How to order and ship products normally not shipped to Thailand and Asia (fe. Google Nexus One)?

February 16, 2010

How to get a Google Nexus in Thailand?  In MBK you can buy a Nexus for 24000 Bath (530 EUR).  Or you can order the nexus online by non-Google merchants,  paying a high mark-up for shipping to Thailand.   The next guide describes how to order your phone by yourself for a much cheaper price.

1. Register at vPost.  This service provides you a free personalized address in UK, USA and Japan, which you can use to ship to from the merchants website.  When the package arrives, vPost informs you and after paying shippingcost they send the package to your home address.  It is possible to  register a home address in India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Australia.  Borderlinx and Comgateway offer similar services but Borderlinx does not ship to Thailand yet.  After reading reviews on the different services I would have chosen Comgateway in stead of vPost.

The “how to shop and ship guide” explains clearly what to do  next.

2. Shop online from any USA, Japan or European merchant.
Buying a Google nexus one is only possible online if the site recognize your IP as a USA IP.  There are several ways to change your IP address into a USA one.  I used the free-to-trial hide-my-ip software. Download, install and choose the option to use always a USA IP. Click “hide my IP “and it will be possible to order the Google phone.

Other ways to change IP are foxyproxy, a firefox add-on or hotspotshield software.

Use your vPost address as shipping address.  Because you vPost-address is located in Oregon, no extra taxes are involved.  Google ships the Nexus for free.  Provide vPost the shippingdetails by e-mail.

Total cost 529 USD (387 EUR)

3.  When the package arrives, vPost informs you.  After paying the shippingcosts and cutoms GST they ship the package to your home address.  The shipping cost to Thailand will be an estimated 37 USD (27 EUR).  Singapore Customs only imposes GST on individual packages, with VS shipment numbers, imported into Singapore for which the CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) amount exceeds SGD 400.  Not sure if you have to pay the GST for an import into Thailand.


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