. Ordered chared robot with express shipping. Hopefully receive it quickly.
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I ordered from Xtremeskins.co.uk, will do the same, I ordered on the 21st of October, still not here yet though, it's coming to Ireland from the UK.
Ordered screen protectors from Germany and got those within 2 days from protectionfilms24.com

Well, I won't be ordering from @slickwraps anymore. I payed $8.95 for 2day shipping, 2 days ago, and the item still hasn't even shipped! Wtf? Never again. I got ripped off.

suzook said:
Well, I won't be ordering from @slickwraps anymore. I payed $8.95 for 2day shipping, 2 days ago, and the item still hasn't even shipped! Wtf? Never again. I got ripped off.
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Same experience here a few phones ago. I actually got em on the phone & they were very dismissive, claiming the order was a pre-order & basically I'd get it whenever.....
If that's the case, the expedited shipping shouldn't even be available.
I filed a grievance/complaint w/PayPal & got my money back.
I'd try Gadget Shieldz..... good prices & high quality product.
https://www.gadgetshieldz.com/index...ecurity_hash=746bef8462363023589eaa6bebc14b26
They're based in India, so, if you're on the other side of the pond, expect three weeks for delivery. Upgraded shipping is basically tracked shipping... doesn't really cut down on shipping time, but, it's relatively inexpensive.
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I will be contacting PayPal tomorrow for a refund. What a joke

suzook said:
I will be contacting PayPal tomorrow for a refund. What a joke
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Order # 3827066
Placed: Monday: | Oct 28, 2019 3:18:37 PM
Shipped: 10/30/2019
Tracking Number: Emailed

Still nothing from xtremeskins.co.uk, its been 10 days , the sent the We're happy to let you know that your order has been shipped! email
Exactly 8 minutes after the order confirmation email, so there either really really fast and given its been 10 days since the order, thats unlikely or there completely full of it, the only way to contact them is through a Contact Us web form.

It finally came

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It finally came
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Looks Good!
How about removing the other post now.