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[Q] Cheapest place to get Galaxy Nexus for someone in US?

For someone in the United States trying to get the HSPA version of the Galaxy Nexus, where would be it be the cheapest to buy from (after tax, shipping, VAT, etc)?
I've been trying to get my hands on the GNexus, but paying 750+ USD just doesn't seem worth it (even if it won't come out in the US for a month or two if at all). Can we compile a list to compare the prices of all the retailers (online preferably) that are selling the phone?

andythefan said:
For someone in the United States trying to get the HSPA version of the Galaxy Nexus, where would be it be the cheapest to buy from (after tax, shipping, VAT, etc)?
I've been trying to get my hands on the GNexus, but paying 750+ USD just doesn't seem worth it (even if it won't come out in the US for a month or two if at all). Can we compile a list to compare the prices of all the retailers (online preferably) that are selling the phone?
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~$690 shipped from Handtec

Handtec, get your order in ASAP they should be getting new stock today.

KiNG OMaR said:
~$690 shipped from Handtec
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That's still a bit pricey... about one hundred more than what I am willing to pay (I got both the Nexus One and Nexus S for <$600). Is that the cheapest price anywhere?
Does it come with a warranty or insurance?

andythefan said:
That's still a bit pricey... about one hundred more than what I am willing to pay (I got both the Nexus One and Nexus S for <$600). Is that the cheapest price anywhere?
Does it come with a warranty or insurance?
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This costs more than the Nexus One or Nexus S. You won't find it for cheaper for a while.

andythefan said:
That's still a bit pricey... about one hundred more than what I am willing to pay (I got both the Nexus One and Nexus S for <$600). Is that the cheapest price anywhere?
Does it come with a warranty or insurance?
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Unless they start selling them in the US directly at retailers, you won't find one for under $600 any time soon. Right now Handtec is the cheapest at just under $700 as others have said. When calculating your price keep in mind that some credit card companies charge a foreign transaction fee of around 2%-3%.

martonikaj said:
Unless they start selling them in the US directly at retailers, you won't find one for under $600 any time soon. Right now Handtec is the cheapest at just under $700 as others have said. When calculating your price keep in mind that some credit card companies charge a foreign transaction fee of around 2%-3%.
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That's it! I'm sleeping under a rock! Someone wake me up when the Galaxy Nexus is under $600! I have nothing else to live for! :'(

ok, got it... £450 is a pretty reasonable price to me, since i'm gonna be in the usa next week i'm thinking to buy it, so i'm wondering if i'll need to pay any import duty...

Youre also paying the premium of it being imported and the satisfaction of having it early. Its not a high rollers club thing. Its just reality at the moment. The more my atrix rebooted the more i want to throw this phone out the window even though its a nice and capable phone. My nexus hopefully will be here by friday. Oh yes it will be mine.
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They come out in Canada on the 8th so there should be more of them out there so the price should (theoretically) go down

No. Probably still looking at $700usd with all the fees, shipping and taxes. Some of us thought about that but the savings are marginal.
Sent from my samsung gt i9250 which is in the wrong country.

Here is how to get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for up to as little as $465 in the US:
1. Sign-up for MrRebates.com to get 2% cash back from Expansys-USA.
2. The phone on Expansys USA is $750, but you can use the discount code 20OFFLS to knock the price to $730. (It has to be a US seller in order for you to be able to use step 3.)
2. Since you use MrRebates.com, you get 2% cash back, which brings the effetive price down $715.
3. You can use the Price Protection feature of your credit card to get price drops of up to $250 reimbursed, but only if the transaction was in US Dollars. So if, within 60 days, you see the phone advertised in the US for less than $730, the credit card will give you the difference.
4. This might reduce your total damage to $465.
We may not see a full $250, but I venture to say that a $100 price drop is virtually guaranteed.
Other have mentioned to use BigCrumbs.com instead for 4% cash-back. Their reviews are not quite as good as those of MrRebates.com though.

