Motorola Moto G 16gb

hart2hart

Hi, just wondering if anyone has heard of eglobalcentral.eu They have a motorola moto g 16gb for €159.99 including delivery and payment is by paypal. It looks ok and reviews seem ok.

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cheaper in meteor unless its the new lte version
Edit: actually that's just for the 8g version..

Mossy

Note: There is a new version of Moto G with SD card slot and 4G now available.

I've been looking for the 16GB version of the original recently hoping that the new version would push the price of the old version down.

The cheapest I've found so far is from Tesco UK.

It's £129.99 or £119.99 with a £10 new customer discount code [TDX-PRKW], though it's locked to Tesco Mobile. Costs €3.5 to send via Parcel Motel and about £2 to get an unlock code from ebay.

Altogether that's about €155.

Never heard of eglobalcentral before, don't see anything obviously dodgy about the site, but who knows. The version they have of the phone is dual SIM and is unlocked so €159 is a very good price.

Beano

According to here http://forum.belgiumdigital.com/f6/eglobal-central-475878.html they ship from Hong Kong.

Beano

Excerpt from their Terms and Conditions. I certainly wouldnt be ordering from them.

16. Import, VAT & Customs

16.1 By purchasing any goods through eglobalcentral.eu, you agree to accept and comply with any responsibilities incurred in the process of importing your purchase to your country in accordance with all laws and regulations of the country which your purchase of goods are received. You also, agree and authorize eglobalcentral.eu to ship your purchases and make arrangements for customs clearance on your behalf for the purchase you have made, as well as agree that you are the sole importer for your purchase of goods for all purpose and egobalcentral.eu role is only limited in sourcing your purchase from other countries and making your purchased goods available on the site for you to purchase and import to your country where goods are received. Under no circumstances will eglobaldigitalstore.co.uk plays the role of importer of the purchased goods nor will eglobaldigitalstore.co.uk be liable and responsible to any liabilities arising under the laws and regulations, including but not limited to customs regulations, custom holds/detentions/seizures of purchased goods, copyright and trademark laws, of the country that goods are received for the import of such goods.

16.2 When ordering goods from eglobalcentral.eu, import duties and tax are applicable on overseas deliveries, which are levied once the package of purchased goods reached specified destination. The import duties and taxes levied on the invoiced order, as well as courier’s custom handling fee and any indirectly related tax and duties arise from custom policies are responsibility of the buyer/recipient, eglobalcentral.eu has no control over these import duties or taxes. Any additional charges for custom clearance must be borne by you.

Mossy

Worse, they ship from Hong Kong and the price you pay doesn't include VAT, so if it gets checked by customs you have to pay an extra €35.42.

Chances are it won't get stopped, but there's a risk that it will.

Also they don't have good after sales support: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057220550

Edit: Was replying to your first post, Beano

hart2hart

Thanks for the reply. Husband had already gone ahead and ordered it and it has shipped from Hong Kong, I will let you know the progress. He seems happy that he has paid through paypal and that if it not what he ordered he an cancel the payment.
I will keep mt fingers crossed re. vat etc., Its being sent by DHL which is probably bad as I have had them looking for duties before on deliveries where it was already paid in advance.

DC403l

Yes, eglobalcentral are not a retailer you should buy from. The phone I bought off them had no sort of factory seal even though it was advertised as new. You have no consumer protection whatsoever as they ship from outside the EU, so you aren't protected by EU law if something goes wrong. If you have to send your phone for repairs, you have to send the phone back to them as the warranty won't be valid in the EU region.

They took AGES reply to any of the emails I sent them and I definitely felt like they were trying to let the paypal protection window expire. You are protected by paypal yes, but if you have to file a claim, you have to return the phone through private courier (costing 50 - 60Eur) as PP require proof of delivery.

I'm 50 eur out of pocket now thanks to this crowd. They flat out refused to pay the return shipping costs.

RossieMan

What sort of delivery did you use? 50 euro delivery for a phone?

Why didnt you use An-post registered mail?

DC403l

anpost won't touch devices with batteries in them. Even if I lied about the contents of the package, the service doesn't provide accurate tracking info (according to customer rep) so I would not have any proof of delivery to supply to Paypal.

hart2hart

Just to keep anyone interested up to date the phone arrived by DHL via Hong Kong, Germany, England, Cork in 5 days from the initial order. It seems like the genuine article, came completely sealed in box and it also came with motorola branded headphones (better quality than my samsung ones) and a branded motorola charger. I have it set up and so far so good its going fine. I have also compared it with a friends and there is no difference. There was no extra charge from customs either.
So far so good.

certifiable365

Hi

I'm looking to get the tescomobile moto g 16GB from tescodirect.com.
(Hoping to go that route, with unlock from ebay, an delivered by Parcelmotel)
Looks like it's rarely if ever available however..Any others who have bought from tescodirect..Did you face a long wait before it came into stock on their website??

Disappointing that theres no stock alert facility on their website either, I just have it added to a wishlist, which doesn't really do anything

Esel

Would you not go for the Moto X 4G 8GB with card slot instead?

beauf

Esel wrote: »

Would you not go for the Moto X 4G 8GB with card slot instead?

Where are you getting a good price on that?

peckerhead

New Moto G from Tesco for £129.99.

I bought the "old" 16GB model before this, but no regrets — 16GB is enough for my needs and I don't have 4G.

certifiable365

[Quote/]Would you not go for the Moto X 4G 8GB with card slot instead?[/QUOTE]

peckerhead wrote: »

I bought the "old" 16GB model before this, but no regrets — 16GB is enough for my needs and I don't have 4G.

I fancy the 16GB model, as 4G is not something I'd want, or use really.