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    #1112
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,655 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Connavar wrote:
    I smashed the screen on my mi a2 when it fell out of my pocket so looking for a replacement in the 2-300 range. I see the A3 is less than 200 at the moment. Is the jump to a 9t worth the extra 120 do ye reckon? Been pretty happy with the a2 performance wise bar the odd stutter


    9T gas great ratings,9t pro for me soon


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    #1113
    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭xtal191


    massy086 wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a customs free AliExpress seller for a OnePlus 7t cheers all

    Can get it here for £380 using the code PROSPER10 at checkout, think the code expires at midnight though

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OnePlus-7T-HD1900-8GB-128GB-Dual-Sim-Blue-CN-Ver-with-Google/184014268901?epid=19034958425&hash=item2ad81ae9e5:g:OdMAAOSwGrBduQim


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    #1114
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    the deals are unreal the moment on the xiaomis


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    #1115
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Twister2 wrote: »
    the deals are unreal the moment on the xiaomis

    What's a good one for a low end or mid range?


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    #1116
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,655 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Twister2 wrote:
    the deals are unreal the moment on the xiaomis

    Yep


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    #1117
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,655 ✭✭✭corks finest


    RasTa wrote:
    What's a good one for a low end or mid range?

    Mi max 2/3


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    #1118
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    RasTa wrote: »
    What's a good one for a low end or mid range?

    budget and screen size?


    i'm using bangood at the moment, 10 quid tax free delivery

    i'va had 1 trouble free delivery another poster reported problems though


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    #1119
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    redmi note 8 4/128 global is 163 so 175 delivered

    https://www.kimovil.com/en/special/dailydeals


    you can go higher or lower depending on the budget


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    #1120
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-xiaomi-redmi-8a


    redmi 8a is 100 tax free from bangood at the lower end


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    #1121
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    I was looking at this

    https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/global-version-xiaomi-redmi-note-7-4gb-64gb-miui-10-smartphone-11423-at-dh-gate-xiaomiyoupin-3321078


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    #1122
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    RasTa wrote: »
    I was looking at this

    https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/global-version-xiaomi-redmi-note-7-4gb-64gb-miui-10-smartphone-11423-at-dh-gate-xiaomiyoupin-3321078

    good price if u dont mind the wait and chancing customs


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    #1123
    westsidestory
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭westsidestory


    Have a Samsung S8 with a battered smashed cracked rear glass that won't see me to end of 24 month contact September 2020. Front screen not too bad but 4 corners chipped & cracked.

    What phone would be of similar standard to S8 I should be looking at?

    Aside from calls, texts, WhatsApp use for browsing, odd file download, YouTube & camera.


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    #1124
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Suckit wrote: »
    I am ordering two to test EU Priority again (for the final time for me).

    One EU priority to see if it has improved at all
    and
    Normal with Tariff Insurance to make sure it gets here.
    https://www.banggood.com/marketing-Ulefone-Armor-X5-Phone/tid-5356.html
    Both phones shipped within a minute of each other on the 1st of November and there had been no tracking available until today.
    They were both shipped using PostNL and similar tracking numbers.

    On the Banggood website they appear different.
    EU Priority shows it is in PostNL Sorting Centre - https://i.imgur.com/rTPDQ6s.png
    Normal Shipping shows it as in transit (no logistics) - https://i.imgur.com/HCCXXoq.png


    However..
    Trackingmore.com shows they are both identical except for the tracking number. (It shows the same on PostNL site)

    EU Priority version - https://i.imgur.com/OueufWk.png
    Air Parcel Register - https://i.imgur.com/j0q0UvA.png
    So it looks like they are now using the exact same method for both (up to this point), with EU Priority version costing $5 more.
    EU Priority to Ireland must have been scrapped, or was for this shipment, unless the EU Priority one does a loop of Europe like they used to.


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    #1125
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    I've another fone coming EU priority

    Its in Netherlands ATM, I got about 8 updates on tracking so far

    Took just under 2 weeks last time

    Bout a week to Netherlands and another week to the postman


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    #1126
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    Suckit wrote: »
    Both phones shipped within a minute of each other on the 1st of November and there had been no tracking available until today.
    They were both shipped using PostNL and similar tracking numbers.

