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[Q] Buying NS outside of US and UK

I live in europe, but not in UK. Does anyone have ideas about how I should get my hands on the Nexus S, when it becomes available?
Any thoughts are most welcome

If you can wait, then sign up here: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/nexuss/
If you're in a hurry, then there are a few options:
1. Best Buy + delivery service like http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx
2. eBay. Prices are about $730 now, I'd wait a bit.
3. Wait for somebody local to import a load of phones and sell on at higher price.

Carphone warehouse, vodafone contract only tho

shrivelfig said:
If you can wait, then sign up here: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/nexuss/
If you're in a hurry, then there are a few options:
1. Best Buy + delivery service like http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx
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I'm afraid but "Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."

umbrella42 said:
I'm afraid but "Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."
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And I don't understand why...
Anyway i will place the order, if they reject my order i will take a Galaxy S...

velenox said:
And I don't understand why...
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Best Buys statement sounds like Erich Honecker DDR command economy to me. Anyway ...

velenox said:
And I don't understand why...
Anyway i will place the order, if they reject my order i will take a Galaxy S...
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Please inform us if you will recieve a phone ..
A lot of friends bought iPhone 4 in Apple store in other country and they recieved it via freight forwarders. It would be strange if Nexus S can be bought in this way, because they will only lower their sales.

According to this review, it will be available in EU in February and it will have lower price than Galaxy S i9000:
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/google-nexus-s-en.shtml
Also at that time Samsung will unveil i9100..

umbrella42 said:
I'm afraid but "Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."
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Huh. Disappointing, and smells of politics
Well, if BB don't want my money, then I will happily take it elsewhere. There might be an initial rush, but come January it will not be difficult to get one online, no matter where you live. Well, perhaps if you're on the ISS.

I think you can use site like MyUSABox (http://www.myusabox.com/), but personally I don't have experience with it. Don't know if anyone can comment about the site

shrivelfig said:
2. eBay. Prices are about $730 now, I'd wait a bit.
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I live in Greece....so if i am gonna buy it from ebay (US) does it comes with comes with one year warranty?...and after how many months do you think it will be sold in ebay (US) in the same price it is sold in US market (530$)?

What if Best Buy dun accept non-US credit card.....

lokto7 said:
What if Best Buy dun accept non-US credit card.....
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then we are f*cked!
but my best guess ... googles checkout or paypal ... not!?!

lokto7 said:
What if Best Buy dun accept non-US credit card.....
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Seems pretty unlikely.
I'm pretty sure they are unable to block credit cards by country.
If your credit card belongs to an established network (Visa or Mastercard for example), the payment should go through smoothly.
I'll be placing an order as soon as the Nexus S is in stock at best-buy.com, I'll keep you guys posted regarding the payment.

DJTaurus said:
I live in Greece....so if i am gonna buy it from ebay (US) does it comes with comes with one year warranty?
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I find no mention of warranty anywhere at all at Google, eBay or Best Buy. US warranties tend to be short, so I'd guess a phone sold in Greece would have a longer warranty, but at a higher price.
and after how many months do you think it will be sold in ebay (US) in the same price it is sold in US market (530$)?
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That will probably never happen. If you could buy loads of stuff somewhere at $530, would you sell them on eBay at the same price?

theophane said:
Seems pretty unlikely.
I'll be placing an order as soon as the Nexus S is in stock at best-buy.com, I'll keep you guys posted regarding the payment.
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How do you manage the shipment to france as best-buy.com delivers only to U.S. addresses?

umbrella42 said:
How do you manage the shipment to france as best-buy.com delivers only to U.S. addresses?
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The Nexus S will ship to NY, a friend of mine will then forward me the parcel to France.

Best buy ships to Εurope?
Any link about their shipping policy?

DJTaurus said:
Best buy ships to Εurope?
Any link about their shipping policy?
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Help-To...rs/pcmcat204400050019.c?id=pcmcat204400050019

DJTaurus said:
Best buy ships to Εurope?
Any link about their shipping policy?
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No, Best Buy does NOT ship to Europe.

I want a shield shipped to uk

whats the best way to get a shield shipped to the uk cheap ebay seems too steep anyone traveling to uk and bring one with them? or any other way to get one no telling how long nvidia will do a uk release.

jutley said:
whats the best way to get a shield shipped to the uk cheap ebay seems too steep anyone traveling to uk and bring one with them? or any other way to get one no telling how long nvidia will do a uk release.
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You can try hopshopgo buy for me service. They will charge 10% for the amount you want to buy then use DHL to ship it for you.
I have use it 2 times to ship the item to me that the site dont have international shipping and payment.
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Try http://www.shopusa.com/ that worked for me, not sure if they ship to UK. But Denmark was no problem
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used borderlinx, ~ 46 € for two Nvidia Shield.
But carefull, the Shield DONT have a CE-Certification, you may dont get it through customs

jutley said:
whats the best way to get a shield shipped to the uk cheap ebay seems too steep anyone traveling to uk and bring one with them? or any other way to get one no telling how long nvidia will do a uk release.
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hello
am in the uk and bought mine from eBay.com and it took only 5 working days to arrive to me here in london, but i had to pay an extra £90 for shipping and custom charges