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3. You can use the Price Protection feature of your credit card to get price drops of up to $250 reimbursed, but only if the transaction was in US Dollars. So if, within 60 days, you see the phone advertised in the US for less than $730, the credit card will give you the difference.
4. This might reduce your total damage to $465.
We may not see a full $250, but I venture to say that a $100 price drop is virtually guaranteed....
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what card is offering the up to $250 PM? none of the ones ive looked into are matching online purchases =/
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New2Houston said:
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3. You can use the Price Protection feature of your credit card to get price drops of up to $250 reimbursed, but only if the transaction was in US Dollars. So if, within 60 days, you see the phone advertised in the US for less than $730, the credit card will give you the difference.
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Interesting about the price protection... i never knew that. I did some quick googles on it, and it seems most credit cards don't have it anymore, or the restrictions make it useless.
http://creditcardforum.com/blog/amex-citi-chase-credit-card-price-protection/

New2Houston said:
Here is how to get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for up to as little as $465 in the US:
1. Sign-up for MrRebates.com to get 2% cash back from Expansys-USA.
2. The phone on Expansys USA is $750, but you can use the discount code 20OFFLS to knock the price to $730. (It has to be a US seller in order for you to be able to use step 3.)
2. Since you use MrRebates.com, you get 2% cash back, which brings the effetive price down $715.
3. You can use the Price Protection feature of your credit card to get price drops of up to $250 reimbursed, but only if the transaction was in US Dollars. So if, within 60 days, you see the phone advertised in the US for less than $730, the credit card will give you the difference.
4. This might reduce your total damage to $465.
We may not see a full $250, but I venture to say that a $100 price drop is virtually guaranteed.
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Your "total damage" will only be as low as the cheaper one you could get in the US. And since the phone will never be sold for $465 unlocked in the US, you'll never get a full $250 back. Like you said, a more reasonable price we'll see for the US unlocked version is about $600.

spovat said:
what card is offering the up to $250 PM? none of the ones ive looked into are matching online purchases
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For example this one: http://www.capitalone.com/cash.

ebates.com has 6% cash back from expansys-usa again today so i ordered mine for $750 - $20 coupon - 6% ebates cash back - 1% credit card cash back = $678.9 in the end (hopefully). oh and if you're a new ebates.com user you get a $5 cash back bonus.

Thanks for all of the tips everyone. I think I may pull the trigger today and get the Galaxy Nexus from Expansys.

steevo1 said:
Thanks for all of the tips everyone. I think I may pull the trigger today and get the Galaxy Nexus from Expansys. At the moment however, I cannot seem to get to the ebates.com site. I suppose the site may be down due to all of the cyber Monday bargain seekers.
Can anyone access the ebates.com?
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loaded for me first try.

martonikaj said:
loaded for me first try.
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edit: I figured out why I was having trouble. See later post.

Just ordered my Galaxy Nexus from Handtec

comes to $711.34 after international Visa charge and all that. Please make me feel like my purchase is justified I'm happy yet sad. My brain is confused!

monkey hung said:
comes to $711.34 after international Visa charge and all that. Please make me feel like my purchase is justified I'm happy yet sad. My brain is confused!
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I wish I were you... Justified enough?
I'm okay with dropping that much on a phone. If I had the cash I would do it now.

In these tough economic times its a small price to pay to see a smile on ones face
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Trust me, you did the right thing I ordered mine from Clove technologies and it came out to be about $730 all together. I should have it by the end of the week extremely excited. You'll be happy
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You should have waited for the 32GB version. That being said, I'm still ordering the 16GB next week

Does anyone know when Handtec is supposed to ship their items? I bought it around 1am Pacific on wednesday morning and they still have not shipped it yet. They said I was supposed to get a confirmation when it gets shipped but it shouldnt possibly be this long

monkey hung said:
Does anyone know when Handtec is supposed to ship their items? I bought it around 1am Pacific on wednesday morning and they still have not shipped it yet. They said I was supposed to get a confirmation when it gets shipped but it shouldnt possibly be this long
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The information your getting sounds normal. I ordered mine Tuesday and, the estimated shipping from FedEx said should receive it tomorrow. If you read the last few pages of Hantec shipment thread, you will see the same pattern.
If they have stock it seems to be taking only a day and a half from the time you order it.

monkey hung said:
Does anyone know when Handtec is supposed to ship their items? I bought it around 1am Pacific on wednesday morning and they still have not shipped it yet. They said I was supposed to get a confirmation when it gets shipped but it shouldnt possibly be this long
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1am Pacific on wednesday was about 5pm on Tuesday here. According to their blog post they should have shipped it yesterday. Having said that it must have been crazy busy there! I imagine it'll go out today if it hasn't already (fyi its 4am Thursday in the UK now)

But there's no way for me to track it. They gave me a confirmation number and that's it. No info on if it's been shipped yet.

monkey hung said:
But there's no way for me to track it. They gave me a confirmation number and that's it. No info on if it's been shipped yet.
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If you haven't gotten a tracking number yet, I'm sure it hasnt shipped yet. Maybe you should email handtec and ask them if/when it will ship. I ordered mine last Friday, and it just shipped yesterday because they didn't have stock in, so maybe that's what happened?
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I just ordered my nexus from handtec... hopefully they still have stock. 696.31 is a large price to pay to not have to deal with Verizon's crap.

