Aramex global shopper

I also have a quick question.

Bought an item from a person on a forum website in the US (kinda like MyBB classifieds.
Sent the $ using paypal as a gift to ensure the seller get the amount he was asking. The item is enroute to AGS, so I need to make up an invoice for this.

Do I specify the amount I wanted to pay to the seller, or the amount+paypal-fee. The reason I ask, paypal shows $60 dollar payment, but with the fee included its $67.95, and obviously the bank statement will match the 67.95 in Rand.

Should I put 60 or 67.95 on the invoice I create?
 
DeeinSouthAfrica said:
One went DHL, one went Aramex
The Aramex was 50% cheaper than the DHL
DHL: 6 days to door
Aramex: 18 days to door.

Quite simply put:

DHL is express.
Aramex Global Shopper is Economy.
Aramex do have an Express option for people in a hurry for their shipments.

Your parcel waited for space on the airplane. If the plane was full of Aramex Express shipments your parcel got bumped off.
In SA at customs your parcel waited for Aramex to first clear the Express shipments, as those people paid way more for fast service.

Aramex Global Shopper is a cheap and sometimes nasty service, but you do receive your parcel eventually.

Yes, it's slow, but you get what you pay for.
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Interesting view, probably explains the speed difference. I was expecting my Aramex parcel to come at the speed of the DHL one.
 
Tinuva said:
I also have a quick question.

Bought an item from a person on a forum website in the US (kinda like MyBB classifieds.
Sent the $ using paypal as a gift to ensure the seller get the amount he was asking. The item is enroute to AGS, so I need to make up an invoice for this.

Do I specify the amount I wanted to pay to the seller, or the amount+paypal-fee. The reason I ask, paypal shows $60 dollar payment, but with the fee included its $67.95, and obviously the bank statement will match the 67.95 in Rand.

Should I put 60 or 67.95 on the invoice I create?
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Do 67.95, just make up your own commercial invoice. They don't normally request proof of payment.

I had to make up my own when receiving replacement computers parts from the USA, as its replacement it does not have invoice with it, as I did not pay anything.
 
Gtx Gaming said:
Do 67.95, just make up your own commercial invoice. They don't normally request proof of payment.

I had to make up my own when receiving replacement computers parts from the USA, as its replacement it does not have invoice with it, as I did not pay anything.
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I dont expect them to ask proof of payment, but just in case they do I dont want to have to back paddle and get things fixed. Strangely enough, I have once been asked for my paypal proof of payment on an item that actually had an invoice. So its not common, but can happen.

But yeah, thank you, let me go with the 67.95
 
Does anyone know if AGS will ship engine oil bought from Amazon?
Their banned items list says no liquids but then on the specifc list it says flammable liquids are banned, maybe they do allow vehicle lubricants.

If AGS can't is there anyone else that can, Amazon won't ship the item to SA and the oil isn't imported into SA so local purchase is not possible.

Ubuy has it listed, seems they drop ship amazon stuff but it also seems they will list anything and everything from Amazon and then only after you have paid will they tell you it can't be shipped and then they appear to charge a handling fee of around R100...
 
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So this looks pretty good. Nice and fast.

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What is however is interesting, the Aramex app shows expected date a whole week from now.

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@DeeinSouthAfrica 's explanation is spot on, this is the economy version of Aramex.

Also interesting, the Aramex app does work much better than the AGS/ShopnShip apps. I couldn't fix some details on my account, which the Aramex app was able to do. There are still things that needs to be done on the AGS website but I can live with that.
 
Haven't used Aramex since July bc of this. I'm a Flex member. The item is a secondhand game from Ebay, cost 173 randelas. Stuck in customs hell for three months now. Would have been faster to ship with SAPO. No joke.

Apparently customs keeps rejecting bank statements I've provided, but the Aramex clerk can't provide details relating to what exactly the problem is. Everything they've asked for is there. I've done this several times in the past, had no issues.

At this point I don't even care about the item, just wish they'd stop telling me that in 14 days it's going to a state warehouse and I'll be charged for it. It's been a lot more than 14 days chaps. :D

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The_Imp_ZA said:
Haven't used Aramex since July bc of this. I'm a Flex member. The item is a secondhand game from Ebay, cost 173 randelas. Stuck in customs hell for three months now. Would have been faster to ship with SAPO. No joke.

Apparently customs keeps rejecting bank statements I've provided, but the Aramex clerk can't provide details relating to what exactly the problem is. Everything they've asked for is there. I've done this several times in the past, had no issues.