    On the Banggood website they appear different.
    EU Priority shows it is in PostNL Sorting Centre - https://i.imgur.com/rTPDQ6s.png
    Normal Shipping shows it as in transit (no logistics) - https://i.imgur.com/HCCXXoq.png


    However..
    Trackingmore.com shows they are both identical except for the tracking number. (It shows the same on PostNL site)

    EU Priority version - https://i.imgur.com/OueufWk.png
    Air Parcel Register - https://i.imgur.com/j0q0UvA.png
    So it looks like they are now using the exact same method for both (up to this point), with EU Priority version costing $5 more.
    EU Priority to Ireland must have been scrapped, or was for this shipment, unless the EU Priority one does a loop of Europe like they used to.

    Are you mixing up tarriff and shipping insurance?


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    #1127
    spix
    Registered Users Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭spix


    Suckit wrote: »
    Both phones shipped within a minute of each other on the 1st of November and there had been no tracking available until today.
    They were both shipped using PostNL and similar tracking numbers.

    On the Banggood website they appear different.
    EU Priority shows it is in PostNL Sorting Centre - https://i.imgur.com/rTPDQ6s.png
    Normal Shipping shows it as in transit (no logistics) - https://i.imgur.com/HCCXXoq.png


    However..
    Trackingmore.com shows they are both identical except for the tracking number. (It shows the same on PostNL site)

    EU Priority version - https://i.imgur.com/OueufWk.png
    Air Parcel Register - https://i.imgur.com/j0q0UvA.png
    So it looks like they are now using the exact same method for both (up to this point), with EU Priority version costing $5 more.
    EU Priority to Ireland must have been scrapped, or was for this shipment, unless the EU Priority one does a loop of Europe like they used to.


    My EU priority line is DHL.


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    #1128
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Twister2 wrote: »
    Are you mixing up tarriff and shipping insurance?


    What do you mean?

    I ordered two phones same time. I have ordered plenty of items using their EU priority shipping in the past, and it pretty much has always been terrible, so I order normal shipping and pay tariff insurance (if it gets stopped and I have to pay, they will refund the vat).
    I also find that way much faster. But relatively recently I have seen a few people using EU Priority and it arriving on time. I searched a few forums and found one post that said they have changed it for the better and it seems to be working again.
    So I tried it (again). But it seems they are now just using the same method now for both.
    But. That is not a great guage, because they were preorders, which I hadn't paid attention to when ordering.
    So I might still be reluctant to use EU priority, and normal with tariff insurance still seems to be the better option anyway, unless they get stopped. But I doubt it.


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    #1129
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    spix wrote: »
    My EU priority line is DHL.


    Could be a different seller or location.


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    #1130
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    Suckit wrote: »
    What do you mean?

    I ordered two phones same time. I have ordered plenty of items using their EU priority shipping in the past, and it pretty much has always been terrible, so I order normal shipping and pay tariff insurance (if it gets stopped and I have to pay, they will refund the vat).
    I also find that way much faster. But relatively recently I have seen a few people using EU Priority and it arriving on time. I searched a few forums and found one post that said they have changed it for the better and it seems to be working again.
    So I tried it (again). But it seems they are now just using the same method now for both.
    But. That is not a great guage, because they were preorders, which I hadn't paid attention to when ordering.
    So I might still be reluctant to use EU priority, and normal with tariff insurance still seems to be the better option anyway, unless they get stopped. But I doubt it.

    post 1124


    you said tarriff insurance to make sure it gets here


    that to me would mean shipping insurance


    anyhow lets hope we all receive our fones with no vat:)


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    #1131
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Twister2 wrote: »
    post 1124


    you said tarriff insurance to make sure it gets here

    that to me would mean shipping insurance

    anyhow lets hope we all receive our fones with no vat:)


    No, sorry I meant that I was using normal shipping to make sure it gets here, and I paid tariff insurance.
    EU priority has often disappeared on me, and then stuck with a two month wait before they will refund if that happens.