Hupo said:
Try http://www.shopusa.com/ that worked for me, not sure if they ship to UK. But Denmark was no problem
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Sadly they don't do the UK
I'm personally just waiting for the UK launch, I have to wait for the cash to buy one anyway.

ebay
jutley said:
whats the best way to get a shield shipped to the uk cheap ebay seems too steep anyone traveling to uk and bring one with them? or any other way to get one no telling how long nvidia will do a uk release.
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Just buy one on ebay, yes you will pay a little more, but as yet there is no UK release date or price

daleph said:
Just buy one on ebay, yes you will pay a little more, but as yet there is no UK release date or price
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Thanks guys for the replies just keeping a eye on prices on ebay will make my move soon.

Finally bit the bullet and got one off ebay £286 delivered not bad well should have it in a couple of weeks looking forward to it.

tax
Mine got charged 66 pounds import tax so be wary.

Well with no release date for europe just glad i got one.

Question
Is there any restriction importing nvidia shield
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Currance in playstore as £ or PC streaming using a gtx 650 or highter gpu

crualfoxhound said:
Question
Is there any restriction importing nvidia shield
Like
Currance in playstore as £ or PC streaming using a gtx 650 or highter gpu
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Price should convert straight into pounds unless your bank adds a fee. But you will have to pay quite a bit for privately shipping the device and you may also have to pay customs which could set you back a fair bit.

I paid £288 and then my bank charged about £8-9 conversion fee i chose for my bank to convert the currency instead of paypal don't know if it works out cheaper but my guess is it is cheaper.

jutley said:
I paid £288 and then my bank charged about £8-9 conversion fee i chose for my bank to convert the currency instead of paypal don't know if it works out cheaper but my guess is it is cheaper.
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Paypal for my orders abroad have always done the conversion for free. But when paying £288 already, an extra 10 quid or so isnt a big deal I guess.

http://www.mobicity.co.uk/nvidia-shield.html#.Ui89K8twbbU
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Where to buy unlocked

I have a friend that study in USA. He came back to home next month. Where he can buy for me an unlocked version(399$)?
Tks

To get the promo price ($399) he'll have to order it from htc.com by this Friday

thisisjason said:
To get the promo price ($399) he'll have to order it from htc.com by this Friday
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No offer in phisical store?

krokkio said:
No offer in phisical store?
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I don't think so, not unlocked with the promo price

krokkio said:
No offer in phisical store?
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Only the locked carrier specific versions are available at the carrier stores (AT&T, Sprint), the unlocked version with the $399 promotional pricing is available only from HTC at htc.com as someone else has already mentioned. The promotional pricing ends tomorrow 11/06, so hurry or it will cost you!

any deals for the HTC u12 plus?

Looking to buy the translucent blue one. Any of you guys know where to find on a discount?

Depends what country and price range

Tachi91 said:
Depends what country and price range
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US. Also going to Taiwan this end of October and wonder if it's cheaper to buy there.

Have you checked on Swappa? Saw a few under $600

Tachi91 said:
Have you checked on Swappa? Saw a few under $600
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Thanks will check it out.

Tachi91 said:
Have you checked on Swappa? Saw a few under $600
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No listings at swappa. Thanks for the tip though.

I got a discount code for $50 off the price and free shipping from HTC. So off the total price was $70. Shipped price was $799 plus tax.
Prices will be better come fall season.
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dennis_cu said:
Looking to buy the translucent blue one. Any of you guys know where to find on a discount?
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There's a listing on swappa now if you are still looking. Good luck!

Where to buy?

Hi guys
Where would you get this phone from for a person living in the UK?
I've been looking at eBay but they seem to be sold out or priced too highly?

wilpang said:
Hi guys
Where would you get this phone from for a person living in the UK?
I've been looking at eBay but they seem to be sold out or priced too highly?
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I got mine (Gundam) from liaow. They're not the cheapest but reliable and great service.

Did you have to pay tax on top of the final price?

No - I'm in Canada.

I've gone for https://www.cect-shop.com/en/home
Hopefully I won't be disappointed.

I got mine on eBay didn't have to pay any taxes I'm UK aswell

alvydasd2 said:
I got mine on eBay didn't have to pay any taxes I'm UK aswell
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Was that via Switzerland?

wilpang said:
Was that via Switzerland?
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Yh it was them Switzerland listings they had a legit royal mail tracking number an all took about a week to come in I'm using it right now happy with my purchase
Edit: I think they all sold out now

alvydasd2 said:
Yh it was them Switzerland listings they had a legit royal mail tracking number an all took about a week to come in I'm using it right now happy with my purchase
Edit: I think they all sold out now
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Yeah I went through them too but they didn't update their stock levels and have indeed sold out.