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[Q] Shipment time and tarrifs on your Note

Just wanted to get an idea on imports from the various owners who have ordered their Note from an online retailer.
I expect some import duties on mine but I'm still curious, and this could prove helpful to anyone looking to get a Note and not be surprised by any incidental costs.
So, if you would please fine users.
Country:
Retailer/Store:
Price:
Shipping type and cost:
Courier:
Time between order placement and delivery:
Any extra costs (import taxes, etc):
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I can get the ball rolling, although for now it's partial.
Country: Canada
Retailer/Store: Amazon.com
Price: 702.00 USD
Shipping type and cost: Expedited, 33.00 USD
Courier: Not specified at the moment.
Time between order placement and delivery: Placed November 26th, not received yet.
Any extra costs (import taxes, etc): N/A for the moment

Third Party Suppliers - Handtec, Negri & More

Negri Electronics
LG E960 Nexus 4 - 16GB @ Negri Electronics - $450 USD
LG E960 Nexus 4 - 8GB @ Negri Electronics - $400 USD
Negri also includes free shipping in the US, & $10 for Canada. I believe they ship internationally.
Ebay
Page 2, Ranging from $400-$480
Page 3, Ranging from $350-$410
16GB Nexus 4 for $412.00 (Bidding & Legit)
Not the best, but they still have it for a pretty decent price.
Anyone with any extra links or third party sellers please post, and I'll post em' here.
Reviews for certain buyers would be really nice.
I pre-ordered @ Handtec because of credit card issues.
Currently, I haven't got a tracking number and they don't know when their shipments will arrive. I presume I'll have my Nexus by the end of Next Week.

Lenovo K3 Note where did you buy yours?

Having some issues with Geekbuyer,
ordered 9 days ago after they said they had it in stock, turns out it was a ploy, still waiting on stock so ive asked for a refund.
Im looking for 3-5 days shipping via dhl or tnt if any knows a trustworthy site with a good price looking around £110 GBP
also shipping to uk

sutty86 said:
Having some issues with Geekbuyer,
ordered 9 days ago after they said they had it in stock, turns out it was a ploy, still waiting on stock so ive asked for a refund.
Im looking for 3-5 days shipping via dhl or tnt if any knows a trustworthy site with a good price looking around £110 GBP
also shipping to uk
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Hi,
I purchased mine from Gearbest,com. Ordered on Monday and delivered on Tuesday to my surprise.

I also bought mine from Gearbest. Mine took 7 days and cost £108. the box was open and a load of sh*te had been installed. At least it came rooted so could flash twrp recovery with flashify.

I purchased 3 from gearbest 2 came rooted 1 didn't, they didn't come with too much crap but still had to remove some stuff.

I bought from AliExpress, seller Hong Kong Goldway. Cheap and fast, less than a week, delivery to Europe.

Got teana version from aliexpress, with multi language. 180 usd with express shipping

Ordered from gearbest 9 days ago, despatched after 5. Could still be another 3 weeks getting here (UK). £107 Inc 3 for insurance.

Driodalot said:
Ordered from gearbest 9 days ago, despatched after 5. Could still be another 3 weeks getting here (UK). £107 Inc 3 for insurance.
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Phone got delivered today, 13 days after order.

Bought mine from: http://www.to2c.com/lenovo-k3-note-2g-ram-16g-rom.html
I bought it at about $175.98 USD

Bought it via amazon.de, via il-astore.eu or something like that, they had a good price vs. all others 'positive feedback' etc.
It was about 180 Euros, with shipping+VAT.
The only lack I see about it is - and I'm having this funny conversation from someone from the store is that I asked their return policy
cuz they sent me the yellow lemon version, I wanted simple white. Would prefer black but what can you do.
Cheers!
Is there a topic: Why did you buy a Lenovo K3 Note? I think it should exist if it doesn't.
Cheers&allthebest,
N.

Got mine from a local store, it was 185euro(few months ago) + tempered glass and earbuds.
They rooted it for me and agree to update it when the least rooms comes out, and gave me 2 years warranty.

