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[Nexus 4 General] coolguy420:
buddy, I also got my nexus yesterday through ppobox...so far its the best service because of the following reasons:

- you get a sealed pack

- delivery takes a week maximum from their NY warehouse

- low customs

I got a 16gb nexus and a bumper case....I was charged 1587 total including insurance..... and moreover, there is no excitement like opening the sealed pack yourself (most of the people ordering through others get opened boxes)

and as for the 32$ tax.....its your choice.... but its worth paying!
[Nexus 4 General] dipeshpp:
ICC Shipping, Handling & Taxes: 618

Duty & Clearance Fees: Rs. 1,570

Insurance Fees: *Rs. 224

Total: 2412

This is turning out to be a costly affair. 22.5k and now this.
[Nexus 4 General] abhishekoza:
How many days it took for the product to reach You after being delivered to NY warehouse. Also, are you from Pune?

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Did you paid any octroi in Pune?
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Zero tax/ Unreliable customs duties - HSG

High tax/ Unreliable customs duties - PPOBox

Moderate tax/No customs headache - borderlinx.

In short if you are fine with playing lotto with regards to custom charges go with HSG/PPOBox. if you don't go with borderlinx.

After currency conversion fee on CC and shipping+customs+insurance HSG/PPOBox come to around 23-25.5k . Borderlinx will come around 24k.

If you are lucky HSG/PPO will be cheaper by 500-1000 over borderlinx, if you are not it will be 500-1000 costlier than borderlinx
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Ppobox doesn't have unreliable customs. It's precharged so no headache at all.

Just because you like boderlinx don't mislead others
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
Hello guys

i have ordered N4 and used CWG but today i read almost 100 pages and found out that Ppobox will be cheaper than CWG and box will be unopened in ppobox..so can i do anything now..? google have not shipped my package yet..

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
No dude. You are a day too late. What you can do now is pray and hope for the best.

And it's not that Ppobox is always cheaper than CWG.

It all depends on the customs charged.
[Nexus 4 General] 'thunder'rocky:
ppobox new duties

friends i have an urgent question here...

hw much is ppobox charging after the revised duty charges from 1stmarch??

is it still d 13xx figure or has it shot above 2k??

guys who have paid after 1st march plz help
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
Ringke fusion.

Anyone interested in buying ringke fusion from amazon.

It would be around

Order summary

Amazon Currency Converter is Enabled. (Learn More)

Items (3):	INR 2,440.69

Shipping & handling:	INR 988.61

Total before tax:	INR 3,429.30

Estimated tax to be collected:*	INR 0.00

Order total: INR 3,429.30

for 3 cases and would come to around 1.2k per person including domestic shipping it seems.
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
I was charged 20k by google..

CWG will charge 20-25$ for shipping..? and than only thing paid by me will be custom duty..?

Still if the duty charged by CWG is higher than can you tell me the upper limit...?

And Will i get opened box..? i have read that whoever used CWG box have got their box tempered with..:( is it true..?

I hope to get N4 under 24k..
[Nexus 4 General] dipeshpp:
I just received this quote. I contacted bluedart and they said I'll need some sort of certificate to avoid octroi inspite of my shipping address falling under an SEZ. Hence I'm not taking any risk, will collect it from their mumbai warehouse on saturday.
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Upper limit if you are in Mumbai is 3k. Else 2-2.5k

Yes box will be open

But don't worry.

The device is not tampered at all. They just open the box. Looks like they want to have the fun of opening boxes lol

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Why won't there be any tax??
[Nexus 4 General] Fractalnoize:
My point . its already charged !! so its fix.... no custom headache seems tempting though
[Nexus 4 General] mammenj:
if google has not shipped and not charged, you can always cancel and reorder it again
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
I don't think you can cancel orders after 6-7 hours of placing
[Nexus 4 General] neosaket:
Nexus 4 showing up as pre-order

Hi guys ,after reading almost all of the comments on thread I decided to order one for me using PPOBox ,my boss in US ordered it for me using his card on 3rd March.

I was hoping to see 2nd bullet point by now, but its still stuck on the first one,i have attached screens for wallet and playstore (in playstore its showing as pre-order in status) , My boss didn't add the card to wallet first is that causing some issue ,because when i called the Google support few minutes back i got response that its pending for verification or something.

