Ordering From Amazon.com Affordable in SA?

Go through the process and see what your total cost is and then device if it's worth it or not.

It all depends on the product really.
 
Avoid using Royal mail UK. A recent parcel sent from London took 8 weeks to reach SA customs. This was Air mail as well.
 
Stay away from amazon uk as they use a terrible courier which has many many complaints. They quoted me 4-6 weeks.

Amazon.com is great and usually deliver with aramex
 
swazi85 said:
Stay away from amazon uk as they use a terrible courier which has many many complaints.
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Rubbish Amazon UK sellers have like hundreds of different couriers in use...

But yeah US is better purely for wider selection & more competition on pricing.
 
On Amazon I filter items that ships to SA. Bought some museum wax a couple months ago from a USA store and delivery was about R200. No customs duties were payable.
 
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Hi do you guys know if this. Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus (SM-G965F/DS) 6GB/128GB 6.2-inches LTE Dual SIM Factory Unlocked - International Stock No Warranty will work in South Africa ?
Thx
 
You can get it via RARU.

Click on American Store on the side. They will cover the shipping and the import duty fee. Makes it easier and less hassles.

also if you do order it direct from amazon, due to post office delays, you may wait a month after the package is due till it arrives.
 
I don't agree at all. Amazon's service is mostly amazing and they will often go the extra mile. Raru politely told me to do one.

If you are going to go their route, just be sure to check on warrantees et al before you order. The warrantee on Amazon (or even the manufacturer's site) isn't binding on them.

I ordered a Nvidia Shield tab that developed a fault after 8m. Nvidia's site says a 1yr warrantee but Raru said that their supplier only covered it for 6 and left me truly high and dry.
 
Amazon.co.uk (also .fr and .de) shipping fees are usually much lower than US for me. I remember buying a GTX 1070 for 5k total, while all the local stores had it for 8k+ at the time.
 
Corelli said:
You can get it via RARU.

Click on American Store on the side. They will cover the shipping and the import duty fee. Makes it easier and less hassles.

also if you do order it direct from amazon, due to post office delays, you may wait a month after the package is due till it arrives.
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That is pending on the shipping partner, and I have never had a SAPO issue with an order fulfilled by Amazon.
 
nexxus said:
I don't agree at all. Amazon's service is mostly amazing and they will often go the extra mile. Raru politely told me to do one.

If you are going to go their route, just be sure to check on warrantees et al before you order. The warrantee on Amazon (or even the manufacturer's site) isn't binding on them.

I ordered a Nvidia Shield tab that developed a fault after 8m. Nvidia's site says a 1yr warrantee but Raru said that their supplier only covered it for 6 and left me truly high and dry.
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That is because you didn’t have a contract with the manufacturer, either Raru lied to you or you purchased a grey product. Raru only gave you the guaranteed warranty or implied warranty as legislated by the CPA. The manufacturer’s warranty is an extended warranty over and above these terms and is a guarantee in terms with the purchase agreement.

The manufacturer may refuse to honour the warranty of a grey product. I would have insisted on Raru to state whether it is a grey import or not, and if not, to honour the sales purchase agreement.

I just checked Raru’s website, they don’t list the terms of warranty (in years, validity thereof)…
 
Considering it was an international import, it was almost certainly grey. There's some bit of blah on their terms and conditions that states that the warrantee is what their supplier offered, which raru wasted no time in pointing out but they've never lied, they just omitted any mention of a warrantee. I should have not have assumed so I just have to cop for it. It was my fault for assuming the warrantee was what Amazon (and Nvidia) said it was

The irony for me was that Amazon would have shipped it, no problem. I chose raru for the "peace of mind" of having a local contact. Silly me.

So all in all, for me, if Amazon will ship it, go with them. I've ordered lots of stuff off them and support has always been 1st class, they even replaced my Kindle when my son sat on it.
 
The problem I have is finding a seller that delivers to South Africa
 
I also never had problems with the SAPO. Just it takes longer than what Amazon states, even upto a month longer.
 
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