I just tried to buy one Android Dev Phone for Spain, but when checking out it wanted to charge me $170 shipping (UPS Innovations (Tracking) - $170.14) with no alternative shipping method. I cancelled it, of course. What kind of shipping could be *that* expensive? It's just unacceptable for something that can weigh maybe 1KG at most. Not even with insurance and any kind of "special delivery" could it be that much.
Maybe I should stop building apps and start a shipping business :-) On Dec 8, 12:52 am, Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my experience, it depends on what Google puts in the shipping > papers, what UPS tells the people at Customs and the mood of the > people at Customs. Sometimes you pay nothing, sometimes you pay taxes > of various kinds. I suggest Google should write "free sample, $399 > administrative cost". > > :-) > > On Dec 7, 6:53 pm, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Any appropriate customs duties and taxes will be added on top of the > > $399 purchase price. You are correct, that this can add a substantial > > the base price. However, it should not add any hassle. Is there some > > specific difficulty you're referring to? > > > Cheers, > > Justin > > Android Team @ Google > > > On Dec 6, 2:13 am, Marc Seeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > I'm really interested in the possibility of buying a "Android Dev > > > Phone 1 " (-->http://code.google.com/android/dev-devices.html), the > > > only question I have concerns the shipping. > > > According to the site, it will be (?is?) available for order in > > > Germany, I can't find any information about the details though. > > > The price seems fair, but adding VAT + Import Taxes would add a BIG > > > amount of money to the final number (and a lot of hassle). > > > > Does Google ship all of its devices from the US or are devices for > > > European Devs shipped from inside the EU?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