If you feel bad about paying $700 for a phone you probably should have waited. I didn't drop the money until I was 100% sure I wanted the phone
telepathically sent with my Galaxy Nexus which is being imprisoned by FedEx

I just ordered my nexus from handtec... hopefully they still have stock. 696.31 is a large price to pay to not have to deal with Verizon's crap.
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Think of how much you'll save on your monthly bill if you go with a month to month plan
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Mine's has been shipped today arriving tomorrow

monkey hung said:
comes to $711.34 after international Visa charge and all that. Please make me feel like my purchase is justified I'm happy yet sad. My brain is confused!
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(assuming you are in the usa and were considering waiting for the phone on verizon)
1. you paid $5 more than the unlocked gsm version of the phone will likely retail for in san francisco california ($650 * 1.085 = $705)
2. you are free to go to t-mobile, at&t, or any number of other gsm mvnos.
3. on t-mobile you can get a cheaper month-to-month plan than contract plan.
4. the verizon version is thicker and contains bloatware, not to mention is locked down to verizon. the monthly bill will be at least $80/mo for a new line and with a 4GB cap currently. you will probably pay $300 + tax at verizon, and locked into a $350 early termination fee. therefore you will pay the same amount as you just paid if for some reason you wanted to leave verizon.
5. more people on the planet will have the same version of the phone as you do. therefore you will reap the benefits of international android hackers more quickly.
6. gsm/hspa+ uses less battery than cdma/lte
7. you get it first
i could go on, but i hope that's enough to make you feel better

With the (probably) huge developer base, ice cream sandwich, easy root, no bloatware (I hate forced themes by manufacturers -.-), fastest updates by google + the modding community, how could it be a bad purchase?

$800 here
I just received mine from Handtec today. One thing you have to keep in mind is that FEDEX charges you the taxes and custom fees once it gets into your country. Mine was $700 but when it got to the local depot they called and said the extra charges come to just under $100. I live in Canada though and we have a fairly high sales tax as well as a provincial tax (%12 in total).
Nice thing was I ordered Tuesday morning and it got here 48 hours later.
Awesome phone!

JDaSilva said:
I just received mine from Handtec today. One thing you have to keep in mind is that FEDEX charges you the taxes and custom fees once it gets into your country. Mine was $700 but when it got to the local depot they called and said the extra charges come to just under $100. I live in Canada though and we have a fairly high sales tax as well as a provincial tax (%12 in total).
Nice thing was I ordered Tuesday morning and it got here 48 hours later.
Awesome phone!
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Wow, I'm proud to be an American.

rashad1 said:
Wow, I'm proud to be an American.
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Still pay taxes there bro, just not as much.

JDaSilva said:
Still pay taxes there bro, just not as much.
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I wasnt being serious, the richest people here pay the least taxes

[Q] Importing to the U.S. from canada

I'm not too sure if this have been discussed on the GNex, but from what I've found looking around there doesn't seem to be any mention of importing the phone from canada.
Does anyone know if there's a website that does this? If so should I wait for the canadian release to import it or just give in and order it from expansys?

there's another topic floating around talking about that
the general consensus ends up being it'll cost the same as importing it from the UK

Just wait till the 8th...

ah thanks for the replies. I'm just sitting here debating if i want to put in the order right now or not for expansys. While I'd like to not miss the 2nd batch, I'm also certain that they don't ship through the weekends.
Hmmmm decisions....

It's about the same price as from the UK.
I checked with a Bell store earlier today, and they want $650 plus a month of service ($50) + our 13% tax of course. Ends up being ~$700 + tax. Virgin mobile wants the same thing, but I'm wondering what happens if you go on a pay as you go plan and just not load any minutes onto it. In that case it's still $650 + tax.
Not to mention shipping of course.

Is it possible to buy this phone for 650.00 plus tax and shipping and have it shipped to the USA?
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For Canadians looking to have the device on launch day, contact me. My fee is "modest" but it will save you the hassle of arguing with reps, activating lines, credit checks, and cancellation requests through Bell.