ArditK said:
Got mine from a local store, it was 185euro(few months ago) + tempered glass and earbuds.
They rooted it for me and agree to update it when the least rooms comes out, and gave me 2 years warranty.
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Did it come with Ice Cream Sandwich? No pun attended...
Pozz iz Hr, susjede... Sala mala.

Got mine from Gearbest (EUR warehouse). The package had been opened and the Lenovo seal torn. There were fingerprints on it and it came with adware/malware. The usual. Gearbest also failed to comply to my request of including the proper power adapter for my country, but that's minor. Cost 151€ (which would have been 145€, if my Paypal conversion rate had been set up correctly), plus 10€ shipping to my target country. Shipped using a proxy delivery service, similar to Borderlinx. Great value for price so far. Especially with the Nexus 8 ROM.

sutty86 said:
Having some issues with Geekbuyer,
ordered 9 days ago after they said they had it in stock, turns out it was a ploy, still waiting on stock so ive asked for a refund.
Im looking for 3-5 days shipping via dhl or tnt if any knows a trustworthy site with a good price looking around £110 GBP
also shipping to uk
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I bought mine at Tinydeal.com. They offer priority shipping within 3-5 days for a couple of bucks more. My phone arrived via free standard shipping after 2 weeks for € 134. The package was delivered by PostNL, they declared it to be a MP3-player with a value of € 35 (I didn't ask them to do that) so I had not to pay any additional taxes.
Very pleasant online shopping experience, I recommend Tinydeal (except from the tax fraud).
I asked them for a German version of Android (nevertheless it came in Spanish) and a European power plug, which they added. Software was VibeUI 2.5, very slow, not rooted with unremovable spyware and annoying ads. I installed Nexus ROM. Speed increased from Antutu 22.000 to 46.000. I'm in love with that phone!

Bought mine from vickmall for 140 euros.
Trusted site, i have already buy ~11 phones and only one had issues with capacitive buttons backlight

Bought 2 phones, both via gearbest..one is now having the limonchello rom and the other one is on the nexus rom.
Price was around 150 - 160 USD I believe, shipping to The Netherlands.
Both came with chinese crapp on it, 1 case also had the seal broken.

hongkong goldway
sutty86 said:
Having some issues with Geekbuyer,
ordered 9 days ago after they said they had it in stock, turns out it was a ploy, still waiting on stock so ive asked for a refund.
Im looking for 3-5 days shipping via dhl or tnt if any knows a trustworthy site with a good price looking around £110 GBP
also shipping to uk
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I ordered through Aliexpress- Hongkong Goldway:
normal price, with fast delivery through DHL. it worked quite smooth!

knoxwalles said:
I ordered through Aliexpress- Hongkong Goldway:
normal price, with fast delivery through DHL. it worked quite smooth!
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You can buy from Everybuying.com or TinyDeal.com.. They are trustworthy Sellers
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try jd-dot-com, the english version
$154US - $20 off $100 coupon (JD999)= 134US. Unbeatable Price. Coupon valid until Oct 31.
I prefer a 5 inch screen, but there aren't many choices, so I'm very tempted at this price.

n1n0r said:
Did it come with Ice Cream Sandwich? No pun attended...
Pozz iz Hr, susjede... Sala mala.
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It came with Android 5.0, they also promised to update it with the newest roms

Importing Xiaomi Mi Mix to India

Has anyone imported the phone to India.. I currently have narrowed it down to 2 sellers flosmall or Chinavasion... But would like to confirm on what were the customs charged and how long did it take to get the delivery in India ??
Thanks
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Proud Xiaomi Mi Mix Owner in India
@rohit25 I have imported mine from Gearbest.com from China. If you are worried about Customs and Duties, order from them and choose Priority Shipping for India E-Commerce i.e. GATI Courier and request them to declare the value of the shipment below INR 10,000 to save Customs and Duties. I did the same and paid ZERO Duties. If the seller can't do that, You're looking at a minimum of 21% to be paid as Customs and Duties.
Also if you don't want to pay any Duties, do not opt for DHL, Fedex, TNT or UPS. Go for China Post.
Regarding Shipment duration, You get what you pay for. If you Opt for Priority Shipping for India E-Commerce i.e. GATI Courier, you'll get your package within 7-10 days.
Also opt for December Batch of the Phone as the earlier batch doesn't have the Leather Case in the Box.
Regards.
I hope I have provided the information you were looking for. PM me otherwise.