Sending an email to play support got me this response yesterday "Orders are shipped based on the estimate .....................According to our records, your order should ship by the evening of March 17."

What should i do now ,wait for sometime more ,like till 10th or so ,or directly check on 17th. Thanks for the thread guys its best resource on getting Nexus 4 in India via different forwarders ,i hope i can add to it with my experience.
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
I think that there has been no increase in custom duty for mobiles, only excise duty has been increased to 6%
[Nexus 4 General] harshag:
Just because you bought it through Borderlinx, dont try to misguide people by saying incorrect things about other forwarders.

There are lot of silent watchers and wannabe nexus owners who would be reading all of this per se.

I personally got it delivered through PPOBox and it didn't cost me more than 22.6k till it reached my doorstep in Bangalore. Amongst all, PPOBOx has the lowest shipping and custom clearance charges and the fastest too.
[Nexus 4 General] akhz99:
I got my cell yesterday... CVD is 2% and ADC is being charged at 4%.. where as both were 1% each before 1st march.. and a suggestion to everyone declare the value as the final value on ur google invoice i.e. price + shipping + tax.. otherwise they open the box and if the invoice is there.. then they declare the goods as undervalued.. and charge duties like 2.7k.

Sent from my XT910
[Nexus 4 General] 'thunder'rocky:
my question hw much is ppo box charging now??? earlier it was 1358/- including evrything....
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
I just cancelled my order and now i will place a new order through ppobox..feeling good now..:) was a bit scared with the feeling of box being opened by customs and with no surety of customs charges.

It seems that we can cancel order even after 6-7 hours.i had placed the order yesterday and cancelled it today
[Nexus 4 General] 'thunder'rocky:
plz reply...urgent !!!

any 1 has any idea??? plz reply
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
I replied your question above, i have called the ppobox number and they told me the same thing. including all the shipping+customs+insurance u will be charged 2k-2.5k
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Didn't know about that!!
[Nexus 4 General] Di@blo:
PPObox revised charges

From the post of dipeshpp:

ICC Shipping, Handling & Taxes: 618

Duty & Clearance Fees: Rs. 1,570

Insurance Fees: *Rs. 224

Total: 2412
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
Hey how come u got it in 22.6k..?? because nexus cost is 349$+14$(Delivery)+32$(taxes)= 395$ i.e 22000 (Approx) than shipping and other things u will have to pay..?

Please reply
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
the extra $$$ could be FOREX charges.
[Nexus 4 General] uumeshh:
Be patient . .. It will ship in 2-3 days.
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
What i meant was that it costs around 22k just to make nexus 4 to reach at the ppobox address..than shipping+customs have to be paid..how come he got it in 22.6k..?
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
could be the 8gb version!!! :cowboy:
[Nexus 4 General] abhishekoza:
If Excise duty has been increased, why don't they mention this in cost breakup? Also, the budget will be effective from 1st April. How come they have implemented all this is march?
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Just cause you got charged 22.6k doesn't mean everyone did. There are folks here who have paid customs as low as 800 and as high as 2600.

I haven't mislead anybody. I've mentioned depending on customs you can be charged 23-25k which is true.

About fastest, almost everyone received their phones within 5-6 days from US warehouses, be it HSG/CGW/PPO or borderlinx.
[Nexus 4 General] akhil.in:
Great!

They may not provide proper tracking till it reaches their Mumbai warehouse. Be free as there is no additional amount duties or octroi to be paid by you. They tell 5-6 weeks as standard wording to everyone and it depends upon Google supplies. Since Google is shipping Nexus 4 quickly now so it will reach you in 8 to 14 days of placing the order. My phone ordered on 28th will be despatched from Mumbai on Saturday or Monday (9th or 11th March) and another day or two to reach me from there. They have an account with Google so no way will they share shipping details of their purchases from there. Due to bulk shipping of similar items, the boxes remain sealed almost all the time. Their customer support is a bit sluggish but yes, they deliver and they deliver quickly - my friend got his in just 10 days... Awaiting mine in the next 4-5 days!

How much did you pay? Applied any coupons?
[Nexus 4 General] Rapier07:
How many here have ordered from iShop? Any updates? I ordered on 3rd. Tracking info says awaiting item from seller.
[Nexus 4 General] harshag:
I got a 16 GB version . Total Price was $395.21 which was paid through a US Credit card, so no Forex charges on that front.

