buying memory sticks from amazon.com

Nephew

i was looking at buying a 1gig pro duo off amazon.com. it comes to about $100 with delivery. what are the chances of getting stung by customs?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007LZGF6/qid=1128091332/sr=8-17/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xglna/104-7461141-6364769?v=glance&n=507846

netman

Wow, Amazon have started to ship to Ireland again! That's pretty cool!

They don't say who they ship with. I had a problem with Amazon before, ordered a box set of Simpsons season 1, and it got lost. So after about 4 weeks they agreed to send me a replacement, free of charge, and it arrived with UPS.

A few months later I got a threatening letter from UPS where they claimed I owed them so much money and that this is their last attempt to resolve this before suing me. (I know, WTF?!)

Turns out UPS paid for the import tax/duty but they never sent me an invoice and never sent me a letter, except that one threatening to sue.

I'd say if they ship with USPS you're pretty safe.
If it's a courier, they'll do everything by the book and you'll pay tax/customs.

Nephew

thanks for the advice. if i cant find any cheaper alternatives i'll risk it.

JackieChan

You'll get them on ebay for about that price(from Chinese sellers)

techguy

are all those chinese sellers reputable..?
some of the prices seem to good to be true,or should I stay away from those sellers?

Hakko

parsi

fwiw the last time I got stuff from amazon.com it came through Germany so if they did that for the memory stck you're sorted..

edit: just looked at your link and it says shipping to US only.