Go check OmegaCell they have crazy prices now but once the device launches it will be good. And Bell has repeatedly told me that the phone is sim locked. The two best buys closest to my house both said they won't sell the phone outright.
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NardVa said:
Is it possible to buy this phone for 650.00 plus tax and shipping and have it shipped to the USA?
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For those buying the GN from the UK, get it from Handtec.co.uk Their price has consistently been the lowest of the pack unlocked (make sure you look at the regular price, w/o VAT). With tax and shipping (1-4 days FedEx. Got mine in 1 day!) you're paying about 690 which is great, considering the speed at which they deliver.
In addition (not sure if it's the same for other sellers) but handtec gives you a universal phone adapter/surge protector that covers Europe, the US, Japan, Australia, Thailand and the UK. It's not practical for use in the US (I'm using my sensation charger) but you never know when it might come in handy, especially if you travel a lot.

US Buyers.. Which retailer did you buy from?

I'm just curious as to where you might have bought it from. Expansys? Handtec? Clove? I've heard stories where people have to pay a big amount of money after it gets into the country, like customs fees and things like that. Expansys is $749 but it almost seems like the best bet since they ship from the US. Any suggestions US buyers?

Negri: https://negrielectronics.com/samsung-i9250-google-galaxy-nexus-black-unlocked.html
plus theres a $35 off coupon you can find online. they have free ground, but all their other shipping are more expensive than expansys.

I bought mine from Expansys. There was some ups and downs in the begining, but in the end they were great! Their US GM (Cory L) is active in the Expansys thread now, helping people with problems, and letting us know what is going on with shipments, ect. Can't ask for much more. There was a $20 coupon floating around, not sure if it's still active.
I picked them cause they have a US branch here, in case I ever have to deal with the warranty.
Earlier today someone found out that Newegg has them in stock - or so it says. Have no clue if they are imported or not (UK ones have 2 year warranties). It lists the manufacturer site as www.samsung.com and not the UK location so
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875176322

Just pulled the trigger on it from Handtec. $704 CAD shipped. Seems to be the cheapest option out of the bunch.

Handtec. It was slightly cheaper when I bought mine though, I still think it's the cheapest option.

rashad1 said:
Handtec. It was slightly cheaper when I bought mine though, I still think it's the cheapest option.
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Yeah, I thinking handtec as well. Any hidden fees once it enters the US? And realistically, how are their shipping times?

ztm.000 said:
Yeah, I thinking handtec as well. Any hidden fees once it enters the US? And realistically, how are their shipping times?
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No hidden fees other than certain credit card companies charge a foreign transaction fee, in the 2%-3% range people have reported.

i'm waiting for the 4G-LTE model which supposedly now is going to be Dec. 9th and will be picking it up at Best Buy Mobile.

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No hidden fees other than certain credit card companies charge a foreign transaction fee, in the 2%-3% range people have reported.
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Alright, do it seems like handtec is the most solid choice for me.
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i'm waiting for the 4G-LTE model which supposedly now is going to be Dec. 9th and will be picking it up at Best Buy Mobile.
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unfortunately, the 4G LTE model doesn't appeal to me. I'm not a fan of Verizon. But to each their own.
So if I order tomorrow night, I should get it by Wednesday then, correct?

ztm.000 said:
unfortunately, the 4G LTE model doesn't appeal to me. I'm not a fan of Verizon. But to each their own.
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heh.. i was on T-Mob for the longest time but after seeing the LTE speeds in action & jumped on while they still had unlimited data it's the best mobile broadband ever. i can download a 1GB file in about 5 minutes.
on the downside though, i'm paying roughly $20 more then i was on T-Mob and have less minutes. if AT&T or T-Mob were anywhere near as fast as Verizon(in my area they are very slow compared to Verizon) & had unlimited data also i'd consider switching.

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heh.. i was on T-Mob for the longest time but after seeing the LTE speeds in action & jumped on while they still had unlimited data it's the best mobile broadband ever. i can download a 1GB file in about 5 minutes.
on the downside though, i'm paying roughly $20 more then i was on T-Mob and have less minutes. if AT&T or T-Mob were anywhere near as fast as Verizon(in my area they are very slow compared to Verizon) & had unlimited data also i'd consider switching.
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Nice man. Anyway, where would you buy one from if you were gonna buy the GSM version?

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Nice man. Anyway, where would you buy one from if you were gonna buy the GSM version?
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I would go with Expansys also for the same reasons as the others. already in the US & easier to deal with warrenty wise.

