Problems buying s3 in Canada - Samsung Gear S3

Does anybody know the reason why best buy hasn't gotten any gear s3's in any of their retail stores?

Come to Poland, we have enough here

orlans21 said:
Does anybody know the reason why best buy hasn't gotten any gear s3's in any of their retail stores?
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Where you located? I am selling mine or returning to best buy. Frontier.
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Brava27 said:
Where you located? I am selling mine or returning to best buy. Frontier.
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I'm in Toronto. If you live there I will gladly buy it off you

orlans21 said:
I'm in Toronto. If you live there I will gladly buy it off you
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Well that worked out well for the OP but what about the rest of us? Last year samsung screwed us over with the S2 release. Why am I surprised they did the same this year? Foolish me.

rekil goth said:
Well that worked out well for the OP but what about the rest of us? Last year samsung screwed us over with the S2 release. Why am I surprised they did the same this year? Foolish me.
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Hehe, sry dude but I feel your pain. Its unfortunate how this has turned out from samsung

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

[Q] can americans not order a rogers phone outright?

i'm trying to just buy the phone outright but i can't ship to the us. never got a phone from canada, is there something i'm doing wrong?
chaosjh said:
i'm trying to just buy the phone outright but i can't ship to the us. never got a phone from canada, is there something i'm doing wrong?
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Even though Rogers will sell the phone outright, it will still be carrier locked to Rogers and you will need to be a customer of theirs.
Best thing to do would be to arrange a private sale from someone who is a customer and can grab units.
Best of luck,
~dan
danada said:
Even though Rogers will sell the phone outright, it will still be carrier locked to Rogers and you will need to be a customer of theirs.
Best thing to do would be to arrange a private sale from someone who is a customer and can grab units.
Best of luck,
~dan
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So basically wait until one shows up on eBay...
Thank you for the answer.
Unless you know someone in Canada
chaosjh said:
So basically wait until one shows up on eBay...
Thank you for the answer.
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If you know someone in Canada, you could have Rogers ship to them, and then they could ship to you. If I knew you, I'd buy it and ship it through our company's UPS account.
There's "gotta" be a way.
Peter
I don't know if HTC's like Samsung but they won't repair a carrier phone that's still under warranty. They direct you back to the carrier. That could be a big problem if your Rogers phone breaks and you're not a customer. Something to check out before pulling the trigger.
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I don't know if HTC's like Samsung but they won't repair a carrier phone that's still under warranty. They direct you back to the carrier. That could be a big problem if your Rogers phone breaks and you're not a customer. Something to check out before pulling the trigger.
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I'll probably wait, I really want best buys black tie, all of my phones have had although I've never used it. Man, but to get peter to get me one over two weeks before everybody else here...sigh...
chaosjh said:
I really want best buys black tie, all of my phones have had although I've never used it.
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This is how they make money....
eallan said:
This is how they make money....
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true, but for 10 bucks a month it's cheap. i can seriously take a phone with black tie outside the building, smash it on the ground, and walk back in to get another one. very useful for, say, a bricked phone. i'm friends with the workers up there, they said a guy with an iphone literally does this once a month just to have a clean screen...
believe me, i don't understand, but like said, cheap and great!
Any where to buy the unlocked one xl for use on ATT?
motionUS said:
Any where to buy the unlocked one xl for use on ATT?
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Online silly goose. Or just wait til 5/6.
sent from my @Task...get the one x...
Artimus009 said:
Online silly goose. Or just wait til 5/6.
sent from my @Task...get the one x...
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ya ok, where? i've searched daily, no no, hourly. i have yet to see an "xl" version or north america version for sale...
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=270960032453&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=18429962902
sent from my @Task...get the one x...
I was thinking SN Traders as they are a Canadian company but it seems they only have the intl version. I used to buy unlocked Rogers phones from them.
Artimus009 said:
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=270960032453&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=18429962902
sent from my @Task...get the one x...
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That is a used one. No new ones for sale have popped up on Ebay yet.
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NardVa said:
That is a used one. No new ones for sale have popped up on Ebay yet.
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You're right...I would say wait until monday, people in Canada are definitely going to jump all over trying to make some money off us americans
AT&T will be selling the One X out right for 550.00.
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NardVa said:
That is a used one. No new ones for sale have popped up on Ebay yet.
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How used can it really be? The phone isn't even out. Engineering build, maybe. Someone here should have snapped that up to see if it was S-OFF.
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How used can it really be? The phone isn't even out. Engineering build, maybe. Someone here should have snapped that up to see if it was S-OFF.
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I believe it is similar to the protype that an Xda member already had in their possession so any important was already passed onto the devs.
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Country release timing

