Thread: I buy a N810, 130€ or 190 US $, Shipping to Spain included
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2009-12-05 , 11:43
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Originally Posted by maacruz View Post
Beware the customs. A friend of mine who used to buy some things in the USA had problems every time. He finally stopped buying there for this reason.
It was new things from stores, so may be used items aren't that affected.
Hope you have better luck
It depends on the shipping: it they use fedex or similar, it will surely have to pass through customs, so that the courier can charge their extortionate fees (that can be much more than customs fees) for handling the procedure.
If they use usps, it's probable that it slips through customs[*] and even if it doesn't you'll just have to pay customs and vat.
Oh, and shipping via usps is also enormously cheaper.

[*] I don't have a statistically valid sample, I just bought 3 items from the usa (my n800, a roomba and a battery for the roomba) and I never had to pay customs. I'm also constantly buying things from dealextreme (hong kong post) and, again, never had to pay customs.