I ordered a BenQ W1070 projector (Sold and Fulfilled by Amazon) at Amazon.com on April 12 using Free Global Shipper option and I received it on April 23rd which is not bad for a economy shipping free of cost. Aramex was the freight carrier and I was able to track the shipment throughout.
Packing by Amazon was average (guess because I of Free shipping option). The original Benq box was placed inside a slightly bigger carton box which was kind of damaged in the corners when I received it and made be a bit worried. The BenQ box was however showed no signs of damage. The projector was in undamaged condition and works perfectly.
I am happy with the overall purchase experience with Amazon Global except for below average packing for a USD 800+ electronics item.
I did not receive any customs duty paid receipt from Aramex at the time of delivery so I am not sure if it was actually paid in my case. I know Amazon would refund any balance within next 60 days but wondering if I would get a receipt from Aramex or Amazon for the actual duty paid. Does anyone who had purchased previously got any receipt from Aramex for the duty paid during delivery?
Thanks Vinay2013 and Uttam for your responses. Let me know how it goes with your refunds with Amazon support.
I will wait for couple more days for Amazon to get the data from Aramex and will contact Amazon support to inquire on the actual duty paid for my order.
You can call Aramex and they will let you know the actual duty paid, but they did not provide the custom receipt
hey guyz even i am planning on buying a benq w1070 from amazon but had to clear some issues off my mind before i order it, i would be thankful if hdmaniac and uttam help me out with them
actually i am not seeing any free global shipping now how can i get free global shipping which can save me 46$
If its shipped directly by amazon.com under Global shipping the 99% taxes are included at the time of purchase and you are not charged while delivery. its most probably be shipped by Aramex and they will contact you if there is any taxes that need to be paid while delivery so you can decide to not take the delivery and it will return and you will receive the refund.I bought a watch from Amazon US and it doesn't added any Import Fee and Tax at the checkout, It was just product + Shipping + Currency Conversion Fee and there was one line "Estimated Tax to be collected*: 0.00USD". I talked about this to Amazon CC twice but they don't even seems to have any proper answer to this. Tha last representative told that if their will be any charger then you can contact us and ask for a refund; and in another case you can cancel the order.
Is it really true? It's a INR20k watch is I have to pay customs then it will be 30K for me.