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Any Canadians with a GNOTE? (retailer/price and duty questions?)

Very interested in importing this thing to Canada. Wondering if any canadians here have bought it, if so...
1:Where did you purchase from?
2:How much did you pay
3: was there canadian customs tax and what not?
thank you so much for your input.

unleashed12 said:
Very interested in importing this thing to Canada. Wondering if any canadians here have bought it, if so...
1:Where did you purchase from?
2:How much did you pay
3: was there canadian customs tax and what not?
thank you so much for your input.
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I too asked the same question in another thread but got no reply...
When I ordered my Nexus One from the States I remember having to pay a pretty high customs tax or something...
Maybe I should just wait surely it's going to come to Canada at some point...? $800 max everything included and I'd consider it... I'm not sure if more than that is worth it... Surely the price will go down...? But I really want it now!

unleashed12 said:
Very interested in importing this thing to Canada. Wondering if any canadians here have bought it, if so...
1:Where did you purchase from?
2:How much did you pay
3: was there canadian customs tax and what not?
thank you so much for your input.
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I orderd two from Handtec UK, 449 GBP for each ( Paid 479, Got refund 30 ), Shipped Nov 1, Arrived in Toronto Airport Nov 2, Waited one day for duty clerance, Received Nov 3.
For two together: 1. brokerage fee $10+hst, 2. goods hst $200.12, total: $211.42.

dzman said:
I orderd two from Handtec UK, 449 GBP for each ( Paid 479, Got refund 30 ), Shipped Nov 1, Arrived in Toronto Airport Nov 2, Waited one day for duty clerance, Received Nov 3.
For two together: 1. brokerage fee 10+hst, 2. goods hst 200.12, total: 211.42.
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thanks for your reply, im also considering buying from handtec, since im in alberta i prolly wont be paying hst, the max they can give me is 5% gst i believe ? including the brokerage of course.. kinda blows canadians get nailed up the ass on duty, was reading the american thread and they didnt even get any duty..wtf.

Hi there,
I take delivery on Monday and I will reply.
I also got from HandTec. My total CAD for phone and shipping came to $776. I am expecting some heavy duties. I can understand the Gov. charging huge duties on items available in Canada for purchase through a Canadian retailer, but the Note isn't.
My budget was 1k, so I think we HandTec things are going to work out just fine.
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dzman said:
I orderd two from Handtec UK, 449 GBP for each ( Paid 479, Got refund 30 ), Shipped Nov 1, Arrived in Toronto Airport Nov 2, Waited one day for duty clerance, Received Nov 3.
For two together: 1. brokerage fee $10+hst, 2. goods hst $200.12, total: $211.42.
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Does the phone get delivered to the door, but you pay FexEx the $200ish within a month?

mobiledna in richmond, BC has it in stock.

Deliximus said:
mobiledna in richmond, BC has it in stock.
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Can you post the link to the store? I can't find it, I get a 404 message at www.mobiledna.ca
Edit: Ok I found them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mobiledna
Honestly, I don't get it. They are a Bell retailer. Do they know the phone will not work on their frequencies?? Something fishy going on.

the fishy thing about this store is they are bell and they don't have iphone 4s!!! the only good thing about this store is you don't paid tax if you paid cash

My Note arrived Nov 1 (delivery date) from Negri Electronics, cost was $823.71 after a $35 discount with overnight Fedex from Hong Kong, customs clearance took one day, taxes were around $35 paid to Fedex, fired right up with my Rogers sim, apn was correct, 3G/HSDPA connection, speedtest are around 4-5Mbps down 1-2.5 up here in downtown Vancouver, on wireless the speeds are similar to a tablet 30-35Mbps down, 5 up on my home network.
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bbdj69 said:
Can you post the link to the store? I can't find it, I get a 404 message at www.mobiledna.ca
Edit: Ok I found them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mobiledna
Honestly, I don't get it. They are a Bell retailer. Do they know the phone will not work on their frequencies?? Something fishy going on.
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The Note will get a 3g/hsdpa connection on Bell, Telus and Rogers here in Canada.

bbdj69 said:
Hi there,
I take delivery on Monday and I will reply.
I also got from HandTec. My total CAD for phone and shipping came to $776. I am expecting some heavy duties. I can understand the Gov. charging huge duties on items available in Canada for purchase through a Canadian retailer, but the Note isn't.
My budget was 1k, so I think we HandTec things are going to work out just fine.
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Does the phone get delivered to the door, but you pay FexEx the $200ish within a month?
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yes, to my door. i paid cad200 to fedex right away for two notes.

I ordered mine through Basatne Electronics, who are based in Mississauga. I called them up several times and managed to find out that they have two warehouses - one in Mississauga and one in Hong Kong. From the feel of the conversation, the Galaxy Notes they have are almost definately located in Hong Kong. However, the employee reassured me that even if it was shipped to me from Hong Kong that I would not pay duty or whatever since I paid sales tax.
Their price is pretty reasonable, at least compared to ebay, and they're based in Canada (and close to me) so if I end up having a really big problem with the phone or their service I can just drive down and talk to them in person.
My order came out to $1,010.22 total including tax and the free Fedex Express Priority shipping. Should arrive on Tuesday.
I would post a link to their website but new users aren't allowed to post a link so... yeah. Google it I guess.
To find the Galaxy Note just search it in the search box on their site.