At this point I don't even care about the item, just wish they'd stop telling me that in 14 days it's going to a state warehouse and I'll be charged for it. It's been a lot more than 14 days chaps. :D
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Have you highlighted the specific transaction that prove what they looking for?
 
I have many times imported used goods from ebay...never had an issue. Which is why this one from the_imp_za is strange to me.

I have done from car xenon lights to wiring harnesses to led bulbs (for cars) and trim pieces. Never an issue.
 
Jola said:
Customs are really difficult with the importation of used goods, you need a permit for that.

Does it specify on the invoice that this is a used item ?
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Don't think you do. Pretty sure that's not a thing. I've brought in dozens of secondhand items from eBay, Alibaba ect for my personal use (and so have others in this thread) throughout the years. In fact, IIRC someone posted the legislation here, secondhand goods, like from eBay, are meant to be exempt from import duties. I may be remembering that wrong tho.

Anyway, invoices from Paypal / eBay don't say if something is new or secondhand.

Tinuva said:
I have many times imported used goods from ebay...never had an issue. Which is why this one from the_imp_za is strange to me.

I have done from car xenon lights to wiring harnesses to led bulbs (for cars) and trim pieces. Never an issue.
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I've brought it a lot of stuff as well, and this is the first time I'm experiencing this. Really have no idea what's going on, especially for an item that is way under R500 and shouldn't be detained in the first place. It's a very odd situation. and seeing as it takes a month for emails to go back and forth between Aramex, Customs and me, I'm not expecting a quick response.

I've even pointed out previous times that I've had items detained, and that similar documents were provided and accepted then, so the lack of consistency is strange. Also strange that no one can explain what exactly the issue is. Being told once again that the "submitted documents have been rejected by Customs, please provide thisandthis ect" is a bit weak after 3 months of waiting.
 
I think I may have an issue here So I ordered my stuff on Bangood sent to HK warehouse this first time it went well, but my issue now is that the current order even when it said it would be shipped from CN has now been shipped from Switzerland sooo yeah.

Now I don't know a lot about the imports and how it works from Switzerland to cn but I don't think i will ever get my package this way unless aramex pays for additional customs because it came from.

Of they go and send me a collection paper the received at the end of the day that would really not do me any good.

Any of you ever ran into this before?
 
riaan199 said:
I think I may have an issue here So I ordered my stuff on Bangood sent to HK warehouse this first time it went well, but my issue now is that the current order even when it said it would be shipped from CN has now been shipped from Switzerland sooo yeah.

Now I don't know a lot about the imports and how it works from Switzerland to cn but I don't think i will ever get my package this way unless aramex pays for additional customs because it came from.

Of they go and send me a collection paper the received at the end of the day that would really not do me any good.

Any of you ever ran into this before?
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I don’t it shipped from Switzerland. These china shops use some Swiss mail service I believe
 
riaan199 said:
I think I may have an issue here So I ordered my stuff on Bangood sent to HK warehouse this first time it went well, but my issue now is that the current order even when it said it would be shipped from CN has now been shipped from Switzerland sooo yeah.

Now I don't know a lot about the imports and how it works from Switzerland to cn but I don't think i will ever get my package this way unless aramex pays for additional customs because it came from.

Of they go and send me a collection paper the received at the end of the day that would really not do me any good.

Any of you ever ran into this before?
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I've got a parcel coming in from China and the tracking is RW************CH - so CH could also be China instead of Swiss
 
Tinuva said:
I have many times imported used goods from ebay...never had an issue. Which is why this one from the_imp_za is strange to me.

I have done from car xenon lights to wiring harnesses to led bulbs (for cars) and trim pieces. Never an issue.
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Ok so I'm new to this AGS (joined few months ago when membership was on special) and importing used goods from ebay for that matter. I am planning buying an iphone from the uk on ebay via paypal and the specific item does ship to SA via ebay international shipping. Looks like shipping will be about R370 at current exchange rate. So should I then rather use AGS as it seems seems their shipping will be closer to R200 according to weight charge?

And should I be worried about the permit / second hand thing?

Any advice will be appreciated.
 
Who you use to ship to SA is personal preference in m opinion.

As for the secondhand thing with permit, shouldn't be an issue if you take the regular route of taking a photo of your ebay order and upload to AGS. If however you create your own invoice, do not mark the item as secondhand, that is when you will need the permit. If you just mark it as whatever item it is, then it will be fine but you will pay the import tax as if it is a new item.
 
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