Google employees given Google Nexus

deadite66 · 13 Jan 2010 at 18:54

who is delivering it? and do the post-office still charge a customs fee collection charge?

stoke1863 · 13 Jan 2010 at 19:04

deadite66 said:
who is delivering it? and do the post-office still charge a customs fee collection charge?

DHL and they dont charge an admin fee

Ironic Namesake · 13 Jan 2010 at 19:37

stoke1863 said:
DHL and they dont charge an admin fee

DHL charge a £10 admin fee.

stoke1863 · 13 Jan 2010 at 19:51

Ironic Namesake said:
DHL charge a £10 admin fee.

are you sure? quite a lot of people are saying DHL are not charging the £10 admin fee

Ironic Namesake · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:25

I was going through import invoices from DHL today and every single one has had a £10 admin charge on it.

Ironic Namesake · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:28

What is the administration fee?
The fee for business customers is £10 or 2% of the total duty/VAT incurred, whichever is the greater. The growth of Internet shopping has led us to introduce a different administration fee for private individuals. This is because net shoppers are usually buying infrequently and purchasing low cost items such as CDs, DVDs or software. We felt that low usage such as this merited a different fee structure. We charge £1.25, or 2% of the total duty/VAT incurred, whichever is the greater. This compares very favourably with our competitors and we are, as far as we are aware, the only air express carrier who has introduced a special rate for private individuals.

stoke1863 · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:39

Thats just for business account holder right?

No one has mentioned on any of the andriod forums about an admin charge thats even after the vat bill come!

Ironic Namesake · 13 Jan 2010 at 20:51

Hmm it does say 2% of VAT and duty or £1.25 whichever is greater.

I haven't imported anything as a non business transaction for a while , anyway we'll find out soon enough!

atpbx · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:13

stoke1863 said:
DHL and they dont charge an admin fee

DHL dont exist in this country anymore as such.

They are owned by the home delivery network, and all their vans have to be white and HDLN branded by the end of the year.

Ironic Namesake · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:19

atpbx said:
DHL dont exist in this country anymore as such.

They are owned by the home delivery network, and all their vans have to be white and HDLN branded by the end of the year.

HDLN are only taking over UK Domestic services aren't they, not DHL Express?

V_R · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:32

HDNL dont own DHL.... do they?

atpbx · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:32

Ironic Namesake said:
HDLN are only taking over UK Domestic services aren't they, not DHL Express?

Domestic means "in UK".

DHL will only be operating freight and international hubs.

Its the same thing they said when they sold up in the states, "we will still do this, that and the other".
They dont, they fly the stuff in and UPS deliver it all.

atpbx · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:35

V_R said:
HDNL dont own DHL....

Go read the news fact boy, DHL wont be operating a UK delivery service anymore as they have sold it to HDLN.

Deutsche Post own DHL world wide, and are slowly going down the pan.

Ironic Namesake · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:37

atpbx said:
Domestic means "in UK".

DHL will only be operating freight and international hubs.

Its the same thing they said when they sold up in the states, "we will still do this, that and the other".
They dont, they fly the stuff in and UPS deliver it all.

Ok well lets hope the service still remains the same - DHL are by far the best international courier at the moment.

V_R · 13 Jan 2010 at 22:39

atpbx said:
Go read the news fact boy

Calm down? :rolleyes:

I edited my post as you quoted it, jesus...

stoke1863 · 13 Jan 2010 at 23:12

Phones should be arriving to East Midlands by 12! I don't think i have ever refreshed a tracking page so much. Right now i have an iphone and a HD2 on my desk. Iphone is being sold for £150 (2g) and the HD2 is on the bay.

atpbx · 14 Jan 2010 at 07:52

V_R said:
Calm down?

I edited my post as you quoted it, jesus...

Wasnt irate.
Just couldnt see why you were arguing with a fact, hence you from now on you will be known as "fact boy".

pinki104 · 14 Jan 2010 at 08:13

New iPhone will still beat any phone I think

atpbx · 14 Jan 2010 at 08:15

pinki104 said:
New iPhone will still beat any phone I think

Dude, the current Iphone doesnt "beat" any other top end phone, what makes you think a new one will?

Wang Computer · 14 Jan 2010 at 08:27

pinki104 said:
New iPhone will still beat any phone I think

Are you 12? What do you mean by "beat"?

I have a 3G S and I'm seriously considering exchanging it for a Nexus. It may well have a slghtly less fluid interface but I resent owning a phone that's locked down so tightly - it's like they (The Church of Jobs) think I'm special and wouldn't able to handle a small amount customisation.