Is the timing of the respective countries releasing the new Gear as haphazard as their software updates.
In particular looking for a UK release date and actual prices in £s not the conversions being quoted.
obsydian said:
Is the timing of the respective countries releasing the new Gear as haphazard as their software updates.
In particular looking for a UK release date and actual prices in £s not the conversions being quoted.
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Pre order in the UK on 29th October for availability for 12th November. S2 will be £249 and classic £50 more.
Good to see a date, although no clear when they ship - still stupid to launch a marketing campaign for something you could not even buy or pre order.
http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-opens-galaxy-studio-london-showcase-gear-s2
Official information about UK availability
As always no information on the Samsung uk website
More pricing confusion of the good variety though.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?order=most_viewed&dir=desc&cat=0&q=gear+2
Release seems to be late in the UK for this?? You can always order from amazon.de using your same account info... Just a thought.
I am planning on getting one from amazon (US) and use it here in Europe.
Will there be any issues?
It's not like a phone where you have different bands - so I guess it should be no problem. But I also don't want to through 300 bucks out off the window.
N4KA said:
I am planning on getting one from amazon (US) and use it here in Europe.
Will there be any issues?
It's not like a phone where you have different bands - so I guess it should be no problem. But I also don't want to through 300 bucks out off the window.
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The US version runs on a different firmware. Noticable differences are lack of different language support (OK if you're English or Spanish I guess?) and temperature is displayed in F and not C. Firmware updates may also be an issue...
Thanks.
Only English wouldn't be a problem. Fahrenheit could get annoying.
Is there a way to change firmware? Why should updates be an issue (US are always the first to get it)?
Cool thanks for the tip.
Release seems to be late in the UK for this?? You can always order from amazon.de using your same account info... Just a thought.
N4KA said:
I am planning on getting one from amazon (US) and use it here in Europe.
Will there be any issues?
It's not like a phone where you have different bands - so I guess it should be no problem. But I also don't want to through 300 bucks out off the window.
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I imported one from amazon.com. Got here real quick and actually works out more expensive then what you will be paying in the UK. I can confirm that asking for weather reports always brings back results in Fahrenheit. One side note S-voice is terrible compared to android wear voice search.
jah said:
Cool thanks for the tip.
Release seems to be late in the UK for this?? You can always order from amazon.de using your same account info... Just a thought.
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I just bought a Gear S2 classic from Clove UK. About £20 more than Samsung online but Samsung won't dispatch for another fortnight. I like the watch but I think I will return it and carry on using my Gear S.
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apprentice said:
I just bought a Gear S2 classic from Clove UK. About £20 more than Samsung online but Samsung won't dispatch for another fortnight. I like the watch but I think I will return it and carry on using my Gear S.
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Thanks I've ordered from Clove. Cancelled Amazon.de order
jah said:
Thanks I've ordered from Clove. Cancelled Amazon.de order
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Glad to help.
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apprentice said:
I just bought a Gear S2 classic from Clove UK. About £20 more than Samsung online but Samsung won't dispatch for another fortnight. I like the watch but I think I will return it and carry on using my Gear S.
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Any info on delivery of your Classic?
I ordered the Classic via Samsung with a voucher SAMUK5 for 5% off and possibly Quidco 8% - says card would not be billed until they confirm shipment but already charged my card !!!
Benefit of going Samsung direct is if it really is as crap as I think then it will be getting returned.
apprentice said:
I just bought a Gear S2 classic from Clove UK. About £20 more than Samsung online but Samsung won't dispatch for another fortnight. I like the watch but I think I will return it and carry on using my Gear S.
Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk
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Excited as my one due to arrive tomorrow.
Anyone seen the new LG Urbane specifications it has LTE calling by all account to become a Google feature.
Well done Samsung once again you cooked up.

