Anyone buying the Apple Watch from overseas?

[ykeen]

Hey guys, how are you guys shipping your watches over to Singapore? My aunt helped me ordered and have it sent to her house in the U.S., but she will only be here end June. So I'm thinking about having her send it to me. But I've checked the courier prices and it's really expensive!

Register a comGateway.com account. Ask your aunt ship to your comGateway account.

Then u can ship to sg.. Note u still have to pay GST when declaring and comGateway will collect on behalf of SG customs and pay to customs.

 

[Nic555ex3]

Were you able to get Apple Store USA to deliver to a mail forwarder?

no cant as i put fowarder 1st then kana cancel
took me a week to get the order bk and change to a friend address

 

[jwloh01]

Register a comGateway.com account. Ask your aunt ship to your comGateway account.

Then u can ship to sg.. Note u still have to pay GST when declaring and comGateway will collect on behalf of SG customs and pay to customs.

Yeah I thought of this method. I did a cost estimation, the cost of her sending to Comgateway (insured) + Comgateway to Singapore + GST, is approximately the same as having my aunt send directly to me using DHL/FedEx/UPS - roughly about $140-60.

 

[PetPet]

the prices are slowly rising
it's insane

 

[Aleksandr]

Arrived at my forwarder and already gave instructions to ship out!

Guai guai declared full value and pay GST, so can get insurance. But in the end total cost of shipping + insurance + GST still only 100 and a bit, not too bad. State sales tax is also around that much (forwarder in Oregon so no sales tax).

 

[DeadmanINC]

Cgw? 10 characters

Arrived at my forwarder and already gave instructions to ship out!

Guai guai declared full value and pay GST, so can get insurance. But in the end total cost of shipping + insurance + GST still only 100 and a bit, not too bad. State sales tax is also around that much (forwarder in Oregon so no sales tax).

 

[DeadmanINC]

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[falseflush]

Been using my Apple Watch for more than a week now and still love it as much as I did on the first day.

 

[porcu]

I have been using for almost a week too. Slowly getting useful but I have been a Google Watch (Gear, Moto360) user for almost a year and frankly speaking, the Apple Watch didn't offer anything more than the Google watches.
But like to Google watches, I am slowly getting used to it and it does sometimes come in handy for notifications. However, have to say apps just suck at this moment so you might as well can forget it. Slow loading and not so useful just yet. Google watches win this round (for now) until Apple optimizes their Watch OS.

Battery life is good. Can last me 2 days with one charge.

The haptic vibration is nothing special unlike the ones found on the new Macbooks. Don't really contribute to any better experience with this. Just feel like any normal vibration mode.

Will continue to use it on and off (interchange with my Moto360) depending on which phone I am using more and see.

 

[falseflush]

I ordered an extra black sport band for use while exercising but the more I look at the white sport band the more I want it lol. If anyone has one and is willing to trade do let me know.

 

[RallyRally]

Getting used to the Watch. I like the shiny exterior of the stainless steel. Looks premium and different from other smartwatches. Battery life not an issue at this stage. Apps could be better but this is still early stage. On a whole I think its a great first gen product by Apple. Very fun to use and very handy.

I wish it could also track my sleep though

 

[ianfann]

I ordered an extra black sport band for use while exercising but the more I look at the white sport band the more I want it lol. If anyone has one and is willing to trade do let me know.

what size is your watch, 38 or 42mm?

 

[Sephir0th]

I ordered an extra black sport band for use while exercising but the more I look at the white sport band the more I want it lol. If anyone has one and is willing to trade do let me know.

Hey, I have a white band. 42mm, would like to trade. When is your extra band coming?

 

[Aleksandr]

Ya mine is the black, planning to use it for sports / exercise so figured black would be the safest. But the more I look at the white... Although I guess not practical since it will become grey very fast.

 

[falseflush]

what size is your watch, 38 or 42mm?

42mm.

10char

 

[Eightfold]

42mm leather loop stainless steel; 13/5 to 27/5; now preparing for shipment

^__^

 

[falseflush]

42mm leather loop stainless steel; 13/5 to 27/5; now preparing for shipment

^__^

Congrats! I read that the leather loop, along with the modern buckle and link bracelet, were the last to ship.

 

[tec_geek]

Which freight forwarder and which country did you guys buy your Apple Watch from?

 

[MaXifLeX]

Which fright forwarder and which country did you guys buy your Apple Watch from?

Interested to know too...

 

[alanwwm]

Which fright forwarder and which country did you guys buy your Apple Watch from?

TaoBao. Using 65daigou Ship-for-me service.