I got absolutely ripped off

how does one avoid the fuckton of taxes when buying from asia?

I just paid 40 euro for a keyboard and 35 euro in taxes

20%VAT, 10 Euro delivery that was stated as 1 euro on banggood, DHL took 15 Euro to move it ti a town 130km, and 10 euro in documents and stuff

@J-Co by staying under the limit for your country

DHL and other couriers are guaranteed import costs unless stated otherwise by the seller

they literally make money from doing it, they're never going to not do it

oh, but how would I do that? the site doesn't have anything like that, do I talk to the seller?

so I know for next time

sellers on aliexpress (phones and shit) will advertise it big, where they ship DHL via the UK for europe

you pay like €15 for the delivery but it's always been that, no extra fees later

for gearbest, their priority line is guaranteed tax free i believe

no idea about banggood

Reminder https://www.dx.com/p/umidigi-f1-android-90-63-inch-dual-sim-4g-128g-smartphone-with-5150mah-battery-2606043 comes out today

umydicky

it actualy looks like P2 killer

price performance seems to be spot on

@J-Co next time don't use DHL or ask the seller to list the value below 20 euros

If customs check your package and see a value listed higher than 20 euro you get taxed

if umi didnt use 2nd-3rd tier parts it would be fine

@Tervy mediatek

mediatek isnt the prob

Well it is

No roms

but theyr quality standards are lower than venezuela incomes

Umidifi probably lacks in updates as well

considering they pump out phones like crazy yeah they shouldnt update them more than twice

indeed but considering if you are lucky and they actualy give stable good rom at first try

that phone lasts to quite far future

i hop shiaomi teardrop meme when i want to take new phone

or at least mix designs are the standard

I'm satisfied with the Note 5

same

but in 3 years i guess

i would only change the screen to amoled i guess

everything else is fine with the phone

eggcellent product 5 stars

what is best chink value phone for $200-$300 ish. currently have a ZTE axon 7

note 5 dear

or poco

Poco