amazon.co.uk shipping UK market XBox to Thailand

amazon.co.uk shipping UK market XBox to Thailand

Author
Discussion

BritishRacinGrin

Original Poster:

24,602 posts

159 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
quotequote all
I’ve just ordered an Xbox One from Amazon.co.uk. I made sure to select a listing from a trusted distributor (Microsoft) which offered global shipping. It was 310 with free delivery to the UK, however when I checked out and entered my Thai address that price had gone down to 267 including postage.

So basically all they’ve done is knocked the VAT off and added a postage charge.

I have to assume, then, that there will be taxes and duties payable when the package arrives in Thailand- even though the chat room assistant on Amazon.co.uk explicitly told me that this would not be the case and that no further costs will be payable (I got a transcript of this conversation via e-mail).

Acknowledging that ‘if a deal sounds too good to be true it probably is’, what can I expect in the way of customs fees and tax costs when it arrives? Will I have to pay these at my local post office?

I’m not too worried about the actual cost, after some googling it seems 30% might be worst case which would still make it cheaper than a Thai market console from the shops… I’m more worried about the delay and the risk that I’m going to have to go to Bangkok or something to sort the fees out…

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
quotequote all
i would be more concerned about if you ever even get the X-Box. What usually happens is that they get intercepted at customs / warehouse in Thailand and just disapear off to someone's home.

I think one of the only options is DHL registered post, then if it vanishes at least you can claim back against them.


BritishRacinGrin

Original Poster:

24,602 posts

159 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
quotequote all
The order is being sent from Germany by DHL, it's a tracked service. Fingers crossed!

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
quotequote all
that is one confused X-Box, ordered from the UK, Shipped from Germany, Stolen in Thailand hehe

Seriously, fingers Crossed, I would have thought that you would have to pay thai VAT on it though, in reference to your original question

Vaguely Added Tax is at 7% here so you should still be 13% up ....

BritishRacinGrin

Original Poster:

24,602 posts

159 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
quotequote all
XJSJohn said:
that is one confused X-Box, ordered from the UK, Shipped from Germany, Stolen in Thailand hehe
Bit silly, isn't it? I was worried about compatability when I brought it back into the UK.

It hasn't turned up on tracking so it hasn't been stolen yet...

ETA: By the way, my money went to Luxembourg. So it's a UK market console, processed via Luxembourg and dispatched from Germany, soon to be stolen in Thailand!

Edited by BritishRacinGrin on Thursday 12th March 09:06

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Friday 13th March 2015
quotequote all
and then resold on in Cambodia .....

BritishRacinGrin

Original Poster:

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 23rd March 2015
quotequote all
...or not! It arrived today, four days earlier than expected with nothing to pay. Happy days.

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Tuesday 24th March 2015
quotequote all
three cheers for the Thai Postal Service!! !

Actually good to hear!! enjoy!

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 25th March 2015
quotequote all
Will that work with Thai games? When my son was here his European play station had to be chipped to use local games.

BritishRacinGrin

Original Poster:

24,602 posts

159 months

Thursday 26th March 2015
quotequote all
Back in the day it used to be PAL in Europe and Asia and NTSC in the Americas. This was the case for the PS3 and XBox 360. However the Xbox one doesn't lock games regionally this way anymore so I shouldn't have a problem. There used to be regional locking on DVDs and BluRays too so that's one of the reasons I wanted to get a UK market Xbox. The only disadvantage I have really is that Xbox live doesn't work in Thailand (without doing some kid of workaround).

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 26th March 2015
quotequote all
So I learnt something, I was brought up with the regional thing, All I have is a PS# connected up to a G27 Wheel and an old seat from my Caterham, I only use it for practice at Sepang using F1 2011, too expensive to change for the use I make of it.

BritishRacinGrin

Original Poster:

24,602 posts

159 months

Saturday 28th March 2015
quotequote all
I've been borrowing a mate's PS3 for the past three weeks or so, it's a UK (PAL) console. Thailand also gets PAL format games, so the copy of Gran Turismo I bought here in Thailand works fine in the UK PS3.

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Tuesday 7th April 2015
quotequote all
I brought a UK Xbox 360 to the Philippines, but it was hit and miss whether locally bought games or games I bought in the USA would work or not. I rarely passed through the UK so couldn't get many games from there.

I had it hacked locally and it now plays every game, from every region. biggrin And the same shop will load any game to the hard drive for about a quid. Shhh.....

Unfortunately it won't access the internet now, as Microsoft will apparently zap it if their updates system finds it is hacked. So we can't get any Downloadable Content any more.

However, we now have a brand new locally purchased PS4 to keep us amused, the picture and graphics is streets ahead of the Xbox.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 7th April 2015
quotequote all
Yeh Looks like my question was old tec, as I said I was going back to when my son used to visit, it was probably a PS1 in those days, may even have been a minus one, he had a European system and it was hacked locally, at 6 he was an expert in the price of copy games from China Town.