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[Nexus 4 General] Lt.Win:
Definitely. Planning on getting one soon, but from somewhere else.

I'm quite sure that LG doesn't give us warranty for imported phones, am I right?

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[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
Do you mean to say you are not able tp palce the order or you have already place and there is a hold in your credit /debit card and says not able to complete the transaction?

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No Warranty.No spare parts avialable in LG service centres. You need to courier to TEXAS usa to service any major problem!:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 General] Lt.Win:
Damn. :/

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[Nexus 4 General] sunnygupta:
Yo! Here comes my nexus 4.

I recommend everyone to go with PPObox
[Nexus 4 General] prateek2888:
Yo PPOBox

From the mail from PPOBox

"Revision of Customs Duty on Mobiles - 7%

As of March 1, 2013 the Government of India has revised rates for the import of Mobile phones. The new rate is 7%. This rate will be applied to all mobile shipments imported into India. "

"Shop from the US with a New York or New Jersey address!

To help you save on NY state tax with certain retailers and sellers, we have added a New Jersey address to your PPO service. Please log into your PPO account for the mailbox address. In some cases you can save about 9% on New York state tax by shipping to New Jersey. * please note however, NY is our major hub and packages shipped to New York will be processed faster."

So, one can MAYBE save the 32$ which was applied when shipping to NY address. Can someone use VPN and go ahead with a dummy order entering a New Jersey address like,

XYZ Street

Jersey City, NJ 07306, USA

and check how much is the tax added.
[Nexus 4 General] uumeshh:
What is the production date... first 3 digits of the serial written on the box.
[Nexus 4 General] depletion:
Im from Bangalore too but my phone is with customs from last 3 days and even FedEx doesn't want to give exact time frame and not even estimated time frame but i want to know how many days it took for your phones to clear customs?
[Nexus 4 General] chintan.y.t@gmail.com:
just ordered mine
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
Not always true. Iam using newjersey address.Different retailer having different tax implementation.

For example-Amazon to Newjersey -no tax.New york -9%

BarnesandNOble 9% on new york address & 7% on New jersey address.

Newegg-No tax to NEWYORK but 7 or 9% tax applied on Newjersey. I verified yesterday on chat.

Google charges tax on Newyork (both PPO & Shop N Ship ) but I have not tried with newjersey address at Google store.

ofcourse no tax on Comgateway's Oregon but we will at the mercy of bloody customs/DHL/Fedex !! service charge this & service charge that.:fingers-crossed:

Right I have hold on two nexus 4 & two Nexus 7 at Google store. can some body verify PPO's Newjersey address & see whether it is true??:mad:

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Let us know whether you are charged old or new customs rate !
[Nexus 4 General] depletion:
I was charged based upon old rates and im not an expert in this area but i guess new rates will be applicable from april 1st.
[Nexus 4 General] lovesingh25:
Everything in budget gets implemented on 1st APRIL.

My phone is at heathrow airport and will reach Bangalore in a day or 2... lets see how much customs I have to pay!!!!:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 General] Di@blo:
For Google Play tax for PPO NJ address, here it is: $25.41
[Nexus 4 General] depletion:
Did you order anything apart from nexus 4 like phone case ?coz that's the main problem for me as of now coz i ordered a screenguard which was marked as primary and n4 .Screen guard reached Delhi it got cleared and already reached FedEx station in Bangalore back on Wednesday but n4 reached Bangalore directly and rep said scamning already done but not cleared stating primary product missing(screen-guard)so FedEx had to sent info to customs that it already cleared Delhi customs.Now rep said i have to wait till monday to get next update .I have history of delays and goof ups from the month of november and yet another (:
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
@ Dia@blo !

