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2007-11-20
, 17:56
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As for UK release & price, what about this:
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/-...rchtype=genre#
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http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/-...rchtype=genre#
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2007-11-20
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@ Maine & Florida - USA
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Originally Posted by Hedgecore
I didn't see you buy anything in the US
Being next to the U.S. (Canada) and having a dollar that is still worth more than the U.S. one, I can get some minor savings... but unless I get really creative, I'm stuck paying 8% duty upon bringing it back across the border.
You took the N810 with you on the trip to find your way around in the US 
Plus aren't you allowed to buy up to $500-$1000 of stuff abroad without duty, as long as it is not alcohol or tobacco?
Or is that only US residents coming back to the US?
I do recall one expensive Ebay nightmare whereby we purchased something from ebay.ca. Had to pay duty on the way here. The item was defective and had to be returned. Duty on the way back. Argh.
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2007-11-20
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@ Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Originally Posted by icerabbit
If you get caught doing that trick, Canada Customs will confiscate it, and put you on their watch list, if you cannot prove the item was actually purchased in Canada.
I didn't see you buy anything in the US
Cheers
Harold
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2007-11-20
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@ San Jose
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I'm so very sad! Three of the stores in the bay area are now closed. San Jose, Santa Clara and San Mateo. Looks like Pleasenton too. I called the CompUSA in San Francisco and they claimed they don't have the N810 listed anywhere in their computer. I wouldn't mind driving an hour up there if they had it. But I'd be pretty disappointed to drive all the way up there for nothing.
I don't suppose anyone else on here lives in San Francisco and has gotten theirs from the CompUSA yet have they?
Any other stores that might have them sitting on the back shelf somewhere?
I don't suppose anyone else on here lives in San Francisco and has gotten theirs from the CompUSA yet have they?
Any other stores that might have them sitting on the back shelf somewhere?
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2007-11-20
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All of the CompUSA stores in San Diego closed too. There is no place to buy it locally here. The Circuit City web site says that the N810 is not available in stores. Nokia currently has it on backorder. I'm bummed.
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2007-11-20
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@ Austin, Texas
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Originally Posted by orbitalcomp
Yep, me too
Well, I kept telling myself that I was just going to stay with my N800
Originally Posted by orbitalcomp
I've been calling both stores here in Austin for the last week...*and* going by to ask and look behind the counter (I know, I know) and...nothing till today, when the guy told me that that they have three left in San Antonio and did I want to have mship it here for free?
If you're in a hurry to get one, check your local CompUSA store...they probably have them. If my store here in San Antonio got them this quick, then I'm sure most other cities got them, as well.
After I got up I said yes, of course, and managed to ask if I was in time to have it delivered next day...willing to pay of course! So, I just checked the confirmation number and it appears to be legit. If not tomorrow, then Thursday!
In the inimitable words of Homer Simpson: Woo Hoo!
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2007-11-20
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Originally Posted by HAC
Sooo let me get this straight. People actually admit at the border that they bought x,y or z item in the US? Even if such items are not in their boxes or have any identifying tags on them?
If you get caught doing that trick, Canada Customs will confiscate it, and put you on their watch list, if you cannot prove the item was actually purchased in Canada.
Cheers
Harold
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2007-11-21
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@ Texas
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Originally Posted by Greyghost
I am shocked that we got them first here in S.A., before Austin...usually it's the other way around, it seems...
Yep, me too
I've been calling both stores here in Austin for the last week...*and* going by to ask and look behind the counter (I know, I know) and...nothing till today, when the guy told me that that they have three left in San Antonio and did I want to have mship it here for free?
After I got up I said yes, of course, and managed to ask if I was in time to have it delivered next day...willing to pay of course! So, I just checked the confirmation number and it appears to be legit. If not tomorrow, then Thursday!
In the inimitable words of Homer Simpson: Woo Hoo!
Glad you were able to take advantage...but why have it shipped? Just hop in your car and hightail it down IH-35, then you could be playing with it tonight!
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2007-11-21
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@ Maine & Florida - USA
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And, it is not like you buy it tax-free in the US either. You're paying sales tax in the US (except in two or three states). Just like whenever we go into Canada, we're paying sales tax etc. So everybody should pay double taxes?
We've never had an issue at the US/CAN border, coming into the US or going into Canada. We tell the purpose of our trip, broadly declare what we bought (souvenirs, $ of whatever things here and there) and didn't buy (tobacco & alcohol) and are not bringing into the country (weapons, ...). They ask to open the trunk. May look around briefly in the trunk but that's it. I have yet to have a question about any piece of electronics visible & bagged or any item present in my vehicle.
I suppose it is different going back into Canada as they assume all Canadians are buying things cheaper in the US?
But, if -- under the "guilty until proven otherwise" mode (which does happen a lot nowadays, I've been singled out several times at airports by security) -- I had to carry a receipt on me for every piece of electronics I travel with in the car on vacation or when flying on holiday internationally to prove I didn't buy anything across the border ... I better
a) buy an album for said receipts and leave everything home I no longer have a receipt for
Or
b) stay home
We've never had an issue at the US/CAN border, coming into the US or going into Canada. We tell the purpose of our trip, broadly declare what we bought (souvenirs, $ of whatever things here and there) and didn't buy (tobacco & alcohol) and are not bringing into the country (weapons, ...). They ask to open the trunk. May look around briefly in the trunk but that's it. I have yet to have a question about any piece of electronics visible & bagged or any item present in my vehicle.
I suppose it is different going back into Canada as they assume all Canadians are buying things cheaper in the US?
But, if -- under the "guilty until proven otherwise" mode (which does happen a lot nowadays, I've been singled out several times at airports by security) -- I had to carry a receipt on me for every piece of electronics I travel with in the car on vacation or when flying on holiday internationally to prove I didn't buy anything across the border ... I better
a) buy an album for said receipts and leave everything home I no longer have a receipt for
Or
b) stay home
Cheers
Harold