iPhone 12 Rumours & Release Date

I hate Apple...but I am expecting my iPhone 12 Pro 128Gb on 22 December because I basically got it for free from an international associate....

Can I expect customs charges and VAT etc? He sent it via Aramex
 
Flywheel said:
I hate Apple...but I am expecting my iPhone 12 Pro 128Gb on 22 December because I basically got it for free from an international associate....

Can I expect customs charges and VAT etc? He sent it via Aramex
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In this thread, someone posted the details on the import tax, I think it was 17%? Don't quote me on that. But somewhere in this thread, the details are there.
 
Louis72 said:
mybroadband.co.za

Importing a smartphone to South Africa – Prices and warranties compared

Here is what you need to consider before you import a smartphone to South Africa.
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Did some digging and found that the Tax we pay on a smartphone is high.

Import costs​

Although certain exceptions may be made for particular cellphones, SARS regards smartphones as luxury items.

As such, importing them from another country will incur certain import taxes.

There are three fees a buyer should add to the listed price of a smartphone when purchasing it from an international source.

These are as follows:

  • Ad valorem/luxury tax of 15% on the listed price.
  • Duty tax of 7% on top of the list price with added luxury tax.
  • 15% VAT on the total amount after both luxury and duty tax.
“For a round figure, a device costing R10,000 (excl. shipping), would arrive at a cost of approximately R12,750 (excl. shipping) but including VAT,” Levitan said.
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@Flywheel Found it for you :)
 
I hate my buddy. . .just sent me this with the caption "This couldve been yours today, but now you have to wait until Friday. . ."

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phlux said:
I hate my buddy. . .just sent me this with the caption "This couldve been yours today, but now you have to wait until Friday. . ."

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Cant your buddy at Core help fellow MyBb guys out with making sure the phones get dispatched early enough for friday delivery? OR some way we get our orders friday for sure. Pretty please? :giggle: could PM the order number and relay it to him? Think we only about 3 guys that have orders not dispatched yet.
 
I reckon we all announce our displeasure to iStore/Core if it's later than Monday. How is it fair for people to get it in-store on the 18th but the people that PAID IN ADVANCE don't get it on launch and even almost a week later?

No. This is not acceptable.
 
Spizz said:
The sms came to my wife’s phone this afternoon. Delivery on 23rd December
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So my optimistic ass is going to guess that since you and Kev’s have the same waybill history currently and you’re both in the CPT area (more or less). Kev’s will deliver on Friday as per his sms, so I hope perhaps yours will too as they’re in the same shipment. Maybe Monday latest.
 
BiggyBuggy said:
So my optimistic ass is going to guess that since you and Kev’s have the same waybill history currently and you’re both in the CPT area (more or less). Kev’s will deliver on Friday as per his sms, so I hope perhaps yours will too as they’re in the same shipment. Maybe Monday latest.
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Yeah. It seems a bit odd that it’s at the airport in Joburg and it’s still going to take a week to get here. I usually get Takealot orders from there in a day or two.
 
hauntedmosaic said:
I reckon we all announce our displeasure to iStore/Core if it's later than Monday. How is it fair for people to get it in-store on the 18th but the people that PAID IN ADVANCE don't get it on launch and even almost a week later?

No. This is not acceptable.
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What has me frothing at the mouth is how the ****** ! Does a order that was probably one of the very first orders that morning at 0:34 can still be sitting on “Processing”?? :mad: The worst part is that obviously because of a forum such as MyBroadband one can see people that ordered at 7,8,9am already have their phones handed over to couriers??!
What was the logic of how they handled the orders?

It is also so so disappointing to see someone just walk into a store on the 18th and get the phone. Yet someone that paid in full a week in advance needs to be satisfied with a shitty SMS of delivery on the 23rd!? Core Group Cmon man!
 
Louis72 said:
What has me frothing at the mouth is how the ****** ! Does a order that was probably one of the very first orders that morning at 0:34 can still be sitting on “Processing”?? :mad: The worst part is that obviously because of a forum such as MyBroadband one can see people that ordered at 7,8,9am already have their phones handed over to couriers??!
What was the logic of how they handled the orders?

It is also so so disappointing to see someone just walk into a store on the 18th and get the phone. Yet someone that paid in full a week in advance needs to be satisfied with a shitty SMS of delivery on the 23rd!? Core Group Cmon man!
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Yes. I am LIVID. This is the one thing I was looking forward to at least on Friday, given the complete shitshow of a year I, and I'm sure we've all had.

This makes no sense and it's evident they have no system in place. They had one bloody job.
 
hauntedmosaic said:
Yes. I am LIVID. This is the one thing I was looking forward to at least on Friday, given the complete shitshow of a year I, and I'm sure we've all had.

This makes no sense and it's evident they have no system in place. They had one bloody job.
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And that was basically to receive a bunch of iPhone’s in a container. Unpack them. Open a website to preorder and pack these iPhones into a box and stick a shipping label on the box... and yet you cant manage that properly?

You had multiple launches and months to prepare.
 
Louis72 said:
And that was basically to receive a bunch of iPhone’s in a container. Unpack them. Open a website to preorder and pack these iPhones into a box and stick a shipping label on the box... and yet you cant manage that properly?

You had multiple launches and months to prepare.
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Yeah, ”Premium Reseller” my foot. I am going to blast them if I get an sms saying it's late next week. What's the point of even pre-ordering if you can't get it on launch? Isn’t that the precise point and why we pre-order in the first place.

And while I see how in-store collection would have been complicated this year given COVID and crowd management, then at least MAKE SURE it’s delivered on launch to the people that pre-ordered.
 
hauntedmosaic said:
Yeah, ”Premium Reseller” my foot. I am going to blast them if I get an sms saying it's late next week. What's the point of even pre-ordering if you can't get it on launch? Isn’t that the precise point and why we pre-order in the first place.

And while I see how in-store collection would have been complicated this year given COVID and crowd management, then at least MAKE SURE it’s delivered on launch to the people that pre-ordered.
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Hope @rpm @Jamie McKane see this thread and runs a story as an example of the worst preorder launch in history “Premium” in Reseller just means a Premium heap of ****
 
My Blue iPhone 12 64GB ordered at 9:37am is processing, not at all hopeful (as in I'm not expecting it at all) it will be with me on Friday, better be next week that's all I say !! I haven't pre-ordered before, dunno if I will go this route again for future devices, seems pretty random.
 
Let’s not forget that they messed up the vouchers for some people, failed to let anyone know they were starting the pre-orders at midnight, the online chat has no idea what they’re doing, the lack of communication of the logistics of the pre-orders (which is so annoying!!), the emails that were sent out about changing your address if you need to wasn’t sent to everyone (i still haven’t received it), the list kinda goes on.
 
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