Thanks .So it is 7% on new jersey address instead of 9% New york address. Net net it is 2% saving .But not "Zero tax" as per PPO's mail claim.:fingers-crossed:

I think your custom clearing courier DHL/Fedex has already filed paperwork from their terminal on/before 28th. So old rates of duty.:good:

According to both PPO & Shop N Ship ,new duty rates are effective March 1st .We shall find out when some body's phone consignment paperwork filed today/Monday.:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] AkshayHegde:
Yay just got the Invoice from PPObox

Got the invoice from ppobox

ICC Shipping, Handling & Taxes: 618

Duty & Clearance Fees: Rs. 558

Insurance: 422.81

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Total Due: Rs. 1,396

Dosent seem as high as i thought it would be :D:D
[Nexus 4 General] hodorhodor:
I dont know how true that is. My paperwork was filed yesterday and my customs + handling comes out to 956 which I think is what everyone has been charged (from Bangalore atleast)
[Nexus 4 General] AkshayHegde:
Lol i talk to the same guy

I was talking to the same guy. It reached feb 26th. Had to blast the guy and finally i got the invoice today! 1396 overrall. Its either Divyank or Sanjay . Both were on leave today(saturday) and the new guy sent it to me instantly.
[Nexus 4 General] afdals:
Any Idea guys?
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
Customs should not be more than 500-600 .But since DHL/Fedex charge Rs 350 service charge for clearing Customs,Rs 956 total (?) sounds reasonable compared to the horror stories we hear from Delhi. It is now waiting for physical inspection!

when did you order at Google paly? HSG ordinary/express shipping? Fedex/DHL ?
[Nexus 4 General] sekhar447:
anyone ordered after 28th feb?. if did, what is the status. Orders to portland taking time it seems.
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
Get in Q .:cowboy:I ordered on 25th. Already spoken once to them on Phone.

Daily wallet support & Google play support are emailing (bs ing) "specialist" is looking in to my matter.

Everybody's uncle and Aunty has placed orders with "17146 NE SANDY Blvd,Portland,Oregon..." :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] hodorhodor:
I used Comgateway express. Came through DHL. Ordered on 19th Feb.
[Nexus 4 General] Pratz1:
Please note

It has been mentioned several times that there is a difference between custom duty and excise duty. There is no change whatsoever in the Custom Duty. Only the excise duty has been raised which is applicable on phones sold in India. Besides nothing can be effective from March 1. The budget is always effective from the new financial year that is April 1.

Please don't confuse the people in the forum.

Read this and understand the difference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excise
[Nexus 4 General] lovesingh25:
Exactly that's what I was saying... Everything in BUDGET comes in force on 1st APRIL!!!
[Nexus 4 General] ashishv:
Ok so ppobox sends us false mails right?:rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
I got my phone from New Jersey. Google charged me 25-26$ tax
[Nexus 4 General] salim0097:
Does anyone bought Nexus 4 in Chennai?

Hello Guys,

I am a new user. I have been reading this thread around 2 weeks, and now i am planning to buy N4 thru HSG. Can anyone please tell me if there is some one who purchased N4 in Chennai. If so, how about the tax and duty here, and which one is good according to you?:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] hodorhodor:
Not exactly false. More like misinformation. Look at it from their point of view. They send out mails saying duty has increased and everyone has to pay an extra 500 bucks, you think anyone would correct or argue with them? I can assure you (as my mobile cleared customs today) that they are still charging the same rate.
[Nexus 4 General] ckranjan:
Custom Duty On Mobile

http://www.cybex.in/india-budget/Budget-Changes-in-Custom-Duty-2013-2014.aspx

check the link above. there is no change in duty on import of mobile phones.

mobile phone falls under chapter 85(17).

there are no changes listed. dont know SNS and PPOBOX are sending mails like this. i dont think they have studied any documentation and just by reading news that tax has been increased by 5 % thay are assuming that custom duty has been increased too. and new custom is 7 %. fools i would say.
[Nexus 4 General] nitin.chobhe:
From where did you buy it? Could you please post some photos of it?
[Nexus 4 General] sb9772:
No, 'ICC' is fine .
[Nexus 4 General] sarthakkapoor25:
Hey,is this case same as those chinese S line cases??I am getting it at 3.75$.Worth it??

http://www.xtremeguard.com/LG-Google-Nexus-4-TPU-Case-p/nexus-4-case.htm?1=1&CartID=2

Can anyone suggest from where to get a good case and how much??
[Nexus 4 General] ashishv:
It seems exactly the same,and i got one for 240 from ebay.
[Nexus 4 General] andysunny:
Nexus 4 in Kolkata