And for PPOBox i paid Rs.1358 online inclusive of all charges from NY to Blore.

For a detailed description of my timeline and cost breakups (which i posted as soon as i got the phone)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38558765#post38558765
[Nexus 4 General] Rapier07:
Did you get a similar email too? I just got a mail saying my order has been purchased just 5 mins after i paid. Tracking info doesnt sshow any airway bill number
[Nexus 4 General] harshag:
No personal offense bro, take a chill pill.

I have been following this thread since quite sometime and i have not seen a single case where PPOBox has charged high or unreliable customs. Everyone is charged around 1300 - 1700 (until the duty was increased recently) and majority(95%) of the PPOBox shipments were not opened for inspection.

My point was regarding the unreliable customs that you mentioned from PPOBOx, which in fact is not the case since they charge in advance and not when it reaches you.
[Nexus 4 General] akhil.in:
As I said above, they are buying from Google every other hour using their account. How much did you pay them?

Tracking would just be showing "Awaited from Seller" till it reaches their Mumbai warehouse. This will take around 10 days: 5-7 days from Google to New York and another 4-5 days to reach Mumbai. But you enjoy peace of mind of an unopened box (in most cases, >90-95%) and no worries about other charges to Customs, etc.
[Nexus 4 General] Fractalnoize:
yeah called em ..they said total 2500 tak aa sakta hai..approx hai ...so i asked zyada hua toh.. so they asked pporbox se kiya ..i said i am not sure kisse kiya..but i have read it going up above 2.5 k ..so the ppobox guy said that..hua toh you might have to pay..but 2.5k is the approx amount and it wont go that high ...fingers crossed
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
That was exactly my point
[Nexus 4 General] pawansunder:
customs

No its like that, not necessarily all the taxes must be effective from April 1st(Financial New Year), Excise duties is one of them(unfortunately) and i had odered on 25th but Google accepted on 1st March, So, even i had to pay 2400 as the PPOBOX charges. Yet to get the phone though....:rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] Rapier07:
I paid 24577/- . Called the customer care today. The guy put me on hold for 10 mins and finally said that my device has been purchased which i already told him :/ been 3 days now. hope they ship it soon
[Nexus 4 General] pawansunder:
Hi! PPOBOX has revised their custom charges as per the new EXCISE duties of 6%...

PPO box no. 3XXXXX-3XXXX - Package Delivery Invoice

Item Type: Mobile_Phones

Package Weight : 2

Shipped from: GOOGLE INC.

Insurance: You have opted to insure this package

Total fees for shipment are below:

Item Actual Weight Including Volumetric:

ICC Shipping, Handling & Taxes: 618

Duty & Clearance Fees: Rs. 1,575

Insurance Fees: Rs. 224

Total : 2417
[Nexus 4 General] akhil.in:
I had paid 20700 for 8GB... Anyways, it will reach you very soon... Read my previous posts for more info on this.

This is normal and nothing to worry!
[Nexus 4 General] coolguy420:
patience dude, patience. your order will surely be shipped soon. I ordered on 30 January and Google tried to charge me on 7 Feb. till 7Feb, nothing. but due to my mistake, funds were not there. now I got it after a month.

but make sure your card has enough free limit or balance (debit card). nobody knows when Google would attempt to charge. and one more thing make sure there is no error in wallet account because of invalid card information. just update the card in the account and wait.
[Nexus 4 General] depletion:
Guess what now the n4 8gb is available for 23k on eBay.in and i was tracking for sometime that gradually they are reducing the price
[Nexus 4 General] abhishekoza:
delivered to NY warehouse

Just got delivered to NY warehouse. :)
[Nexus 4 General] cr723:
I did not got Fortune of shipping charges evenif my friend shipped via FedEx International Priority, costed him 20 $ only. It will land to customs office in two days time :)
[Nexus 4 General] salim0097:
Please help me clear my doubt..

What do you mean by open boxes, just the outer sealed case by Google, the one with brown cover and order and bill number stuck to it or the entire mobile phone box itself??

If in the case of mobile phone box itself is opened, is there a possibility that the phone might drop out of the box and get missed, or the crooked customs might steal the mobile and just send the box alone???
[Nexus 4 General] Di@blo:
Let me clear you on that. Obviously, they have to open the brown box sent by Google to check the shipments inside.

