Purchasing in the UK with quick-ish shipping? - Xiaomi Mi MIX Questions & Answers

Hello everybody! I really want a Mi Mix but I'm currently in the UK and want the phone if possible by the 25th for around £700. Would anybody happen to know anything or anywhere I could try? I've searched eBay and there is a seller called imobile uk however upon a quick Google they actually ship from Hong Kong, and not Ireland.
Cheers.

rapzeh76 said:
Hello everybody! I really want a Mi Mix but I'm currently in the UK and want the phone if possible by the 25th for around £700. Would anybody happen to know anything or anywhere I could try? I've searched eBay and there is a seller called imobile uk however upon a quick Google they actually ship from Hong Kong, and not Ireland.
Cheers.
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I ordered mine from eGlobal Central UK, i paid extra for the quicker shipping and had it in my hand within a week! Note - their prices include Duty and VAT!
Cheers
Paul

You might want to check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/help/to-buy-list-shops-t3514744
I think Wondamobile does ship quite fast, but i didn't order from them so i wouldn't know for sure.

i should still be able to get the Mix (both 4GB/6GB) if people are interested. I have another friend from China coming over on the 12th of Dec and it shouldn't be too late for him to get one. I will have my unit this Friday but that's too late to tag along.
I did start this thread before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/uk-xiaomi-mix-batch-t3513247
I suggest you do a search online and see if there is a reliable shop that can get you the unit within short time with good price, there seems to be some success but I personally didn't have any.

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[Q] NookColor UK Seller????

Hi does anyone have either a UK Seller of the NOOKColor, or a site that will ship or even a person feeling generous to ship one out to the UK?
Anyone in the UK got one they are willing to sell second hand?
Many thanks
Hopefully hear off someone soon!
Try Amazon.com and look for "international shipping" in the seller information.
purelygadgets.co.uk/NOOK-Color/mainproduct/view/33850-NA/10 may have to pay shipping charge £245.99
I got mine from eBay, and it cost me £200 with shipping.
I'll most likely be selling mine when the Xoom is released over here. If you're still looking for one by then let me know!

[Q] Need advice/help on where to buy the watch

Hey everyone,
I am looking for a trusted way to buy the watch (LG G Watch R) from either USA or UK, then i'll ship it to myself here at Egypt through a service called shopandship.
Current options:
-Google Store: it should be selling at $250 which is very nice, very cheap, and of course most trusted source, trouble is, it has been out of stock for more than 2 weeks !! So, any ideas as of when should it be available again? Any guesses? Will it be sold for the same price or go back to $299? or are they going to stop selling completely?
-Amazon: The official one is sold for $350 which is too much !! but trusted
Another version (international version no warranty) is sold for $270, cheap yes, trusted NO
-Expansys UK: selling it for $260, cheap yes, trusted may be, i read many negative reviews about expansys unfortunately. (expansys is selling it that low now as it is a today only deal and actually only 26 pieces are in stock, so quick help/advice is much appreciated)
So, any other options? it would be great if i can buy it for no more than $280 and from a trusted source.
Note: i will ship to US or UK address so if you have an option to buy from whether shipping only to US or only to UK, i can handle that, i just need relatively not expensive seller and trusted as i can't ship the watch back if it has issues unfortunately :/
Not sure if Amazon Italy can ship to uk, but in case they do you could get it from them: it goes for 227€ at the moment (sold and shipped by Amazon of course), which in US$ should be around 250
i think shopandship can ship from milan/Italy
thank you very much!
I hope the watch comes in English not italian
you should be able to select the language during setup...
Just picked mine up TODAY at AT&T for 99$. They have a 200$ off web deal which the stores are honoring. Stock is low, so find your nearest if you're in need asap.
Sess said:
Just picked mine up TODAY at AT&T for 99$. They have a 200$ off web deal which the stores are honoring. Stock is low, so find your nearest if you're in need asap.
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Yeahhhh, assuming they have AT&T in Egypt.... Lol
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Sess said:
Just picked mine up TODAY at AT&T for 99$. They have a 200$ off web deal which the stores are honoring. Stock is low, so find your nearest if you're in need asap.
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I check AT&T website almost daily but they are always out of stock, however i think being in Egypt makes it impossible to find a store near to me
Thanks though!
Hi. I don't know if you've purchased your g watch r by now or not but I just got mine today from Expansys. Brand new, factory sealed , quick delivery and I love it already.
KodeBlue said:
Hi. I don't know if you've purchased your g watch r by now or not but I just got mine today from Expansys. Brand new, factory sealed , quick delivery and I love it already.
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I ordered mine from Amazon Italy and it got shipped but still in Egyptian customs, hope to get it soon!
Glad you got yours, i will check expansys from time to time and might try them out if they got an offer on something i like.
Thanks for the reply and feedback though!

