On 2/01/2015 10:19 AM, Sam Varghese wrote:
On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 03:57:51AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Hi,
I recently purchased a OnePlus One phone -- to do so, I had to get it delivered to a US address provided by Australia Post using their new ShopMate service. Warranty could be a hassle, hopefully I won't need to worry about that.
Then I had to get it delivered to AU via ShopMate.
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I'm not sure why you had to jump through so many hoops. My son bought a OnePlus One [1] from a Chinese outlet [2] and paid with an Australian-issued credit card. It took about five weeks to arrive and the cost, including shipping, was $415.00.
btw I did use an AU credit card, it was still a prepaid one though. Okay, how can you buy from the US store of NewEgg ? They won't accept a PayPal address if it is not US, then if you make a "gift" address, then they still want a US phone number -- AU PayPal site won't let you have an address OR phone number that is not in AU (more pain). Paying with a prepaid AU credit card fails with NewEgg NewEgg is extremely painful. One item they had in the US store was $US50 (approx), then there was a coupon to bring it down to $US30 (approx). The EXACT same item on their "global" AU site is $AUD122 and converted $US99. If I could have bought the item at $US30 and gotten it with other goods, then it would have been great to send it to the US address I have with ShopMate ... but NewEgg cannot or will not accept payment with my AU prepaid credit card. So much pain. :( A.