MobileDNA are not that fishy. They take phones that are compatible with Bell (hence Rogers, TELUS, etc) and sell them straight up AND/OR contract. They are selling the note at $149 this weekend for 3yr activation with Bell. I activated with them when I got the white SG2 before Bell got it.

Deliximus said:
MobileDNA are not that fishy. They take phones that are compatible with Bell (hence Rogers, TELUS, etc) and sell them straight up AND/OR contract. They are selling the note at $149 this weekend for 3yr activation with Bell. I activated with them when I got the white SG2 before Bell got it.
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The Note is NOT compatible with Bell...
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dzman said:
yes, to my door. i paid cad200 to fedex right away for two notes.
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Did you have to pay FedEx at the door with credit card or do you pay online later?

Taxes and Duty
Purchased from Handtec, and it's supposed to arrive on Monday morning. Fedex called me to say that my taxes, duty, etc. will come to $105.54, and they won't leave the phone unless I pay them on delivery.
Glad to hear you can just drop in a Rogers sim card and you're good to go!

wesdenyer said:
Purchased from Handtec, and it's supposed to arrive on Monday morning. Fedex called me to say that my taxes, duty, etc. will come to $105.54, and they won't leave the phone unless I pay them on delivery.
Glad to hear you can just drop in a Rogers sim card and you're good to go!
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Fedex sucks! That means the phone is so expensive after all the duties and taxes.

wesdenyer said:
Purchased from Handtec, and it's supposed to arrive on Monday morning. Fedex called me to say that my taxes, duty, etc. will come to $105.54, and they won't leave the phone unless I pay them on delivery.
Glad to hear you can just drop in a Rogers sim card and you're good to go!
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$100 bucks... just one more hurdle before opening up that lovely box!
The will take credit card at the door or can you pay ahead of time by phone?

They said they would take a credit card.

bbdj69 said:
The Note is NOT compatible with Bell...
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Did you have to pay FedEx at the door with credit card or do you pay online later?
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I paid by creidt card at my door when delivery came to my house.

bbdj69 said:
The Note is NOT compatible with Bell...
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The Note is definitely compatible with Bell's hsdpa network.

rgbc said:
The Note is definitely compatible with Bell's hsdpa network.
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Thanks for the correction. I'll try throwing my friends Bell SIM in when I get my phone to verify.

wp device pricing, att

source
http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/11/07/att-confirms-pricing-wp8-devices.html
... AT&T is going to be offering it (920) for just $99.99 on a two-year contract and is even willing to throw in a free wireless charging pad....
... Lumia 820 is still a decent piece of kit. And not surprisingly it's cheaper still than the 920 at $49.99....
... HTC's 8X is set to start at $99.99 for the 8GB version, going up to $199.99 for the model with 16GB of memory....
ok, I guess microsofts' explanation of surface pricing (too high) to make it not seem like a cheap product doesn't apply to subsidized phones through the carrier.
if we don't see microsoft bragging about "x million sold first weekend !!! weeee !!! " next week, we never will at these great prices.

AT&T is more than 70% iPhone.
They have no choice but to have aggressive pricing with this carrier. I wouldn't be surprised if these phones were free during the holidays.
Other news Office is confirmed for ios and Android.
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This is crazy. Seems like every other day something happens that make me change my mind. Initially i was going with the 920 the when i heard it was only coming out for ATT I changed to the 8x since it's on Verizon. ATT really sucks out here in Long Island and it doesn't offer LTE in my area while Verizon does. But the 920 at $99 is something that i can't ignore. Hopefully Verizon will come out with their pricing fairly soon.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Veri...dows-Phone-8X-Emerge-at-Best-Buy-305223.shtml
Apparently Best Buy already has the Verizon price for the 8x at $199 for the 16gb version. Now the question is, are these prices going to be better on black friday.

T-Mobile Price Hike

Was at my local T-Mobile store last night and I noticed that it retails for $549 now?
I love my Nexus 4, but at $549 off contract, the value goes out the window... From that standpoint and as little advertising as I have noticed, it's directly in competition with devices like the S3. IMO, bad move here, whether by T-Mobile or LG, that will hurt LG in the long run!

No it won't. Every one does this. It is hiked to $550 so that people will buy it on contract. If you go to best buy you will notice that their off contract prices are $100 more than carrier off contract prices. The nexus is still only $350 in the play store. Whenever that is in stock.
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Besides, there are 100s of threads here for this.
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T-Mobile and other retailers always sold it at "regular" pricing. Granted it's still cheaper than most phones similar to it. The LG Optimus G that this phone is based off is $800 off contract. The Galaxy S3 when that came out was about $700. You may think $549 is a lot for just a "phone" but then you could say this is a bargain compared to long ago, $3,000 was the cost of a phone then.