This would be sealed again with a DHL yellow colored tape saying "Opened and resealed for customs purposes"

Your Google Nexus phone box seal will also be opened and verified. That is what people mean by opened box and sealed box in this thread. Hope that is clear to you now.

Yes, the possibility of phone getting dropped, phone getting missed, phone getting stolen are always there. But no such instances have been reported in this forum with DHL. All of us including me who have received an open box had the phone and other accessories intact. Few including my phone had fingerprints.

One or two

had their phone switched on. That's it. So I would say don't worry about all these.

But there was one instance with Fedex International Priority where our friend in this thread

received a empty box

. I'm not scaring your here, I'm just showing you all the facts that I have come across so far. This Fedex incident is most likely not a fault of customs I guess.

On a funnier note, I can think of 'n' different instances and keep worrying myself about the phone box being opened.

1. Customs official had an oily chicken biriyani for lunch, didn't wash hand properly and phone getting slipped out of his hand into the nearby cup of water.

2. Customs official's mobile battery was about to die and he badly needed a micro usb cable at that moment. Voila! he found one in the Nexus box and forgot to return it to the box.

3. Customs official's 10 yr old kid came to his office and pestered him that he wants to play Angry birds on an available Nexus 4 immediately.

4. Customs official thinks "Wow this is indeed a masterpiece! Let me use it for a week and then clear the shipment..:victory:" ( I really thought of this as my shipment was with Bangalore customs for a week before it got cleared ha ha :p )

...and so on...

Please don't think too much and worry my friend. Nothing of the above will happen to your precious. :D

I made my DHL delivery guy wait for 5 to 10 mins, took the box inside hall and in front of his supervison, opened the main box, found the opened Nexus box, checked phone, checked contents, checked bumper pack (it was sealed) and THEN paid him and signed the POD.

You can always do this or refuse to sign the shipment/call customer care immediately if something is found wrong. :)
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
Haha... Nice ones :D

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[Nexus 4 General] salim0097:
Real thanks dude. Many thanksssssss!

I am much more relieved. I am planning to go with HSG (if my PAN is getting verified within this week, currently its under verification) else CG. Hoping to get my hands on Nexus 4 (My Precious) very soon. BTW, i have already ordered the XtremegGuard full body protection and it's also been shipped. Guess it will both will arrive approximately within 2 to 3 days delay.

And i am also given with a 20 digit tracking number. Some people said that we could't track the package, but it seems though we couldn't have a live tracking of the package, we could at least get to know in which postal office its been checked recently.
[Nexus 4 General] andymandy:
Comparison as per increased customs

Here you go with some price comparison from my experience & posts.

PPOBOX	CGW	HSG

N4 16GB	$349.00	$349.00	$349.00

SHIP (play to us add)	$14.00	$14.00	$14.00

TAX	$32.00	$0.00	$0.00

SHIP (US-IND)	$44.00	$25.00	$22.00

CUSTUMS	$0.00	$31.00	$31.00

TOTAL	$439.00	$419.00	$416.00

INR 24050 23950 22750

The price here is as per updated customs i.e 7% & for standard delivery. This could be vary for mumbai folks bcoz of octrai.

what I feel is PPObox is still good as it delivers very fast & it makes sure that sealed off the box is not be opened. This twins CGW & HSG are also good for their best service & prices but the only sad thing from them sealed gets opened as they don't have any branch in India like PPObox.

There is an update from PPObox that they have opened a new office in New Jersey but as per their description some time New Jersey doesn't have sales tax. As per my knowledge NJ is also have 7% tax. But still need some confirmation. Please share if any one know about this. If it is true that NJ is tax free at least for mobiles then PPObox is amazing to deal from any other service.
[Nexus 4 General] akhz99:
Quick question.. for deliveries by mobile fun..(the Rs. 300 option) does the post guy call u if not there or just leaves... i mean it indian post so m kinda worried? Plz anyone who has received orders from mobilefun plz reply.

Sent from my XT910
[Nexus 4 General] 'thunder'rocky:
shipping doubt

Friends i hav a doubt

i booked on 27th

recieved 2nd bullet on 5th

now google has deducted money a 2nd time from my account

its been 6hrs since d deduction was made bt i havnt recieved any shipping mail yet

hw much time do dey take to send d shipping mail after makin d deduction ??
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Not indian post. It comes via DHL Global Mail from UK. If you go for 1.2k it will be via DHL Express.