Hey did any one of u, by any chance shipped the Nexus 4 (8/16 GB) in Kolkata. :D I mean, i keep reading that UP & WB charge more for import by means of some other taxes, but specifics will be a lot of help. How much more we are talking here, would help me to take the decision. When one looks at the specs of this device, for the price, it hard to keep away. Just to tell you, today i cancelled my Lumia 620 order on flipkart, when i came across this thread. Anyone with the relevant info is more than welcome. & Now the rumor about increase in duties makes me wonder why i dint start to browse few more days back...:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] depletion:
Even i ordered via comgateway but they sent it in fedex .How many days it took for you to clear customs mine stuck from last 3 days in bangalore.
[Nexus 4 General] sb9772:
Check my previous post you'll get a idea . I've used 'PPObox' .
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
I think Kolkata attracts OCTROI.. Go to ppobox, use the calculator to add all the charges, add Forex charges and then OCTROI.. That'll be the final price.

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[Nexus 4 General] sb9772:
Hey , No my friend . Kolkata dosen't attract OCTROI . I've used PPOBOX & I didn't pay any octroi .
[Nexus 4 General] depletion:
Hi people can anyone help me if we have to send invoice that we got from seller (i bought via amazon)n4 to customs do we send the invoice that we got from comgateway or from seller with amazon.Do we have to send it fedex or customs and if it was to customs which email do we send it to .Coz till now fedex said no need for anyinfo but i want to make sure im ready when it is required as my n4 is stuck in customs for 3 days.

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 4 General] hemant_p:
Ordered and Shipped within 16 hours..!!!

Ordered 2 N4s last nite around 10:30 am PST, got "received your order" bullet straightaway and shipped this afternoon 2:35 pm our time with UPS#.

Headed to Portland (HSG).

I think it was so fast because of CC limit, as mentioned by Obelix in previous posts. Used HDFC CC. Charged ~38,700INR ($711.99)
[Nexus 4 General] jumbo18:
One dealer is selling sealed Nexus 4 16GB for 26k hand to hand but he clearly said there is no warranty. If it face any manufacturing defect. How would I able to fix, any idea?
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
Are you sure? My friend in Kolkata had to pay OCTROI.

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Warranty not applicable in India. Doesn't matter from whom you purchase,

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[Nexus 4 General] jumbo18:
If it has any manufacturing defect. Does it mean 26k will be blown away? Any idea?
[Nexus 4 General] andysunny:
Checked with PPOBox, total is $19 now. I was thinking of comGateway, to avoid that sate tax.

Btw which card did you use...SBI platinum debit card fails to get registered in wallet. Does it only take credit cards..
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
I can confirm that my ICICI DEBIT card works fine. My HDFC, Axis and SBI debit cards don't work.

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Make a video when you unbox the phone, just to be safe. You would have a good proof to show it to your seller. If anything happens later then u r at the mercy of LG India (or Asus?)

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[Nexus 4 General] sekhar447:
need help

guys.. I had orders on 28th and I got an email as its been cancelled. I have the same address provided by comgateway everywhere though..

This order was likely canceled for one of the following reasons:

Details provided for your credit card do not match those on-file with your financial institution.

The address information provided was incomplete and could not be verified.

To block an attempt to purchase more than the maximum allowable devices.

:(
[Nexus 4 General] mitchell_asada:
Which card have you used? I think you should use a credit card.

Also sometimes it looks like some banks will check your billing address to verify the transaction. If they found out that your billing address does not match with the address you provided for procuring your card, then I think they will decline the transaction

I have gone through the entire forum and have come to a conclusion that most HDFC and ICICI credit cards work fine.

At least you got a response. I had booked on 17th and still there is no email from the wallet team.:confused:

I think you could better create a new gmail account using tunnel bear and set the country as USA / UK. Use your friend's credit card and never register your existing card in any wallet account again. Also prefer HDFC / ICICI credit cards, they click most of the times. Good luck.
[Nexus 4 General] hodorhodor:
Mine cleared in 1 day. Arrived Bangalore on Friday, cleared yesterday.
[Nexus 4 General] theserpent:
http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/google-bring-nexus-device-play-store-to-india
[Nexus 4 General] sekhar447:
i had used citibank CC. I had created another account and this time my fnd used his debit card in US and booked one. will there be any issue as his name is different on debit card to the billing address mentioned.
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Guys anyone who has used ICICI cc can you please tell their foreign exchange rate. I mean how much percent they charge as fees and stuff.