Delivery Time To NA?

Hey Guys
I know this is a selfish/silly question but im wondering if anyone knows the delivery time for NA, Canada specifically for the phone.
I See they all range differently.
I see DX is 4 -10 Delivery period w/ ship out in 4-7 days
Aliexpress just mentions a 30-39 Day delivery period
and so on.
I have personally never bought a phone from oversea so i'm also a bit anxious whats the average delivery time?
Thanks in advance .
1-2 days from when they ship it with DHL Express, http://tradingshenzhen.com/. Maximum a week in total I'd say.
There's a thread "places to buy from" or something like that with lots of info.
iTeemuu said:
Hey Guys
I know this is a selfish/silly question but im wondering if anyone knows the delivery time for NA, Canada specifically for the phone.
I See they all range differently.
I see DX is 4 -10 Delivery period w/ ship out in 4-7 days
Aliexpress just mentions a 30-39 Day delivery period
and so on.
I have personally never bought a phone from oversea so i'm also a bit anxious whats the average delivery time?
Thanks in advance .
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I had a 6GB SE shipped to the US, took 5 days excluding the time it took the AliExpress reseller to process the order. If you order from AliExpress, you should probably go with HK Goldway. If you do, keep in mind they only ship twice a week, one of those is a Wednesday (the day they processed mine and shipped out) and the other a Saturday if I remember correctly.
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1-2 days from when they ship it with DHL Express, Maximum a week in total I'd say.
There's a thread "places to buy from" or something like that with lots of info.
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Do they ship to Canada?
And for some odd reason when i go to the check out page it becomes a different language despite the top right indicating "English" o_o so wasnt able to make out what it was saying
apatrick1 said:
I had a 6GB SE shipped to the US, took 5 days excluding the time it took the AliExpress reseller to process the order. If you order from AliExpress, you should probably go with HK Goldway. If you do, keep in mind they only ship twice a week, one of those is a Wednesday (the day they processed mine and shipped out) and the other a Saturday if I remember correctly.
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Thats also something im concerned about . Since i don't see alot of rating on some items just ordered quantity.
Okay Thank you very much for the feed back! Much appreciated .
They have Canada as shipping country.
HK Goldway is legit too.
iTeemuu said:
Hey Guys
I know this is a selfish/silly question but im wondering if anyone knows the delivery time for NA, Canada specifically for the phone.
I See they all range differently.
I see DX is 4 -10 Delivery period w/ ship out in 4-7 days
Aliexpress just mentions a 30-39 Day delivery period
and so on.
I have personally never bought a phone from oversea so i'm also a bit anxious whats the average delivery time?
Thanks in advance .
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Hello my friend . I am living to in Canada, Victoria BC and i am searching too for the phone.
If you find from where to buy the phone please inform me. I am searching to Gearbest site and to banggood. Ive never bought something from Aliexpress so i dont know if i can trust it.