Please use the existing T-Mobile Discussion Thread
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Do they have the same offer if I buy it in the store?

tomerstern said:
Do they have the same offer if I buy it in the store?
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I know they have the 2 for $55 in stores because that is what I paid. Not sure about the music deal.
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Staples has 2x for $50 with 3 months music deal with coupon code 86128
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3months music https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/6008836

Thats the second sale like that....
The conspiratorial side of me wonders if Google isn't reducing the price to clear out old rootable stock and get it off stores shelves as quickly as possible! LOL

T-Mobile USA Note 9 50% off question

If I trade in S7 I will get the note 9 for $500 with 24 monthly bill credits.
My questions:
1. Can I pay off the note 9 few months later? (in case I want to sell it)
2. If I pay it off, will I have to pay $1000 or $500?
Thanks

smashcz said:
If I trade in S7 I will get the note 9 for $500 with 24 monthly bill credits.
My questions:
1. Can I pay off the note 9 few months later? (in case I want to sell it)
2. If I pay it off, will I have to pay $1000 or $500?
Thanks
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I'm not positive, but. I think you can pay it off early. I'm just trying to figure out how to use my JUMP from a Note to get the 512gb version without putting 500 bucks down lol

smashcz said:
If I trade in S7 I will get the note 9 for $500 with 24 monthly bill credits.
My questions:
1. Can I pay off the note 9 few months later? (in case I want to sell it)
2. If I pay it off, will I have to pay $1000 or $500?
Thanks
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I believe you would pay off the remaining balance of the $500 plus any taxes. This would be the case if you still had payments on the old phone if you use Jump to upgrade.

rsacipher said:
I believe you would pay off the remaining balance of the $500 plus any taxes. This would be the case if you still had payments on the old phone if you use Jump to upgrade.
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That's what I thought too (pay off only $500), but I was chatting with t-mobile rep and he said I would have to pay full $1000. I don't think he knew what he was talking about...

smashcz said:
That's what I thought too (pay off only $500), but I was chatting with t-mobile rep and he said I would have to pay full $1000. I don't think he knew what he was talking about...
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If I'm reading the materials correctly, they are giving you a $500 credit which leaves a balance of $499 plus tax for the $128gb version. If you had to pay the full $1k then they are making out on the deal since you gave them a phone.

From what I understand the $500 is in bill credits, so it wouldn't be just $500 off.
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rsacipher said:
If I'm reading the materials correctly, they are giving you a $500 credit which leaves a balance of $499 plus tax for the $128gb version. If you had to pay the full $1k then they are making out on the deal since you gave them a phone.
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It's bill credits, so you don't get the full $500 off until you make your 24th payment.

I find it amazing that I can get $500 for my Note 5. I am going to pre order tonight.

I'll get it if it gets rooted and 100% battery
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Am I the only one who thinks TMobile's pricing with the crazy down payment is ridiculous?

Ryano89 said:
Am I the only one who thinks TMobile's pricing with the crazy down payment is ridiculous?
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The math adds up, the Note 9 is that expensive.
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It's bill credits, so you don't get the full $500 off until you make your 24th payment.
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Ah, I didn't see that. In that case you'll most likely have to pay off the entire $1,000.
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The math adds up, the Note 9 is that expensive.
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Ah, I didn't see that. In that case you'll most likely have to pay off the entire $1,000.
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Except that no other carriers are requiring those down payments. I can pay it, I just don't think I want to when switching carriers will get me the phone with zero down. Hell, Sprint is offering it for no money down and 20 bucks a month.

Any idea about JOD. Can't seem to find prices for that??

Ryano89 said:
Am I the only one who thinks TMobile's pricing with the crazy down payment is ridiculous?
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you are not the only one!

alirulzz said:
Any idea about JOD. Can't seem to find prices for that??
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I heard JOD was.$81 down and $40 a month for the 128gb version, the 512 is not available on JOD

Ryano89 said:
Except that no other carriers are requiring those down payments. I can pay it, I just don't think I want to when switching carriers will get me the phone with zero down. Hell, Sprint is offering it for no money down and 20 bucks a month.
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I am going to order the unlocked version, heck the promotion and shiooot

Ryano89 said:
I heard JOD was.$81 down and $40 a month for the 128gb version, the 512 is not available on JOD
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Could you point to the source? T-Mobile Twitter is telling me some other price.

Ordered through T-Mobile. Ocean Blue 512/8. Half off...almost? Yes please. Did not care for that huge downpayment though. :/

I hate t mobile and their bill credit deals. You really have to keep on top of them to make sure they give it to you and make sure they get your phone you turn in. I have waited months before to get this stuff straight in the past with other “deals.” This time I am ordering the unlocked version from Samsung instead. Screw t mobiles “bill credit” junk.
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I just did the preorder and got the $500 off for an old Note 5 (yay!) as bill credits, EIP comes to $9 a month. Down payment sucked, but for $9 a month I will suck it up.
My only issue is nowhere did it ask me to choose my preorder gift. How do I get my headphones or Fortnite pack?