I Ordered A New Notebook Comp. From Amazon.com.

Criss Colon

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An ACER C7 Chromebook.
Only $199 Bucks, Free Shipping to EPS Miami Fl.
Took about a week to arrive here in SD.
Shipping charges were $30 to EPS.
NO CUSTOM's Costs.
I already had a 3 year old model of an ACER Notebook, so I knew I would be happy.
I AM! :bunny::bunny::bunny::classic::classic::classic:
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sayanora

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Nice.. I always wondered if a 199$ product would have a customs charge attached.. I ordered a 160$ video card a couple weeks ago and didn't have a charge either.
 

Criss Colon

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THAT's The ONE!
Even though it says ships in 3 t0 4 weeks, mine got all the way here in just over 1 week.
I'm waiting for "Black Friday" to arrive.
My two daughters both want new laptops.
I hope I can find them for just under $200.
Has anyone ordered a computer that cost over $200?
Did you have to pay any Custom's/Aduana charges???
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This year I bought small factor PC's from Dell each 500 USD + and I was charged only ITBIS. A Videocard for almost 600 USD went through without any charges.

I think for Computers and parts there are other rules, that is are not that heavily taxed?
 

sayanora

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THAT's The ONE!
Even though it says ships in 3 t0 4 weeks, mine got all the way here in just over 1 week.
I'm waiting for "Black Friday" to arrive.
My two daughters both want new laptops.
I hope I can find them for just under $200.
Has anyone ordered a computer that cost over $200?
Did you have to pay any Custom's/Aduana charges???
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The internet version of black friday is cyber monday.. it's the first monday after that weekend.
 

bochinche

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THAT's The ONE!
Even though it says ships in 3 t0 4 weeks, mine got all the way here in just over 1 week.
I'm waiting for "Black Friday" to arrive.
My two daughters both want new laptops.
I hope I can find them for just under $200.
Has anyone ordered a computer that cost over $200?
Did you have to pay any Custom's/Aduana charges???
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Bought an asus laptop back in july for roughly us$400.
Business mail charged me rd$1,984.73 (still have the e-mail).
Can't break that down, but it was about as much as i expected.
 

Castle

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This year I bought small factor PC's from Dell each 500 USD + and I was charged only ITBIS. A Videocard for almost 600 USD went through without any charges.

I think for Computers and parts there are other rules, that is are not that heavily taxed?

Yes, computers are exempted. Not laptops or servers, though, just desktop computers.
 

Castle

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I thought computers are duty-free due to DR-CAFTA.

No, it's not due to DR-CAFTA. It was a local policy in order to "encourage" the use of computers in DR. I think the law dates back to the first government of Leonel, in the 90s.

DR-CAFTA applies only to products 100% (or close to that, anyway) made in any of those countries. Since the components of computers probably have nothing done in any of the DR-CAFTA members, they wouldn't apply.
 

Criss Colon

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The, BETTER news, is that the charger for the new computer, has my old computer up & running again.
My new one is still in the box!
"Good Things", happen to "Good People"!!!!!!!
So how come it happened to me???
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The first $200 of any Business mail type order is supposed to be import duty free isn't it? Do they count the shipping in that, so if you buy a product for $190 and $20 shipping (to the address in Miami), that you have to pay the import duty on the whole $210?
 

Castle

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The first $200 of any Business mail type order is supposed to be import duty free isn't it? Do they count the shipping in that, so if you buy a product for $190 and $20 shipping (to the address in Miami), that you have to pay the import duty on the whole $210?

Yes. The $200 limit takes into account the shipping too.
 
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The, BETTER news, is that the charger for the new computer, has my old computer up & running again.
My new one is still in the box!
"Good Things", happen to "Good People"!!!!!!!
So how come it happened to me???
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Mistake
 

JayinRD

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Notebook/mini is definitely the way to go. I have a 2013 Amazon Kindle fire for $300 and somewhat disappointed with it. I find my 2011 HP mini notebook is faster, easier to use, doesn't weigh much more, and costs only $200.
 

Criss Colon

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Actually, the "Shipping Charges", are NOT part of the total.
Believe me, I know!
My bill was $199 from Amazon, and I paid EPS $30 for the shipping charge.
I order "Stuff" all the time, as long as the purchase price is below $200 it is not charged any Duty, no matter what the shipping charge.
That said, we ALL KNOW that DR Customs is populated with "IDIOTAS", so ANYTHING IS Possible!
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sayanora

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Actually, the "Shipping Charges", are NOT part of the total.
Believe me, I know!
My bill was $199 from Amazon, and I paid EPS $30 for the shipping charge.
I order "Stuff" all the time, as long as the purchase price is below $200 it is not charged any Duty, no matter what the shipping charge.
That said, we ALL KNOW that DR Customs is populated with "IDIOTAS", so ANYTHING IS Possible!
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Man.. maybe I should order that acer c7 since I am eligible for free shipping on it also.. so it would be 199 total.