On Dec 13, 5:11 am, Matt Zukowski matt.zukow...@gmail.com wrote:
Theshippingcharge is insane. I can't believe bright star is charging
this amount with a straight face.
Same here i wanted to buy ,i am in france .
The shipping fee are 184$ ,it's completely insane.
I put my order in wait
The shipping charge is insane. I can't believe bright star is charging
this amount with a straight face.
I'm also not particularly impressed with that you don't see the
shipping charge until the very end, after you've already entered your
credit card info (and signed up for the Android
Even when they are levied, they are charged
through to the party receiving the shipment,
Not in this case. In this case the duties and taxes have been charged
to the shipper, which is why the cost of shipping *and handling* is
much more than just the shipping cost.
As to the amount, I'm not a
Brightstar has a history of screwing up International Orders, which
can be found by looking at the history of the One Laptop Per Child's
G1G1 program. In that case, getting the device was the issue, not the
cost of the shipping. It took Brightstar almost six months to figure
out how to ship to
I've spoken with Canada Customs and had it confirmed that a phone w/
$399USD value would incur a max of $64 in taxes (PST+GST) at current
exchange rates. Being manufactured outside of NAFTA zones, it is
possibly subject to duties of 6% (about $30), though I was just
explicitly told by someone at
Why not start a buddy programme... you team up with a buddy in the US,
get the device shipped to their house, and then collect it from them and
buy them a thankyou gift. It's got to be cheaper than Brightstars PP +
Taxes
Al.
Joe Bowser wrote:
Brightstar has a history of screwing up
I too tried to order phone and got that completely ridiculous shipping
charge of $264 which absolutely no one can justify. I buy phones off
of Cellular Blowout and get them shipped to Canada via USPS the most I
have been charged is $40 shipping and then I pay GST and duty here.
Maybe $50 tops.
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