importing a camera

[Flowerhat]

hello,
so the sony cs vx9h is not yet available in sa. Where do you reccomend i try to buy this cam from if i intend to import it. What do you think the import duties will be like?

Thanx

 

[gregmcc]

Try this thread and see if it helps - I'm in the same boat currently it looks like its more expensive importing (Well for the camera I want anyway)

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/207986-Buying-from-US

 

[froot]

If it's anything like the Kindles I imported.... I paid 12.5% import duties on them.

 

[hilton]

I also imported a Kindle and saved 40% of what the SA retail price is. Also quicker, delivered to my door.

 

[noxibox]

If it's anything like the Kindles I imported.... I paid 12.5% import duties on them.

Not bad considering VAT is 14%.

 

[froot]

Not bad considering VAT is 14%.

Electronics are free of duties up to a certain value.

The import duties are (according to Amazon) there to ensure that the package does not get sent back if there are misc. costs that have to be paid to customs.

 

[za1]

cameras are not considered electronics, there are 7% duties plus vat - so expect around 23% in additional fees.

edit: google hasn't heard of a model sony cs vx9h

 

[maumau]

aren't you worried that if it arrives damages the local agents won't honour the guarantee? or is the saving worth it?

 

[froot]

aren't you worried that if it arrives damages the local agents won't honour the guarantee? or is the saving worth it?

As long as you didn't pull a grey import (ie if you import some iPads and hide it from customs) you should in most cases be fine.

 

[noxibox]

aren't you worried that if it arrives damages the local agents won't honour the guarantee? or is the saving worth it?

It does depend on the savings. Pro video cameras for example are often far cheaper to import yourself. And sometimes consumer equipment is too. Usually if you're only saving a few hundred it isn't worth it. The last consumer video camera I imported it ended up costing me about 60% of the local cost. I can almost buy another camera for the difference in price.

If it arrives damaged that's a different story and that would be matter of claiming from the shipping insurance. Although good luck with that because the courier companies and postal services everywhere will do anything they can to avoid paying out.

As long as you didn't pull a grey import (ie if you import some iPads and hide it from customs) you should in most cases be fine.

Unless the product has an international warranty you'll have no cover no matter how you got it to South Africa. It would be up to the local agent to decide if they want to help out. Repairs though should not generally be an issue.

Electronics are free of duties up to a certain value.

I don't remember seeing any mention of that. But I haven't checked the customs book to see if it is there somewhere. Certainly if it mentions, for example, 7% duties on cameras you'll pay 7% whether the camera costs R500 or R50,000.

The import duties are (according to Amazon) there to ensure that the package does not get sent back if there are misc. costs that have to be paid to customs.

Although Amazon and others refer generically to customs duties or import fees, people importing often wrongly think they've been charged customs duties when, as in the case of the Kindle, they are only paying VAT, as they would on any item they purchased within the country.

They do the upfront payment for your convenience. One simple payment instead of having it arrive here, then the courier has to contact you to let you know the amount owed, which you then have to have on hand as cash to pay the driver or transfer into their bank account.

 

[Sneeky]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ ftw

Bought lots of kit from them in the past, although not recently.
The more expensive the kit you purchase, the more you save it seems vs buying locally. Obviously this is also exchange rate dependent at time of purchase.

 

[Flowerhat]

I managed to buy my HX9V at a local photography store, not saying where because Im going to buy their last one at the end of the month

Cost me, R3500. Looks like they've finally landed in RSA?

 

[BeatleJuice]

Hi,
Has anybody imported from this site, www.onlineoem.info
Their camera prices are unbelievable.... It has to be a scam?

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Shop price:$1666!

 

[ponder]

Unless the product has an international warranty you'll have no cover no matter how you got it to South Africa. It would be up to the local agent to decide if they want to help out. Repairs though should not generally be an issue.

Olympus as an example has world wide warranties.

 

[AniV]

Hi,
Has anybody imported from this site, www.onlineoem.info
Their camera prices are unbelievable.... It has to be a scam?

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Shop price:$1666!

Eesh, looks dodgy. Those prices are too low to be real.
There's probably a whole lotta extra charges they haven't tacked on yet, like the shipping charges might be crazy high. Or, it's a scam and you're never going to get your stuff.

 

[MadMailMan]

These dumba$$es need to get their ***** together before they try scam people. They say their company name is

HuaDong ELECTRONICS WHOLESALE CO. LTD.

On one page and then in the About us they say it's

HaoHan Electronic

But wait they also

cooperate relationship with the OEM company like foxcoon

Foxcoon? Really??

They also encourage you to pay with either a direct payment or Western Union.

STAY AWAY FROM THESE SCAMMERS!!!

You've been warned.