Hi, Thanks Sam, On 2/01/2015 10:19 AM, Sam Varghese wrote:

On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 03:57:51AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote:

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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.

There were a number of reasons for solving this problem the way I did; one being that OnePlus don't deliver directly to AU and two, the new ShopMate service had just launched and I wanted to try it and three .... I didn't have (and still don't) any first hand experience with other suppliers for this situation and therefore trust was an issue [read consideration]. I know that people can buy OnePlus One's via eBay too, but people also get burned off eBay -- even if PayPal helps [and I understand it can go both ways here] them sort out some issues, it can be a huge hassle if things go wrong.

It would be relevant to mention one thing here - if any phones (indeed anything containing a battery) need to be returned because they are defective, then you are forced to send it back through a company called Pack And Send because neither Australia Post nor any courier company will accept them. And then the company will usually ask you to pay the customs duty for collecting the device at their end. This could well end up making the device as costly as it is in Australia.

Okay, but AU didn't have any trouble shipping my phone from US to AU regardless of it having a non-removable LiPo battery in it. Cheers A.