zedane 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2009 Just wondering whether amazon is a reliable place to shop from? Saw a very cheap TF 10 going on for sale, close to 20% off the original price (Do the math! its really a big sum)! Not posting the link here coz i dunno whether it is allowed or not Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radioactive28 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2009 If it's sold by Amazon itself, should be reliable. If you get it from Amazon Marketplace, got to be careful. One important thing to find out, will the local distributor provide warranty for an overseas set? This is typically not the case, so you'll have to set the set back to the States if there's anything wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quantom 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) If it's sold by Amazon itself, should be reliable. If you get it from Amazon Marketplace, got to be careful. One important thing to find out, will the local distributor provide warranty for an overseas set? This is typically not the case, so you'll have to set the set back to the States if there's anything wrong. Not too bad shipping overseas by yourself, considering that the local store might just take about forever to ship your stuff back. There's a forummer here who waited months just for his zero dac to come back from Jaben. Sure, IEMs can't be compared to that, due to the size and weight, but doesn't it go to show the mindset of the store? Of course, if someone could attest against that, it'd be great, but if not, I'd say just go for the set overseas. And another thing to note. Since you're getting it first hand at about $100 off, which would make it close to $500 (do correct me if this isn't the price right now), you'll have to pay for GST when it hits the shores of Singapore, since it's over $400. This could be easily avoided by having the seller under declare the cost of the stuff, but since you're getting it from Amazon.. I think it's wishful thinking. Edited April 19, 2009 by Quantom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zedane 0 Report post Posted April 19, 2009 Not too bad shipping overseas by yourself, considering that the local store might just take about forever to ship your stuff back. There's a forummer here who waited months just for his zero dac to come back from Jaben. Sure, IEMs can't be compared to that, due to the size and weight, but doesn't it go to show the mindset of the store? Of course, if someone could attest against that, it'd be great, but if not, I'd say just go for the set overseas. And another thing to note. Since you're getting it first hand at about $100 off, which would make it close to $500 (do correct me if this isn't the price right now), you'll have to pay for GST when it hits the shores of Singapore, since it's over $400. This could be easily avoided by having the seller under declare the cost of the stuff, but since you're getting it from Amazon.. I think it's wishful thinking. YEAH the $400 tingy is really a big turn off..... and i doubt they would even bother to underdeclare -.- But i just cant seem to trust other sellers lol.... circuit city? hahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radioactive28 0 Report post Posted April 20, 2009 Circuit City would have been a decent choice, but I doubt their prices are all that low. More importantly, they liquidated 2 months ago... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duckling 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 Free shipping to SG for orders over USD180. http://tinyurl.com/c8bm8m Cost around SGD$540 which is abt $60 cheaper than getting it locally. If you're really interested, I might be letting go mine, drop me a PM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zedane 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 Just wondering whether they can under-declare the value coz if i m not mistaken anything coming into singapore thats above SGD 400 will be taxed with 7% GST!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
a6laze 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 You're right! If it's Amazon, the possibility of them under-declaring is quite low I must say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