I am ordering some scratch guards.
[Nexus 4 General] sekhar447:
billing address in Wallet shoulb be same as comgateway address??.. correct?
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
Too much duty in bangalre

Hi ,

My shipment reached banaglore on 27th and it has been with them till yesterday night. I have been calling them for the updates since then and yesterday ithen the update was Processin complete at bangalore. I called them today morning to get to know about the duty and they said its 2.2K..Its really shocking to hear that and being cleared from bangalore cstms.

How come they duty is more than 2 K for just me only and that too only phone is shipped , no extra accessories. its not possible for them till m onday to get me the cost breakup. Whatif I have to pay 2K ? I think no one has paid this much from bangalore . how should i approach on this.. anyway I need to pay this but this is really shocking....:(

Can anyone please post the cost breakup details for customs in bangalore ?? PLease..Thanks in advance
[Nexus 4 General] sekhar447:
dude which CC u had used.. ?
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
I used ICICI
[Nexus 4 General] HAKA:
Holy sh*t! Rs. 1729 for custom duty! How come others are having ~900 only?
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
Attaching the bill of entry..

Can someone help me if anything is wrong here. I have imported phone only and put the declared value as 349 in HSG .Now the duty is 2.37K

Please there is something wrong or this is what i have to pay..how come the other people are charged less ...Can someone please post their bill of entry..

This is terrible duty from bagalore ...fed up..really
[Nexus 4 General] mammenj:
I got charged 1703, not us much as yours but still high. your duty is 1% but CVD 6% for 29k valuation.

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[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
I think the DHL guy has done something ..I hadnt even put 374 as assible value. it was 349 ..any how come different values for each one who got cleared ?

those are very lucky guys who got it for 900 yesterday from bangalore customs. But this is terrible and its around 2.3K.. the second most i have seen in the xda forum who has imported the phone and that too from bangalore customs..and why is CVD 6% ? what is the ideal value for that ?
[Nexus 4 General] Abhi_9:
Not necessarily. I was charged 1616 by Fedex, out of which 300 was their charges, rest 1216 was charged as customs. I saw the invoice, and it listed that it was charged as CVD at 6%. My package reached customs a 28Feb 11pm and was cleared on 1st March 6am.
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
Mine reached on 27th morning. and they delayed it for some reasons and how come there is increase in duty for mobiles and why its applicable from march 1st ?
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
What was ICICI s transaction charges?
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
came to around 20.5k after everything
[Nexus 4 General] nitin.chobhe:
Not blown away. You can send it to Google for RMA through your forwarder. Anyway it would be a costly affair...
[Nexus 4 General] IndDoc:
Guys, my nexus 4 is delivered 2 days ago, and it's been more than ten days since shipment. I used an axis DC to pay for this. I was charged twice for it, hold + charge. My question is, when can I expect the hold to be refunded? It's been more than 10 days now. Anyone who ordered with a DC, please help.
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
No one here to just post their cost breakup or bill of entry who got it cleared from bangalore on 2/2/2013. Please if it get it it would be helpful for me ..and they have put wroing invoice value as well. Thanks in advance

I do suspect that the DHL guy might have done something. So if somone is able to post thier bill of entry I can verify that and let them know the same thing rite.I meant the DHL so that they can take their actions. I have lodged a complaint anyway for setting incorrect value in the invoice.

For guys who have already cleared their items can you please post me the same , that will not affect you in anyway. Please post if someone has that.. you can get it if you call customer care.. please
[Nexus 4 General] sb9772:
Yes. PPOBOX Use bledart & bluedart dont charge any octroi in kolkata .
[Nexus 4 General] akhil.in:
I think the best way is ishop.

- No credit card, etc. needed for Google Play store.

- No Google play or US shipping headaches

- They buy for you and handle all purchase, etc.

- Just one cost. That too, same as other services. Just ask for a quote, order and pay.

- No hidden fee like customs, etc.

- No double-charge hold on your card

- No worry of credit limit or balance on your card

- Pay them in cash, deposit in their canera bank account anywhere in the country, do netbanking or credit card, anything...

- ishop / ppobox / iccworld are the same and you can track your system on any of these - just that ishop will charge you one fee which you can pay very conveniently!

