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Can anyone recommend a cover for the Note 7 that is available on Amazon?

Mezcita wrote: »

https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-xiaomi-mi-9-global

thanks

Tazzimus wrote: »

Mi9 SE arrived this morning.
Ordered Monday night, that's some good service right there.
Lovely looking phone as well.

What site did you buy it on and total price ?.

Folks, looking to draw on a bit of your experience...

Does the HK Goldway DHL Shipping option avoid customs charges?

I'm looking to buy a Xiaomi Mi A1 but the HK Goldway store says it's a US plug, presumably one of my old chargers will work fine with it?

I picked up a redmi note 7 after, from honorbuy. 3rd time I've ordered through them, very fast and no hassle, so I'll continue to use them in the future too. I'm a few steps behind everyone else here with the phones, but I have to say, love the rn7. I'm also gonna order the screen as suggested earlier and repair the rn5 for the missus.
Got a charging port last week from sunsky for less than a fiver for an old htc phone that stopped charging, put in the new one and happy days, now the youngest lad has a phone which otherwise was going in the bin:D

Xiaomi MI A2 lite

I think I might have accidentally bought two of these by mistake. Has anyone had any experience of this phone? It's on the Android One program I believe

The official xiaomi UK shop has some sale on with actual good prices of older phones. Mi8, mi 8 pro, note 6. Might be more over the coming days.

Harika wrote: »

Mi uk shop has this week
Mi 2s with powerbank for 239 pound
Mi mix 3 for 279 pounds
Note 7 with Mi band for 159 pound
The only downside is that you have to use parcel motel or similar, and those are lower storage models

No PayPal option, are they accepting Irish credit/debit cards?

Former Observer wrote: »

I bought a Note 7 from Gearbest about two weeks ago. I've just noticed that it's been held in customs. My understanding was they shipped from EU warehouses? Or did I get that wrong. Anyone have anything similar happen to them?

They ship some product from EU. Not everything. Likely you'll have to pay duty and the fee to the courier for collecting this.

Jaklmex wrote: »

Does bangood eu priority line arrive with an post?

Cheers

EU Priority Line from Banggood only works 25% of the time to Ireland imo.

If I'm ordering something from Banggood now that is likely to be charged, I tick 'Tariff Insurance' at checkout.
I find it much faster and (so far) I've not been charged anything at the door, but I know if I ever am, that I am covered for a refund. It's usually roughly €3 per €100.

Jaklmex wrote: »

I have shipping insurance is that the same thing?
I thought EU priority line they would refund the customs?

EU priority line (in theory) shouldn't have any extra fees. They ship from China to a repackaging centre in Europe. It is then sent from there to Ireland.
But I haven't found it to be very succesful in arriving to Ireland.
Shipping Insurance covers if the parcel gets lost. I have never paid that, as it should be already covered with Paypal.
Tariff Insurance is when something (in this case) gets posted from China directly to Ireland.
If it gets stopped by customs and you get charged at the door, you will be refunded the extra charges not including the An Post handling fee (around €10).
Some items do arrive, but I've had more go missing than arrive, so I started using normal shipping with tariff insurance.

Is your tracking active? How long have you waited so far?

Jaklmex wrote: »

A week
its showing as cleared customs in Holland 2 days ago

That sounds ok. Could be another week.
For the items that went missing (for me), the tracking was never active after leaving China.
For the items I received, I think they only became active after roughly a week. I think the stuff that went missing had gone through Slovenia, or was due to.

Any suggestions for replacement quick charge plug for xiaomi note 7