Order Pixels to unavailable countries

Hello all, I have a general question about Pixel phones.
I have wanted to own one for a long time, but sadly in Hong Kong, the last phones I could order directly from Play Store were Nexus phones. We can occasionally find them in grey markets, but this is such an unpopular device that it's always a second hand phone sold by some tourist passing by....
I would really like to get away from One Plus and Xiaomi and am not interested in Samsung and such. So I decided that this year, I'd get myself a Pixel 5 for Christmas
So my question, anybody had experience using some online store to get Pixel phones to countries where they are not officially sold?
I could ask friends or family back in France to help me to order it then send, but I'm always a little wary about using the "normal" post channels to ship something like this which is expensive and could be blocked at the customs.
Any experience and advice to share?
If the Google Store price and subsequent postage is within your budget, and you know you won't have any issues with customs, you could order it from the German Google Store and a mail forwarding service like mailbox.de to ship it from Germany to your country.
Google does not ship in other countries, only the ones they have a store, like Germany. You sign up at mailboxde and they give you an address within Germany. You order the phone through the Google Store, and put that address for delivery. When the phone arrives there, they will notify you and you can forward it to your own address.
Now, there are other forwarding services too but I've only used mailboxde, and that a few years ago when I got the first OnePlus device. Also I have no idea how much it would cost to ship the package from Germany to your country, for Greece it was around 20 euros extra and took two to three working days to arrive.
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I have a Pixel 5 from Amazon UK due to be delivered by DHL to my home in Lai Chi Kok today... No problem ordering internationally, no VAT to pay, a few days for shipping (would be quicker if Amazon hadn't sent it around the country for a couple of days) - but it is out of stock right now. I've used a bunch of non-local phones in Hong Kong over the years - including an HTC Desire I bought from Fnac in Paris while transiting, which had been rooted in a cafe before I got on the plane to HK
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I have a Pixel 5 from Amazon UK due to be delivered by DHL to my home in Lai Chi Kok today... No problem ordering internationally, no VAT to pay, a few days for shipping (would be quicker if Amazon hadn't sent it around the country for a couple of days) - but it is out of stock right now. I've used a bunch of non-local phones in Hong Kong over the years - including an HTC Desire I bought from Fnac in Paris while transiting, which had been rooted in a cafe before I got on the plane to HK
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Oh cool, thanks!
I did not know that Amazon could do delivery like this to other countries for those devices... I usually see the message "not available to ship to HK so I just generally give up
I'll probably do like this later when the phone is more easily available.
Thanks again for the kind reply :highfive:
Guys I have bad news. I just got my Pixel 5 from UK here in Kuwait but 5g is not working. Its not because of the bands but Google/Carrier has to turn it on Very sad day
awet86 said:
Guys I have bad news. I just got my Pixel 5 from UK here in Kuwait but 5g is not working. Its not because of the bands but Google/Carrier has to turn it on Very sad day
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Ah. sounds bad, and I see how it must be disappointing if you wanted to use it.
But really, 5G, I feel it's not something so essential in our lives
In any case, it is one of the risks of import like this indeed....
Pixel 5 in Hong Kong
I ordered mine from Amazon UK. I got a Pixel 5 UK version. Shipping direct to Hong Kong, so no VAT. Shipping is not expensive at amazon. However, it will only work in 4G. It will not work with the 5G network in Hong Kong. If you plan on using it in a different country, check. It is not a frequency issue. The frequency is supported, but it is other software issue. If anyone have answer to this, please let me know.
Thanks.
I ordered my phone through Amazon UK using a forward company to my country, had to pay VAT when it arrived which made me a bit sad
All my sadness disappeared when I sent a claim for Bose headphones and they validated my order. expecting them to ship it in two weeks.
Zorga said:
I ordered my phone through Amazon UK using a forward company to my country, had to pay VAT when it arrived which made me a bit sad
All my sadness disappeared when I sent a claim for Bose headphones and they validated my order. expecting them to ship it in two weeks.
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Hi, have your Bose order made it through eventually? I also used forwarding serice from Germany store, but they denied the Bose pomotion :-(
Lukeenho said:
Hi, have your Bose order made it through eventually? I also used forwarding serice from Germany store, but they denied the Bose pomotion :-(
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actually, yeah they did but I never used them. Sold them for around $230 or something similar
Thanks a lot for info. Last one - what forwarding service have you used, please?
But I guess as there´s limit 2 order per adress, it would be already unusable anyway

Question Reliable Asian shops to buy from a SM-G9980 to be sent to the EU

The question to some of you who successful accomplished a purchase and got the new toy in originally sealed box.
I already tried once, and placed an order by T-dimension, but after one week waiting time they informed me they were not able to deliver and cancelled my order.
Any suggestion on reliable shop with PayPal as a payment option would be much appreciated.
Don't know where in Europe you are, but I'm in Scotland and ordered the G9980 model from UltraOnlineUK for £704 on 14/05.
The tracking from them was terrible - there was no change for 12 days. Then on 26/05 there were updates to the tracking with it saying I'd receive it 28/05 by Royal Mail. So I received it today, exactly 14 days after placing my order.
It arrived with the original seal intact - and I paid via PayPal.
You can check their trustpilot rating for a whole load of mixed reviews, but in the end it was worth it for me.
I've attached a screenshot of the tracking, just incase you are able to order from there and are curious.
Edit: Oops, your title said EU, not Europe. So this probably isn't much help!
naveed said:
Don't know where in Europe you are, but I'm in Scotland and ordered the G9980 model
Edit: Oops, your title said EU, not Europe. So this probably isn't much help!
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Thanks for your response, you information is quite useful indeed.
The ultraonline (UK) (DE) (FR).com sells across the whole Europe including EU.
But all those terrifying reviews on trustpilot...
Nevertheless, it's good to know that some one has actually received the phone.
I used Etoren. It was referenced on kimovil. I am satisfied. It was delivered in a week. No problem at all. They have good reviews in trustpilot also.

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