Yeah that guy will call you.

Sent from LG Google Nexus 4 using XDA Premium
[Nexus 4 General] saranyan:
Hey guys,

My uncle lives in the US, He bought a N4 for me but unfortunately no one is coming over here right now. So he thought he'll send it over by DHL.

Does anyone know how much custom duty I have to pay and how much it'll cost totally to ship it to India?
[Nexus 4 General] akhil.in:
In case one wants a relative to ship the phone, which state should the relative ideally be residing in? :P I mean which ones don't have tax?
[Nexus 4 General] nitin.chobhe:
The one I know is where HSG is located that is OREGON...

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AFAIK, customs people do not need do these kind of things. They will just check if it is a mobile phone only. That's it. And I think that is required for the security and to ensure that banned items are not being imported. I do not see any problem in that. Mine box was also opened. But the phone was alright. :cowboy:

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Did you get your phone back? What is the status?
[Nexus 4 General] Fractalnoize:
something that i really needed..and i hope the ppobox NJ thing is tax free..since i am yet to purchase the phone..then ppobox would be just too good..anyways any comparison for borderlinx?
[Nexus 4 General] akhz99:
Thanks man.. i called up dhl they said its finally handled by foreign post office, mumbai so i assumed indian post will be making the delivery

Sent from my XT910
[Nexus 4 General] beepd:
Comgateway processing time

Hi,

My package arrived at my comgateway US addr on 4th March. its 2 days now and the package is still not processed.

Also in the website, it shows that my package was received by them and that they will process it in 2 days.

So should I wait another day or contact their customer service ?

How much time does comgateway usually take to process their packages ? Anyone using comgateway ?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] coolguy420:
I read in one of the posts here that the tax for nj address is 25.41$ for 16gb....a slight difference from NY tax
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
Ha Ha ! @ Diablo ...you are going to give nightmares to the newbies ....what all can go wrong....

Iam going to keep the courier waiting as you suggested (ask wife to give him water/coke/coffee & as though counting cash to pay, check everything (only phone & no bumper)......

Just paid HSG for the shipment. Googleplay sends only a delivery note saying 2 pcs Nexus4. I PDF'd my original sales Confirmation email and told HSG that they need to stick my $ invoice+Google delivery note on top of the box. no wonder with just delivery note with out proper invoice,Customs dont go by what we declared & open the box.

Just praying Fedex (not DHL-choose ordinary shipment) does not mess up and I end up with exact 7% duty on the invoice value (not custom's imaginary assesed value of rs 30K on the Nexus4 16Gb)

Iam Late to the party....$ strong/Rupee weak .ICICI (after 3% commisson+Servicetax) works out 57 to the dollar dated 5th march(Rs20300) for the phone.

whatever saved on USA Sales tax going to go Indian customs....because of two phones ...saved on freight RS 1640 for two phones (almost same for 1 or 2 phones)

thanks

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From Googleplay store

PPO's or anyone's

Newyork address 9% tax

newjersey address 7% tax.......no free lunch if you want to use other than HSG/comgasteway.

OREGON.......0% tax.....but you will get a bamboo in freight Rs 1500 minimum for 1 phone & customs duty as per office's whim & fanci mood. Fight with wife....30K assessment...:D. had a good night ..wife Girl freind last night :silly:.....7% invoice value...:victory:

DHL/Fedex just mute spectators.:fingers-crossed:... Not like private customs clearing agents like ICC/PPO/SNS etc.
[Nexus 4 General] sarthakkapoor25:
Hey someone wrote a few pages back that xtremegaurd is of low quality as compared to gadgetshieldz.What are ur views?I have already ordered xtremegaurd but its gonna take a long time to reach
[Nexus 4 General] uumeshh:
That's correct. Nothing is tax free !!
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Portland is tax free :P
[Nexus 4 General] beepd:
Anyone ??:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] vaibkulk:
Wait for 2 days there time PST that will be like tonight and then contact them.

I had used HSG they had updated it immediately and sent a mail regarding payment details
[Nexus 4 General] cr723:
Almost same case with me.. for personal shipping it will cost you lot.. around 100 $. You have pay 1200 to 2000 duty
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
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