I'd go with negrielectronics.com tbh. While they may be more than anyone else, sadly enough they were the only one's from London to the US to never BS me about stock, and they handled my order in a professional manner. The same cannot be said for others that have been mentioned in this very thread.
The Android figurine they send out is a nice touch too.

As I wrote in the other thread, I too went with Negri last night. An hour and a half after placing the order I got an e-mail saying it shipped along with the tracking number. Pretty damn nice if you ask me.

Orders from HANDTEC

Anyone here have ordered this phone from Handtec? Have you received your ship date yet?
Thanks!

They're saying devices will ship on 3/4 on their website. I haven't ordered yet, plan to do so tomorrow. I actually live locally to them and hope to see if they'll let me come and pick the device up (instead of posting).

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Anyone here have ordered this phone from Handtec? Have you received your ship date yet?
Thanks!
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I pre-ordered from handtec - no ship date yet.

yea i have pre ordered grey.took my money last week.no ship date.wish they could send mine as it takes 5 days on average no matter what shipping i use.3rd phone purchased from them.they are good with emails if you want to hit them up

Hmm I guess no one has received ship dates yet then. I saw that they said they have already received their units a couple of days ago. I figured maybe they will send it out early, but guess not.
THanks

pre ordered from Handtec. No tracking yet.
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Thinking about ordering from them today. Want to know if their initial stock would be enough to fill my order.
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balto said:
Thinking about ordering from them today. Want to know if their initial stock would be enough to fill my order.
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I've used them before, shipping from them is pretty quick. 2 days for USA. They haven't sent out any shipping info yet but their site do say back orders are going to be sent out the 3rd of April.
Also they have the cheapest deals! 403.99 GBP before VAT

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I've used them before, shipping from them is pretty quick. 2 days for USA. They haven't sent out any shipping info yet but their site do say back orders are going to be sent out the 3rd of April.
Also they have the cheapest deals! 403.99 GBP before VAT
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i would be too worried about UPS showing up with my phone and asking for $75 or something. that would cause me to force a reversal at my bank then pick up the phone at UPS for $75. that would be an awesome deal, but i would feel bad about it.

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i would be too worried about UPS showing up with my phone and asking for $75 or something. that would cause me to force a reversal at my bank then pick up the phone at UPS for $75. that would be an awesome deal, but i would feel bad about it.
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I'm assuming the $75 you're talking about is for any import fees. Well I ordered my SGS2 from them and I did not have to pay anything to UPS. I also looked up import taxes/fees for mobile phones from other countries and it seems we only have to pay at max $2 so I wouldn't be worried about that at all.

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I'm assuming the $75 you're talking about is for any import fees. Well I ordered my SGS2 from them and I did not have to pay anything to UPS. I also looked up import taxes/fees for mobile phones from other countries and it seems we only have to pay at max $2 so I wouldn't be worried about that at all.
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I'm in the united states, so if I order it from handtec I will only have top pay 2$ to ups?

barondebxl said:
I'm in the united states, so if I order it from handtec I will only have top pay 2$ to ups?
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I should have mentioned earlier, the $2 is for the import fee. You still need to pay for shipping which is 16 GBP. The last time I ordered from handtec I didn't even have to pay the $2 import fee.

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I should have mentioned earlier, the $2 is for the import fee. You still need to pay for shipping which is 16 GBP. The last time I ordered from handtec I didn't even have to pay the $2 import fee.
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Awesome thanks a lot man. I just wanna make sure ups or whoever delivers the phone to my house doesn't hold the package cause I have to pay some kinda tax on it.

I've ordered mine from Handtec, had a chat with someone from the online support team, they said that most of the pre orders will be shipping out on the 3rd and (for people in Australia) transit time is around 1-4 days. Fingers crossed to receive it before the long weekend !

Just got my shipping notification and tracking number from UPS(Handtec)!!excited!

Got my fedex tracking number. Dispatch on the 3rd!
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Ordered mine from Handtec over the weekend. Shipping to Canada via Fedex. No notice yet. Did you guys get an email with tracking number?

ponts said:
Ordered mine from Handtec over the weekend. Shipping to Canada via Fedex. No notice yet. Did you guys get an email with tracking number?
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yes i got email with tracking number..try mailing them remind them about your order status.

Yahoo!!
Got a tracking number!! Wooohoo!!!

Still didnt get my TRACKING number