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    #1132
    Twister2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭Twister2


    Suckit wrote: »
    No, sorry I meant that I was using normal shipping to make sure it gets here, and I paid tariff insurance.
    EU priority has often disappeared on me, and then stuck with a two month wait before they will refund if that happens.

    got you now


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    #1133
    marsbar1
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭marsbar1


    Hi guys just a general question about buying from anything from China. Ireland is a very expensive country to buy most goods and even food so if I could buy everything from China I would! I notice that in Ireland you rarely get free shipping from ebay and UK sites, whereas in the UK you would as standard usually. If you buy from China on aliexpress etc or EU based warehouse china sites the shipping is either free or no more than it would cost if you were having it posted to the UK. Is this why buying from China is now so popular, and is it taking over in popularity to buying on ebay thus cutting out the middle man?


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    #1134
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    marsbar1 wrote: »
    Is this why buying from China is now so popular, and is it taking over in popularity to buying on ebay thus cutting out the middle man?
    Probably.
    Often you get items on ebay charging ridiculous amounts for shipping. €10 - €25 shipping for an lcd screen for example from the UK.

    Personally, If I need something quickly and it's not available on the Chinese EU Warehouse sites, or is expensive to fasttrack it from China, I look at Spain and Germany.
    Or Amazon.
    Germany shipping is usually cheaper than many sellers from UK, and Spain usually has stock from China anyway for a low price.
    I would rarely look on ebay anyway, as I also find it a bit of a mess.


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    #1135
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Suckit wrote: »
    Trackingmore.com shows they are both identical except for the tracking number. (It shows the same on PostNL site)

    EU Priority version - https://i.imgur.com/OueufWk.png
    Air Parcel Register - https://i.imgur.com/j0q0UvA.png
    So it looks like they are now using the exact same method for both (up to this point), with EU Priority version costing $5 more.
    EU Priority to Ireland must have been scrapped, or was for this shipment, unless the EU Priority one does a loop of Europe like they used to.


    Both phones arrived today.

    So I think I will stick with normal shipping and tariff insurance.


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    #1136
    spix
    Registered Users Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭spix


    Suckit wrote: »
    Both phones arrived today.

    So I think I will stick with normal shipping and tariff insurance.


    I wonder if normal shipping and no tariff insurance would be the same result, and they only have the tariff insurance option as a way to get a few extra bucks.


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    #1137
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    spix wrote: »
    I wonder if normal shipping and no tariff insurance would be the same result, and they only have the tariff insurance option as a way to get a few extra bucks.


    Probably but Tariff insurance is only around $3, and well worth the peace of mind imo.


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    #1138
    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭xtal191


    Anyone buy a Oneplus phone from Honorbuy before?


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    #1139
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Thinking about picking up another chinese handset fo' cheap. Thing is its Android 6. Plan would be to run it stock and just root it, no ROMn. Am I mad?

    Currently flipping between two that are 6 and 7.


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    #1140
    dinneenp
    Registered Users Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    Twister2 wrote: »
    good price if u dont mind the wait and chancing customs

    Hi,
    How much would customs be?
    Anyone ordered this? Decent price but see the note-
    If
    you aren't OK with spending this money on this type of site then please don't, there may be extra charges and long waits as well. Always a risk with these kinds of purchases, so do think thoroughly before diving in.

    Pay by credit card or PayPal, and ideally have an bank account that covers warranty on Grey imports

    Like I say, I really wouldn't go through with this purchase, unless you are 100% certain you can accept there may be issues.


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    #1141
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    ED E wrote: »
    Thinking about picking up another chinese handset fo' cheap. Thing is its Android 6. Plan would be to run it stock and just root it, no ROMn. Am I mad?

    Currently flipping between two that are 6 and 7.


    Depends on what the hardware is and what sort of updates it has. There are still a couple of Android 6 phones that update to 8 and I am sure 7 that will update to 9.

    So depending on the price and the hardware... Could be a decent buy.


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