Purchase Options: Best Buy - Amazon - Samsung

I am interested in pre-ordering the Gear S3, but wanting to purchase it with some type of Warranty Plan similar to Buy Buy's Protect Plan. Best Buy, however, is no longer taking Pre-Orders so now I am trying to decide if I should wait for Best Buy or just go ahead with Amazon or Samsung. My wife and I both had Motorolla 360's Gen 1, hers with the Protect Plan mine without but luckily when she had the infamous back cracking she was able to return/exchange it.
Anyone have any thoughts on it? I am thinking waiting for Best Buy may be best, bit no ideas when they might carry stock again.
Brad
You can get a warranty from Square Trade. It's expensive, a claim will cost about 1/3 the price of the watch, but it is available.
Thanks, I do not have experience with Square Trade but that may be an option. I may wait until Best Buy stocks it considering how well they do support their warranty program.
sixty4 said:
I am interested in pre-ordering the Gear S3, but wanting to purchase it with some type of Warranty Plan similar to Buy Buy's Protect Plan. Best Buy, however, is no longer taking Pre-Orders so now I am trying to decide if I should wait for Best Buy or just go ahead with Amazon or Samsung. My wife and I both had Motorolla 360's Gen 1, hers with the Protect Plan mine without but luckily when she had the infamous back cracking she was able to return/exchange it.
Anyone have any thoughts on it? I am thinking waiting for Best Buy may be best, bit no ideas when they might carry stock again.
Brad
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Best Buy USA have both watches on preorder.
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optimummind said:
Best Buy USA have both watches on preorder.
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They are out of stock now for the Frontier at least, I went to Best Buy yesterday and the Geek Squad guy didn't know when they would get more in stock.
To be clear, Best Buy has run out of their initial pre-order allotment of the S3 Frontier model and it is now showing as "coming soon" rather than having a pre-order button.
The S3 Classic is still available for pre-order, and is functionally identical to the Frontier. The difference is in the style and finish.
As has been mentioned previously, the Frontier LTE version will be available through cellular carriers.
@Dodge DeBoulet Yes, that is more accurate. I want both, considering my day job and my weekend fun but I believe the Frontier to be more universal.
sixty4 said:
@Dodge DeBoulet Yes, that is more accurate. I want both, considering my day job and my weekend fun but I believe the Frontier to be more universal.
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If you're in the US and can wait until November 20th, Samsung has the Frontier (Bluetooth) listed as a Black Friday special for $299 ... $50 off. Who knows when it will ship, though
Well that's interesting. I am in the US, I am now considering the LTE version as well and wondering when T-Mobile might have it. I just need to order it before the end of December.
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Well that's interesting. I am in the US, I am now considering the LTE version as well and wondering when T-Mobile might have it. I just need to order it before the end of December.
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I want the LTE version too, but Verizon is my provider. I can't get any information out of them as to whether they're even going to offer it. I may just end up going with the BT version if they don't announce something before 11/20.
I figure for the same price why not? So the major perk of the LTE device is you can make calls with the phone as well?
Still out of stock (This post claimed it was in stock 5 minutes ago because Best Buy let me put it into my cart, however removed it one I tried to pay for it)
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Still out of stock (This post claimed it was in stock 5 minutes ago because Best Buy let me put it into my cart, however removed it one I tried to pay for it)
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Just checked, and the Frontier is again available for pre-order at BB.
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Well that's interesting. I am in the US, I am now considering the LTE version as well and wondering when T-Mobile might have it. I just need to order it before the end of December.
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Friday, the 18th. $399 plus $5 a month for data.
Anyone knows when it will be available in any european Amazon ?
I pre-ordered the non-LTE Frontier on Amazon for $349 and now it's $439. I have a suspicion my pre-order will be cancelled soon.
So, for those that are wondering whether or not Verizon will be carrying the LTE version of the S3 Frontier, I may be able to offer a ray of hope.
Bear with me ...
The model number of the AT&T version of this watch is SM-R765A
The model number of the T-Mobile version is SM-R765T
From the above, I'm going to hazard a guess that the model number of the Verizon version will be
(wait for it)
SM-R765V
And lookie here ... http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00061443/
The same model number shows up in this article:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/06/17...ext-smartwatch-is-codenamed-solis-runs-tizen/
Dare we to hope?
bigray327 said:
I pre-ordered the non-LTE Frontier on Amazon for $349 and now it's $439. I have a suspicion my pre-order will be cancelled soon.
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You should still get it. Looks like Amazon has run out of their pre-order allotment and what you're seeing now is offerings from Marketplace sellers.
Dodge DeBoulet said:
So, for those that are wondering whether or not Verizon will be carrying the LTE version of the S3 Frontier, I may be able to offer a ray of hope.
Bear with me ...
The model number of the AT&T version of this watch is SM-R765A
The model number of the T-Mobile version is SM-R765T
From the above, I'm going to hazard a guess that the model number of the Verizon version will be
(wait for it)
SM-R765V
And lookie here ... http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00061443/
The same model number shows up in this article:
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/06/17...ext-smartwatch-is-codenamed-solis-runs-tizen/
Dare we to hope?
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Same person?
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/922486?start=10&tstart=0
Anyways, from what I've read as well, Verizon has announced officially that they will have the LTE version, just don't know when...
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Same person?
Anyways, from what I've read as well, Verizon has announced officially that they will have the LTE version, just don't know when...
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I ain't sayin ...

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
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I got mine on eBay didn't have to pay any taxes I'm UK aswell
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Was that via Switzerland?
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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
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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
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Yeah I went through them too but they didn't update their stock levels and have indeed sold out.

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