Ansh Gulati said:
@rohit25 I have imported mine from Gearbest.com from China. If you are worried about Customs and Duties, order from them and choose Priority Shipping for India E-Commerce i.e. GATI Courier and request them to declare the value of the shipment below INR 10,000 to save Customs and Duties. I did the same and paid ZERO Duties. If the seller can't do that, You're looking at a minimum of 21% to be paid as Customs and Duties.
Also if you don't want to pay any Duties, do not opt for DHL, Fedex, TNT or UPS. Go for China Post.
Regarding Shipment duration, You get what you pay for. If you Opt for Priority Shipping for India E-Commerce i.e. GATI Courier, you'll get your package within 7-10 days.
Also opt for December Batch of the Phone as the earlier batch doesn't have the Leather Case in the Box.
Regards.
I hope I have provided the information you were looking for. PM me otherwise.
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THX for the very informative post & WELCOME TO XDA-DEVELOPERS ! :good:

rohit25 said:
Has anyone imported the phone to India.. I currently have narrowed it down to 2 sellers flosmall or Chinavasion... But would like to confirm on what were the customs charged and how long did it take to get the delivery in India ??
Thanks
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Ansh Gulati is technically correct when he says that anything below 10000Rs does not attract duties. But when you ask to declare below 10000, there are a few risks which you should consider:
a.) In the unfortunate event customs opens or inspects your package and finds out it was declared low, you may have to pay a hefty fine and your item may be seized and destroyed. Neither the seller nor Paypal will take responsibility for the wrongful declaration.
b.) When you declare a lower value and if the package is insured, if anything goes wrong, you only get the declared amount as insurance. Paypal will decline your dispute and side with the seller because you asked the seller to declare a lower value or not insure it.
c.) From my experience, Gati isn't very reliable. Have had bad experiences with Gati and even heard negative experiences from a few people. Jabong and Snapdeal have used Gati at one point and have stopped using their service after many customer issues regarding damaged parcels and delivery issues. Google this if you find it hard to believe me. How can you trust them with your international parcels when their local delivery standards are sub-par?
Your best bet would be to have it declared around 350$ and have it shipped via DHL. This way, duties will still be lower than what you would have to pay if it was declared at 1200dollars and they wont bother to inspect it as 350dollars is a reasonable value for an imported mobile phone. DHL will pay the duties for you and you can pay DHL these charges on delivery. I would suggest you enquire with Flosmall regarding their customs insurance, where Flosmall reimburses you for any charges collected by customs. If this is the case, go for this option as it only costs around 6dollars more. And ensure that you have it delivered by a reliable carrier like DHL or FedEx. Atleast you'll have a guarantee that your shipment will arrive safely.
Ofcourse, you can always go the other route and have it declared below 10000 like Ansh suggested. If you're lucky, you wont have any issues and wont have to pay any duties either. It depends on whether you're willing to take the risk. That's all. Because the chances of your item being inspected is very slim.
But both Chinavasion and Flossmall mentions that the product is a cellphone and also mentions the item details on the shipping invoice along with the value.
So the invoice looks like "Mix 256GB - Cellphone - 5000Rupees". How does 256GB and 5000Rs look when the item is a cellphone? Hope you get the point.
Cheers!

Battery replacement by Official Oneplus service in US

Does anybody have any experience with this. I was wondering what the actual cost was.
The battery itself showed $12 online but nothing on labor and taxes.

I've done it in France and paid a total of 39 euros (UPS shipping and pickup included). Probably, you would have a comparable price in $...