My cost for 8GB was 20,700/- all paid till it reaches my door. I paid on 28th Feb... My friend got it delivered within 11 days from the date he paid ishop.

What say friends, please share your POSITIVE and NEGATIVE experiences with ishop.

Press THANKS if you benefitted from my post! :)
[Nexus 4 General] gvdprasad:
can you post your track list ? how to get that bill of entry ? my customs cleared march 1 at bangalore
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
just call the cc and they will provide the nbil of entry

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charged 6% CVD ? and for other on 28th feb it was only 1 % ..on march 1st its 6 %.

everyone saying there has been no change in the duty of customs but why 1 - 6 % changes ?whom should i contact now
[Nexus 4 General] Dhiraj:
Have your friend received the box in unoppoend condition?
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
If the product is not a demand product (not available in other reatil),Ishop is ok. They give a flat price to the consumer .They use (everybody) ICCWorldwide to ship it from USA ,clear customs & Bluedart to you.

The problem comes when it comes to N4. The only ref no you have is Ishop's order no to you !!

They dont provide Google Play's order no (no segregated a/c) .They dont give Google play's des[atch UPS tracking no. They keep telling C&B stories till the customer says ,I want my money back." Then magically ,you get shipment advice.!!

The rumour is they are selling any one's pc to any body for a premium.

I will do it too if I was Ishop.!!:cool:

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Dont worry. Credit holder name & delivery address/name can be different .

In your Gmail a/c you have listed which address ? forwarder like PPO or your friend's usa address?
[Nexus 4 General] sarthakkapoor25:
LOL!!Ur right!!But using this "I want my money back" method i got my phone in 10 days.:P
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
Guys beware of the increase in duty since yesterday

As i mentioned in previuos posts my phone was undergoing the customs from bangalore.

It reached on 27th morning and it was kept there and clearance happened on 1st march and the duty was 1.9k which is because the CVD was 6 % and customs put the value of nexus as 28 k BCD was 280. so total of 2.3 including dhl.

one another shipment of one of our members reached the same day at same time but the shipment was from germany through bahrain and mine was direclty through bahrain from cincnnahati.So it was cleared on same day and it was 950 including dhl. the bcd was 1 and cvd also 1 %

and customs put the value as 28 k. so only change is here is the cvd what DHL has put in their declaration.

So i think DHL was asked to put CVD to 6 % from march it seems ... so what ppobpox has mentioned is correct .7 % from march 1st.

So in bangalore itself its 2.3 k.. so mumbai guys please be aware of the octroi charges as well.. it may go upto 3 k now..

Orelse please do confirm with customs or anywhere that the cvd is still 1 %.. if its 6 then its too much !!:crying::confused:
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
You are a sharp operative !!

This is a thread ...:rolleyes:...http://goo.gl/amF5 ........:cool: in somewhere where it is like a saga running pages and pages of guys who booked with them....
[Nexus 4 General] dipeshpp:
WTF

I used HDFC CC and I've been charged SERVICE TAX - MARKUP FEE of 91.12 and FCY CONVERSION MARKUP FEE of 759.37. WTF!! Did everyone get charged so much?? Total came to 22549.58. Plus more to come! :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
Both Shop & Ship and PPO mailed 7% and that too effective immediately.

So the customs duty is still 1% but Counter Vaiing Duty (in lieu of Excise Duty if it was manufactured in India) is 6% instead of 1%. so total 7%.

Mumbai customers clearing thro DHL/Fedex (com gateway/border linx customers) are going to be bambooed with a bill for rs 3000 including Octroi.'what ever sales tax saved in oregon goes to Our official/Govt's pockets.
[Nexus 4 General] rahulmr:
i think the customs has increased the CVD as 6 % now. so you can expect an increase in duty by 5 %. if your phone is valued as 349 then it would be around 1k increase and if customs is putting 28k then it would be around 1.4k increase and what if you have octroi charges... if that is the case who all ordered after and getting after march 1st would be levied this me... including me.
[Nexus 4 General] obeliex:
This is standard . 3 or 3% Foreign curency conversion charge (apart from a mark up in $/Re exchange rate) rs 91.12 service tax goes to delhi to pay for sonia ji's welfare fund!:D

In Icici I get a flat Rupee conversion amount (including all charge) How much was the GooglePlay $ amount?